In September 2025, IEEE Life Fellow and former Benexlux LMAG Chair, Professor Patrick Dewilde was presented the 2025 Region 8 Life Member Individual Service Award at a meeting hosted by the German LMAG in Bonn, Germany. The meeting was organized by Past Chair Dr.-Ing. Péter Magyar. Region 8 Director Prof. Dušanka Bošković and VC TA Prof. Tiziana Tambosso presented the award.
Prof. Dewilde is an emeritus professor at KU Leuven (Belgium), TU Delft (Netherlands), and TU Munich (Germany). His significant organizational roles include serving as Director of the Delft Institute of Microelectronics and Submicron Technology (DIMES) and as Founding Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at TU Munich.
His dedication to IEEE spans nearly six decades. Prof. Dewilde co-founded and served as the first chair of the KU Leuven IEEE Student Branch in 1966, and later founded the Student Branch at Delft University in 1978. He served as IEEE Benelux Section Chair in 1988-1989 and was instrumental in co-founding the Benelux Section LMAG in 2015, where he has since acted as treasurer and vice chair.
