Advisory Board

D-STANDART is privileged to be able to count on the support of a remarkably high-level advisory board comprising the following:

Rolls-Royce

Aerospace OEM

Rolls-Royce

Expert 1: Adam Bishop
Position: Specialist – Composites Mechanical Technology, Composites UTC Partnership Manager
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Expert 2: Ibrahim Sever
Position: Engineering Associate Fellow
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Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« Materials technology plays an important role in Rolls-Royce’s net zero strategy. Lightweight, strong, sustainable composites are a key enabler and accurate understanding of their fatigue behaviour is of paramount importance for better designs as well as better experimental verification methodologies. »

EMBRAER

Aircraft OEM

EMBRAER
Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« Embraer’s commitment to this project is driven by two fundamental objectives: firstly, the development of novel and efficient methodologies for the analysis of composite structures and, secondly, the subsequent optimization of the engineering processes through digitalization and simulation. »

FOKKER Aerospace

Aircraft OEM

FOKKER Aerospace

Expert 1: Dr. Bas H.A.H. Tijs.
Position: Senior analysis specialist
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Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« I fully support the development of fast and efficient methods to model the durability of large-scale composites structures, especially if this would minimise the amount of physical testing required. »

SIEMENS Gamesa Renewable Energy

Wind turbine manufacturer

SIEMENS Gamesa Renewable Energy

Expert 1: Vitor Reis
Position: Blade Structural Engineer
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Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« By building knowledge on composites durability, we aim to improve our testing methodologies and expand our modeling capabilities to consistently develop reliable and cost-effective wind turbines. »

COEXPAIR

Tier 2 – Process Engineering & Equipment Mfg.

COEXPAIR

Expert 1: Emmanuel Detaille
Position: Research and Innovation Director
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Expert 2: Pierre Severin
Position: Engineering Team Leader
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Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« HF testing methods developed in D-STANDART are key to spare time & cost for test campaigns for customer projects and R&I projects, in aerospace and other sectors. Also AI prediction will be instrumental for development of composite part, mold and equipment for our customers. »

DLR

DLR

Expert: Ligeia Paletti
Position: Research Associate
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Main ambition addressed by D-STANDART ?
« Gaining more knowledge on the structural integrity and durability of aerospace materials is essential to keep aircraft in service as long as possible and to reuse aircraft components in several loops. Extending products’ lives and multi-loops strategies are essential enablers for a circular economy in the aviation sector. »