Bio:

Joost van Beek has been active in Micro Systems technology for over 20 years. During his career, he held scientific positions related to these fields at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, Philips Research Laboratories, and NXP Semiconductors.

Apart from his extensive research experience, he also had the opportunity at Philips and NXP to gain expertise in process and product release for volume manufacturing. Joost joined the Philips MEMS foundry in 2020 and was closely involved in the spin-out to XIVER in 2025. He has been a member of the leadership team since 2022. Currently, he is CTO of XIVER.

Joost received a MSc degree in Applied Physics from the Technical University Eindhoven, and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University Leuven. He is co-author of over 50 scientific papers and holds 25 granted patents.

Abstract:

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