About Us

3D Design, Project Management, Research, Technical Support
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Grant Application Writing, and Application Development

My career

Education
PhD. Aerospace Engineering

May 2000 – Dec 2004

Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Unanimously cum Laude. Research Group: Design and Production of Composite
Structures. Topic: Pressure Vessels & Filament Winding.

MSc. & BSc. Aerospace Engineering

Sep 1994 – Mar 2000

Delft University of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands)
Specialization: Composite Structures: Design, Analysis and Production.

BSc. Mechanical Engineering

Sep 1990 – Jun 1994

Delft University of Technology, Delft (The Netherlands)
Specialization: Composite Structures: Design, Analysis and Production.

B. Arts, Classical Piano

Sep 1989 – Jun 1994

ArTEZ Conservatory, Arnhem (The Netherlands)

Work experience
Senior Research Associate

May 2020 – May 2022

Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede (The Netherlands)
Research in Robotics, Thermoplastic Joining, EU projects.

Senior Research Associate

Oct 2018 – Apr 2020

Thermoplastic Composites Research Center, Enschede (The Netherlands)
Thermoplastic Composites Research & Development. Supervision of 4 PhD.
candidates.

Assistant Professor

Sep 2004 – Oct 2018

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft (The
Netherlands)
Teaching, funding (>2.5 M€) and research in composites design & analysis,
automated production methods and fracture mechanics. 150 publications & patents, 3
spin-off companies, 60 MSc. graduates, 6 PhD. candidates.

Special skills
General Anisotropic Elasticity
Mechanics of Composite Materials
Composite Pressure Vessel Design, Analysis & Production Methods
Robotics (Simulation, Programming, Production, KUKA certificate)
Analytical and Numerical Techniques in Mathematica®