W. D'haeseleer

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Faculty of Engineering
K.U. Leuven Energy Institute

William D. D'haeseleer is Full Professor in the College of Engineering of the University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven ), Belgium. He teaches courses in Energy Technology & Energy Economy, Thermal Systems & Energy Management, Applied Thermodynamics & Energy Engineering, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear-Reactor Physics, and Radiation Shielding. His research activities are situated in the areas of Energy Conservation & Energy Management, Energy & Environment, Energy Systems, and Energy Policy. He is Director of the University of Leuven Energy Institute. He is also Head of the Division of Energy Conversion & Applied Mechanics and co-founder of the Foundation Industry - University.

William D'haeseleer obtained the degrees of University Graduated Electro-Mechanical Engineering (option Energy; 5y program) and Nuclear Engineering from the K.U.Leuven in 1980 and 1982, respectively. In December 1983, he graduated as Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M), USA. He obtained his Doctoral Degree (PhD) at that same university UW-M in May 1988. From 1988 till 1993, he resided in Germany, where he was a Scientific Staff Member of the NET Team at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik in Garching-bei-München. From 1993 till 1996, he was active in the Belgian engineering consulting company Tractebel Engineering, where he was Manager of the Mechanical Design Section, and Research & Development Manager of the Nuclear Department. As of October 1996, he is a full-time faculty member at the K.U.Leuven.

He has been a Fulbright Fellow, and in 1989, he has been Visiting Assistant Professor at the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Presently, William D'haeseleer is chairman of Cogen Vlaanderen, the Flemish association for the promotion of high-quality cogeneration, he is chairman of the Energy Section of the Royal Flemish Engineering Association (KVIV), and he is president of the Belgian Nuclear higher Education Network (BNEN).
He was an active member of the Belgian AMPERE Commission, and at present, he is an active member of the Commission's Advisory Group on Energy (AGE) and its Strategic Working Group (S-WOG).

William D'haeseleer is Chairman of the EEI.