Projects
DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR PERSONALIZED MENTAL HEALTH CARE - Clinical use of Experience Sampling Methods KU Leuven
This PhD thesis aimed to address challenges in the development and implementation of clinically-oriented tools for using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) in routine clinical practice. The ESM is a technique for capturing and quantifying mental states and symptoms as they occur in daily life. It involves prompting individuals to fill out a questionnaire multiple times per day for several days in order to measure present ‘in-the-moment’ ...
Efficient design of continuous countercurrent solvent extraction processes for separation of rare earths (ELECTRA) KU Leuven
Solvent extraction is an important separation technique for purification of rare-earth elements that are essential for the permanent magnets used in motors of electric vehicles, wind turbines, .... However, the design of solvent extraction processes is a labour-intensive and time-consuming process, with many laboratory experiments. The objective of the ELECTRA project is to simplify the design of solvent extraction processes in the metallurgy ...
Design and Modelling of Photoreactors for Waste Treatment and Purification KU Leuven
Photochemistry is a research field with high potential, promising important future industrial and environmental applications such as pollutant removal, CO2 reduction back to fuel, alternative solar energy storages and novel materials. On the other hand, making these promises feasible and therefore applied, falls within the purpose of photoreactor design branch of chemical engineering science. However, photoreactor design could not yet live up ...
Design for Sub-PPM Testability of High-Voltage Mixed-Signal and Analog Integrated Circuits KU Leuven
Semiconductor processing and packaging technologies inevitably result in the fabrication of a number of integrated circuits (ICs) that fail to perform as designed, right after production or throughout their lifetime. The field of IC testing plays the role of filter between the market demanding fully functional electronic devices and the non-perfect manufacturing of ICs. While testing itself is not perfect and therefore has test escapes, the ...
Design for Test Towards Unfailing Analog Integrated Circuits KU Leuven
Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits are used in all application domains where electronics interface with the physical world. In addition to the targeted performances, safety-critical applications like automotive and biomedical also have severe requirements in terms of reliability and dependence. This includes tight IC testing requirements, where the test escape rate, i.e. the fraction of defective ICs that escape and do pass testing, ...
From in vitro to in silico model: An engineering approach towards design of oil-in-water-based food products with tailored lipid digestion KU Leuven
The digestion of lipids in the human body has several health and nutritional implications. On the one side, a balanced lipid intake provides energy and essential fatty acids. On the other side, lipid overconsumption increases the risk of developing metabolic related diseases such as obesity, diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. In addition, lipid-based products could be employed as delivery systems for lipophilic functional compounds or as ...
Experiments, Practices and Positions in Architectural Design Studio KU Leuven
This PhD project explores the relationship between three specific design processes, namely, triggering concepts, representations and reorganisations of the studio setting by examining experiments, practices and positions in architectural design studios within the framework of six lenses: systematicity, linearity, simultaneity, participation, limitation and complexity. These three processes are deemed essential in stimulating ...
The Design of Civic Public Displays for Human-Data Interaction KU Leuven
The potential of public displays, i.e., screens situated in (semi-)public spaces, to make information more broadly accessible and facilitate a local dialog is becoming widely recognized. However, designing civic public displays that successfully do so involves tackling key challenges that impact their potential to deliver insight and spark social interaction. This dissertation investigates these challenges specifically of civic public ...
Behaviour and Design of Built-up Structural Elements Composed of Thin-walled Cold-formed Steel Profiles KU Leuven
This doctoral thesis addresses an increasing demand from the cold-formed steel production industry for more stable load-bearing elements. As buildings constructed entirely from cold-formed steel profiles and sheeting increase their spans, heights and bays, light steel frames not only become more impressive, but the applications of light-steel framing widen.
The limited stability of standard cold-formed steel elements is resolved in the ...