Dr.ir. T.W.A. (Thijs) Blad
Dr.ir. T.W.A. (Thijs) Blad
Profile
Education
- 2015-2017
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude), PME, 3ME, TU Delft - 2012-2015
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude), 3ME, TU Delft
Biography
Thijs Blad is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). He received his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering in the Mechatronic System Design Specialisation at TU Delft in 2017, and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Delft University of Technology in 2015.
His research interests are Vibration Energy Harvesting, Compliant Mechanisms, Static Balancing and MEMS fabrication.
Vibration Energy Harvesting from Human Motion https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:c5e2d9f7-286d-412a-b6f5-e2997b0b18ea?collection=education
Expertise
Publications
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2022
A Statically Balanced Compliant Ortho-Planar Mechanism for Low-Frequency Energy Harvesting
T. W.A. Blad / R. A.J. Van Ostayen / J. L. Herder / N. Tolou
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2022
Stiffness Compensation Through Matching Buckling Loads in a Compliant Four-Bar Mechanism
A. Numic / T. W.A. Blad / F. van Keulen
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2022
Tuning the Dynamics of Bistable Mechanisms by Introducing Travel Limits
Kylian van Puffelen / Thijs W.A. Blad / Ron van Ostayen
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2021
A method for tuning the stiffness of building blocks for statically balanced compliant ortho-planar mechanisms
T. W.A. Blad / R. A.J. van Ostayen / N. Tolou
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2021
A stiffness compensated piezoelectric energy harvester for low-frequency excitation
E. van de Wetering / T. W.A. Blad / R. A.J. Van Ostayen
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Ancillary activities
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2021-11-15 - 2023-11-15
Industry