Researcher at VITO
Antwerp Area, Belgium
- Current
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- Researcher at VITO
- Owner at Kifua.com
- Past
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- Packaging Engineer at IPS-Packaging
- Country Ambassador for Belgium at Couchsurfing.com
- Packaging and Validation Engineer at Schering-Plough
- Mechanical Engineer at Punch Graphix
- Packaging & Recycling Engineer at Punch Graphix
- Designer at Randstad Professional
- Designer at GOODS Sempels
- Student at Hogeschool Antwerpen
- Internship Designer at ParsProToto
- Education
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- Hogeschool Antwerpen
- Paircoaching.net
- O.-L.-V.-Lourdes te Ekeren
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Stijn Vernaillen’s Summary
Exhibition Designer, Packaging Engineer, Industrial Designer and CAD Designer.
Passion toward everything related to transportation and travel/leisure.
My goal is to get to know more about Cradle2Cradle and green design and implement this in all my design work.
Stijn Vernaillen’s Specialties:
Packaging Design
Exhibition Design
Industrial Design
Logistical Flow optimalisation
Green Design
Experience with Recumbent Bicylce design
Stijn Vernaillen’s Experience
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Researcher
VITO
(Government Agency; Research industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
Research on environmental sound cars and fleets.
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Owner
Kifua.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Co-owner of the Kifua.com recumbent bicycles brand. Design/prototyping/constructing of all the models of the brand.
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Packaging Engineer
IPS-Packaging
(Privately Held; Packaging and Containers industry)
August 2007 — August 2009 (2 years 1 month)
Engineer packaging for several companies. Currently employed at Schering-Plough in Heist-op-den-Berg. Resposible for secondary and tertiary packaging design and optimalisation.
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Country Ambassador for Belgium
Couchsurfing.com
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2006 — June 2009 (3 years )
Ambassadors are CouchSurfing members who have applied for a special role within the CS-community. The role of the Ambassadors is to be of service to CouchSurfing members and to be of service to the global community. In their travels and when they are hosting, surfing, and meeting other members, they promote the values that embody "the CouchSurfing spirit".
Ambassadors represent CouchSurfing in the region of the world in which they live. Ambassadors are also volunteers who participate in discussions the help determine the vision and course of the organization. Ambassadors perform many tasks essential for maintaining the website and the community. -
Packaging and Validation Engineer
Schering-Plough
(Public Company; SGP; Pharmaceuticals industry)
August 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 5 months)
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Mechanical Engineer
Punch Graphix
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; PGX; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)
Design of the new machine of the Xeikon branch of Punch Graphix. Detail design of components and structures. Creation of production drawings.
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Packaging & Recycling Engineer
Punch Graphix
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; GB:B07LVS0; Packaging and Containers industry)
August 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 2 months)
Design transportation packaging and spare parts packaging for the different machines of the company (Xeikon, BasysPrint). Follow-up of the production of the packaging and testing it. Responsible for the complete design, documentation and implementation process.
Implement cost-reduction strategies to the packaging, use a methodological approach towards the packaging design process, and apply it to the current (mechanical) design and release process
Help out the rest of the R&D Mechanical department with designing and releasing new product. -
Designer
Randstad Professional
(Public Company; Design industry)
August 2004 — March 2005 (8 months)
Outsourcing. 6 months project at Xeikon (now PunchGraphix).
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Designer
GOODS Sempels
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
December 2003 — April 2004 (5 months)
Design and develop projects in close co-operation with the Antwerp Zoo.
Projects Realised:
- Subsidy paper for educational panels and new signalisation in the Antwerp Zoo. Commisioned for the European Union and Belgian Government. (1 month)
- Exhibition Design for the 75th annuversary of the Belgian comic figure "TinTin" in Planckendael (Mechelen, Belgium). We were responsible for the design, technical development, construction and placement.
- Small product ideas for Marlux -
Student
Hogeschool Antwerpen
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
1998 — 2003 (5 years )
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Internship Designer
ParsProToto
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
August 2002 — August 2002 (1 month)
Design different concepts:
- Streetfurniture: tree protectors, fences, benches,...
- Pets equipment: dog/cat transportation, turtle bowl,...
- Promotional articles for Duracell batteries
Stijn Vernaillen’s Education
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Hogeschool Antwerpen
Master , Product Development , 1998 — 2003
Graduated with the design of a "mobile, modular, biochemical lab" (BC-Modular). From conceptual design to technical drawings.
Paper on best CAD-program usable for product development. (both engineering as free form). -
Paircoaching.net
"Getting Things Done 2008
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O.-L.-V.-Lourdes te Ekeren
Additional Information
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Stijn Vernaillen’s Interests:
International travel, recumbent bicycles, alternative transportation, antropology, theater, cycling, interior design, mechanical design, computer technology, bicycles, packaging, packaging design, CAD, webdesign, tango, music, web2.0, design, R&D, research & development, research, innovation
Stijn Vernaillen’s Groups:
- Couchsurfing.com, ambassador for Belgium + user.
- Member of PackagingPeople.be
- ex-Boy Scout: from "Tiger Cub" to "Boy Scout" and 1 year as leader of the "Tiger Cubs"
- contributing member of HPV Belgium,
- BVI-Workshop: opleiding in golfkarton (training in corrugated cardboard)
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PACKAGING & RECYCLING
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Duurzaam Innoveren -
Board Of Innovation
Stijn Vernaillen’s Honors:
- Winner of the "Nederlandse Verpakkingsketen Prijs 2007" (Dutch Packaging Chain Price 2007) in co-operation with "Verpakkingsindustrie Schijndel" while working for Punch|Graphix.
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