Joris Proost

Professeur extraordinaire

SST/EPL -- Louvain School of Engineering

SST/IMMC -- Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC)

SST/IMMC/IMAP -- Materials and process engineering

Postmail address

IMAP
Place Sainte Barbe 2/L5.02.02
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

joris.proost@uclouvain.be

IMAP

Phone

+32 10 47 93 42

Secretary Phone

+32 10 47 25 54

J. Proost, R. Delmelle, S. Michotte, "Device, method and system for improved uptake, storage and release of hydrogen", International Patent Application Number PCT/EP2011/058164

J. Proost, R. Santoro, G. Deschuyteneer, P. Soumillion, D. Flandre, "Genetically modified bacteriophage, biosensor containing same, and method of use", International Publication Number WO 2010/142532 A1

G.P. Beyer, K. Maex and J. Proost, "Method for filling an opening in an insulating layer", European Patent Number 99870058.7-, International Patent Number 60/083,822

J.A. Helsen, J. Proost and E. Brauns, "Process for preparing glass and for conditioning the raw materials intended for this glass preparation", International Patent Number WO 96/29292

N. Boucher, N. Clément, B. Cosijns, T. Lambricht, B. De Maeyer and J. Proost, "Mirror", International Publication Number
WO 2013/057256 A1

Education

Ph.D. in Applied Sciences (Doctor in de Toegepaste Wetenschappen), summa cum laude , K.U.Leuven & Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Center (IMEC), 1994-1998

Degree for Higher Teaching in Applied Sciences (Geaggregeerde voor het Onderwijs in de Toegepaste Wetenschappen), magna cum laude , K.U.Leuven, 1994-1995

Master in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (Burgerlijk Materiaalkundig Ingenieur), magna cum laude , K.U.Leuven, 1989-1994

Positions Held

Assistant (2003), Associate (2006) and Tenior Professor (2009), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain School of Engineering
Research Fellow of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FWO), October 1999 - August 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Division fo Engineering and Applied Sciences, October 1999 - September 2002
Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University & Panasonic Process Technology Development Center, June - July 1999
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Council of K.U. Leuven, Division of Chemical Metallurty, January - September 1999
Doctoral Fellow, Flemish Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (IWT), 1995-1998

Awards & Fellowships

FNRS Antonella Karlsson Prize (2013, with Q. Van Overmeere )
Awarded bi-annualy by the Belgian National Science Foundation (FNRS), to honour the best PhD thesis defended in the French-speaking community in the field of exact sciences, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, informatics and applied sciences.
Best Master thesis Award (2014, with A. Delvaux)

"Prix de l'Universalité" of the Alumni Association of the Louvain School of Engineering

MRS "Science as Art" Finalist (2013, with B. De Maeyer)
Awarded for a High Resolution Scanning Electron Micrograph, voted by registered attendees of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston among the top-10 scientific images that transcend their role as a medium for transmitting information and contain the aesthetic qualities that transform them into objects of beauty and art.
ECS Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award (2013, with Q. Van Overmeere)
Awarded annually by The Electrochemical Society (ECS) to recognize outstanding graduate research in the field of corrosion science and/or engineering.
ISE Oronzio and Niccolo De Nora Foundation Young Author Prize (2012, with Q. Van Overmeere)
Awarded annually by the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) to a scientist of less than 30 years for the best paper published in Electrochimica Acta, the highest impact journal in the field of electrochemistry, in the calendar year preceding the award.
Best Graduate Student Paper Award (2011, with R. Delmelle)
7th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, Special Session on Hydrogen-related Kinetics in Materials, Algarve, Portugal
Best Graduate Student Poster Award (2006, with M.-A. Van Ende)

Gordon Research Conference on High Temperature Materials, Processes and Diagnostics, Waterville MN, USA
The André Deruyttere Award (2002)
Awarded for the best publication in Matallurgy and Materials Engineering from a graduate of K.U.Leuven.
Honorary Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), 1999-2000
Fulbright Research Scholar , 1999-2000

Diploma

Year	Label	Educational Organization
1994	Master in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1995	Degree for Higher Teaching in Applied Sciences	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1998	Ph.D. in Applied Sciences	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Courses

Name	ID
Chemistry and Physical chemistry 2	LEPL1302
Metals Processing and Recycling	LMAPR2141
Sustainable Hydrogen Technologies	LMAPR2147
Metallurgical and electrochemical processes	LMAPR2231

Materials and processes for energy conversion and storage
Electrochemical process intensification for green hydrogen production
Solar water splitting
Electronic materials and processing
Environmental electrochemistry, waste water treatment , porous electrodes , sonochemistry and cavitation
Functional metallic oxide films , cellular materials, selective oxidation
Surface reactivity of metals and metallic oxides in gaseous and aqueous environments
In-situ internal stress monitoring , on-line process diagnostics

Past en present PhD students

Jean-François Vanhumbeeck (2009)

In situ monitoring of the internal stress evolution during titanium thin film anodising
Marie-Aline Van Ende (2010)

Formation and morphology of non-metallic inclusions in aluminium killed steels (co-promotor Prof. B. Blanpain, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Vincent Minsier (2010)

Numerical simulation of cavitation-induced bubble dynamics near a solid surface (co-promotor Prof. J. De Wilde)
Quentin Van Overmeere (2011)

The role of internal stress on the growth and breakdown of barrier and porous anodic oxide films
Renaud Delmelle (2012)
Effect of internal stress and microstructure on the hydriding of Pd thin films
Frédéric Blaffart (2014)
Anodisation du silicium : oscillations électrochimiques et porosification
Quentin de Radiguès (2015)
Electrochemical process intensification: from porous electrodes to fluidized bed reactors (co-promotor Prof. J. De Wilde)
Romain Tuyaerts (in progress)
Strain-engineered piezo-electric ZnO thin films (co-promotor Prof. J.-P. Raskin)
Adeline Delvaux (in progress)
Porous thin film electrodes for the (photo-)electrochemical production of hydrogen
Raphaël Poulain (in progress)
Engineering Interfaces of Silicon to Transparent Conducting Oxides for Water Splitting Photocatalysis (co-promotor Prof. Andreas Klein, TUDarmstadt)
Nicolas Piret (in progress)
Etude des mécanismes réactionnels lors d'une texturation chimique de substrats en verre