Power Harvesting for Wireless Sensors (Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008)

In 2005 Philippe Mattelaer joined the Holst Centre, IMEC- Nederland, a newly formed research institute. Philippe is currently setting up research partnerships with the industry worldwide in the field of wireless autonomous sensor network solutions.

 

Prior to joining Holst, Philippe gained more than ten years experience in technology commercialization in the UK and the USA. As Associate Vice President at BTG International, Inc. Philippe identified, acquired and commercialized fundamental technologies and patent portfolios through licensing and new venture creation.

 

From 1989 through 1994, Philippe was with Hewlett Packard, Medical Products Group Europe where he held several business development and product marketing positions in Germany, France and Belgium.

 

Philippe holds an MBA degree from Imperial College, London, a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Group T, Leuven and a post-graduate degree in biomedical engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium.

Holst Centre/TNO (www.holstcentre.com), set up by the TNO and IMEC, is an independent shared-innovation R&D Centre for Flexible Electronics and Sensor Technologies in the Netherlands. A key feature is its partnership model with industry and academia comprising more than 40 international companies. Holst Centre/TNO has major activities in the areas of TOLAE, (hybrid) printed electronics, flexible OLEDs, photovoltaics and oxide transistor technology. Holst Centre has demonstrated solutions for numerous hybrid and printed electronics products, varying from printed temperature and humidity sensing devices, paper electronics, health-patches, smart garments, and (thermoformed) stretchable products