Prof Dr Ing Jan Post
Professor in Digital Fabrication/Manufacturing at the University of Groningen and Director Strategic Partnerships
Philips Personal Care, Drachten, The Netherlands
About
Over a period of more than 35 years Prof. Dr. Ing. Jan Post was involved in the co-operation of Philips and the academic research domain for initiating new research (bachelor/master/PhD), the guidance of students and the valorization of that research at Philips.These initiatives are on European, National and regional level in setting up Public Private Partnerships and other strategic partnerships. Most of the research is on Computational Mechanics, Material development and the digitalization of Industry. This activities led to hundreds of presentations on National and international conferences, the guidance of hundreds of students (Bachelor/master/PhD) and more than 25 PhD research projects and other partnerships.
He is currently responsible within Philips for setting up Strategic Partnerships for Philips Personal Care, including academic research and education. He is responsible for the Smart Industry Field lab “Region of Smart Factory” and the HTSM roadmap Smart Industry and figurehead of the NWA-Smart Industry. He is a Professor in Digital Fabrication/Manufacturing at the University of Groningen and from the beginning of 2021 responsible for the AI-coalition in the Northern part of the Netherlands.