Guest Speakers
This year the POSTER student conference will welcome two guest speakers to present their motivation talks on how to succeed in academia and in the industry. The invited speakers are doc. Štefan Borik from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at University of Žilina, and Dr. Boudewijn Venea, Manager R&D Advanced Sensors, duotec GmbH, Halver, Germany.
A short CV of Dr. Boudewijn Venea:
Academic
- 2003 – 2009: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen,
- 2010 – 2015: Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), RWTH Aachen University
2015: Dissertation: Photonic Sensor Concepts for Mobile Health Monitoring
Grade: Summa Cum Laude
Awarded the Borchers Medal for outstanding scientific achievements
- 2015 – 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, RWTH Aachen University
Group Leader biomedical optics, including optical sensors and camera technologies for vital sign monitoring for medicine and automotive
Lecturer for course: Applied Optoelectronics in Medicine
Industry
- 2017 – 2022: Electronics and Software Development Engineer, Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst, Velbert, Germany
System Lead multi-sensor and actuated door handle systems, e.g. responsibility for system, hardware and software of the Mercedes Daimler MMA door handle platform
- Since 2022: Manager R&D Advanced Sensors, duotec GmbH, Halver, Germany
Leading deep-tech projects, including
- Advanced pressure and force measurement
- Quantum sensing with nitrogen-vacancy defect quantum effects in nano diamond particles
- Quantum communication technology (QKD), single photon counting and timetagging
2025: Winner of the Quantum Effects Award (Category: Communication)
A short CV of doc. Štefan Borik:
Education
- BSc. In Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
- MSc. in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
- 2011 - 2014: PhD. in Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
- 2021-present: Associate Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Previous positions
- 2023-2024: Visiting Research Scientist, School of Medicine, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 2022-2023: Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 600036 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- 2022-2023: Researcher, German Society for Osteopathic Medicine, Mannheim, Germany
- 2017-2018: Hardware specialist – developer, CEIT, a.s., Univerzitna 8661/6A, 010 08 Zilina, Slovakia
- 2014-2021: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electromagnetic and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Awards
- 2022: Rector's Award for 1st place in the category: grant project of researchers up to 35 years of age, University of Zilina, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
- 2021: Dean's Award of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in the category: Science, Research, and Innovation
- 2017: Golden Fatima 2017, The expert committee at the Trencin City of Fashion exhibition awarded the prize in the category of new technologies to the product: Smart clothing, Trencin, Slovkia
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