Projects
Active Thermography: fundamental research and applications KU Leuven
High-throughput field phenotyping using a drone with RGB imagery. Exploiting the spectral, spatial and temporal dimensions KU Leuven
Altered climatic conditions leading to more frequent and intense abiotic events (e.g. drought or heatwaves) and biotic stresses (pathogens and pests) are going to impact on our food system endangering the access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. To mitigate the negative effects, the adaptation of crops to future climate has to go also hand in hand with an increase in global crop production in order to achieve the estimated demand for ...
Developing Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for advanced nanoelectronics KU Leuven
Metrology and materials characterization are critical components in the development of advanced nanoelectronics structures for both CMOS and more exotic applications. Within the family of characterization techniques, Raman spectroscopy is of particular interest due to its non-destructive character and exceptionally fast time-to-result. The technique is uniquely sensitive to mechanical stress, chemical composition, doping and crystallographic ...
BOF ZAP Sustainability in Engineering Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
Active control of concrete curing by acoustic emission (ACCCAE) Ghent University
Acoustic monitoring has recently significantly contributed to the understanding of processes in fresh cementitious media. The ambition of this project is, for the first time, to use the real time acoustic emission (AE) behavior to control the curing of the material, aiming at better mechanical properties and at the same time use the recorded data to make projections towards the final quality of the hardened medium. Processes like hydration ...
Active control of concrete curing by acoustic emission (ACCCAE) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
hardened medium. Processes like ...
Spatial mapping of degradation in building materials Ghent University
Buildings are exposed to exterior climate conditions, and as a result, degradation phenomena such as frost damage, algae growth, salts, fungi, and wood deterioration can occur over time.
Using hygrothermal simulations, it is possible to predict fairly accurately the temperatures and moisture contents occurring in structures, but there is a problem with degradation criteria: existing degradation models appear to have little reliability ...
RESONAM: Resonant-based material characterization for metal Additive Manufacturing Ghent University
RESONAM will study the mechanisms and origins of variability in AM part quality. The effect of modifying printing conditions on the AM material will be investigated with vibrational NDT techniques as well as with various traditional material characterization techniques (metallography, X-CT, …). Additionally, novel (nonlinear) vibrational techniques, coupled to learning algorithms, will be researched to predict the AM material quality, and to ...
Development of low-power Vibro-Thermal Tomography for 3D super-resolution imaging of defects in composites Ghent University
High-performance fiber reinforced polymers (or composites) are widely used in high-tech applications (e.g. in aerospace, wind energy), and require reliable and cost-effective non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques to assure their integrity. A profound NDT technique should not only detect a defect, but also extract quantitative information about its size, depth and severity. Ultrasonic and X-ray techniques are mostly used for inspection of ...