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Roel Van De Velde
Vice President of Aerospace & DefenseRoel Van De Velde
Vice President of Aerospace & DefenseRoel Van De Velde graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2001, with a major in Dynamics & Control. After that, he held various engineering and sales positions in the field of automotive crash safety, injury biomechanics and crash test dummy computer model development. In 2013 he joined ESTECO North America, where he currently is the Vice President of Aerospace & Defense, with the responsibility to grow ESTECO's user community in the A&D market.
Digital Engineering maturity in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Written by Roel Van De Velde
27 March 2023 · 5 min read
On March 14-15, 2023, the 4th edition of our A&D Technology Days were held at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.
It’s time to reinvent commercial and defense aviation
Written by Roel Van De Velde
3 October 2022 · 6 min read
The biggest trend that we are seeing is that our customers want to integrate MDO and SPDM capabilities with their PLM and MBSE environments, in order to maintain a digital thread and provide access to the right data at the right time.
Aerospace emerging sectors: eVTOL design for success with MDO
Written by Roel Van De Velde
2 August 2021 · 6 min read
The market for Urban Air Mobility and Regional Air Mobility is red hot. Hundreds of startups are trying to impress investors. How can these startups have a better chance of success with their first clean sheet design? By fully embracing MDO in the design and engineering process.
Digital Engineering: Why every engineer should be part of the MDO process
Written by Roel Van De Velde
3 August 2020 · 8 min read
Big changes in aircraft development are coming. With the entire industry coming to a grinding halt, state governments have acted quickly to protect the A&D industries that are so critical for the economy and national security.
Server-based MDO: the preferred architecture of the future
Written by Roel Van De Velde
20 February 2020 · 5 min read
Let’s take a closer look as to why one of the most significant outcomes of the AFRL EXPEDITE program is that “server-based MDAO, modeling lifecycle management, and automated distribution is the preferred architecture”.
The aircraft we board today are almost identical to the ones we boarded fifty years ago. Yes, they are quieter, more fuel-efficient and may make use of new materials, but in essence, nothing has changed.