Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor,
Robot Dynamics, Cognitive Robotics Department,
Mechanical Engineering
Delft University of Technology
My Courses
Within Mechanical Engineering I am involved as a project lecturer for the first two projects for the first-year BSc ME students, and co-teach the MSc Robotics Multi-disciplinary Project. In November 2024 I was awarded a TU Delft Education Fellowship. Currently most of my time is spent on the accompanying Fellowship Project on 'RevAImping the Literature Research'. My MOOC are still running as OpenCourseware at TU Delft. Over the past 20 years, I have taught and developed many courses, both on-campus and online, for Aerospace Engineering, the now-defunct Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Education and Learning, and the TU Delft Honors programme Next generation Robotics, many in collaboration with great colleagues. There is nothing more motivating than to work with (young) people willing to learn!
I am a firm believer that teaching should be inclusive, active, engaging, and in context and prepare students for their future careers in whichever direction they choose to go.
MOOC: Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers
Engineering is no longer limited to working in a single domain; today's engineers increasingly work in multidisciplinary fields. This now-archived MOOC on edX, created in collaboration with LDE-Centre of Education and Learning, helps starting researchers carry out all stages of multidisciplinary research using appropriate research methods. This MOOC is still available as OCW
MOOC: Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials
In this edX MOOC, learners explore the structural and material design of aircraft and spacecraft from the viewpoint of an aerospace engineer. Together with colleagues from the ASM department, an interactive, hands-on learning experience has been created to truly experience materials and structures engineering in aerospace. This MOOC is also available as OCW.
TU Delft Educational Fellowship Project: RevAImping the Literature Study
I was awarded my TU Delft Educational Fellowship on my proposal to RevAImp the Literature Research module, which is part of all MSc programs at mechanical Engineering at TU Delft. In this project, I am looking into how we can better support students in developing competencies and skills for doing Literature research, including the responsible use of AIs whilst also looking if the current format is still fit-for-purpose given the rapid developments of AI literature tools
Past courses & Design projects
In the past, when working at Aerospace Engineering, I have also taught Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Mechanics of Materials for more than 10 years, Aircraft Performance I and II for BSc students and coordinated and taught all BSc Aerospace Design Projects as well as supervised BSc Capstone Projects: Design Synthesis Exercise. At Mac level I have taught Research Methodologies, Ethics, and Industry Best Practice and served as MSc Track Coordinator.