Speaker
Description
Andreas Waets obtained a Master degree in Nuclear Physics at KU Leuven University in Belgium in 2016. He was a member of the Space Environment and Effects section at the European Space Agency between 2016 and 2018, working on plasma charging of spacecraft, radiation environment monitoring instrumentation and space mission concurrent design engineering. After ESA, he joined CERN as a Fellow working on Monte Carlo simulations of beam-matter interactions in the machine protection system envisaged for the High-Luminosity upgrade project of the Large Hadron Collider. Andreas joined the CERN Radiation-to-Electronics team in 2021, working on his PhD thesis titled "Ground-based research analogs for beyond LEO exploration." As of 2025, he is the laboratory manager of the HEARTS@CERN heavy ion radiation effects test facility.
In this talk, Andreas details the ecosystem surrounding heavy ion microelectronics testing, results between facilities, and the growth of facilities in Europe.
