Patrick Anderson - Fellow, Elected 2026

Professor Anderson studied Applied Mathematics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where he also received his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 1999 with prof. Han Meijer as his advisor. Following a one-year break working for Océ Technologies on hot-melt inkjet printing, he joined the Polymer Technology group, starting as an assistant professor and in 2011 promoted to full professor and chair of the group. He is the Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU/e, a position he has held since 2022.

Patrick’s research combines deep physical insight with methodological innovation and has significantly advanced the fundamental understanding of viscoelastic mixing and multiphase flow, while simultaneously providing practical frameworks that connect theory, computation, and experiments. A defining feature of Prof. Anderson’s contributions is their consistent connection to technological accomplishment and processing practice. His research includes significant programs spanning polymer processing and manufacturing-relevant complex-fluid phenomena and rheology. In addition, his advisory engagements with industrial stakeholders demonstrate translation of rheology-based insight into industrially relevant contexts. This combination of rigorous scholarship and application has propelled Partick to the forefront of the rheology and complex fluids communities.

Partick’s international standing in rheology and complex fluids is further evidenced by an extensive record of plenary, keynote, and invited lectures. Recent highlights include a plenary lecture (2025) on measuring and predicting structure development during processing flows and invited/keynote contributions addressing rheology-relevant manufacturing and modeling themes, including benchmark-type problems on interfacial rheology (2020) and processing concepts linked to additive manufacturing (2025). This sustained level of visibility has been recognized by a number of teaching and research awards from the computational mechanics, rheology, and polymer processing communities.