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Dr.ir.
Willemijn Elkhuizen is teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her main research interests are in the use of digital technology to create cultural heritage experiences. Her research takes the lens of characterizing the materials experience of cultural heritage artefacts to shape novel digitally mediated interactions, using technologies like 3D scanning, 3D printing, and extended reality.
In her research she develops frameworks, methods, and tools to support designers in developing meaningful and enjoyable cultural heritage experiences. Her work takes the experiential material characterization of cultural heritage artefacts as starting point and explores how these characterizations can be used to inspire novel, digitally mediated interactions, using technologies like 3D printing and extended reality (i.e. virtual/mixed reality). Her current research in primarily situated within human-computer interaction and design, but also holds links to art-history, conservation and museum studies, psychophysics and perception, and (3D) imaging and computer vision.
In 2022/2023 Willemijn was Researcher-in-residence with the National Library of The Netherlands (KB) (as part of the Future Libraries Lab). The project centered around the augmentation of their (historical) collection of pop-up and movable books, using virtual and mixed reality.
In her current position, Willemijn is co-director of the Museum Futures Lab, where she collaborates with museums and other cultural heritage institutions, and supervises graduation projects related to her research.
She is also coordinator of the Minor Advanced Prototyping. In this program she aims to engage students (with diverse technical backgrounds), and teach them hands-on prototyping skills, ranging from low fidelity prototyping to the use of advanced tools such as 3D scanning, computational design (using Rhino Grasshopper), digital fabrication (incl. 3D printing), and extended reality. In 2022 Willemijn received funding from the TU Delft Open Education Stimulation Fund to develop new, self-paced course materials on computational design with Rhino Grasshopper for personalized fit, digital fabrication, and generative design (publication forthcoming).
In 2019 – 2020 Willemijn received funding from and participated in the ‘Operation Night Watch’ project, initiated by the Rijksmuseum. In collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, she developed and deployed a 3D scanning module, to capture the three-dimensional surface of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ at ultra-high resolution, aimed at supporting documentation and conservation of the painting.
My research interests are the following:
Willemijn Elkhuizen is docent en onderzoeker aan de faculteit Industrial Design Engineering. Haar belangrijkste onderzoeksinteresses zijn het gebruik van digitale technologie om culturele erfgoedervaringen te creëren. Haar onderzoek is gericht op het karakteriseren van de materiaalervaring van cultureel erfgoed artefacten om nieuwe digitale interacties vorm te geven, met behulp van technologieën zoals 3D scannen, 3D printen en extended reality.
In haar onderzoek ontwikkelt ze frameworks, methoden en tools om ontwerpers te ondersteunen bij het ontwikkelen van betekenisvolle en boeiende culturele erfgoedervaringen. Haar werk neemt de ervaringsgerichte materiële karakterisering van cultureel erfgoedartefacten als uitgangspunt, en onderzoekt hoe deze karakteriseringen kunnen worden gebruikt om nieuwe, digitale interacties te inspireren, met behulp van technologieën zoals 3D-printen en extended reality (d.w.z. virtuele/mixed reality). Haar huidige onderzoek situeert zich voornamelijk binnen mens-computer interactie en design, maar heeft ook raakvlakken met kunstgeschiedenis, conservatie en museumstudies, psychofysica en perceptie, en (3D) imaging en computer vision.
In 2022/2023 was Willemijn Researcher-in-residence bij de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) (als onderdeel van het Future Libraries Lab). Het project draaide om het ervaarbaar maken van hun (historische) collectie pop-up en beweegbare boeken, met behulp van virtual en mixed reality.
In haar huidige functie is Willemijn co-directeur van het Museum Futures Lab, waar ze samenwerkt met musea en andere culturele erfgoedinstellingen en afstudeerprojecten begeleidt die gerelateerd zijn aan haar onderzoek.
Ze is ook coördinator van de Minor Advanced Prototyping. In dit programma wil ze studenten (met verschillende technische achtergronden) betrekken en hen hands-on prototyping vaardigheden aanleren, variërend van low-fidelity prototyping tot het gebruik van geavanceerde tools zoals 3D scanning, computational design (met behulp van Rhino Grasshopper), digitale fabricage (incl. 3D printing), en extended reality. In 2022 ontving Willemijn financiering van het TU Delft Open Education Stimulation Fund voor het ontwikkelen van nieuw, self-paced cursusmateriaal over computational design met Rhino Grasshopper voor personalized fit, digital fabrication en generative design.
In 2019 - 2020 ontving Willemijn financiering van en nam deel aan het project 'Operatie Nachtwacht', geïnitieerd door het Rijksmuseum. In samenwerking met het Rijksmuseum ontwikkelde en implementeerde ze een 3D scanmodule om het driedimensionale oppervlak van Rembrandts 'Nachtwacht' vast te leggen met ultrahoge resolutie, met als doel de documentatie en conservering van het schilderij te ondersteunen.
My onderzoeksinteresses zijn:
Doctorate, This is not a painting: Scanning and printing a painting's appearance, Industrial Design Engineering
1 Apr 2013 → 4 Oct 2019
Award Date: 4 Oct 2019
Master's degree, Solar lantern rental scheme in rural Cambodia, Industrial Design Engineering
1 Sept 2008 → 5 Nov 2010
Award Date: 5 Nov 2010
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Design Engineering
1 Sept 2003 → 31 Aug 2007
Award Date: 24 Jul 2007
Researcher-in-residence, KB nationale bibliotheek
1 Oct 2022 → 1 Jul 2023
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Abbie Vandivere (Speaker) & W.S. Elkhuizen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Willemijn Elkhuizen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
Willemijn Elkhuizen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
30/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
29/10/20 → 11/11/20
9 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
29/03/20 → 6/05/20
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
2/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
29/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement