Background
Wesseling, Pieter was born on August 18, 1942 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Rindert and Gerda (Smouter) Wesseling.
Wesseling, Pieter was born on August 18, 1942 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Rindert and Gerda (Smouter) Wesseling.
Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics and Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
Teaching assistant California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1965-1967. Senior engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1967-1968, National Aerospace Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1968-1972. Professor numerical mathematics University Twente, Enschede, 1972-1977.
Professor pure and applied mathematics Delft University of Technology, since 1977. Member science committee The Netherlands Institute for Aerospace Research, since 1978.
Board member Foundation for Reformational Philosophy, Utrecht, 1980-1989. Chairman board T.H. van Eegen School, Aerdenhout, 1978-1982. Member National Working Group for Numerical Mathematics (chairman since 1988).
Married Jantina Bulthuis, August 11, 1964. Children: Pauline, Rindert, Gerda.