I was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, exactly one year after the launch of Voyager 2.
When I was very young, I became interested in everything that moves, but especially boats and aircraft. Therefore, I studied Aerospace Engineering in university at Delft, where I got a side interest in spaceflight. I finally specialized in numerical aerodynamics: the computer simulation of fluid flow. Right now, I am a PhD-student, working on the simulation of water-air flows around ships.
November 2004