- Unit:
- SINTEF Industry
- Department:
- Materials and Nanotechnology
- Office:
- Oslo
Andreassen is a senior scientist at SINTEF. Since 1990 he has performed R&D on polymer-based materials and associated manufacturing methods, for a wide range of applications. He has initiated a large number of R&D projects, together with industry in Norway and the EU. Since 2010, he is also adjunct professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and holds 2 patents.
Education
Erik Andreassen received a M.Sc degree in technical physics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (now NTNU), Trondheim, Norway in 1989, and a Ph.D. degree in polymer science from the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway in 1999.
Competence and research areas
• Broad competence in the processing and properties of polymer-based materials, in particular thermoplastics and elastomers
• Injection moulding including numerical simulations
• Additive manufacturing ("3D printing")– materials, processes, pre- and post-processing
• Mechanical properties and analysis of mechanical response and fracture
• Polymer physics and characterization of microstructure
• Materials and manufacturing technologies for microfluidics devices such as lab-on-a-chip
• Optical properties of polymer materials
• Thermal properties of polymer materials
• Polymer materials for use in plants for CO2 capture
Projects
- Reducing the cost of CO2 capture by using polymer-based materials – "FANGST"
- Rapid Tooling 4.0
- Development of materials and processes for 3D-printing of components for fire stopping vents
- MKRAM – Material Knowledge for Robust Additive Manufacturing
- PolSi – A new industrial production method for next generation lab-on-a-chip systems
- AddForm – Additive manufacturing of mould inserts for injection moulding of functional prototypes and small product series
Publications
- Cyclic Compression Testing of Three Elastomer Types— A Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Elastomer, a Liquid Silicone Rubber and Two Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubbers
- Thermal management of an interventional medical device with double layer encapsulation
- Can the use of plastics reduce the cost of CO₂ capture?
- Ageing effects on two-component injection molded thermoplastic elastomers on polyamide-12
- Thermal management with a new encapsulation approach for a medical device
- Adhesion between thermoplastic elastomers and polyamide‐12 with different glass fiber fractions in two‐component injection molding
- Ageing effects on two-component injection molded thermoplastic elastomers on polyamide-12
- New encapsulation concepts for medical ultrasound probes- A heat transfer simulation study
- Thermoplastic elastomers – A study on adhesion in two-component injection moulding
- Thermoplastic elastomers – Long-term mechanical properties for sealing applications