Dr. Wim J.C. Verhagen holds a PhD, MSc (cum laude) and BSc in aerospace engineering from Delft University of Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department, Learning & Teaching, of Aerospace Engineering at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, after having been a (tenured) assistant professor in the section Air Transport & Operations, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft. His main research interests are aircraft maintenance, predictive maintenance, decision support, maintenance operations, and knowledge-based engineering applications.