STAFF PROFILE
Professor Cees Bil
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399256176
Email:
cees.bil@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora East
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Master of Science (Aerospace), 1981, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
- Grad Dipl (Education), 1983, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
- Doctor of Philosophy, 1988, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Employment history
- 1998 – present, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University
- 1995 – 1998, Senior Lecturer, Department of Aerospace Engineering, RMIT University
- 1988 – 1995, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
- 1981 – 1988, Assoc. Researcher, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Affiliations and professional memberships
- Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
- Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Member, Dutch Association of Aerospace Engineers (NVvL)
Areas of research and consulting expertise
- Aerospace Design and Optimisation
- Aerodynamics
- Dynamics and Control
- Computer-Aided Engineering
- Simulation and Modelling
Industry collaboration
- BAE Systems Australia: Real-time prediction of ship motion
- DSTO: Helicopter Simulation
- GKN Aerospace Engineering Services Pty Ltd: Knowledge- Based Engineering
- Holden Ltd: Out of Position Occupants Restraints
- Advanced Aerosystem Technologies Pty Ltd: Wing-in-Ground Effect Vehicle Design
Community interaction
- Careers night Scotch College
- RAeS/AESA Aerospace Careers Night
- Vice chairman Royal Aeronautical Society Melbourne Branch
- Member ICAS Program Committee
- Member AED Scientific Committee
Conferences
- ICAS/AIAA International Air and Space Symposium and Exhibition: The Next 100 Years, Dayton, 12 – 15 July 2003 (Invited Paper)
- 23rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8 - 13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada (Paper presentation)
- Information, Decision and Control 2002, 11 - 13 February 2002, Adelaide (Paper presentation)
- 16th Bristol International UAV Systems Conference, 2 - 4 April 2001, Bristol, United Kingdom (Paper presentation)
- 9th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 6 - 8 March 2001, Canberra (Paper presentation)
Other achievements
- Royal Aeronautical Society Educational Award (2003)
- ARC Linkage Grant: Application of Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) Technology to Intelligent Design Engineering Systems (2003)
- VPAC Expertise Grant: Aircraft Configuration Optimisation using Parallel Computing (2002 – 2003)
- AIAA Student Design Prize (2002 – 2003)
- de Almeida, S.,Mo, J.,Bil, C.,Ding, S.,Wang, X. (2022). Servo Control Strategies for Vibration-Control in Robotic Wire EDM Machining In: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 29, 113 - 127
- McDonald, R.,German, B.,Takahashi, T.,Bil, C., et al, . (2022). Future aircraft concepts and design methods In: Aeronautical Journal, 126, 92 - 124
- Finger, D.,de Vries, R.,Vos, R.,Braun, C.,Bil, C. (2022). Cross-Validation of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Sizing Methods In: Journal of Aircraft, 59, 742 - 760
- Kwok, J.,Fox, K.,Bil, C.,Pang, T. Y., et al, . (2022). Bringing CT Scanners to the Skies: Design of a CT Scanner for an Air Mobile Stroke Unit In: Applied Sciences, 12, 1 - 17
- de Almeida, S.,Mo, J.,Bil, C.,Ding, S. (2022). Accurate vibration-free robotic milling electric discharge machining In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 122, 343 - 363
- Mo, J.,de Almeida, S.,Ding, S.,Bil, C. (2022). Control design of a reciprocating high-speed wire feed system for 7-axis robotic electric discharge machining In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 121, 6877 - 6905
- Ng, C.,Bil, C.,Sardina, S.,O'Bree, T. (2022). Designing an Expert System to Support Aviation Occurrence Investigations In: Expert Systems with Applications, 207, 1 - 19
- de Almeida, S.,Mo, J.,Bil, C.,Ding, S.,Wang, X. (2021). Design of a Wire Cut EDM End-Effector with Strict Robotic Constraints In: Transdisciplinary Engineering for Resilience: Responding to system disruptions, Bath, United Kingdom, 5–9 July 2021
- Gotten, F.,Havermann, M.,Braun, C.,Marino, M.,Bil, C. (2021). Aerodynamic Investigations of UAV Sensor Turrets - A Combined Wind-tunnel and CFD Approach In: Proceedings of the AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, United States, 11–15 and 19–21 January 2021
- Reid, S.,Jansen, P.,Perez, R.,Bil, C. (2021). Influence of Carbon Pricing on Regional Aircraft and Route Network Design In: Proceedings of the AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, United States, 11–15 and 19–21 January 2021
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
10 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions27 PhD Completions and 9 Masters by Research Completions
Aerospace Design and Optimisation, Aerodynamics, Dynamics and Control, Computer-Aided Engineering, Simulation and Modelling.
- Development and Validation of Air Mobile Stroke Unit Platforms - Air MSU Project (administered by Australian Stroke Alliance). Funded by: MRFF - 2021 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant from (2022 to 2023)
- The Golden Hour: Using Disruptive Technologies to Transform Pre-Hospital Stroke Care for All Australians (administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: Medical Research Future Fund from (2019 to 2020)
- Reach and Touch Capability in a Virtual and Augmented Reality Environment - Administered by University of Melbourne. Funded by: Defence Science Institute Collaborative Research Scheme Post 2016 from (2019 to 2021)
- Air Vehicle Recovery Operations on Surface Vessels Using Ship Motion Prediction (Administered by: University of Melbourne). Funded by: Defence Science Institute - Scholarship from (2019 to 2022)
- 11th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT). Funded by: Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development Grant from (2019 to 2020)