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Biography
Ad van Berlo is both mechanical engineer (1980) and psychogerontologist (1997). He has a Ph.D. in biomedical technology (1985). He worked in industry in R & D and marketing up to 1991, in the field of biomedical technology. From 1991 on he is working in the area of smart houses & ehealth, currently as R&D manager at Smart Homes. This organisation was founded by Ad van Berlo in 1998 and has become the Dutch national expert centre for Smart Houses and Smart Living.
Smart Homes is currently participating in several European funded Ambient Assisted Living and ehealth projects. In these projects, Smart Homes is involved in investigating user requirements, process design, technical integration, validation and evaluation in trials with smart home technology, robotics and telemonitoring of persons with chronic conditions.
Overall, Ad van Berlo has 20 years of experience in smart home technology, smart living, care technology, e-health and telemedicine. He was chair of the Forum Programme Committee of the AAL Forum 2012 in Eindhoven.
Areas of Expertise (6)
Applied Technologies
Smart Home Technology
Smart Living
Care Technology
E-Health
Telemedicine
Education (2)
Eindhoven University of Technology: Ph.D. and M.Eng., Mechanical Engineering 1986
BeNeLux University: M.A., Gerontology 1997
Languages (2)
- English
- Dutch
Featured Articles (1)
A Model House as Platform for Information Exchange on Housing
Gerontology: A Sustainable Investment in the Future
1998 Although there will be an enormous growth in the number of older people in the following decades, industry, trade and public care are not yet prepared to serve this new group of consumers. But appropriate products, services and environments for elderly are needed...
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