Ralph Geraets

Inhaber, Geschäftsführer, con-SEPT GmbH

Köln, Germany

Skills

Simulations
design
project management
technical solutions
prototypes
'everything-is-possible' attitude

Timeline

Professional experience for Ralph Geraets

  • Current 12 years, since Oct 2012

    Geschäftsführer

    con-SEPT GmbH

    con-SEPT (consulting for Sustainable Engineering and Prototyping Technology) offers product and process optimisation: - Re-design and calculation of existing parts to optimise them. - Create new designs and offer prototypes - Process optimisation by automising the steps before, during and after the production

  • 6 years and 7 months, Mar 2006 - Sep 2012

    Project Manager

    Märkisches Werk

    - Supervision of valve train development projects with different customers world wide, from high end racing engines to heavy duty engines for marine or stationary applications - Supervision of development of aircraft valve train components - Reverse engineering - Communication between customer and production or supplier - Defining and implementing test equipment for component testing - Organisation of audits - Performing field tests; Installing and testing components in the field

  • 2 years and 1 month, Mar 2004 - Mar 2006

    Engineer

    Mitsubishi Motorsports

    - Organising and performing wind tunnel test in Japan, France and UK (full scale and 50% scale) - Performing CFD calculations and analysing the results in order to prepare the wind tunnel tests - Shock absorber development on the test rig and during tests - Calculations for shock absorber development

Educational background for Ralph Geraets

  • 1 year and 1 month, Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

    Motorsport Aerodynamics

    Cranfield University

    Final Thesis for Delft University in low speed aerodynamics, specialised in Motorsports

  • 4 years and 1 month, Aug 1999 - Aug 2003

    Aerospace Engineering

    Delft University

    Low speed aerodynamics (Motorsports)

  • 4 years and 1 month, Aug 1995 - Aug 1999

    Fachhochschule

    Kraftfahrzeugtechnik

Languages

  • German

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  • English

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  • Dutch

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Interests

rally
aerodynamics
light weight constructions
vehicle dynamics
travelling
music
reading

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