David Smeulders holds an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology and a PhD in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. Between 1992 and 2010 he was assistant/associate professor at the Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department at Delft University of Technology, where he was also scientific director of the Geotechnology Laboratory (2007-2010).
In 2010 he was appointed full professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Eindhoven University of Technology, where he chairs the Energy Technology group. He is (co)-author of more than 200 scientific publications and member of the Dutch national ‘topsector’ board TKI New Gas, Scientific Director of the 4TU Energy Centre and member of the NWO DeepNL research program committee. He was member of the sounding board to the parliamentary enquiry of the Groningen gas field.
His expertise is in energy storage and conversion, transport in porous media, and flow-induced vibrations.