Wouter Quak

System Architect in CAE / Specialist in FEA technology @ SKF Group

About

Mechanical engineer specialized in non-linear solid mechanics, numerical methods in mechanical engineering and the development of simulation software. Keywords: Non-linear solid mechanics and material modelling, Numerical Methods in Engineering, Software Development, Non-Linear Finite Elements

Country

Netherlands

City

The Randstad

Industry

Research

Skill

Simulations, Finite Element Analysis, Solid Mechanics, Matlab, Numerical Analysis, Non-linear Analysis, ANSYS, Fortran, Numerical Simulation, Abaqus, CFD, LaTeX, Materials Science, Experimentation, Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, Composites, Simulink, Computational Mechanics, R&D

Experience

System Architect in CAE / Specialist in FEA technology

SKF Group

2024-6 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

Product Owner in CAE / Senior Rearcher

SKF Group

2018-7 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Netherlands

Leading a team on developments to bring advanced computational functionality as easy-to-use services. Keywords: Cloud Services, advanced computational FEA c++ back-ends, web or python front-ends

Researcher

SKF Group

2012-3 - 2018-7 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Nieuwegein

Development of software for the simulation of bearing and sealing components. Keywords: - professional software development in teams - numerical methods in engineering / Finite elements / CMS / Non-linearities / localized contact - programming and object-oriented design of numerical solvers - related software topics ( software testing, optimization for solver performance, setting-up of trainings, revision control )

PhD researcher

University of Twente

2007-9 - 2011-10 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Topic of the PhD research: Meshless Methods and Forming Processes Development of a meshless method for the simulation of bulk forming processes. The thesis is free and can be downloaded from the link given.

Education

University of Twente

Mechanical Engineering

2004 - 2007 · 3 yrs

Topic of the MSc research: Development of a solid-shell finite element for use in sheet deformation processes. Finished Cum-Laude. The thesis is public and can be found at the given link.