Wim van Balen

Wim van Balen has a diverse work experience in various roles. Wim is currently the Head of Department at Deltares, where they manage the department of Operational Water Management. Their responsibilities include flood/drought forecasting, real-time control, and innovation in the field of operational water management. Prior to this, they worked as the Manager Software at ORTEC, leading the software department in their Central Eastern Europe office. Wim was also a Teamlead Software at ORTEC and a Consultant and Teamlead Software at Deltares. Wim has experience as a Business Consultant at HKV Consultants, where they worked on topics related to hydrodynamics, Dutch water systems, safety against flooding, flow modeling, and risk analysis. Wim started their career as a PhD researcher at TU Delft, focusing on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and developing computational models for flow phenomena in turbulent, curved open-channel flows. Wim is experienced in programming languages such as Fortran and Matlab.

Wim van Balen has a strong educational background with multiple degrees and certifications. Wim began their education at Van Lodenstein College from 1993 to 1999, where they completed their Gymnasium degree. During this time, their studies included English, Dutch, Greek, Latin, history, mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Following their Gymnasium degree, Wim van Balen attended Delft University of Technology, where they pursued a BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from 1999 to 2005. Wim then continued their education at the same university and earned a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from 2005 to 2009.

In addition to their degrees, Wim van Balen has also obtained various certifications. Wim completed The Science and Modeling of Climate Change program at the University of Chicago in November 2020. In January 2020, they obtained a certification in Finance for Non-Finance Professionals from Rice University. Prior to that, in November 2019, they completed the Deep Learning Specialization offered by deeplearning.ai. In August 2019, they obtained a certification in Web Design Specialization from the University of Michigan. Furthermore, in April 2018, they completed the Machine Learning program at Stanford University.

Overall, Wim van Balen's educational journey showcases their strong academic foundation in multiple fields, including fluid dynamics, civil engineering, and various specialized areas such as climate change science, finance, deep learning, web design, and machine learning.