PERSONAL
Date and place of birth:
18-10-1958, somewhere in the Netherlands
Married, living happily with A. and little Elise in Amsterdam.
Dutch citizen, height 1.80m, weight 78 kg.
Address:
Jacob Groenplantsoen 24 1035 MA Amsterdam
Phone:
020-4922480 (home) 020-5113308 (work)
e-mail
wvisser@xs4all.nl
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1971-1977 :
VWO (Atheneum-B)
1977-1983:
Technical
University Delft, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
M.Sc. at Combustion engines dept. M.Sc. graduation subject: Development
of a cycle
calculation model for diesel engines (performed at Stork Werkspoor Diesel
B.V. Amsterdam)
1986
Preliminary Aircraft Design
5-day course by the University of Kansas
1989
CEMSIV 2-week course on
aircraft engine maintenance information systems at
SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.), San Diego, CA, USA
1989
Gasturbine Engine Control
5-day course at Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
1992
Project Management
4-day in-house course at Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory by Buro van
Bergermeer
1994
Einführung in die Hubschraubertechnik
5-day course on helicopter technology
at the "Carl-Cranz-Gesellschaft",
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
1991-1994
Courses for Judo instructor (3x 10
months)
by Dutch Judo Association; these courses enhance teaching and social skills
1996
UNIX
3-day course on the UNIX operating system by “AT Computing”
EXPERIENCE
|
1981-1983
|
SWD Amsterdam |
M.Sc. graduation work |
|
1983-1984 |
SWD Amsterdam |
contract job, 7 months
at SWD Amsterdam, activities: continuation of graduation work; further
development and application of diesel engine cycle calculation computer
program |
|
1984 |
Contract job, 6 weeks
at SWD Amsterdam |
activities: cycle
analysis with the cycle calculation program for a research program to
reduce fuel consumption |
|
1984-1986 |
Kon. Landmacht |
military service as
"ROAG" (Reserve Officer Academisch Gevormd) officer at the
Materiel Testing Dept. of the Kon. Landmacht; projects on testing
prototype army vehicles) |
| 1986- |
Nationaal
Lucht- en Ruimtevaart-laboratorium (NLR, National Aerospace Laboratory) Amsterdam
|
·
Gas
turbines -
performance assessment and prediction -
handling problems, diagnostics -
emission prediction and measurement projects ·
Aircraft
Performance -
F-16 performance and fly path calculations -
Armed helicopter performance prediction ·
Software
development projects on mainframe and micro (PC) computers. -
GSP, software for modeling/simulation of aircraft engines -
aircraft performance simulation -
3D visualization/animation software development for aircraft
maneuvers (FLYPATH, SAFESCAPE….) -
PRELSIZE, program for preliminary aircraft design - ACMAD, database system for aircraft maintenance administration ·
Extensive experience with the Borland Delphi
software/system development environment (see present activities) ·
Condition monitoring -
Helicopter Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) - Gas turbine engine condition monitoring, gas path analysis, usage monitoring, life consumption prediction
|
| 1993- | B1-Cursus Amsterdam | Theory instructor aircraft engine theory for commercial pilot (ATPL) licence |
|
|
Freelance
Software development |
Sofware development for
various contractors (see auxiliary activities) |
PRESENT POSITION
Senior research engineer
PRESENT ACTIVITIES
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) PHM (Prognostics & Health Management Program) project
Development
of STOVL propulsion system models for JSF configurations.
Development
of propulsion system PHM technologies (gas path analysis, data mining).
GSP (Gas Turbine Simulation Program)
Overall system design management
Development
of comprehensive GSP documentation and system design (Borland Delphi)
Development
of comprehensive GSP documentation and system design
Contribution
to several cooperative projects: developing gas turbine engine models and
supporting GSP users.
EC
(European Commission funded projects)
Development
of GSP models for aero-engine exhaust gas emission assessment studies in the EC
AEROCERT project (close cooperation with DERA and LT dept.)
