# Michelle Spanjaards

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Assistant Professor

# Michelle Spanjaards

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##### Contact

[m.m.a.spanjaards@tue.nl](#)

[+31 40 247 4022](tel:+31402474022)

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##### Department / Institute

[Mechanical Engineering](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/mechanical-engineering)

##### Group

[Processing and Performance](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/processing-and-performance)

[Institute for Complex Molecular Systems](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/institutes/institute-for-complex-molecular-systems)

[Microsystems](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/microsystems)

[Group Den Toonder](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/microsystems/group-den-toonder)

## RESEARCH PROFILE

Michelle Spanjaards is an Assistant Professor in the Microsystems group of the Mechanical Engineering department of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her research focuses on the development and application of numerical methods for the computation-guided design of bioinspired microsystems. Using advanced numerical methods, and often seeking collaboration with experimental researchers, she aims to gain fundamental insights into the rheological behavior of soft materials in microfluidic and biomedical applications. Among her current research interests are  non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, micro-hydrodynamics and computational rheology.

## ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Michelle Spanjaards started her study in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where she obtained her MSc degree (with great appreciation) in 2017. Immediately after she started as a doctoral candidate in the Polymer Technology group of prof. Patrick Anderson. She obtained her PhD degree in January 2022 with her thesis entitled: "Modeling and optimization of polymer extrusion". After her PhD she spent several years in industry, working as a Research Scientist at Philips in the Multiphysics Models of Devices group. Since January 2024 she is employed as an Assistant Professor in the Microsystems group of prof. Jaap den Toonder at the TU/e.

## Recent Publications

- [See all publications](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/michelle-spanjaards//publications/)

- [### Numerical investigation of the effects of pre-dilatation on paravalvular leakage during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

  Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

  (2024)

  Laura Supp,Jan Oldenburg,Michelle Spanjaards,Michael Stiehm,Alper Öner,Klaus-Peter Schmitz,Finja Borowski](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/35a71051-c053-46cb-98b5-23aad42a9b1f)
- [### A fast in silico model for preoperative risk assessment of paravalvular leakage

  Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

  (2024)

  Michelle Spanjaards,Finja Borowski,Laura Supp,René Ubachs,Valentina Lavezzo,Olaf van der Sluis](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/93093b61-4fce-4690-a26c-a2f677988a26)
- [### Synergy of Fiber Surface Chemistry and Flow: Multi-Phase Transcrystallization in Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics

  Polymers

  (2022)

  Stan F.S.P. Looijmans,Michelle Spanjaards,Ljiljana Puskar,D. Cavallo,Patrick D. Anderson,Lambèrt C.A. van Breemen](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/95e20c37-d474-44a6-9f47-a5d6905d3a6b)
- [### The extrusion of EPDM using an external gear pump: experiments and simulations

  International Polymer Processing

  (2022)

  Vincent G. de Bie,Michelle M.A. Spanjaards,Martien A. Hulsen,Patrick D. Anderson](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/3ae465df-371d-4516-8fa3-249a033f9afd)
- [### Numerical Study of Residual Stresses Due to External Cooling in Extruded Polymer Profiles

  Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

  (2022)

  Michelle M.A. Spanjaards,Martien A. Hulsen,Patrick D. Anderson](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/8e02d3fd-7b9b-4ea9-8f09-9e0a538fbbee)

## Ancillary Activities

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