Background
Blom, Anders Fredrik was born on December 24, 1955 in Norrkoping, Sweden. Son of Olof Fredrik and Ingrid Solveig Elisabeth (Arelid) Blom.
educator aeronautical engineer
Blom, Anders Fredrik was born on December 24, 1955 in Norrkoping, Sweden. Son of Olof Fredrik and Ingrid Solveig Elisabeth (Arelid) Blom.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Linkoping Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1984. Doctor of Science in Aeronautics, Royal Institute of Technology, 1985.
Technical student, European Center for Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1979;
research assistant, Linkoping Institute Technology, 1979-1980;
research engineer, Aero. Research Institute, Bromma, Sweden, 1980-1984;
section head, Aero. Research Institute, Bromma, since 1984.
Research assistant Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1982-1984, Adjunct Professor, since 1987;visiting professor Federal U. Rio de Janeiro, 1990, 91. Consultant Volvo, Saab-Scania, ABB, SSAB, Alfa-Laval, FFV and other Swedish companies, since 1980. Expert Commission European Community on BRITE/EURAM Aeronautics, 1992.
National delegate International Committee on Aero. Fatigue, since 1985; chairman, International Steering Committee International Fatigue Congress, since 1993.
Fellow Institution Diagnostic Engineers. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society for Microbiology International, Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, Society Experimental Mechanics, American Society.Nondestructive Testing., Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences.
Married Monica Margareta Ekstrand, May 2, 1979 (divorced January 1991). Children: Joakim Sebastian Fredrik, Sebastian Johannes David.