Name Activity "Electrical Engineering Technology (ESAT), Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "The Technology Cluster of the department of Electrical Engineering is split up in 3 research units:DraMCo: Continuously driven by questions from and contacts with industrial partners, we cover a broad range of research topics in wireless, mobile and embedded communications. The goal is to make new technologies accessible for industrial partners. Technical support, advice, training, networking, etc are part of the core business of our research group.   Light & Lighting Lab: The Light&Lighting Laboratory is a research group embedded in the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of KU Leuven and located on the Ghent Technology Campus. The main research topics are Indoor lighting, Optical design, Appearance & Perception and Metrology. Within each topic, PhD research activities, generating new knowledge, are combined with numerous development projects with lighting companies. The vast measurement infrastructure of the Light&Lighting Laboratory offers a lot of possibilities for product characterization.E&A: The E&A research is situated in the broad domain of electrical engineering and industrial automation. National and international projects has lead to the current expertise in stand-alone hybrid power systems, industrial datacom and reliability, PV metrology, energy measurements and light electric mobility. " "Computer Science Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "MSEC-DistriNet is active in the domain of distributed applications with a major focus on software security technologies and software for next-generation Internet-of-Things environments. Research focuses on the design, development and analysis of advanced applications and software ecosystems, while closing the gap between academic research and industrial applications. The research group has gained expertise in many key technologies in the field of distributed systems and security.  A major interest is on software architectures and middleware to build sustainable Internet-of-Things ecosystems, thereby embracing advanced non-functional concerns like flexibility, maintainability and security/privacy.  Within the domain of security, the group focuses on the integration of complex building blocks for security and privacy in advanced electronic services.  Examples are advanced authentication technologies, privacy enhancing technologies, hardware backed platforms for increased security, identity management technologies and mechanisms for secure storage.  The research also focuses on system level approaches to inspect the security in complex systems such as IoT environments, industrial control systems and critical infrastructure." "Sustainable Chemical Process Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "Technology Cluster Sustainable Chemical Process, Technology Campuses Ghent and AalstChemical & Biochemical Process Technology & Control (BioTeC+)Scientific research in BioTeC+ concentrates on model based optimization and control of microbial conversion processes. The underlying motivation is that model based solutions to process optimization and control problems are superior in performance and robustness as compared to plain heuristic approaches. Process optimization is aimed at by creating optimal environmental conditions for the cell. Therefore, this line of research is fully complementary to process optimization by genetically modifying the cell itself.To realize this mission interdisciplinary research is required: both concepts and techniques from mathematical modeling and systems and control as well as detailed microbiological/biochemical knowledge are essential building blocks for high performance process identification and control algorithms. " "Department of Environmental Technology, Food Technology and Molecular Biotechnology" "Department of the Ghent universitry Global Campus focused on Environmental technology, Food technology and Molecular biotechnology" "Mechanical Engineering Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "Technology Cluster Industrial Mechanic Engineering, Technology Campuses Ghent and Aalst" "Bioengineering Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "The cluster Bioengineering Technology aims to translate basic research and to enhance practical applications for the food and beverage industry, sustainable crop production, sustainable livestock production, ecosystem management and remediation, and biotechnology in general." "Construction Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "Sustainable BuildingsEnergy performance and indoor climate - Interaction building and HVAC systemsTimber construction and use of organic fibresSocial and ecological sustainability of buildings and communitiesLife cycle analysisBuilding Information ModellingCommissioning, building management and monitoring Structural Mechanics & Building MaterialsDurability-based design of concrete mixturesCombined degradation mechanisms in (cracked) concreteSustainable concreteGeomaticsData acquisition techniquesLaser scanning, PhotogrammetryGeo-data managementIntegration of multi-scale dataSurvey to BIMLarge scale topographic inventoryIntelligent data models" "Materials Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "The activities of the research unit Mechanics of Materials, Products and Processes (MeM2P) at Campus Gent are aimed at gaining a better understanding of the mechanical behavior of materials in industrial applications. This is done by devising new experimental methods based on optical techniques, especially DIC (using own developed code) on the one hand and new numerical techniques that facilitate the identification of this behavior (using FEMU and VFM) on the other hand. At the same time, we focus on industry-relevant applications with a special interest in connections (bolted, welded, clinched and riveted) made of new high strength steels. Our expertise can be summarized as follows:Advanced finite element methods with focus on non-linear material models Optical strain measurement techniques with focus on “Digital Image Correlation”Development of numerical inverse methods for the identification of material parametersExperimental mechanics with a focus on destructive testing, design of new testing devices and specimensFatigue of metals and its connectionsJoining techniques: selection, production, optimization and mechanical behaviorHigh strength steels and metals with high specific strength " "Science, Engineering and Technology Group, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "Translation and Technology, Kulak Kortrijk Campus" "Ayla Rigouts Terryn" "The research group (RG) Translation and Technology is an interdisciplinary research group, which investigates specific issues related to the translation of specialized texts, the evaluation of (specialized) translations and translation technology from different perspectives. At the same time  the RG Translation and Technology will provide methodological support to projects from other RG's, both for translation and interpreting research. In addition, the RG Translation and Technology will further develop its own methodological expertise by working closely with other RG's, both within the KU Leuven and internationally.ObjectivesThe RG Translation and Technology aims to: stimulate research into the various aspects of specialized translation (in particular legal and medical texts), translation evaluation and translation technology, with particular attention to:translation of legal and medical / scientific texts;translation in health communication;translation evaluation;terminological research, including the legal and medical field;translation technology;corpus linguistics and parallel corpora;concept modeling and development of ontologies;register variation in Language for Specific Purposes (LSP).In concrete terms, the focus of the RG Translation and Technology can be defined as follows:the evaluation of the efficiency and quality of translation processes, translation products and translation tools, using procedures that allow: (a) to evaluate the impact of translation technology on translators and the translation process; (b) assess the quality of translations, translators and translation processes in an objective and standardized manner; and (c) maximize utilization of (parallel) corpora for the optimization of the translation process and for determining the functional equivalence of legal texts from different legal systems;the testing and enrichment of various evaluation procedures to and with corpus-based data, which provides significant added value, including applications such as term extraction, relevance of translation suggestions and semi-automatic selection of quality test items.The research can be both qualitative and quantitative.De OG Vertaling en Technologie is een interdisciplinaire OG die de vertaalproblematiek rond gespecialiseerde teksten, vertaalevaluatie en vertaaltechnologie vanuit verschillende invalshoeken bestudeert. De OG Vertaling en Technologie zal tegelijkertijd methodologische ondersteuning bieden aan projecten uit andere OG’s, zowel voor vertaal- als tolkwetenschappelijk onderzoek. Daarnaast zal de OG Vertaling en Technologie haar eigen methodologische expertise verder uitbouwen door nauw samen te werken met andere OG’s, zowel binnen de KU Leuven als internationaal."