Projects
Development of Computational Methods to Detect Copy Number Alterations in Human Genomes KU Leuven
Disaster Governance: Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability KU Leuven
English summary
Disaster governance
Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability
A social-ecological systems approach to disaster governance
In many places in the world, people are increasingly exposed to disasters. A few recent disasters illustrate the global magnitude of the problem: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the earthquake, tsunami and ...
Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations KU Leuven
Systems of polynomial equations arise naturally from many problems in applied mathematics and engineering. Examples of such problems come from robotics, chemical engineering, computer vision, dynamical systems theory, signal processing and geometric modeling, among others. The numerical solution of systems of polynomial equations is considered a challenging problem in computational mathematics. Important classes of existing methods are ...
Strategic Research Programme: Exploiting the Advantages of Order and Geometrical Structure for a Greener Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Quantification of joint loading in adults with haemophilia using multi-segment foot modelling KU Leuven
Haemophilia is a rare coagulation disorder mostly affecting men. It is characterized by the absence or deficiency of circulating factor VIII (haemophilia A) or factor IX (haemophilia B). In severe cases (factor level < 1%), it could result in abnormal, sometimes spontaneous bleedings and impaired blood coagulation. Up to 90% of these bleedings occur in the musculoskeletal system, with the ankle joint being most prone to recurrent bleeding ...
Optimal Integration of Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion in Fourth Generation Thermal Networks KU Leuven
This dissertation investigates the integration of thermal energy storage and conversion systems in fourth generation thermal networks, with a focus on district heating networks. Energy storage, more specifically in the form of heat or cold, will play a crucial role in future energy systems where large shares of renewable and residual energy sources are included. Due to the variability and seasonality of particular renewable sources, energy ...
Exploiting Symmetry in Model Expansion for Predicate and Propositional Logic KU Leuven
Many combinatorial problems exhibit symmetry, a transformational property that does not fundamentally alter the nature of a problem. For instance, renaming a set of identical trucks in a routing problem, mirroring or rotating a chessboard onto itself, or the automorphisms of an input graph give rise to symmetry. These symmetry properties often hinder an algorithm solving a combinatorial problem, as it wastefully investigates different ...
TiO2 Gas Phase Photocatalysis from Morphological Design to Plasmonic Enhancement KU Leuven
The past decades, photocatalysis has emerged as a powerful technology for pollution abatement and energy applications, but its use in gaseous environment is less obvious than in water borne applications. Therefore this thesis specifically aims at understanding and improving TiO2-based photocatalysis in all its facets towards gas phase processes.
In first instance a suitable photoreactor is developed and validated. A simple ...