SAFETY & DANGEROUS CHEMICALS

I have been a safety officer in DARE since September of 2020. A year later I became the president of the safety board for two years. In my time as a safety officer at Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE), I have managed the licensing, transport, production, and use of pyrotechnic devices ranging from small wire cutters to large 50 kg solid rocket motors.

I reviewed designs, and provided constructive feedback, and said “no” when appropriate. DARE is proud of its strong safety record and I worked very hard to keep it that way.

I was one of the founding members of Project Sparrow, which designed and tested the first cryogenic liquid rocket in the Netherlands. In this project, we worked with hundreds of kilograms of liquid oxygen. I worked extensively on ensuring we could conduct our test campaigns safely.

After a year of working full-time on Project Sparrow, I returned as the lead Safety Officer to supervise test campaigns.