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February 2014
Jo Spronck, associate Professor Mechatronic System Design and Metrology (1955)
Education and Degrees:
1983 Technical University of Eindhoven: Fysics department; MSc in particle physics with
specialisation plasma physics.
1986 TNO / NKO(Dutch Calibration Organisation): Quality expert assessor for metrology laboratories.
Positions:
2007-now Associate Professor Mechatronic Systems design and Metrology at TUDelft.
2000-2006 Assistant and Associate Professor Advanced Mechatronics at TUDelft.
1998-2002 Director/owner Delpa B.V.
1987-1999 Assistant Professor Precision Engineering at TUDelft.
1983-1987 Senior scientist at the Dutch metrology institute / Van Swinden Laboratory in Delft.
1981-1982 Teaching assistant physics. NLO in Eindhoven.
Research Area:
Mechatronic System Design and Metrology for Precision Engineering:
All research projects are related to static and dynamic precision positioning systems (up to 6 degrees
off freedom) for applications in the High Tech Industry. We try to solve High Tech challenges with
“out off the box” design solutions and always build demonstrators for validation of our concepts.
- Mechatronic System Design topics: sub-nanometer positioning; magnetic bearing, levitation and
propulsion; air-positioning; thermal positioning and systems using ferro fluids.
- Metrology topics: Sensor System Design; interferometry and capacitive sensors.
Distinctions and awards:
80% of my PhD students and postdoc’s are financed with national grants from IOP (Inovatieve
Onderzoek Projecten) and STW (Stichting Technische Wetenschappen).
Winner Mc Kinsey&Company National New-Venture-2000 with my company Delpa B.V. (Dfl 50.000,-)
Membership of scientific committees, reviewer for journals and funding agencies, editorial board:
2010- onwards: Member of the “National board of specialists for the national measurement
standards”, ministry of economic affairs; crown appointed in 2010 by former queen Beatrix.
Reviewer for: Measurement Sciency and Technology, Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Sensors,
Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical.
ISI Journal Publications: 15 / from 2009 - 2013
Citations: no idea (total amount / from 2007 - 2012)
Average citations per year: no idea
H-index: 7
Other publications 45 (e.g. conference proceedings, non-listed journals etc.): (total amount/from
2007 - 2012)
Patents: 4
Books (and book chapters): none
Plenary, keynote and invited Lectures, (2007 – present): none
February 2014
Teaching:
Supervision students in their final projects:
BSc students: 15/year.
MSc students: 10/year.
Courses:
BSc Mechatronics: lectures on Sensors and Metrology
BSc final project: coaching group sessions.
Supervision of PhD’s
2011-2015, Oscar van de Ven, Auto-alignment and auto-calibration for capacitive displacement
measurement, co-promotor
2011-2015, Johan Vogel, Mode shape excitation measurement with sub-nanometre precision, copromotor
2010-2014, Ruijun Deng, Long-range zero-power magnetic bearing, co-promotor
2010-2014, Arjan Meskers, Sub-nanometer displacement measurement, co-promotor
2008-2014 Jeroen Paul van Schieveen, Picometer capacitive measurement, co-promotor
2009-2013, Rudolf Saathof, Adaptive optics for EUV lithography, co-promotor
2007-2011, Jasper Wesselingh, Contactless positioning using an active air film, co-promotor
2006-2010, Jonathan D. Ellis, Optical metrology techniques for dimentional stability measurements,
co-promotor
2004-2009, Dick Laro, Mecatronic design of an electromagnetically levitated linear positioning
system using novel multi-DoF actuators, co-promotor
2003-2007, Leon Jabben, Mechatronic design of a magnetically suspended rotating platform, copromotor
2003-2007, Warner Venstra, 3-D Micromachining with application in mechanical microarrays, cosupervisor

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