Researcher
Dirk Vandepitte
- Disciplines:Other engineering and technology
Affiliations
- Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD) (Division)
Responsible
From2 Dec 2020 → Today - Leuven Centre for Aero & Space Science, Technology and Applications (Research unit)
Responsible
From1 Apr 2009 → Today - Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2019 → 31 Jul 2020 - Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) Section (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 30 Sep 2019
Projects
1 - 10 of 41
- Economic Manufacturing Process of Recyclable Composite Materials for Durable Hydrogen StorageFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - Digital, Industry and Space
- Reinforcing Space Situational Awareness Data from Opportunistic Star Trackers Using Advanced Sensor Fusion TechniquesFrom13 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Real-time monitoring of the remaining useful life of an electronic system based on digital twin conceptsFrom24 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Forward flight aerodynamics for the KUlibrie, a tailless flapping wing micro aerial vehicleFrom3 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Dual-stage high precision line of sight stabilisation system for SmallSatsFrom3 Feb 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Automated tensile tester for the characterisation of the cross-section and tensile behaviour of synthetic and natural fibresFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- No2Failure (N2F) - Bridging the gap between digital-twin based damage identification andfailure prognosis for critical structures, through automated and online measurementsenabled by unmanned vehicle swarms.From1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Micro-disturbances in compact hybrid magnetically suspended flywheel systemsFrom12 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Conformable Pressurized Tanks for Hydrogen Storage and TransportationFrom22 Apr 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Stability and adaptive control of flapping wing nano air vehiclesFrom24 Sep 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
11 - 20 of 328
- 4U DEPLOYABLE TELESCOPE FOR SMALLSATS(2023)
Authors: Jeroen De Maeyer, Maarten Kempenaers, Dirk Vandepitte
Number of pages: 15 - Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for structural health monitoring with crack propagation under random loads: A numerical framework in the frequency domain(2023)
Authors: Dirk Vandepitte
Pages: 137 - 152 - Disturbance rejection on SmallSat space platforms(2022)
Authors: Jeroen De Maeyer, Wim De Munter, Dirk Vandepitte
Pages: 3461 - 3470Number of pages: 9 - Micro-vibration mitigation measures in a small satellite reaction wheel: design and verification(2022)
Authors: Jelle Lanting, Wim De Munter, Joren Malfroy, Dirk Vandepitte
Pages: 1613 - 1626 - Bending performance of a sandwich beam with sheet metal pyramidal core(2022)
Authors: Mihaela - Andreea Neagu, Dirk Vandepitte
- Experimental analysis of driveline performance of flapping wing nano-robots(2022)
Authors: Thomas Roelandt, Dirk Vandepitte
Pages: 11 - 17 - CubeSpec: Optical payload design(2022)
Authors: Gert Raskin, Jeroen De Maeyer, Bart Vandenbussche, Dominic Bowman, Maarten Kempenaers, Pierre Royer, Job Schuermans, Andrew Tkachenko, Dirk Vandepitte, Wim De Munter, et al.
- Upward wing elevation stabilizes descending flight of a tailless flapping wing micro air vehicle(2022)
Authors: Thomas Roelandt, Dirk Vandepitte
Pages: 19 - 25 - The CubeSpec Mission(2022)
Authors: Bart Vandenbussche, Gert Raskin, Pierre Royer, Dominic Bowman, Hugues Sana, Andrew Tkachenko, Job Schuermans, Dirk Vandepitte, Jeroen De Maeyer, Wim De Munter, et al.
- Advanced monitoring of structural adhesive joints during ageing tests through embedded sensors(2021)
Authors: Steven Fevery, Hans Hallez, Dirk Vandepitte