Professional experience
- Delft University of Technology, associate professor
- Delft University of Technology, assistant professor
- December 2015 - January 2019
- University of Girona, visiting professor
- Delft University of Technology, postdoctoral researcher
- April 2010 - November 2015
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, visiting professor
- March 2015, November 2015
- NASA Langley Research Center, visiting scientist
- Ecole Centrale de Nantes, postdoctoral researcher
- Delft University of Techology, PhD candidate
- University of Bristol, visiting researcher
- TNO Diana, trainee
- CAE Nederland, junior R&D engineer (part-time)
- January 2001 - December 2003
Education
- PhD (cum laude). Computational Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology
- Thesis: Computational Modeling of Failure in Composite Laminates
- September 2010
- MSc (cum laude). Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology
- Thesis: Finite Element Shape Function Optimization in Heat Conduction Problems
- March 2006
- BSc. Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology
Grants and awards
- Vidi, personal research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), € 800,000, 2018.
- Safe-Ride research project funded by Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), € 440,000, 2018.
- MIMIC research project funded by TKI Wind op Zee, € 1,100,000, 2014.
- Veni, personal research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), € 250,000, 2012.
- Best PhD thesis of the year, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), 2010.
- Best graduate of the year, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2005/06