Summary

Mathematical engineer
Trained in modeling physical problems and finding analytical or numerical solutions.

Current status

19 Feb 2012: Thermal specialist at Mecal, Eindhoven

Experience

• Thermal specialist

  Mecal

  Feb 2012–now  
  Solving thermal and flow problems for the semiconductor industry

• Mechanical analist

  TNO

  Feb 2011–Dec 2011  
  Analysis of stresses in bondpads and MEMS, diffusion in OLEDs, various other projects.

• Employeneur

  TMC

  Feb 2011–Jan 2012  
  Mix between employee and etrepreneur: using specialized knowledge on technical assignments

• PostDoc

  TUE

  June 2010–November 2010  
  PostDoc project for ASML, in which I analyzed which events trigger the breakup of the film layer present at the wafer in the immersion lithography technology.

• PhD. Mechanical Engineering

  TUE

  September 2005–May 2010  
  In the Energy Technology group of the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the Eindhoven University of Technology, a project, funded by MicroNed, analyzing evaporation in micro channels used for CPU cooling.

• Intern

  DSM Geleen

  October 2004–June 2005  
  In the Material Science Centre of DSM, I predicted viscoelastic behavior of polymer melts, based on the polymer structure. I made models, expanded models, combined models, made numerical implementations of models and compared the numerical results to experimental data. The project was graded 9 out of 10 points.

• Intern

  Océ Venlo

  October 2003–December 2003  
  In three months, I investigated the relation between cylinder size and capacity.

• Student member faculty board

  Mathematics and computer science department, TUE

  September 2001–August 2002  
  In the faculty board of the mathematics and computer science department, decisions about the future of the department are made. A student is present there, to make sure the needs of the students are taken in account.

Education

• M.Sc. Applied Mathematics

  TUE

  September 1999–August 2005  
  Graduated Cum Laude. Specialized in Continuum Mechanics and Applied Analysis.

• Secondary school

  TBL

  September 1993–June 1999  
  Set of courses: Dutch, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, English, German, Greek, Latin. Extra: Fast Lane English, level A2.

Skills

• MatLab

  Expert, 8 years

  Software for numerical analysis.

• Mathematica

  Expert, 7 years

  Software for mathematical analysis.

• C

  Advanced, 4 years

  Programming language.

• Fortran

  Sufficient, 1 year

  Programming language.

• Marc/Mentat

  Sufficient, 1 year

  Finite Element Modeling software.