Assistant Engineering

David Bekaert

Personal Name: David Bekaert

Date of birth: April 15th, 1987

E-mail: eedpsb[at]leeds.ac.uk

Nationality: Belgian

Key attributes Motivated to work and learn

High level of perseverance

Flexible to work and live in di erent environments

Adaptive to work in a multicultural environment

Results oriented

Education University of Leeds, United Kingdom Sep 2012 - Current

PhD Student: School of Earth and Environment.

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Sep 2008 - May 2011

Master of Science: Earth and Planetary Observation, with distinction.

Thesis: InSAR time series analysis of the 2006 slow slip event on the Guerrero

Subduction Zone, Mexico.

Honors Track: Remote Sensing

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Sep 2005 - Aug 2008

Bachelor of Science: Aerospace Engineering, with distinction.

Working YGT at the European Space Agency (ESTEC) May 2011 - July 2012

Young Graduate Trainee at the Microwave Instruments section of the Earth Ob-

experience

servation division (EOP-PIM). Developing and implementing a clutter suppres-

sion algorithm for ESA s P-band Ice sounder radar (POLARIS).

Intern at the European Space Agency (ESTEC) Jan - April 2011

Stagiaire at the Wave Interaction and Propagation section (TEC-EEP). Use of

microwave models to analyze the impact of snow grain size on the backscatter

for Ku and X band radars.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visisting Student Researcher Jan - May 2010

JPL a liate at the Radar Science and Engineering Section. Investigating the

usage of time series InSAR for extracting slow slip events in Guerrero, Mexico.

Collaborating in JPL radar projects.

Teaching assistant TU Delft Sept - Nov 2009

Teaching assistent of the Multivariate Data Analysis course, adressing di erent

interpolation and analysis techniques. Assisting master students during practi-

cals, giving feedback and grading of assignments.

Languages Dutch, mother tongue

English, speak, read and write

French, in training

Technical skills Programming skills

Matlab

and competences

Program experience

O ce: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Latex

IDL

Bash

Operating systems

Windows

Mac OS

Linux

Thesis supervisor Supervising professor TU Delft

References

Dr. Andrew Hooper Prof.dr.ir. Ramon Hanssen

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ESA ESA

Dr. Nico Gebert Bjorn Rommen

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JPL

Dr. Sang-Ho Yun

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