STAFF PROFILE
Professor Cees Bil
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Aerospace Engineering and Aviation
Phone:
+61 3 9925 6176
Email:
cees.bil@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
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)
- Martinez Diaz, J.,Bil, C.,Dyer, A.,Garcia Mendoza, J. (2017). Comparison and characterization of visual scan patterns of expert and cadet pilots in VFR landing In: Proceedings of the 17th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 26 - 29 February 2017
- Fox, J.,Bil, C.,Carrese, R.,Hanlon, G. (2017). Reducing aircraft stall speed of firefighting aircraft using retrofit vortex generators In: Proceedings of the 17th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 26 - 29 February 2017
- Scopelliti, D.,Martinez Gou, J.,Bil, C.,Carrese, R.,Marzocca, P. (2017). Design, analysis and experimental testing of a morphing wing In: Proceedings of the 25th AIAA/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, Grapevine, Texas, United States, 9 - 13 January 2017
- Fox, J.,Bil, C.,Carrese, R. (2017). Particle swarm optimization with surrogate modelling of passive vortex generators In: Proceedings of the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, United States, 9 - 13 January 2017
- Martinez Diaz, J.,Bil, C.,Dyer, A.,Garcia Mendoza, J. (2017). Visual scan patterns of expert and cadet pilots in VFR landing In: Proceedings of the 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (AIAA 2017), Denver, United States, 5 - 9 June 2017
- Lapid, T.,Bil, C.,Hanlon, G. (2017). Experimental testing of a new fast curing adhesive for structural repair In: Proceedings of the 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Denver, United States, 5 - 9 June 2017
- Dorrington, G.,Silva, J.,Bil, C.,Marzocca, P. (2017). On the potential of lighter-than-air and hybrid aircraft for the Australian civil sector In: Proceedings of the 17th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 26-29 February 2017
- Ng, C.,Bil, C.,Marzocca, P. (2017). A Concurrent Design Architecture for Electronic Product Design and Test In: Transdisciplinary Engineering: A Paradigm Shif, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Bil, C.,Marzocca, P. (2017). Concurrent design facility for aerospace education In: Proceedings of EDULEARN 2017 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 3 - 5 July 2017
- Bil, C.,Dorrington, G. (2017). Student assessment in team project-based learning: Challenges and experiences In: Proceedings of the EDULEARN17 Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 3 - 5 July 2017
- Mission Effectiveness and Risk Modelling for Defence Operations (PhD Project). Funded by: Defence Science Institute Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2020)
- Cost-Benefit Assessment of Future Maritime Concepts for Defence. Funded by: Defence Science Institute Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2017)
- Investigation into Passenger and Cabin Luggage Weight and Aviation Safety. Funded by: Civil Aviation Safety Authority Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2016)
- Nautics to Aeronautics Forum at the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT). Funded by: The Office of Naval Research Conference Support Program Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2016)
- Parallel evolutionary programming techniques for strategy optimisation in conflict scenarios. Funded by: Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) Contract from (2006 to 2007)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
23 PhD Completions and 6 Masters by Research Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 4 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Aerospace Design and Optimisation, Aerodynamics, Dynamics and Control, Computer-Aided Engineering, Simulation and Modelling.