Projects
Exploring the potential of alternative assessment designs for multilingual children in primary education. Ghent University
The proposed research evaluates whether monolingual testing practice can provide a complete picture of multilingual (ML) pupils’ abilities in content-related areas (e.g. science). In traditional tests, these pupils receive the test items and respond to them in the school language only. The hypothesis to be tested is whether monolingual testing practice crucially overlooks some of the pupils’ competencies, whereas ML testing may result in more ...
Unraveling and exploiting disorder in the design and realization of metamaterial solutions for broadband noise and vibration reduction KU Leuven
From the strong need of reconciling the often conflicting and ever tightening ecologic requirements and noise and vibration exposure regulations, a vast amount of research emerged in innovative lightweight solutions with favorable vibro-acoustic properties. Among these, locally resonant metamaterials were recently shown to enable strongly improved noise and vibration reduction in targeted frequency ranges, called stop bands.
While their ...
A long goodbye to the paradox of redistribution? An inquiry into the role of policy design in poverty reduction across and within developed welfare states. University of Antwerp
Design of vibration reduction measures for railway traffic by means of topology optimization. KU Leuven
Vibrations and re-radiated noise in buildings due to railway traffic are a matter of growing environmental concern. This has necessitated the development of vibration mitigation measures at the source (railway track), on the transmission path, and at the receiver (building). Mitigation measures on the transmission path aim at impeding propagation of ground vibration from source to receiver and are particularly appealing in situations with ...
Innovation and reduction of time-to-market through designed experimentation. University of Antwerp
Efficiency and ex post screening in higher education - a dynamic discrete choice approach. KU Leuven
Many students drop out of secondary or higher education without obtaining a degree. A recent policy report (OECD, 2012) illustrates the problems: 16% of today's young adults in OECD countries do not complete secondary education. Up to 62% enter a university-level program, but only 39% are expected to complete it. Among the students who complete a degree, there is a large fraction that incurs substantial delays.
In this thesis, we ...
PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AND DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR URBAN REGENERATION International Laboratory for Architecture & Urban Design (1976- 2015) Hasselt University
The value of job amenities and its impact on inequality and returns to education KU Leuven
The overarching goal of this project is to identify how workers value jobs, which is essential to evaluate the current state of the labour market in terms of efficiency, inequality and returns to education. We start by evaluating the accuracy-cost tradeoff of three existing methods eliciting the willingness to pay for job characteristics in general and for job security in particular. Then we use the most cost-effective approach to determine ...