Meine van der Meulen

Meine van der Meulen has been involved in safety and dependability since 1988 when he joined the safety instrumentation department of Dutch Railways. After that he worked for the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, where he performed safety analyses for mainly chemical industry and off-shore operations. He joined SIMTECH Engineering in 1994, concentrating on traffic (mainly railways, but also shipping) and infrastructure (mainly storm surge barriers and tunnels). From 2003 to 2005 he combined a position as research fellow at the Centre for Software Reliability and safety consultant at Adelard, both in London.

Meine van der Meulen holds an M.Sc. degree in Electrotechnical Engineering from Eindhoven University, where he specialised in Measurement and Control. His thesis resulted in a patent on an algorithm to increase the speed of random access in a CD-ROM player. He also holds a degree in Dutch Law from the Dutch Open University. He speaks Dutch, German and English fluently, and reads French and Norwegian.