Piet Cornelis Tobias Van Der Laan

Background

Laan, Piet Cornelis Tobias Van Der was born on April 13, 1935 in Leiden, Netherlands. Son of Dirk and Margaretha (Barreveld) Van Der Laan.

Education

Degree in physics, Delft University of Technology, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University Utrecht, 1964.

Career

Scientist, group leader Failover Manager Institute Plasma Physics, Jutphaas, Netherlands, 1959-1975. Staff member, then assistant division leader Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1975-1978. Professor electrical engineering Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, since 1978.

Research associate University Wisconsin, Madison, 1965-1966. Visiting scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973-1974. Board directors Space Research Organization Netherlands, Utrecht, 1987-1991.

Member international advisory committee International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, Beijing, 1988.

Achievements

• Piet Cornelis Tobias Van Der Laan has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant, Royal Dutch Army, 1957-1959. Member American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Dutch Physical Society.

Connections

Married Janny Kamphuis, February 11, 1960. Children: Marieke, Martine, Heleen.

Father:

Dirk Laan

Mother:

Margaretha (Barreveld) Van Der Laan

Spouse:

Janny Kamphuis

child:

Heleen Laan

child:

Martine Laan

child:

Marieke Laan