About us
Sumaqua is an independent high-tech company focusing on water management and modelling. Sumaqua originates from the Hydraulics Section of the University of Leuven. We translate the latest scientific developments into pragmatic solutions for your business. The Sumaqua team has a solid research background and is continuously developing new modelling approaches and data analytics to tackle today's and tomorrow's water challenges. The team's result-driven spirit, scientific knowledge and their unique technology make Sumaqua your preferred contact to solve even the most challenging water problem.
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Meet the team
VINCENT WOLFS
Vincent is general manager and business developer of Sumaqua. Vincent holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven, and is specialized in urban and river modelling, data mining and artificial intelligence techniques to solve integrated water management challenges.
Managing director
PATRICK WILLEMS
Advisor
Patrick is full professor Water Engineering at KU Leuven, leading the Hydraulics Section, and specialized in urban and river hydrology and hydraulics. He is leading expert in numerical modelling and statistical analysis of hydrological extremes, floods, droughts, water availability, climate change impacts and climate adaptation solutions.
CEDRIC GULLENTOPS
Project manager
Cedric holds a MSc. degree in Bio-engineering and a MSc. degree in Water Resources Engineering. Cedric is our data-science and cloud computing expert.
TIM FRANKEN
Project manager
Tim holds a MSc. degree in Bioscience Engineering. Tim is specialized in data mining, AI techniques and optimization.
PIETER MEERT
Pieter holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven. Pieter is our expert in hydraulic and hydrological modelling.
Project manager
VICTOR NTEGEKA
Victor holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven, and is specialized in GIS analyses, Big Data systems, risk analyses and climate change.
Project engineer
KATO SCHOETERS
Kato holds a MSc. degree in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven. Kato is specialized in climate adaptation planning and policy support towards a more sustainable environment.
Project engineer
JORN VAN DE VELDE
Jorn holds a MSc. and PhD degree in Bioengineering Sciences from the UGent. Jorn is specialized in data analytics, climate change and stochastic modelling.
Project engineer
EMMA STALMANS
Project engineer
Emma holds a MSc. degree in Civil Engineering and postgraduate degree in Techinvent. Emma is specialized in water resources management and policy support.
TINNE CAHY
Project manager
Tinne holds a MSc. degree in Bioscience Engineering. Tinne is our expert in smart city, data science and GIS applications.
KLAAS VAN PARYS
Full Stack Developer
Klaas holds a BSc. degree in Applied Information Technology. Klaas is our web development expert, covering both front and back end.
SILKE MAES
Silke holds a MSc. degree in Astronomy & Astrophysics, as well as a PhD in Physics from KU Leuven. Silke is expert in data science.
Project engineer - data scientist
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Address:
Sumaqua
Tiensesteenweg 28
3001 Leuven, Belgium
Phone:
+32 474 422 003 (Vincent)
Email:
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