Geert-Jan J.A.N. van Houtum

Geert-Jan van Houtum is Full Professor and Chair of Maintenance and Reliability at Eindhoven University of Technology, where he currently serves as Dean of the Department Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. His research advances maintenance optimization, spare parts networks, and predictive maintenance for capital goods.

Research collaborations include ASML, Dutch Railways, Philips, and Royal Netherlands Navy. Focuses on improving system availability while reducing Total Cost of Ownership through innovative spare parts inventory control and condition-based maintenance models.

Awards include INFORMS Wagner Prize finals (2021) and IISE Transactions Best Paper Award (2019). Authored 'Spare Parts Inventory Control under System Availability Constraints' and maintains 100+ publications in leading operations research journals.