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My name is Wim VAN PAEPEGEM. In my professional life, I am professor in mechanics of composites at Ghent University in Belgium.

You can find more about my work related activities on my personal webpages.

Curriculum Vitae

Last Name :

VAN PAEPEGEM

First Name :

Wim

Age :

33

Position :

part-time postdoctoral fellow (90%)
part-time professor (10%)

Place and Date of Birth :

Ninove (Belgium), 7 October 1975

Citizenship :

Belgium

Professional address :

Ghent University
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
9000 Gent
Belgium

Telephone number :

+32 - (0)9 - 264.42.07

Telefax number :

+32 - (0)9 - 264.35.87

E-mail address :

Wim.VanPaepegem@UGent.be

Website :

http://www.composites.ugent.be/

Civil status :

Married

Education :

M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Ghent University (July 1998, Great Distinction), with thesis on "Internet and Finite Element Programs" (in Dutch).

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Ghent University (March 2002), with doctoral thesis on "Development and finite element implementation of a damage model for fatigue of fibre-reinforced polymers" (in English).

Professional Career :

01/10/1998 - 30/09/2002 : research assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen) at the Dept. of Mechanical Construction and Production of Ghent University.

01/10/2002 - present : postdoctoral research fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen) at the Dept. of Mechanical Construction and Production of Ghent University.

01/10/2003 - present : part-time professor at the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering of Ghent University.

Accomplishments :

  • author of 49 accepted Science Citation Index (SCI) papers
  • author of 5 chapters for books
  • (co-)promotor of 10 PhD students
  • (co-)promotor of 11 national and European projects and 4 research grants
  • reviewer for 10 Science Citation Index (SCI) journals
  • Editorial Board member for Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  • Board member of SAMPE Benelux chapter

Awards :

  • ESCM Award 2008 for "Best European Researcher" in composite materials, awarded by the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) during the 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-13) in Stockholm, Sweden (2-5 June, 2008) (More information ...)
  • JEC Paris Innovation award 2009 “Environment and energy”, awarded by the organization committee of the largest European annual tradeshow on composites “JEC Composites” ( http://www.jeccomposites.com/) to the companies 3B Fibreglass and Spiromatic and Ghent University (J. Degrieck and W. Van Paepegem) for the innovative design of composite buoys for wave energy converters (More information ...)