Paul Valckenaers

Paul Valckenaers

Researcher

Contact:
UC Leuven-Limburg UAS
Research & Expertise - Digital Solutions
Highest degree: Doctorate
Degree name: PhD
Area of expertise: Engineering and technology
Skills: Paul has designed and implemented research prototypes for MES (manufacturing execution systems).Subsequently, this generic research has been applied to networked manufacturing, logistic execution systems, fleet robotics, smart energy, intelligent traffic and transportation, and healthcare. Currently, Paul develops digital twins for everyday activities. His MES research has been demonstrated at TRL7 in industry. Paul has been using Erlang since 2011 and, more recently, adopted Elixir and Phoenix.LiveView. He participated in 12 EU projects, twice as coordinator, otherwise as work packege leader.

Paul has published a book entitled “Design for the unexpected” with Elsevier, described in a review as “Putting a theoretical framework on practical day-to-day applications”.