Projects
Microbial community evolution and functional dynamics in anaerobic bioreactors for the sustainable production of green energy Ghent University
This doctoral project focusses on microbial diversity in anaerobic digesters and bioelectrochemical systems, which have largely been treated as a black box despite the importance of microbial communities and their associated activities to the functioning of these bioreactors. By combining new ecological principles and molecular techniques with mathematical guidance and statistical analysis, it will be possible to explore the relationship ...
IoBaLeT: Sustainable Internet of Battery-Less Things Ghent University
IoBaLeT: Sustainable Internet of Battery-Less Things
1) Summary of scientific goals IoBaLeT aims to bring the performance (i.e. throughput, scalability and range) of battery-less IoT networks on-par with its battery-powered counterparts, by enabling active rather than passive communications and computing. An end-to-end networking ...
Indoor air bioremediation: Botanical biofiltration for sustainable abatement of VOCs. University of Antwerp
Sabbatical Liesbet Van der Perre: Wireless Technologies to Support the Sustainable Development Goals: Critical and Crucial Study KU Leuven
Wireless technologies at the basis of 5G networks have the potential to improve energy efficiency by a factor of 10 with respect to the previous generation. Yet, reporting in the first large-scale rollout is anything but positive. The excessive consumption is explained by a combination of factors, including a not (yet) optimal implementation, and the (expected) larger data volume. To make a major step towards carbon-neutral networks in 6G, a ...
Advanced recycling of end-of-life tires to sustainable aviation fuels using supercritical water Ghent University
Advanced recycling can play a major role in valorizing the huge amount of waste tires. Liquid energy carriers produced from waste tires can be classified as sustainable aviation fuels due to their high biogenic content (up to 47%). This is not only a solution for waste tires but also increases the sustainability of air travel. Yet, advanced recycling of tires is still in its infancy and the application of oils produced by classical pyrolysis ...
Optimal design and control of aerobic granular sludge reactors for sustainable wastewater treatment Ghent University
The aerobic granular sludge process is a true innovation in the field of wastewater treatment. Compared to conventional activated sludge systems it realizes 75% footprint reduction, 30% energy savings and up to 25% lower investment costs. These advantages result from the dense granules that remove all nutrients in a single reactor and that make secondary settling tanks unnecessary because of their excellent settling properties. The process ...
Sustainable chemistry for the synthesis of fine chemicals Ghent University
The chemical industry in Flanders is of major importance at several levels. It provides 10% of all employment in Flanders, is home of the largest petrochemical cluster in Europe and is the main location of 10 out of the world’s top 20 chemical companies. The chemical industry stands for more or less 50% of all R&D expenditures in Flanders and for 30% of all industrial investments in Belgium. Flanders is located at the heart of the ...
Time-varying vibro-acoustic digital twins towards a sustainable society. KU Leuven
The current European energy crisis has re-established the importance of accelerating our transition towards a more sustainable society and industry. The sustainable design and monitoring of vehicles and machines is an important contributor to this transition. To improve sustainability, a delicate balance between the conflicting criteria of health, profitability and environment needs to be found. One of the most important health considerations ...
MyCOS-Synthetic biology for a sustainable conversion of mycelia waste streams into valuable biobased chitooligosaccharides for plant health. KU Leuven
Synthetic biology (SynBio) is an innovative method to realize a thriving bio-economy. She drives the development of elite microbes that combine product quality and quantity with industrial feasibility. Furthermore, microbes can convert waste streams into energy or high-quality molecules, opening up new possibilities for problems that could not be solved until now. One of these problems is the lack of a sustainable and cheap production route ...