Martin van Staden

Snr. Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at X-energy

Rockville, Maryland, United States

About Martin van Staden

Martin van Staden is Snr. Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at X-energy. Location: Rockville, Maryland, United States.

35 years experience design & simulation, consulting in power generation, aviation, chemical industries, fans and pumps, turbines, free surface flows, combustion modelling and many other areas. Engineering design in the Nuclear industry, project management, budgeting and technical leadership. Specialties: Project Management, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), FEA, Nuclear engineering - gas reactors. 27 years experience in gas cooled pebble bed reactor design. Business development and project management. Building and construction project planning and management and execution.

Skills

  • Pumps
  • CFD
  • Simulation

Additional experience

  • Senior Vice President, Xe-100 Engineering / Xe-100 Program Manager

    X-energy

    Started September 2023

Education

  • D.Eng, University of Johannesburg
  • Master's degree, North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit