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ocean engineering educator

Peter Friis Hansen, Danish ocean engineering educator. Recipient Prize Professor A. Ostenfeldts Gold-Medal Foundation, 1986, Thin-Walled Structures, 1985. Member International Ship & Offshore Structures Committee, Society Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Danish Engineers Society (committee structural safety).

Background

Hansen, Peter Friis was born on January 5, 1960 in Hvidovre, Denmark. Son of Alfred Johannes and Gerda Friis (Nielsen) Hansen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Engineering Academy of Denmark, 1985; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Technology University of Denmark, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy, Technology University of Denmark, 1994.

Career

Visiting research assistant, Monash U., Melbourne, 1983; civil engineer, Concrete and Structural Research Institute, Hørsholm, 1985-1988; civil engineer, Rambøll & Hannemann, Virum, Denmark, 1988-1989; research assistant, Danish Engineering Academy, Technology University of Denmark, 1989-1990; research assistant, Department of Ocen Engineering, Technology University of Denmark, 1990-1994; assistant professor, Department of Ocen Engineering, Technology University of Denmark, since 1994.

Achievements

  • Peter Friis Hansen has been listed as a noteworthy Ocean engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Ship & Offshore Structures Committee, Society Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Danish Engineers Society (committee structural safety).

Interests

  • Avocations: fishing, golf, jogging, mushrooms, cooking.

Connections

Married Elena Gorbatjova, June 11, 1994.

Father:
Alfred Johannes Hansen

Mother:
Gerda Friis (Nielsen) Hansen

Spouse:
Elena Gorbatjova