Projects
Research and Training for the Palace Museum of Tomorrow. KU Leuven
PALAMUSTO ETN, a network of leading European universities, heritage institutions and palace-museums, investigates the court residence or palace as a phenomenon of cultural exchange, not only in the past but also today and in the future. A new history of the palace is indeed needed in order to define its relevance for present-day Europe.
The palace’s status as heritage, as prime touristic attraction and as part of the experience ...
European project BLAST Ghent University
Analyse the coastal zone as a resource in climate change mitigation using renewable energy
- Overview of existing and new renewable energy platforms located in the coastal zone
- Develop GIS based tools for finding optimal locations for new renewable energy plants in the coastal zone
- Analyse the conflicts between location demands for energy plants and protection of the coastal zones
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Effects of Air Quality on Health in Ship Accommodation: Environmental Parameter Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Recommendations Antwerp Maritime Academy (AMA)
Remediation of slightly contaminated soils coupled with production of biofuel Ghent University
In this proposed MIP project investigates the economically relevant crops canola, corn and wheat can be used one hand to heavy metal contaminated sites sanener and also for the production of bioenergy. The research study the optimization of metal uptake by plants and the economic relevance of phytoremediation as a remediation option for heavy metal contaminated site. The industrial partners will focus on quantifying and optimizing the ...
Exploring the chemistry of N-hydroxypyrazinones KU Leuven
Although industrial processes readily use reactive and dangerous gases as platform chemicals, a different picture is seen in lab-scale synthesis. The difficult-to-handle nature of gaseous reagents in combination with stringent safety requirements have posed a significant barrier for research scientists to conduct chemical reactions with gases on a regular basis.
In 2011, the Skrydstrup group launched the two-chamber reactor as a safe ...
Open education platforms and their modes of dis/appearing: A critical account from science and technology studies KU Leuven
This dissertation critically investigates the platformisation of open education practices, emphasising its compositions and consequences for education stakeholders. Open education, broadly defined as a collection of practices aiming to increase and widen access to education and knowledge resources, frequently relies on dedicated universities and digital platforms. As more and more digital platforms organise this sort of practice, their ...
Research and development of a low-cost, portable visual field testing platform using a smartphone and virtual reality headset for the early detection of glaucoma KU Leuven
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, affecting about 64 million people. A large proportion of glaucoma cases worldwide are undiagnosed or sub-optimally managed. More than half of people living with the disease, in low-income countries, are unaware of the condition until it progresses to an advanced stage, resulting in visual impairment. Since adequate treatment significantly slows or halts progression of the ...
Technological platform to develop nutritional additives to reduce methane emissions from ruminants Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Small and medium-sized enterprises confront barriers to developing feed additives that may reduce the methane production in ruminants. ILVO, along with 4 other European research institutes, therefore offers a technology platform. The purpose of the platform is to study how these products work, both in vitro and in vivo and globally. In particular the project meets 1) the need to standardize and ...