Aviation Academy

#1 We are the Aviation Academy: Robert Jan de Boer

"It is great to be part of the Aviation Academy with its enthusiastic members and high quality output"

I am really pleased to be associated with the Aviation Academy because it allows me to pursue my interests in applied research in close collaboration with industry. I have been associated with the Aviation Academy right from the beginning when I joined the HvA in 2009. Two graduate students and myself started off by analyzing what research themes to adopt to maximize our impact with companies and to match the Aviation curriculum. At that time doing research at the HvA was still considered odd and unnecessary. Now we are developing into a key player for applied research for the European aviation industry, with contacts at numerous academic universities and industrial partners.

I am proud at what we are achieving, and very happy to be able to contribute to that development. It is great to be part of the Aviation Academy with its enthusiastic members and high quality output. Happily our students are very motivated - particularly those in the honours tracks. This makes teachning and doing research with them great fun. I hope that we can sustain our growth by attracting even more capable and fun staff members.

The "We are the Aviation Academy" blog is an initiative of the research programme of Aviation and aims to give everyone in- and outside the Aviation Academy a nice view of the people of the Aviation Academy.

26 January 2016