NIVR
(Dutch government funded projects)
Gas
turbine performance aspects in the NLR “Gas turbine project” (cooperation
with AT, SB)
JSF
(Joint Strike Fighter)
Engine
performance simulation studies for Integrated Flight Propulsion Control (IFPC)
(cooperation with AT, SB, VS, VM)
TU Delft (Wtb
and L&R faculties, nominal 1 day per week, educational tasks)
·
Prepare
and give lectures :
-
Vliegtuiggasturbines - (wb4280)
-
Gasturbines – B (wb4409)
·
Development
of lecture synopsis (see publications)
·
Definition
of MSc graduation assignments
·
Definition
of PhD programs
·
MSc
graduation committee
NATO RTO Research and Technology Organization
·
Member of
AVT-018 working group on “Simulation of gas turbine performance and
simulation” 1996-2001 (editor of Chapter 5).
·
Member of
AVT - PPS technical committee
Auxiliary activities
Membership in examination committee of Dutch Aviation Authorities (RLD) for ATPL license engine theory
Teaching aircraft engines theory to classes of commercial pilot students at the Schreiner-NLS flying school for ATPL license
Judo instructor
Software system design and development of Visser Services BroeiCalc©, BolCalc© and LilyBase© software for flower and flower bulb growing and forcing and for E-Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with Borland Delphi.
PUBLICATIONS
Published
/ presented:
Gas turbine technology and simulation
Tinga, T, Visser, W.P.J, de Wolf, W.B. and Broomhead M.J., 2000,
‘Integrated Lifing Analysis Tool for Gas Turbine Components’, ASME paper
2000-GT-0646, presented at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2000, 8-11 May 2000, Munich,
Germany
NLR-TP-2000-049
Hagmeijer, R., Visser, W.P.J. et al., 2000, ‘Towards Integrated Analysis of Gas Turbine Components for Life Prediction’, NLR-TP-2000-196
Visser, W.P.J. and Broomhead M.J., 2000, ‘Gsp, a generic object-oriented gas turbine simulation environment’, ASME paper 2000-GT-2, presented at the ASME TURBO EXPO 2000, 8-11 May 2000, Munich, Germany, NLR-TP-2000-267
Visser, W.P.J. and Broomhead M.J., 2000, ‘GSP User Manual’, NLR TR-99410
Visser, W.P.J. and Broomhead M.J., 2000, ‘GSP Technical Manual’, NLR TR-99411
Visser, W.P.J. and Kluiters, S.C.M., 1999, ‘Modeling the Effects of Operating Conditions and Alternative Fuels on Gas Turbine Performance and Emissions’, NLR Technical Publication NLR-TP-98629 / Research and Technology Organization, RTO-MP-14, presented at the RTO-AVT "Gas Turbine Engine Combustion, Emissions and Alternative Fuels" symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-16 October 1998, NLR-TP-98629
Visser, W.P.J., 1995, ‘Gas Turbine Simulation at NLR’, ‘Making it
REAL’, presented at the CEAS Symposium on Simulation Technology (paper MOD05),
Delft, the Netherlands.
NLR TP 95574 L
Synopsis for TU Delft
Houtman, C.J and Visser, W.P.J.,
1999, “Vliegtuiggasturbines” (wb4280 lecture synopsis)
24 NLR project-proprietary publications (on aircraft propulsion, gas turbine and aircraft performance, emissions, maintenance and other subjects).
Auxiliary publications:
Visser, W.P.J, 1995, ‘The role of unbalancing in judo class’, research paper published by the International Judo Federation IJF on http://www.ijf.org/htmls/main.htm (follow Commission / Education / Research Paper links) or look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~wvisser/jlbscrpe.htm (also available in Dutch)
LANGUAGES
Dutch : fluent
English : fluent
German : good
French : reasonable
HOBBIES
Sports: Judo, tennis
information technology (software developement, internet technology, object oriented programming)
automobile and motorcycle technology
history of the 20th century
Mail to: wvisser@xs4all.nl