Koen Van Dam

Koen Van Dam is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London's Department of Chemical Engineering, part of the Urban Energy Systems group within the Faculty of Engineering. His work focuses on agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems to support decision-making in urban energy and transport infrastructure design. He leads the SEF05 Urban Energy Systems module in the Sustainable Energy Futures MSc program and co-organizes computational social science summer schools. Koen has held visiting researcher positions at the National University of Singapore and TU Delft, and previously served as president of Eurodoc (European council for doctoral candidates).

Education: MSc in Artificial Intelligence (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), PhD from TU Delft (2009) with thesis on agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems.

Research interests emphasize integrating spatial/temporal data across energy and transport sectors to model urban systems at multiple scales. Projects include:

• FCDO Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) project
• COP26 Rapid Response Facility technical lead
• EPSRC-funded Digital City Exchange (DCE) and IDLES projects
• resilience.io (DFID project)

Key contributions include decision support tools for:

• Electric vehicle infrastructure planning
• Low-carbon energy systems
• Smart district design
• Post-pandemic urban resilience

Awards: None explicitly listed, though his extensive project leadership indicates recognition in sustainability research.

Advising: Supervised over 40 MSc/MEng projects on smart cities, energy demand, EVs, bioenergy, and resilient infrastructure. Active in education through master's course leadership and international summer schools.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Energy Futures Lab, Network of Excellence in Air Quality, and the Artificial Intelligence Climate Compatible Growth initiative.