Experience

EREA Energy Engineering

• Belgium
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Present



Volta

• Technologisch adviseur

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2017



KU Leuven

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

  Research on OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) technology. Research on OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) technology.



EREA

• Senior R&D Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  Research:• Follow-up of the rapidly emerging LED component market by meeting the leading LED manufacturers on a regular basis and by reading the different technical journals. An important part of the research is setting up an own benchmark to compare different brands of LEDs.• Continuous search for innovative materials and components that will enable the team to improve our products. This includes electronic components, LEDs, optical components, thermal interfaces, active cooling solutions, ...• Obtaining knowledge about lighting in general and optical physics. Development:• Design of offline power supplies. Mains to SELV voltage in a single stage high power factor design.• Different LED driver designs, linear and switching mode. • Hard- and firmware development of control gear to dim or to control the color of groups of LEDs • Design of custom made led engines, including driver, cooling, optics, …

• Development Engineer

  • Aug 2002 - Jan 2008

  Hardware design in different area's of electronics:* Power electronics (SMPS - Switching Mode Power Supplies)* Digital electronics (LED dimmers, LED control gear)Technical follow-up of the very fast growing LED market.