Founder

• Jan 2022 - Present

Research Professor

• Oct 2019 - Present

TTZAPBOF on design for a circular economy within the research group of product development, faculty of design sciences.

Postdoc researcher / assistant professor

• Oct 2015 - Sep 2019

Assistant professor in Ecodesign and Material Sciences (80%)Teaching ecodesign and material sciences in design practiceOrganizing and managing research in ecodesign, launching new research initiatives related to ecodesign (sustainable packaging, sustainable behaviour, ...), sustainable systems thinking, and life cycle thinking in different sectors (e.g. food sector, waste management)

Gast docent (60%)

• Oct 2014 - Sep 2015

Teaching activities @ product development bachelor and master education program: - Application of methodology in design courses- Coaching graduation students- Different design courses in the bachelor program- Minors in master program (research and advanced sustainable design)

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

IWT project DURBIO: - technological, ecological and economical exploration of the characteristics of bio-plastic PLA - execution of eco-analyzes- generation of new product concepts

PhD researcher

• Jan 2009 - Oct 2013

PhD title: A designerly methodology for software development Supervisor: prof. dr. Imre Horvath Abstract: Systematic analysis of the field of industrial product development identified an evolution towards complex systems that request a high level of human-centeredness. To support this, new methodologies are needed, especially in the field of software development, which is an important aspect in complex systems development. The domain of interactive software application development could benefit from consumer durables development which intends to bring products closer to its stakeholders. Claiming this as hypothesis, during this PhD, from the perspective of a product design engineer, research was done to investigate how a software product can be developed and how stakeholder-involvement can be increased in the different steps of the design process. The research resulted in the development of a designerly stakeholder-oriented methodology with three elements: (i) Critical Collective Reflection, (ii) Modular Abstract Prototyping, and (iii) Surrogates-based prototyping. During the PhD research, an interactive and knowledge‐intensive design support tool was developed to test the developed methodology, which facilitates concept generation and trade‐off forecasting of smart ubiquitous energy saving in domestic appliances. Show less

PhD researcher - assistant teacher

• Jan 2009 - Sep 2013

PhD research, in collaboration with the Delft university of TechnologyTeaching activities in industrial design engineering program:- Application of methodology in design courses- Coaching graduation students- Different design courses in the bachelor program- Minors in master program (research and advanced sustainable design)

researcher

• 2009 - 2010

Co-developing the Idea2Market ideation toolbox as researcherproject funded by FlandersInShape

projectmedewerker - meisjes en wetenschap

• 2008 - 2009

wetenschapspopularisering: "productontwikkeling, ook echt iets voor meisjes"project subsidized by the Flemish Government