| 词条 | Walter Peeters |
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Walter Peeters is a Belgian engineer, economist and professor. He became president of the International Space University in 2011. Early life and educationPeeters was born in Antwerp on 28 June 1950. He completed primary school in Ekeren at the St.-Lambertusinstituut and afterwards at the Royal Atheneum in Antwerp. He obtained an engineering degree in nuclear engineering, a degree in Applied Economics at the Catholic University of Louvain, and an MBA with the thesis on 'Fleet Size Scheduling' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 1982). Later he obtained a doctorate in engineering at the Technical University of Delft with a doctoral thesis on "The appropriate use of contract types in development contracts."[1] CareerPeeters worked as engineer in the construction sector and in the petrochemical sector, specializing in the field of project planning. In 1983, he joined the European Space Agency (ESA) and was involved in several control and project management functions. Initial assignments were related to the extension of test facilities at ESA’s technology center ESTEC in Noordwijk before joining the Hermes project in Toulouse. After several redesign phases the mass of the Hermes spacecraft continued to increase as well as the estimated cost-to-completion; at the end the ESA Member States decided to terminate the project. Upon creation of the European Astronaut Center (EAC) in Cologne, he became Head of the astronaut coordination office and acted in Star City, by Moscow, as coordinator of the astronaut operations during the EUROMIR missions in 1994 and 1995. As far as academic activities are concerned, after a sabbatical year he published the book ‘Space Marketing’ in 2000 and joined the International Space University (ISU) as Professor in space business and management. In 2004 he was named as dean of the university, which was highly noted in the Belgian press,[2][3][4] and since 2011 elected as president.[5] Since October 2018 he has been nominated as President-Emeritus at ISU. Research activities are focused on the commercialization of space activities as well as the development of New Space activities. Specific attention is dedicated to the transition from experimental sub-orbital space tourism to commercial spaceflights, leading to a publication for the International Academy of Astronautics on sub-orbital space tourism. In 2009 he was elected as Founding Director of the International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC). Special interests include the role of space activities as a catalyst of international cooperation, as presented inter alia at Facing Tomorrow in Jerusalem.[6] It also led him to propose in 2014 the International Space Station as a candidate for the Peace Noble Prize;[7] however, the geopolitical context (situation in Ukraine) at that time were not beneficial for this proposal. Recent emphases of Peeters includes consulting of governments such as the Baltic States (from 2011 onwards), Luxembourg (2017), South-Australia (2017)[8][9] and Oman as well as assisting young space entrepreneurs in business plan development and start-up activities. He is working together closely with the local authorities to promote space activities in Alsace[10][11][12] and to transfer part of ISU as a space incubator in Alsace. In 2017 he was also involved in discussions in Ireland on the possible establishment of an Irish Space Agency [13] Awards
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References1. ^[https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A1f6e4c20-e7cd-4a56-b63d-ae68799f40a5?collection=research] (Reprinted by ESA Publication Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk as ESA STR-222, {{ISSN|0379-4067}}). 152 pages. 2. ^Gazet Van Antwerpen, Studenten in Space, GVA (15 Nov. 2004) p.20. 3. ^Athena, Une famille mondiale : à l’heure spatiale, 215 (Nov. 2005), pp. 117-119. 4. ^Trends, Ruimte-Belg, (15 Nov. 2007) pp. 100-103. 5. ^ISU Announces Newly Appointed President and Dean; 14 September 2011. 6. ^Facing Tomorrow 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Qh_kSh0uc 7. ^SpaceNews 25(7) (2014), p. 19 8. ^http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2017-Media-Releases/UniSA-signs-up-to-support-space-entrepreneurship/#.WkkJd1XT7s1 9. ^Paperjam, Le secteur spatial prêt à redécoller , http://paperjam.lu/news/le-secteur-spatial-pret-redecoller (24 November 2010) 10. ^ Link: http://www.en.strasbourg.eu/uploads/Actualites/LETTRE%2032_THE%20SEAT_JUIN%202017%20WEB.pdf 11. ^DNA. Au centre du monde Spatial, 5 Sept. 2008 (Region, p.6) 12. ^Le Point_Nov.17.2017 13. ^{{cite news|last1=Buckley|first1=Dan|title=Cork space programme promises to be out of this world|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-space-programme-promises-to-be-out-of-this-world-453426.html|accessdate=2 January 2018|work=Irish Examiner|date=27 June 2017}} 14. ^Medal received at Gagarin Cosmonaut training Center (Star City Russia) for support to cosmonauts, on 6 April 2000 15. ^The Lyndon B.Johnson Space Centre Group Achievement Award for Euromir 95 and support to Nasa 2, December 1996 16. ^Presidential Decree of 31 December 2018, Nr. PRER1827894D, Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, 1 January 2019. External links
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