Prof. Lieven Vandevelde, Ph.D.

Senior full professor



Lieven Vandevelde

Lieven Vandevelde (1968, Eeklo, Belgium) is senior full professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University, Belgium.
He graduated in electrical & mechanical engineering (main subject: electrical power engineering) at Ghent University in 1992 and since then he has been with the Electrical Energy Laboratory (EELAB), Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical & mechanical engineering from Ghent University in 1997, and has conducted research in various domains of electrical power engineering, inter alia electrical machines (in particular noise and vibrations) and (computational) electromagnetics. Since 2004, he has been member of the professorial staff and has been coordinating the research on electric power systems at EELAB. In this research, grid integration of renewable energy, electric flexibility and power system control play a prominent role.

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News

The PhairywinD project team organises the Academic Offshore Wind Hackathon Hack4Wind from 5 to 7 February 2025 in Brussels.

For more information, you can also watch the recording of the webinar session held on 17 December.

Hack4Wind | Academic Offshore Wind Hackaton | 2025

UGain, the Ghent University Academy for Engineers, and Etch, the Energy Transmission Competence Hub of EnergyVille, organise a post-academic course Transmission Grids, HVDC & Underground Cables from 20 January till 12 May 2025. This course offers a balanced introduction to transmission grids and its components, with a focus on vital technologies for future grids: underground cables and HVDC.