Nikolaas Van den Steen graduated in 2017 as a Master of Energy Engineering Technology (MSc) Specialisation Electrical Engineering at the KU Leuven Technologiecampus Ghent. Since 2018 he’s a Joint PhD researcher, under the supervision of Jan Cappelle (KUL) & Lieselot Vanhaverbeke (VUB-MOBI). His field of expertise light electric vehicles, in particular, speed pedelecs.