Background
Frimout, Dirk D. was born on March 21, 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium.
Frimout, Dirk D. was born on March 21, 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium.
Degree in electrotechnical engineering, State University Ghent, Belgium, 1963. Doctor in Applied Physics, University Ghent, Belgium, 1970.
Head section instrumentation Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1965—1978. Crew activities coordinator, experiment coordinator for Spacelab-1 European Space Agency, 1978—1984. Member microgracity division European Space Research and Technology Center, 1984—1989.
Senior engineer payload utilization department of Columbus directorate, support to European experiments on Atlas-1 European Space Agency, since 1989. Payload specialist astronaut STS-45 Atlantis flight, Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software-1 cargo National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992.
Member of Association Engineers from University Ghent, Royal Association Flemish Engineers, Belgian National Council for Space Research (associate).
Married; 2 children.