Ing. Dieter Reenaers

Dieter Reenaers got his attraction to engineering through his father. At young age he started
experimenting with electronics and mechanics together with his dad. At school he quickly switched from a more general education towards electromechanics. Designing, building and testing of an automatic circular welding machine for metal wheels as a thesis, was the finishing touch of his secondary school career.
At university college, Dieter continued to follow his passion, studying electromechanics. During the summer breaks, he engaged himself as a holiday worker at Temco NV, an engineering firm. It is also at this place that he carried out his bachelor thesis; “Project engineering in the process industry”. Eager to delve deeper into his field, Dieter transitioned into an academic master. During the final master year, he got in touch with research at first by applying for a master thesis at the Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC): “Optimalisation of the sintering behavior for printed electronics”, leading to his first published paper.
After graduating in 2017, Dieter took the opportunity to start as a project engineer within the
Functional Materials Engineering research group, lead by Prof. dr. Ir. Wim Deferme. Dieter specialized himself in the field of printed electronics; specifically screen printing, inkjet printing and ultrasonic spray coating. Within his job, the main focusses are the elaboration of (government) funded projects, services to companies, workshops and education, support in academic research and lab management. As a first major project (EL-FIB), Dieter converted conventional solvent based inks for electroluminescent displays into water based ones and implemented these lamps into wall coverage textiles. Besides EL’s, it is the transition from 2D rigid electronics towards 3D flexible and stretchable electronics that intrigues Dieter a lot, and was studied by him in the ACT3D project.
To unwind and refresh his mind, Dieter likes to enjoy nature by walking, fishing and photography together with his family.

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