Projects
Controlling the rheology of concrete for the combined use of plasticizers/retarders and accelerators. KU Leuven
Controlling the rheology of concrete for the combined use of plasticizers/retarders and accelerators Ghent University
Within modern concrete technology combinations of admixtures are widely used. These combinations will be studied more in detail in this project. The proposed research project has the following main objectives: The determination of the physico-chemical interaction: (a) in-between the admixtures and (b) between the admisxtures and the cement and the mineral additions. The quatification and modelling of the effect of the combined use of ...
Sabbatical Crombé Philippe Ghent University
This assignment for a scientific assignment should give me the opportunity to publish the results of an extensive, 4-year (2015-2018) multidisciplinary research project, of which I was the scientific director, in a number of international peer-reviewed journals. The project, which was financed in full by the Flemish government, in particular under the terms of the European Treaty of Valletta, NV 'De Vlaamse Waterweg', focused on the ...
Medieval urban agricultural land use in Flanders and Brabant (6th-13th centuries AD): phytolith research as a novel tool for the understanding of cultivated soils in towns Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Flanders and Brabant. The overarching goal is to answer longstanding questions on the role and practice of agriculture in medieval
town development. On the one hand, the project aims to investigate
the cultivated crops on urban medieval fieldson one hand, and soil
intensification processes on the other. In addition, the spatial
evolution of these ...
The people behind the ashes. Interaction between bioarchaeological and geochemical research for the analysis of burned human remains from forensic and archaeological contexts. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
TAURUS: Tracking (post-)medieval agricultural (r)evolution using size and shape in cattle Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Welcome to the Dark Side - disclosing the invisible stages of medieval urbanisation through the integrated study of European Dark Earths Vrije Universiteit Brussel
common phenomenon in European towns. They cover large surfaces
and are often rich in archaeological remains. Their seeming absence
of stratigraphy has in the past resulted in a lack of research or their
discarding. Meanwhile, geoarchaeological research has
demonstrated that Dark Earths contain highly valuable information
impossible to access ...
Death and Fire: Investigating changes and specialisation in cremation practices in Belgium during the Metal Ages. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Terraces as a land management strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean: a long-term perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Despite their widespread occurrence, the history of terraces has
remained poorly understood due to problems with accurately dating
their construction and modification over time and determining past
cultivation practices for which they were used. This has hampered
broader research on the histories of terraced landscapes, examining
when and ...