Curriculum vitae
For the full lists, see publications and talks.
Positions
From 01/2027
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow (incoming), Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology
Lille, France
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship — project VIBRANT
11/2025 – present
Postdoctoral researcher, Space Structures and Systems Laboratory (S3L), University of Liège
Liège, Belgium
- Experimental nonlinear identification — control aspects of experimental continuation, with Prof. Gaëtan Kerschen
- Funded by the WEL Research Institute
2021 – 2025
Postdoctoral researcher, DySC research group, Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
- Nonlinear mode control, nonlinear torsional vibration absorbers, and nonlinearities in piezoelectric and electromechanical circuits
- Funded by the IOF project RoVIOn (2022–2023) and a BOF postdoctoral fellowship (2022–2025)
- Co-promotor of PhD students Harikrishnan Venugopal and Sarah Geyskens
2015 – 2021
Teaching assistant & PhD student, DySC research group, Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
- Position with a shared research and teaching load
Grants & fellowships
2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship — project VIBRANT
Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Lille, France
- SEP-211183593 · author/fellow · awarded with a 97.2% score
- Hybrid (active + passive) control with electromechanical vibration damping devices, towards smart metamaterials; two years from January 2027, secondment at KU Leuven
2024
FWO fundamental research PhD fellowship
Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)
- 1147925N · co-author/co-promotor · 2024–2028
- PhD fellowship of Sarah Geyskens: hybrid nonlinear passive/active control with energy-efficient actuation
2022
Special Research Fund (BOF) postdoctoral fellowship
Ghent University
- BOF22/PDO/022 · main author · 2022–2025
- Dynamic vibration absorbers with arbitrary connection characteristics for reconfigurable mechanical assemblies
2022
VLAIO development project — wireless condition monitoring
with Hannecard and Countroll
- HBC.2021.0912 · co-author of technical part · 2022–2023
- Condition monitoring through a shaft-rotating accelerometer and gyroscope
2022
VLAIO innovation starter grant — CoDek
Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)
- HBC.2022.0367 · author · 2022–2023
- Smart key-management system for the automotive industry (NFC/BLE tracking); patent BE1029027B1
2021
Industrial Research Fund (IOF) project — RoVIOn
Ghent University
- F2021/IOF-ConcepTT/102 · author of technical part, main executor · 2022–2023
- Conceptual development and prototype of an industrially relevant nonlinear torsional vibration absorber
Mobility projects
2025
CWO international collaboration grant — author & coordinator
Ghent University
- hybrid vibration control collaboration between ISAE-SUPAERO Toulouse, INSA Lyon, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Ghent University
2023
CSC international collaboration (incoming)
China Scholarship Council
- co-author · 2023–2024 research stay of JunDong Fu (Southeast University) on multi-stable nonlinear energy sinks in beam bridge engineering
2023
CWO international mobility grant (outgoing)
Ghent University
- author · funded the 2023–2024 visiting-researcher stay at Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Lille
2022
FWO long research stay grant (outgoing)
Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)
- author · funded the 2022 research stay at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Educational innovation grants
2023
Educational innovation grant — portable temperature control setups
Ghent University
- Designer of setups & co-writer of grant · 2023–2024
- Design and development of 100 portable temperature-controlled boxes for engineering and engineering-technology classes: mechanical, electronic and GUI design
2018
Educational innovation grant — small-size setups for control engineering
Ghent University
- Designer of setups · 2018–2019
- Analog PID controller circuits, fan-based speed control and a ping-pong-ball levitation platform; the effect on student performance was published in IEEE Transactions on Education (DOI 10.1109/TE.2021.3077278)
Visiting researcher
02/2023 – 01/2024
Visiting researcher (40%), Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology
Lille, France
- Nonlinear vibration control with piezoelectric shunts, with Prof. Olivier Thomas
02/2022 – 04/2022
Visiting researcher, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budapest, Hungary
- Resonance capture cascade with general nonlinear stiffness, with Prof. Giuseppe Habib
Teaching
2015 – 2025
Structural Dynamics (E040661) — MSc Civil Engineering
Ghent University
- Conceived and wrote the MATLAB lab course; guided labs from 2015; official co-lecturer of the theory part from 2022
2015 – 2021
Modelleren en regelen van dynamische systemen (E007120) — BSc Engineering
Ghent University
- Exercise lectures (30h, 2015–2021) and labs (2018–2021)
2016 – 2021
Mechanical Vibrations (E040670) — MSc Mechanical Engineering
Ghent University
- Guided labs
2018 – 2021
System Dynamics (F000124) — MSc Business Engineering
Ghent University
- Guided labs
2018 – 2021
Vakoverschrijdend eindproject (E099050) — BSc Mechanical Engineering
Ghent University
- Conceived and guided a greenhouse-control project (temperature, humidity and light control); control-engineering helpdesk for all projects
2022 – 2025
Controle theorie (E741023) — BSc Industrial Engineering
Ghent University
- Guided labs
2022 – 2025
Post-graduate & industry teaching
Ghent
- UGain — Energy efficiency in industry: control part (2022)
- Control theory lectures for the SYMO department of ArcelorMittal Gent (2023–2025, main lecturer in 2024 and 2025)
2015 – present
Supervision
Ghent University
- Co-promotor of PhD students Harikrishnan Venugopal (2022–2028) and Sarah Geyskens (2023–2028, FWO fellowship)
- Guided over 30 MSc theses and over 24 BSc projects
- Main supervisor of visiting PhD students (Lodz University of Technology, Southeast University Nanjing)