Patrick Zuidema Email & Phone Number

Patrick Zuidema is a Senior simulation specialist at Movares. Colleagues describe him as "In the last ca 10 years I have had the pleasure to work with Patrick in R&D at Philips and Signify. During that time I learned to know Patrick as a very experienced and knowledgeable person in the area of finite element modeling, especially in using tools such as Ansys. His results were valuable to the projects we did together, as they helped a lot to create understanding of the thermo-mechanical product properties and the impact of the material and process parameters. In addition to being a technical expert, Patrick is a pleasant person to work with and always cooperative and willing to help solving our technical challenges." and "I have had the chance to work together with Patrick for almost ten years. Patrick is an excellent researcher who has demonstrated skills in modelling and simulating high power LED packages to be used in various lighting applications. He has also used his skills in fused deposition modelling based 3-D printing. His models using dynamic viscoelastic properties of various polymers were very useful in predicting the magnitude of built in-stress as well as ways of reducing this stress in various lighting products of Signify produced at their 3-D printing facilities. He also worked on nozzle designs for fast and effective ways melting the polymer to be printed. I strongly recommend Patrick as a researcher with strong skills in modelling using software such as FloTherm and Ansys CFX."