Background
Gelders, Ludo was born on November 3, 1943 in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Son of Francis Lambert and Pauline Th. (Briers) Gelders.
consultant Industrial engineering educator
Gelders, Ludo was born on November 3, 1943 in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Son of Francis Lambert and Pauline Th. (Briers) Gelders.
Master of Science Electromech. Engineering, Ryksuniversiteit Gent, l966; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, U Catholique Louvain, l967; postgraduate in management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, l972; Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Management, U. Louvain, l973.
Industrial engineer, Fabrique Nationale, Liege, Belgium, l966-70; researcher, C.I.M., Brussels, l970-73; assistant professor industrial engineering, U. Louvain (Belgium), l973-76; professor, U. Louvain (Belgium), l976-; department chairman mechanic engineering, U. Louvain (Belgium), l983-88; chairman division industrial management, U. Louvain (Belgium), l988-. Francqui chair U. Brussels, 1992-1993. Consultant on industrial management to national and international companies, since 1974.
Member Belgian Royal Academy Council Applied Science, Association University Graduate Engrs.European Cmty. (president 1989, liaison committee), Royal Flemish Engineering Society (president 1987-1989), American Production and Inventory Control Society, Operations Research.Soc. American, Institute Industrial Engineers, Lions (president 1994-1995).
Married Margot Master of Arts Janssens, December 23, 1968. Children: Mike, Steve, Dave.