Current
Tim Mach
Visiting date: April 2023 - July 2023
Email: timpang.mach@student.kuleuven.be
Undergrad/Master: Nanoscience, University of Konstanz (Germany) / Master in Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT (Germany)
Project: Flexible and Stretchable Piezoelectronic Sensors
Tim was working on polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries during his master's thesis and visited the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering (China) as part of his research internship. For his Ph.D. program, he is currently focusing on inkjet-printed ceramic-polymer composite materials for flexible varactor applications. He received the Research Travel Grant from KIT and during the next three months, he will be at KU Leuven as a visiting PhD student working of flexible and stretchable piezoelectronic sensors for wearable applications. In his free time, he enjoys doing DIY projects, reading, and travelling.
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Victor Toral
Visiting date: September 2021 - December 2021
Email: victor.torallopez@student.kuleuven.be
Undergrad/Master: Industrial Electronics Engineering, University of Granada (Spain) / Master on Industrial Electronics Engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)
Project: Flexible Supercapacitors based on Mxenes
Victor received an initiation research grant during his undergraduate studies. He also worked as Lab technician in Intel GmbH. During his master studies, he worked in GaN based power converters for PV applications. After his master's studies, he started his thesis at the University of Granada, focusing on biomedical sensing devices based on flexible electronics. He has received the FPU grant from the Spanish government.
During the next four months, he will be at KU Leuven as a visiting PhD student working in flexible supercapacitors.
He is a car enthusiast, he enjoys repairing and driving old cars during his free time and also assisting to rally races.