Projects
Structural health monitoring of composite structures using guided wave propagation methods KU Leuven
Structural failure in the aerospace, civil and energy sectors can be life threatening for users/passengers and financially catastrophic for operators and the manufacturer. This is the main reason for which critical structures (i.e. aircrafts, wind turbines etc.) spend large part of their lifecycle under inspection with the accompanied costs being significant. On-line detection and characterization of minor failures within complex (composite ...
FailuRe detection, identification and prognosis in Composite and Additive manufactured Structures KU Leuven
Investigation of the structural, chemical and magnetic state of the metal/oxide interface in composite multiferroics KU Leuven
Metal/oxide interface is a fundamental component in many devices such as magnetic sensors, piezoelectric transducers, and capacitors. The electrical properties of metal/oxide heterostructures are determined by the type of contact formed at the interface, i.e. Schottky or Ohmic contact. As devices are becoming smaller in size, interfaces are becoming even more important due to an increase in the surface to volume ratio. The metal/oxide ...
Damage identification in composite materials using Machine Learning techniques for Structural health monitoring Ghent University
Blurring the lines between materials design and structural design: Advanced microstructural design of structural fibre-reinforced composites. KU Leuven
Many breakthroughs in traditional materials have been achieved through time-consuming and expensive trial-and-error. To develop the next generation of lightweight composites, a paradigm shift is needed to catalyse their adoption in industry and address current drawbacks. Rather than accepting that the microstructure is a consequence of the manufacturing process, I envision that we should aim to design the microstructure to optimally satisfy ...
Blurring the lines between materials design and structural design: Advanced microstructural design of structural fibre-reinforced composites KU Leuven
OZR backup mandate: Multiscale Investigation of 3D Textile Reinforced Cement Composites: a Combined Experimental and Numerical Approach from Mesoscopic Scale Complex Interactions up to Structural Scale Mechanical Behaviour Vrije Universiteit Brussel
transversal through thickness connections of the textile improving the bending performance of the textile reinforced cement composite (TRC) in the post-cracking phase. Yet, no ...
Taxonomical and structural analysis of nematode succession during compost processes Ghent University
Nematodes are often used as bioindicators and the nematode diversity and density in mature compost will be important to build a solid soilfoodweb. In this research 3 main sections will be investigated: 1) the biodiversity of the nematodes during the composting process, 2) the nematode population dynamics during this proces and 3) if and how the nematode composition reflects the condition of the compost process.