Profile:
Dr Wim JC Melis obtained a PhD (2005) in Electronic Engineering – Computing
Systems from Imperial College, London, where he had previously obtained an MSc in
Analogue and Digital Integrated Circuit Design (2001). He received his first degree in
Belgium as an Industrial Engineering in Electronics (MSc).
From 2005-2010, he worked at the European Patent Office in The Hague as a Patent
Examiner (2005-2010) and took a sabbatical at Tohoku university Japan (2008-2009)
working as a COE Fellow on a project to create hardware for a software-based functional
model of the human brain. Early 2011, he joined the University of Greenwich as a senior
lecturer and was promoted to an associate professor of holistic design in 2019, since
late 2022 he also serves as the Associate Head for Research and Knowledge exchange
within the School of Engineering.
His research interests are quite varied and exploring cross-disciplinary solutions that
go back and question basic principles. He applies this in the context of computing, by
design biologically inspired alternative computer hardware for e.g. AI applications, in
the area of sustainable energy generation and management to create more efficient system
of system setups, and then also contributes to the challenge of retrofitting of
properties covering aspects from fabric first, all the way to smart homes.