Christof Devriendt

With the European Erasmus-program he studied one year in Portugal at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, were he wrote his Master-thesis. He received the degree in mechanical-electrotechnical engineering in 2004 from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MECH) where he is currently PhD-student in the Acoustics & Vibration Research Group (AVRG). His main research interests are situated in the field of acoustics & vibration, system identification and operational modal analysis. He is active in the Erasmus Student Network since 2005. He was the founder of ESN Brussels in 2005 and he was President of this local section until September 2007. In 2006 he has been elected by the Belgian ESN sections as National Representative of ESN Belgium. As member of the Council of National Representative of ESN, he played an active role in ESN International in supporting, shaping and scrutinizing the work of the International Board. He has been actively involved in the ESN Galaxy project, an internet based framework to support student mobility through an online platform. As such, his interests can currently be found in the field of corporate social networking, social media and online communities in a web 2.0 environment. Out of these interests and the achieved successes within ESN he co-founded together with Peter, Antonio and Andrea Youth Agora.