Ben Spoek
Doktorand In at Lehrstuhl für Gebäude- und Raumklimatechnik, E.ON ERC, RWTH Aachen University
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Spoek is a doctoral researcher specializing in control strategies for renewable energy systems, currently working on district heating network control after PhD stints at ETH Zürich and RWTH Aachen. He holds top-ranked bachelor and master degrees in energy engineering from RWTH Aachen (with an Erasmus at Politecnico di Milano and study period at NTNU) and brings eight years of hands-on experience across academia and industry including Siemens Energy and E.ON ERC. Ben develops advanced data-driven and distributed model predictive control algorithms, having prototyped reinforcement-learning-based controls for heat pumps during his bachelor thesis. His work bridges numerical solution methods and practical system modeling (CFD and emission modeling), enabling deployable control solutions for complex thermal systems. Known for combining rigorous academic training with practical internships and team roles (Formula Student aerodynamicist, gym instructor), he seeks PhD opportunities across Europe to further innovate control of renewable energy networks. An unexpected strength is his track record of moving from low-level CFD/UDF implementation to high-level control design, giving him uncommon end-to-end system insight.
8 years of coding experience
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitetErasmus stay abroad, Energy Engineering, Erasmus stay abroad, Energy Engineering at Politecnico di MilanoMaster of Science - MS, Energietechnik, 1.2 with distinction (mit Auszeichnung), Master of Science - MS, Energietechnik, 1.2 with distinction (mit Auszeichnung) at RWTH Aachen University
German, English, French, Italian, Dutch
Github Skills (44)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rwth-acis/syncmeta
Dec 2021 - Feb 2023
Near real-time collaborative modeling framework
Contributions:34 releases, 4 reviews, 549 commits in 1 year 2 months
near-real-timecollaborativemodelingnearreal-time
rwth-acis/mobsos-query-visualization
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
A RESTful Service for the visualization of database query results.
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 115 commits in 1 year 8 months
databaserestrestfulvisualization
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