Projects
Research in formulation of poorly watersoluble active compounds in PLGA Nanoparticles using spray-drying technology. University of Antwerp
Electricity driven Low Energy and Chemical input Technology foR Accelerated bioremediation Ghent University
The ELECTRA project is a EU-China RTD joint initiative that will deliver 2 innovative sets of novel electromicrobiology based environmental biotechnologies, facilitating/improving electron transfer during microbial degradation processes. Our approach will accelerate the elimination of several classes of pollutants and mixtures thereof in contaminated wastewater, groundwater, sediment and soil. The first set of biotechnologies employs ...
Smart Technology for Energy-Efficient Heating Installations BBRI (Belgian Building Research Institute)
Even though solutions to connect installations and exploit the potential of this are widely available, it is still underapplied today. This is due to different technological and organisational limitations.
The aim of this project is to tackle those barriers and increase the use of smart technology in small-scale installations for heating and domestic hot water significantly. This will be achieved through the development of a technology ...
Non-thermal plasma technology as innovative strategy for food preservation Ghent University
This project intends to gather fundamental information on plasma-assisted food decontamination as alternative for heating processes. Focus will be on probing the nature and density of plasma species in different gas mixtures and the corresponding antimicrobial efficacy and chemical degradation of
food. Additionally, the potential of plasma-polymerized antimicrobial coatings for food packaging applications will also be explored.
Energy storage as a disruptive technology in the energy system of the future KU Leuven
Critical and playful subjectivity in networked families: Investigating family privacy practices, norms and smart home technology Ghent University
New technologies that drive on personal information have made an entry into the family household (e.g., intelligent personal assistents, smart toys, tracking technologie) and are involved in processes that relate to surveillance and privacy. The datafication of childhood and parenthood, the normalization of networked and smart home technologies as partners of socialization and changing parental mediation styles with a focus on monitoring ...
BioGRAN: Implementation of the aerobic granular sludge technology for industrial wastewater treatment. University of Antwerp
Accounting for future lives in Health Technology Assessment. KU Leuven
Different types of healthcare programs not only affect people living today, but also people that will come to exist in the future. Examples are fertility treatments, genetic screening, prevention of vertically transmittable diseases, maternal vaccination and disease eradication programs. It remains an open question whether or not these consequences for future lives should be taken into account in Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The way in ...