I obtained my MSc in electrical engineering and my PhD in controllability analysis for industrial processes at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 1987 and 1997 respectively. Since 1986 I have been working as a process control engineer in the process industry. In 1998 I co-founded a company specialized in control engineering, where I was involved in the development of predictive control technology.
In 2009 I exchanged the business world for education and ended up at Avans in Breda, where I started teaching control engineering and electrical engineering. In addition, I do applied research at the Smart Energy and Renewable Energy Carriers lectorates, where I am responsible for the “Iron Line” – a research line on iron as a renewable energy carrier. In addition, I have a part-time position within the Control Systems group of the Department of Electrical Engineering at TU/e.
Over the years I have worked on numerous national and international R&D projects in collaboration with various industrial and academic partners. My research focuses on cost-effective predictive control, monitoring and optimization of industrial and energy systems, the associated (hybrid) modeling tools and the use of iron as an energy carrier to enable a reliable energy supply in time and space.