Nick Jaensson

Nick Jaensson is an Assistant Professor in the Processing and Performance of Materials group within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He leads Group Jaensson and is affiliated with the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS). His work bridges computational methods with experimental validation to advance understanding of soft materials and complex fluids.

Jaensson earned his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from TU/e in 2012, followed by a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2016 with a thesis titled "Modeling interfaces and particles in viscoelastic fluids." After a year at DSM Materials Science Center, he conducted postdoctoral research at ETH Zürich before returning to TU/e as an Assistant Professor in mid-2020.

His research focuses on the development and application of numerical methods for soft materials including suspensions, emulsions, and polymeric liquids. Key interests include interfacial rheology, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, uncertainty quantification, and physics-informed machine learning. His work combines advanced computational modeling with experimental collaboration to gain fundamental insights into flow and transport processes within these materials, with applications ranging from microfluidics to large-scale industrial processing.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on fiber orientation kinetics in polymer composites, viscoelastic flow modeling, and the integration of machine learning with physics-based models. His work spans both fundamental fluid dynamics and practical industrial applications, with particular attention to experimental validation of computational models.

Jaensson contributes to several research projects including the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) Project No. 840 (ANGLE) and the DAMOCLES research project funded by the Eindhoven Artificial Intelligence Systems Institute. His work demonstrates strong industry-academia collaboration, particularly with companies involved in polymer processing and material science.

As an educator, Jaensson teaches courses including Interfacial Transport Phenomena in Engineering Flows, Structure and Flow, Advanced Computational Continuum Mechanics, and Principles of Design and Programming. He leads research in the Processing and Performance group, focusing on computational methods for soft materials, with particular strength in connecting microstructural properties to macroscopic material behavior.