Professional Experiences

Delft University of Technology - PhD Candidate (2024 - today)

Delft University of Technology - Lecturer Structural and Building Engineering (2020 - today)

Nederland Maakt Impact - Founder and Chairman (2019 - today)

Visual Human Rights - Founder and Photographer (2018 - today)

Engineers Without Borders Netherlands - Engineer and project leader (2018 - today)

One Young World - Ambassador to the Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands (2017-2018)

Royal HaskoningDHV - Structural Engineer (2016 - 2020)

Stichting550.nl - Co-Founder: A project that helps children with their homework (2014 - 2015)

Course Builder at Delft University of Technology: Civil Engineering (2013 - 2015)

Teaching Assistant at Delft University of Technology - Construction Design (2012 - 2013)

Teaching Assistant at Delft University of Technology - Integral Design (2011)

Co-Founder STeLA Europe - An international organisation that trains students on leadership skills (2011 - 2014):

Delft summit (2013), London: Shared Vision (2012), Tokyo summit (2012),

Zurich: Mental Models (2012), Delft: Leadership (2011)

Education

Delft University of Technology, MSc Civil Engineering - Structural Mechanics, MSc Honours Program (2012-2016).

Delft University of Technology, BSc Civil Engineering, BSc Honours Program (2008-2011).

Applied Sciences (HBO) Built Environment, Hogeschool Zuyd Heerlen: Civil Engineering, Architecture and Construction Management, Propaedeutic graduated, (2007-2008).

Secondary school (HAVO) BC Maastricht, (2005-2007).

Secondary school (Theoretische Leerweg, VMBO - TL) BC Maastricht, (2001-2005).

Life Long Learning

Philosophy and Critical Thinking - University of Queensland, Australia.

World Religions Through Their Scriptures - Harvard, USA.

Justice - Harvard, USA.

Introductory Psychology - St. Margaret's Episcopal School, USA.

Introduction to Philosophy: God, Knowledge and Consciousness - MIT, USA.

Mechanical Behaviour of Materials - MIT, USA.

Cellular Solids - MIT, USA. 

Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream - Harvard, USA.

Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking - Harvard, USA.

Extra Curricular

National Geographic Masterclass Photography - Amsterdam (2022)

Avance Impact Bootcamp VSBfonds - Utrecht (2022)

European Development Days - Brussels (2019)

Mutual Understanding and Respect and Learning - Schoorl and Lisbon (2019)

One Young World Summit - The Hague (2018)

European Development Days - Brussels (2018)

One Young World Summit - Bogota (2017)

United Netherlands - Public Speaking (2016)

NLFE and Advanced Earthquake Analyses - DIANA software - Delft (2016)

RailTech Expert Series - Rail Technology Conference - Paris (2016)

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Young Professional Mentor - Abu Dhabi (2014)

ATHENS Program - The Art of Building Cities - Polytechnic University of Milan (2014)

CivilCon: Civil Engineering Conference - Istanbul (2014)

Actionaid International Leadership Training Seminar - Denmark (2012)

Festival of Thinkers - Abu Dhabi (2011)

Cultural Professor Vincent Mentzel - Photography course at Delft University of Technology (2011)

STeLA Forum, Stanford University - USA (2011)

Ambassadorships

Engineers Without Borders - The Netherlands

One Young World - London, UK

Delft University of Technology - The Netherlands

Masdar Institute of Technology - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dutch Embassy - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Honours Program Delft University of Technology

Awards

The Public Award - Engineers Without Borders Netherlands

RAILTech Young Innovations Award - Finalist

ECHO Award Netherlands - Finalist

Additional Skills

Languages: Dutch (native), Arabic (native), and English (bilingual).

Dynamics: Presentation, Speaking, Collaboration, Social, Leadership.

Computer Skills: MS Office, AutoDesk AutoCAD, Sketchbook Pro, Mathworks MATLAB, ANSYS, SolidWorks, Maplesoft MAPLE, Google Sketchup, BIM, DIANA FEA, SCIA Engineer, Computational Engineering, Optimisation procedures, Structural Analysis, FEM.

Cartoonist: sTUDelta, ExtraCT - Civil Engineering, Practische Studie, PromooD, Leonardo Times.

Secondary Jobs

Duinrell Amusement Park (lifeguard), Photo Model, IT Officer, Restaurant Livrei (cook), Restaurant de 4 Azen (cook), Albert Heijn (shelf stocker), (2001-2010).

Further Interests

Reading, writing, philosophy, art, photography, psychology, education, sports, ...