Projects

In their multiphysics portfolio, CAE software vendors include high-end acoustics simulation capabilities, which are typically based on finite element, finite volume or boundary element methods. These methods are routinely used in industry to design the sound of a wide range of industrial products. While the methods themselves are accurate and robust, the post-processing environment is not suited for ...

The impact of traffic noise on the health of individuals living in urban areas is a major concern.
Initiatives aimed at reducing traffic noise are put in place by imposing maximum noise levels on new combustion engine vehicles or minimum noise levels on electrical vehicles.
In addition to respecting sound level limits, an increasing need for satisfying sound quality requirements calls for new measurement and ...

This PhD research aims to design, implement and evaluate a methodology for the recording, processing and auralization of church acoustics. A mobile measurement setup and protocol will be developed and used to initiate a database of spatial acoustic recordings in various churches that are historically relevant to the performance of plainchant music. Signal processing algorithms for the spatial analysis, modeling, and ...

SILVARSTAR brings together a unique consortium of six leading industrial and academic partners who contribute excellence in noise and vibration modelling (ISVR, KU Leuven), engineering consulting (Vibratec, Wölfel), software development for environmental impact studies (Wölfel) and for auralisation and visualisation (EMPA), as well as dissemination of collaborative project results to the European rail manufacturing industry (UNIFE).
The ...

in this multiannual programma four work packages are designed to meet the objectives of the Flemish Agency for Internal Affairs and Civic integration Policy put forward in the policy note on 'inburgering & integratie 2009 - 2014' and the call on Policy research Centres launched by the Flemish government. The first work package monitors migration trends and ther (potential) impact on civic and social integration processes and integration ...

This project aims to trace the intrusion of concepts of the sacral within early modern poetics as it relates to the development of growing autonomy within the literary system. It will do so by means of an analysis of the intricate poetics of two instances of devotional poetry, namely: Joost van den Vondel’s Altaergeheimenissen and Constantijn Huygens’ Avondmaalsgedichten.

In this project, I answer the following question: How does Sawirus ibn al-Muqaffaՙ theologise non-Chalcedonian Christian faith in the Arabic-speaking milieu of tenth-century Egypt? The first part of the project studies the historical, socio-political, and economic contexts of Sawirus and his Christian community before and after the Fatimid conquest of Egypt (c. 969). The second part pertains to the way Sawirus adopted and/or ...