Herbert De Smet
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 Prof. Dr. ir. Herbert De Smet CMST Affiliated with IMEC vzw |
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CMST Technologiepark 914A B-9052 Gent, Belgium |
tel : + 32-9-264.53.63 fax : +32-9-264.53.74 e-mail: Herbert.DeSmet@UGent.be |
Biography
Herbert De Smet was born in Gent (Ghent) in 1965. In 1988, he graduated in physics engineering at Ghent University, where in January 1994 he also obtained his doctoral degree. His PhD thesis was titled "Poly-Ge/poly-CdSe thin-film circuits for on-glass integrated driving of flat-panel displays". This thesis is available as a pdf-file.
In 1995, Herbert started working for IMEC. Today, he is involved in several research projects concerning displays and microdisplays. He is also the maintainer of the microdisplay page and the coordinator of the CMST webteam.
In 1997, He married Sofie Van Calster. She is an engineer-architect and has a "house page" (in Dutch).
From October 2000 to September 2007, Herbert was a part-time professor in the rank of lecturer ("docent") at Ghent University in the domain "Microsystems and sensors".
Since October 2007, he is a full-time professor in the rank of senior lecturer ("hoofddocent") at Ghent University in the domain "Integrated intelligent sensors and metrology"
Since 2004, he is the secretary of the Mid-Europe chapter of the Society for Information Display (SID).
Herbert De Smet is the author or co-author of 180 publications (alternative list; partial)
