User:Jelle Saldien

My name is Jelle Saldien. I am a passionate teacher, researcher and entrepreneur trying to use my skills, knowledge and attitude to coach, inspire and empower the people around me.

Biography
Jelle Saldien received his M.S. degree in Industrial Science ICT at DeNayer Institute (now KULeuven) in 2003 and an additional M.S. degree in Product Development at Artesis (now UAntwerpen) in 2005. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the design and development of the social robot Probo. From 2010, he was lecturer in Industrial Design at the Howest University College West Flanders. Since 2013 he is appointed as Professor Industrial Design at Ghent University. From 2014-2017 he was research coordinator of the UGent Industrial Design Center and steering member of Flanders Make VD4. From 2018, he joined the imec-mict-ugent research group and became Principal Investigator in imec. Since 2023 he started a full-time position as professor design engineering at the department of product development at the University of Antwerp.