Liliane Pintelon

Liliane Pintelon serves as Full Professor at KU Leuven's Faculty of Engineering Science within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She leads the Subdivision Maintenance and Health Care Logistics and holds key memberships in the Division Industrial Management, Traffic and Infrastructure, LIM - KU Leuven Institute for Mobility, Council of the Faculty of Engineering Science, POC Mobiliteit en Supply Chain, and Education-Support Committee Group Biomedical Sciences.

Her research centers on systemic safety frameworks for human-robot collaboration in industrial and healthcare settings, with emphasis on risk assessment methodologies, maintenance optimization, and health care logistics. Current investigations integrate multi-criteria decision making for hospital wayfinding and supply chain resilience in robotic warehouse systems, addressing critical gaps in technology adoption and worker safety.

Recent publications reveal a dominant trend toward system-wide safety validation in human-robot interdependencies, particularly through FMEA-PRAT hybrid models and empirical cobot safety readiness assessments. Her work consistently bridges industrial robotics with healthcare applications, demonstrating cross-sector applicability in warehouse management, hospital navigation, and maintenance-spare parts optimization.

As primary supervisor for PhD candidates including N. Berx and A. Adriaensen, she directs major funded projects such as the Safety Readiness Model for Human-Robot Collaboration (2020-2024), Systemic Safety Assessment Method for Human-Robot Interdependencies (2018-2023), and Home Care Technology Management (2015-2025), reflecting sustained research leadership in operational systems engineering.