PhD on Extending Functional Safety approaches in the Process Industry for C

at  KU Leuven

PHD ON EXTENDING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY APPROACHES IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRY FOR CYBERSECURITY RISKS

(ref. BAP-2025-33)
Laatst aangepast: 18/01/25
The research (and teaching) activities of KU Leuven/ESAT/ELECTA cover a wide spectrum in smart energy systems and control. In one of our earlier projects we investigated cybersecurity aspects of the bulk power system. We are also active on how functional safety ensures that industrial processes remain safe when components break down or systematic failures occur. These two items (cybersecurity and functional safety) come together in this project
The research group has been active since the 1960s and currently has 11 full-time professors and 85+ PhD students. ELECTA is a founding member of the KU Leuven Institute for Energy and Society. ELECTA is also one of the driving forces behind EnergyVille (www.energyville.be), which unites KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt for research on sustainable energy and intelligent energy systems. Since 2016 EnergyVille has its research facilities in Genk, where it hosts advanced smart grid laboratories.
Prof. Deconinck’s team is focussing on different aspects of dependability and distributed control in industrial automation systems, since the end of previous century.
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