Energy Sustainability in Built and Urban Environments

Teodora-Emilia Motoasca (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at Electrical Engineering (ESAT) TC, KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), Belgium. She has previously worked as an Assistant Professor and Post Doc in KU Leuven and Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, respectively. Her research interests are in the design of electric/hydraulic drive trains, electric motors and other types of actuators; assistive devices and energy efficient design. She has authored more than 34 research papers and holds 1 patent.

Avinash K Agarwal (PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His areas of interest are IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emission and particulate control, and large bore engines. He has published 24 books and 230+ international journal and conference papers. Prof. Agarwal is a Fellow of SAE (2012), ASME (2013), ISEES (2015) and INAE (2015). He received several awards such as Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal prize-2015, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005.

Hilde Breesch (PhD) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven and Head of Construction Technology Cluster at Technology campuses Ghent/ Aalst. Her research expertise is in Energy performance and indoor climate; interaction building and HVAC systems; commissioning and monitoring for sustainable building construction, and has previously with KAHO Sint-Lieven, Ghent University and Technum NV in Belgium.