Professor Cees Bil

• Master of Science (Aerospace), 1981, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
• Grad Dipl (Education), 1983, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
• Doctor of Philosophy, 1988, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)

Employment history

• 1998 – present, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University
• 1995 – 1998, Senior Lecturer, Department of Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University
• 1988 – 1995, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• 1981 – 1988, Assoc. Researcher, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology

Affiliations and professional memberships

• Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
• Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, Dutch Association of Aerospace Engineers (NVvL)

Areas of research and consulting expertise

• Aerospace Design and Optimisation
• Aerodynamics
• Dynamics and Control
• Computer-Aided Engineering
• Simulation and Modelling

Industry collaboration

• BAE Systems Australia: Real-time prediction of ship motion
• DSTO: Helicopter Simulation
• GKN Aerospace Engineering Services Pty Ltd: Knowledge- Based Engineering
• Holden Ltd: Out of Position Occupants Restraints
• Advanced Aerosystem Technologies Pty Ltd: Wing-in-Ground Effect Vehicle Design

Community interaction

• Careers night Scotch College
• RAeS/AESA Aerospace Careers Night
• Vice chairman Royal Aeronautical Society Melbourne Branch
• Member ICAS Program Committee
• Member AED Scientific Committee

Conferences

• ICAS/AIAA International Air and Space Symposium and Exhibition: The Next 100 Years, Dayton, 12 – 15 July 2003 (Invited Paper)
• 23rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8 - 13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada (Paper presentation)
• Information, Decision and Control 2002, 11 - 13 February 2002, Adelaide (Paper presentation)
• 16th Bristol International UAV Systems Conference, 2 - 4 April 2001, Bristol, United Kingdom (Paper presentation)
• 9th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 6 - 8 March 2001, Canberra (Paper presentation)

Other achievements

• Royal Aeronautical Society Educational Award (2003)
• ARC Linkage Grant: Application of Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) Technology to Intelligent Design Engineering Systems (2003)
• VPAC Expertise Grant: Aircraft Configuration Optimisation using Parallel Computing (2002 – 2003)
• AIAA Student Design Prize (2002 – 2003)