Julien Deckx

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Julien Deckx is product manager for Virtual Patient solutions. Julien first worked as a Junior Research Engineer at former Materialise subsidiary Mobelife, which developed, among other products, aMace, the 3D printed patient-specific hip implant. He then led the ADAM services team from 2011 to 2018, providing virtual patient analysis and 3D printing services to companies worldwide. Julien holds a MSc in Biomedical Engineering degree at the University of Leuven.

Recent blog posts

Virtual Patients: A Reality in Orthopedic Implant R&D

Julien Deckx

November 14, 2019

Virtual patients have been gaining attention in recent years as a way to augment pre-clinical tests and even clinical trials. While for many applications the concept is still in its infancy, the use of virtual patients has become standard practice in the development process of orthopedic implants.

Virtual Patients: A Reality in Orthopedic Implant R&D

Julien Deckx

November 14, 2019

Virtual Patients: A Reality in Orthopedic Implant R&D

Julien Deckx

November 14, 2019

Benin Summer School 2015: What We Learned from Organizing a Scholarship Summer School in Papané

Julien Deckx

December 18, 2015

Benin Summer School 2015: What We Learned from Organizing a Scholarship Summer School in Papané

In early August, I reached Benin with my partner Lotte, Materialise CEO Fried Vancraen and Executive Vice President Hilde Ingelaere. The goal for the next month was to conduct a summer school at the hospital in Papané, with 17 students—the best performers from four high schools in the region—and guide them through the developmental projects they had chosen to work on. At the end of three weeks, three students would be chosen to receive a scholarship to aid their further education. Looking back at my notes over the following month, I think we had as much to learn as the students did.