Projects
“Whetstones” on the cutting edge. Understanding the cultural biography of Roman and medieval macro-lithic tools through the application of use-wear analysis. From domestic and agricultural activities to specialized craft productions. Ghent University
The material culture study of historic macro-lithic tools has been ignored for a long time. Traditionally, lithic studies have mainly been restricted to the investigation of pre- and proto-historic artefacts, as if stone implements are an anachronism in younger periods. Nevertheless, they hold a lot of potential to gain new insights in ancient technology, trade networks, agricultural and domestic activities and craft specialization of ...
Laser Cutting with Direct Diode Lasers - Opportunities in Polarization and Beam Shaping KU Leuven
The focus of this doctoral research is in the exploration of Direct Diode Lasers (DDLs) as a tool for industrial laser cutting and on the identification of their unique opportunities. As main building blocks of established cutting technologies (the CO2 and fiber laser variants), the DDLs pose interesting advantages in terms of price, compactness, reliability and efficiency. In this context, the performance of state-of-the-art DDLs is ...
Modeling the dynamic cutting behavior of a cutter suction dredger in hard rock types KU Leuven
In order to allow the new Super Post Panamax ships (19000 TEU, 16 m draft) a greater draft is needed in ports and access channels. The realization of these larger depths requires dredging, whereby soil under water is removed. Geologically speaking, however, deeper often means harder. Recent experience shows that the number of projects is increasing where hard to very hard rock has to be dredged. The cutter suction dredger is the ultimate ...
Combining genomic data and machine learning tools to reconstruct the phylogeny and evolutionary history of Ocotea and Nectandra (Lauraceae) Ghent University
We are living a fascinating and challenging turning point in terms of biological research and knowledge. From a positive perspective, we are able now to study the biological diversity using millions of DNA base pairs and combine these data with collection-based information from online repositories in many inventive ways. Considering the systematics and phylogenetic studies, new avenues were opened and we now have a better knowledge of the ...
Goal-oriented educational tools in interaction with students and teachers KU Leuven
Schools are under pressure. The urgent shortage of teachers, the growing diversity amongst students, the loss of quality and the actual school drop-out rates are daily challenges for schools and society. There are no clear-cut solutions, but strengthening and better deploying (technological) educational tools already offers a way out: teachers can be supported by EdTech companies; digital platforms facilitate differentiation and targeted, ...
Using data science and decision support tools for autonomous operation of safety-critical electricity grid infrastructure KU Leuven
The European energy system is undergoing a massive transformation as part of broader climate change mitigation efforts and energy security concerns. While societally important, this transformation, most notably the rapidly increasing proliferation of variable renewable energy sources (wind and solar) and accelerating demand electrification (heat, transport, industry), threatens to destabilise the electric grid and even cause large-scale ...
Innovatieve tools voor de ondersteuning van preventieve en curatieve klauwverzorging bij melkvee. Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The aim of this VLAIO-LA project is to reduce claw problems in dairy cows through an affordable intelligent app that can process thermal camera images (on a mobile phone for example). This will require development of a great deal of diverse knowledge. Claw problems are one of the most important health disorders in dairy cattle. They have serious economic consequences for the farm and they have ...
Using data science and decision support tools for autonomous operation of safety-critical electricity grid infrastructure KU Leuven
Improved data-driven bioinformatics tools to greatly extend neo- and xeno-epitope landscapes detected by immunopeptidomics. Ghent University
Vaccination has proven to be very successful, resulting in the eradication of smallpox and the near-eradication of poliovirus, for example. Currently, vaccination is available for over 29 diseases and is estimated to prevent over 3 million deaths a year. However, for some diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis, effective vaccines are not yet available. A major problem in developing vaccines for diseases such as cancer and those caused by ...