Projects
African trypanosomiasis: Diagnosis, treatment and analysis of inflammatory complications. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Automated Analysis of Histological Images Using Machine Learning and Image Processing Techniques KU Leuven
SUMMARY
Histology studies microscopic tissue appearance and properties.
Histology analysis is used to study disease at the cellular level. This analysis happens through microscopic examination of tissue sections,
thin slices of tissue that were obtained from biopsies, mounted on a microscope slide, and made visible using a specific dye. Digital imaging allows individual microscopic structures, ...
Multivariate Decomposition Finite Element Method for Elliptic PDEs with Random Diffusion Coefficients KU Leuven
We develop a multivariate decomposition finite element method (MDFEM) for solving elliptic PDEs with random diffusion coefficients where the diffusion coefficient is parameterized by a countably infinite number of random variables and an appropriate system of functions. We consider two models of parametric diffusion coefficients: uniform and lognormal.
We show that the MDFEM reduces the computational complexity of estimating the expected ...
Syntenin, a novel target to counteract cancer progression KU Leuven
Multiple studies indicate that the gain-of-function of syntenin-1 (hereupon referred to as ‘syntenin’) acts as a positive regulator of invasion and metastasis, in various tumors. Consistently, syntenin affects several signaling pathways that are of known relevance for the cancer process. For example, syntenin enhances the fibronectin-induced assembly of integrin-β1 signaling complexes with FAK and c-Src, resulting in the activation of FAK and ...
Maxing out in prison. A study of pre-release long-term prisoners. KU Leuven
This dissertation provides a first provisional answer to the following central research question:
Why do some long-term prisoners max out from prison, rather than obtain a modality of early release?
The dissertation includes a brief introduction, four substantive chapters and a discussion and conclusion.
The first chapter provides a sketch of the available empirical evidence about maxing out from ...
Tilting-Pad Gas Bearings for High-Speed Applications: Analysis, Design and Validation KU Leuven
High-speed bearing technology is essential for the development of small-scale turbomachines, such as micro gas turbines, turbo compressors, and micro expansion turbines. These devices are only energy efficient when they rotate at high speeds, typically beyond 100,000 rpm and at temperatures of a few hundred degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, such high rotational speeds and temperatures are impossible to obtain with conventional bearings. ...
Operational Modal Analysis Challenges in Case of Rotating Machines KU Leuven
Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) is widely employed and became an industrial standard technique for identifying the modal parameters (i.e. resonance frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes) of mechanical structures. Its main applications are in the automotive, aerospace, civil engineering domains and many others. The advantage, if compared with Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA), is that it is not necessary to stop the machine, but its ...