Jurgen Van Erps
Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
I am a professor of photonics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and represent PhotonHub, the pan-European digital innovation hub on photonics.
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About me
I am a professor of photonics and optical communication systems at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. I have an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in photonics from VUB. My main interests are applied research on optical interconnects, freeform optics and laser micromachining.
I have a lot of experience on photonics innovation with industry. I am involved in the PhotonHub pan-European digital innovation hub on photonics, which provides innovation support to companies, SMEs in particular. Within PhotonHub, I lead the outreach workgroup in the application domain of Manufacturing and Industry 5.0.
I am also affiliated with the Flemish strategic research centre for the manufacturing industry, called Flanders Make.
Skills
- Photonics
- Freeform optics
- laser micromachining
- polymer optics
- two-photon polymerization
- innovation
- Research
Interests
- innovation
- Research
- manufacturing
- Micromachining
- lasers
- digital transformation
- AI
- Machine Learning
Marketplace (2)
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Service
Technical innovation support for your challenges where photonics could provide a solution.
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