Background
Akker, Harry E.A. Van Den was born on May 11, 1950 in Vught, The Netherlands. Son of Peter C. and Mary Van Den Akker.
Akker, Harry E.A. Van Den was born on May 11, 1950 in Vught, The Netherlands. Son of Peter C. and Mary Van Den Akker.
Master of Science, Eindhoven U. Technology, The Netherlands, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Eindhoven U. Technology, The Netherlands, 1978.
Research engineer Shell Research, Amsterdam, 1977—1984, 1985—1988. Exchange scientist Shell Oil, Houston, 1984—1985. Professor Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, since 1988.
Director Kramers Lab v Fysische Technology. Director course turbulence/computational fluid dynamics, PAON, Leiden, Netherlands, 1992, 93, 95. Member board Nuclear Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, 1997-2001, chairman department multi-scale physics, since 2002.
Science director Netherlands Research School in Process Technology, since 2001. Member Science Council The Netherlands Organization Institute Applied Physics, Delft, 1988-2005. Member assembly World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, 1999-2005.
Chairman 4th International Conference on Gas/Liquid and Gas/Liquid/Solid Reactor Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, 1999.
Director church choir, organist local church, The Netherlands, since 1982. Member European Federation Chemical Engineering (delegate to working party on mixing since 1990), Netherlands Royal Institute Engineers (board directors section applied physics 1998-2002), Dutch Physical Society (board directors 1997-2001, president since 2001).
Married Helen P. Vreede, June 21, 1975. Children: Willemyn, Jeroen, Matthys, Robert-January.