Maarten Steinbuch
Introduction
Maarten Steinbuch is a serial entrepreneur and professor of Systems & Control at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests span from design and control of motion systems to robotics, automotive powertrains and fusion plasmas. He is most known for his work in the field of robotics.
Career
Maarten started his career at Philips Research during his postgraduate degree at Delft University of Technology in 1987. In 1998-1999 he had a year long stint at Philips CFT, after which he became a full professor of the Control Systems Group at the Mechanical Engineering department of Eindhoven University of Technology. During his academic career he received many awards, such as the KIVI Academic Society Award and the Simon Stevin Meester 2016, the highest Dutch award for scientific technological research.
Entrepreneurship
Aside from teaching, Maarten has been involved in several companies as a (co-)founder. These include:
- MI-Partners B.V.
- Mechatronics Academy B.V.
- Steinbuch in Motion B.V.
- Preceyes B.V.
- Microsure B.V.