Sofie Van Volsem Email & Phone Number

Ghent, BE

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

Core Lab Manager at FlandersMake@UGent - ISyE, leading a dedicated team of 50 researchers in advancing the Flemish manufacturing industry through innovative solutions in systems engineering, automation engineering, intelligent decision support, optimization and simulation. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge research and technology to address complex.

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

Within the research group Industrial Systems Engineering (ISyE), I'm responsible for coordinating and further developing the research track on Stochastic Optimization and Simulation in Manufacturing, including the research activities in the Core Lab of UGent@Flanders Make, the strategic research center for the manufacturing industry.

Kortrijk Metropolitan Area

Kortrijk, Flemish Region, Belgium

Proud to be part of the Amelior team, your trusted partner for training, consulting, auditing & interim management. The main focus & expertise is QHSE management, helping our customers towards sustainable excellence.

from AY 2023-2024 on: Co-responsible for thesis supervision for students Prevention Advisor Level IIAY 2022-2023: Responsible for the course Environment & Safety in the bachelor SME Management (SME management trains those who want to set up their own company and need a solid economic, social, legal and organizational basis in entrepreneurship) +.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

The climate, infrastructure and energy executive agency manages the technical and financial implementation of the European Commission's CEF, Horizon 2020, and #GreenDeal programmes. Its mission is to support the Commission, project promoters and stakeholders by providing expertise and high quality of programme management to infrastructure, research and.

Ghent Metropolitan Area

Instead of staying at home on technical unemployment during the first COVID lockdown, I chose to be productive by contributing to the healthcare industry.The department pediatric hemato-oncology and stem cell transplantation of UZ Gent is a top reference center for the treatment of cancer and blood diseases in children. It is accredited by JACIE since 2012.

Ghent

Responsible for the QA/QC & lean processes of Plastal's Ghent plant, a full-service JIT partner for automotive thermoplastics, offering injection molding, painting, assembly and logistics for OEMs Volvo, BMW and Aston Martin. Realised a 30% decrease of customer quality complaints and a 50% reduction of the COPQ in 2019.

Wetteren

Responsible for the QA/QC processes for the Flexible Foam production in Wetteren such as Quality Management systems implementation & improvement, complaint handling, internal & external audit program management; contributing to guarantee customer satisfaction. Realised the successful transition to ISO 9001:2015 & the reorg of the Q processes.

Kortrijk

Responsible for QA, customer complaint handling and the Q stage gate process in new product development for Barco's entertainment division, offering cinema and LED products. Realised the succesful switch of LED source supplier and subsequent new product line introduction.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Sales & delivery of advisory projects for oil & gas customers, maritime customers, authorities. Specific expertise in projects & studies related to the use of LNG as ship fuel; Key resource in several EU TEN-T projects, and in the EU DG MOVE LNG study. Rapporteur for the LNG subgroup of the European Commission’s ESSF, Convenor of ISO/TC67/WG1 concerned.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

- market studies and feasibility studies- policy advisory studies- implementation of integrated management systems- project risk management- hazid studies- trainings

Teaching: I taught Quality techniques and industrial statistics to engineering students (master).Research: My research interests are (mathematical) quality management, quality and reliability issues in supply chains, management applications of metaheuristics.

Teaching: I taught general and financial management, project and quality mangement, operations research and entrepeneurship to engineering students (master)Research: my research interests are (mathematical) quality management, management applications of metaheuristics, entrepeneurship in an educational contextDepartment Services: Program Coordinator.

PRISMA - UA "Gobelijntje" award: best teaching assistant, 2002-2003Teaching: I taught chemistry, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, quality management to commercial engineering studentsResearch: preparation for a PhD in Engineering SciencesFaculty Services: member of the Faculty Board, the department board, the curriculum development committee

Quality verification engineer for the steel casting and hot milling departments

Process Engineering and Quality engineering for the Agriculture Division

Phd, Engineering Sciences

PhD Dissertation: A method for determining cost-efficient inspection strategies for multi-stage production systems fulltext available.

Msc (Ir.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: VTK - Vlaamse Technische Kring, BEST - Board of European Students of TechnologyMSc dissertation: Optimal Design.

Education record