Robin Wydaeghe

drs. ir. Engineering Physics

Robin Wydaeghe

drs. ir. Engineering Physics · Ghent, Belgium

Experience

2021–Oct. 2026
(expected)

PhD Researcher, Computational Physics

imec & Ghent University · Ghent, Belgium

  • Independently designed and executed measurements to calibrate the 3D model of an indoor room such that 28 GHz ray-tracing simulations match the 3D scans of fields measured using a precise robot.
  • Published or submitted papers that use stochastic channel generators, Monte Carlo, statistical fitting, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, and training with leave-one-out cross-validation.

2023

Research visit

IT’IS Foundation & Zurich MedTech AG · Zürich, Switzerland

2020

Research Intern

Keysight Technologies · Ghent, Belgium

Feasibility study on whether an IFFT can convert FEM results into the time domain, validated using FDTD.

Scientific software

GOLIAT · Python framework for electromagnetic field dosimetry simulations.

AEGIS · Python, JAX, React, Three.js.

Education

2021–Oct. 2026
(expected)

PhD in Engineering Physics

Ghent University & imec

2016–2021

MSc & BSc in Engineering Physics

Ghent University · Burgerlijk ingenieur in de Toegepaste Natuurkunde

Publications & recognition

5 published journal articles · 4 submitted manuscripts · 1 to be submitted · 10 conference papers · 2 technical documents · 1 dataset · 1 master’s thesis.

Full publication record · npj Wireless Technology

BioEM student competition prizes · 2022 & 2024
Sim4Life Student Competition · 3rd Prize · 2025
TEDxKULeuven speaker · 2025

Programming & languages

Programming & tools: Python · MATLAB · basic C++ · GPU and HPC workflows · Linux · Git

Languages: Dutch (native) · English (C2) · French (C2)