Projects
Class-based environmentalism: Towards a multidimensional and mixed methods approach. University of Antwerp
Is mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth an independent risk factor for postpartum depression? A mixed methods prospective study in Ethiopia and Guinea Institute of Tropical Medicine
postpartum mental disorder, mainly postpartum depression, which
can lead to self-harm, harm to the baby, compromised child health
and development, and suicide. As 48% of women in the region do not
receive postnatal care (81% in Ethiopia and 51% in Guinea),
postpartum depression remains undiagnosed and untreated.
Globally, despite a critical ...
Integration of the bond behaviour into the numerical modelling and the design of mixed cement composite – concrete structures. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
concrete structures. The non-corroding reinforcement can solve the often occurring durability
issues in aggressive environments. This rising technology can also avoid the demolition and
new construction of existing concrete structures by strengthening and/or protecting them, or
even lead to the design of new lightweight concrete ...
Advanced mixed mode circuit design in organic/oxide based technologies. KU Leuven
The purpose of this PhD is to explore the possibilities of organic/oxide transistors on foil in design. Experts in production technology have come to a point where these transistors can be produced with reasonable accuracy and predictability, but only the first small designs have been presented up to now, most of them coming from imec (the partner organization). The technology is extremely slow compared to standard CMOS. However for a lot of ...
Optimal design of steel structures according to the Eurocodes using mixed-integer linear programming methods KU Leuven
In structural design, achieving minimum cost is the main goal. Structural design optimization plays a crucial role in reaching this goal. It can reduce both the consumption of natural resources by the construction industry and the engineering effort and therefore cost by automation of some of the most repetitive tasks in the design process. However, practicing structural engineers are reluctant to adopt optimization as a daily design tool. ...
Urban Diversity beyond 'Social Mix': alternative concepts and methods to design micropublic spaces of encounter in Flanders' midsized cities. Ghent University
Today 'social mix' is the dominant concept in urban planning (policy) to tackle issues of diversity, also in Flanders. The key assumption is that the propinquity of well-off and poor residents will lead to an upward social mobility of the poor and an increased social interaction and thus can bring a solution to urban inequality and segregation. Yet, there is little evidence of any real effect of ‘social mix’ to those supposed to benefit ...
Rationalizing the design of Pickering and bi-structured emulsions for tailored in vitro lipolysis kinetics: from static towards (semi)dynamic in vitro digestion methods. KU Leuven
Pickering particles have shown potential to form stable O/W emulsions. However, digestive functionality of O/W Pickering emulsions is an understudied domain. Current insights point towards retarded rate of lipid digestion kinetics which level off at low digestion extents. We hypothesize that bi-structured emulsions formed by mixing Pickering and molecular-based emulsions might result in targeted lipid digestion kinetics in each type of ...
A fundamental understanding of latent thermal energy storage heat exchangers by decomposition and integration of energy fractions in order to obtain general methods for design and experimental characterization Ghent University
Energy storage is required for the mass implementation of renewable energy sources into our energy mix. Smart latent thermal energy storage (LTES) coupled to heat pumps has been identified by the European commission as a key enabling technology. Due to the high potential of LTES systems, a large amount of research has been performed on storage materials, heat transfer enhancement and implementation of LTES in specific applications. However, ...
Rationalizing the design of Pickering and bi-structured emulsions for tailored in vitro lipolysis kinetics: from static towards (semi)dynamic in vitro digestion methods KU Leuven
In recent years, it became obvious that several factors influence lipid digestion: (i) oil phase properties, (ii) oil droplet size, (iii) interfacial properties, (iv) properties of the continuous phase. One recent research trend aims to explore and understand the use of a mix of emulsifiers to modulate emulsion stability and lipid digestion with specific perspectives for satiation and satiety induction. For this, both traditional molecular ...