Projects
The Causal Effect of School Resources on Efficiency and Effectiveness. An Intertemporal Analysis in case of Imperfect Compliance KU Leuven
Despite the significant spending on education, school systems operate in a context of scares resources, which urges policy interventions to be efficient. In the efficiency literature, schools are evaluated for their ability of transforming inputs (e.g., teaching hours) into outputs (e.g., school certificates). The overall objective of this research is to investigate the effect of increasing and reducing school resources on the efficiency and ...
Active management and mining of phosphate for optimal P efficiency and reduction of phosphate losses at field level (A-PROPEAU) Ghent University
The overall objectives of the project (i) improving the efficiency of applied P, (ii) minimizing the impact of phosphate limit operations on the crop yield and soil quality, and (iii) providing solutions to reduce P losses to groundwater and surface water under (intensive) agriculture and horticulture, for the purpose of improving the water quality.
Practical implementation, system integration and coordinated control of power electronic converters with balancing functionality to ensure the reliability, safety and efficiency of direct current networks. KU Leuven
New types of unidirectional and bidirectional wide-bandgap semiconductors such as GaN allow toswitch with significantly lower losses and higher switching speeds, yielding a volume reduction and
efficiency and enhancement. The goal of this PhD is to investigate the adaptation of existing circuit
topologies and introduce novel circuit types based on these components. The envisaged applications are
low-voltage high-performance ...
Multi-output efficiency analysis with joint inputs. KU Leuven
This project will develop a fully integrated nonparametric methodology for analyzing the efficiency of DMUs (i.e. Decision Making Units) that produce multiple outputs. A specific feature of our methodology is that it can deal with jointly used inputs (i.e. inputs that simultaneously benefit several outputs), which create interdependencies between the outputspecific production processes. By starting from a theoretical production model for cost ...
Energy efficiency strategies in telecommunication access networks Ghent University
There is an increasing awareness and concern about human consumption of fossil fuels, and how its consequences are affecting the climate. Global warming has been proven beyond doubt, and there is a broad consensus among climate scientists that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity are causing it. A significant share of these emissions originates in the burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity. Global electricity ...
Unravelling how selenium can contribute to increase the efficiency of cadmium phytoextraction by Brachiaria decumbens: from soil to plant. Hasselt University
AI-Enabled Data Lifecycles Optimization and Data Spaces Integration for Increased Efficiency and Interoperability KU Leuven
PLIADES advances the SoA dataspaces reference architectures, towards a step change on the use of data as key enabler of technological advances in AI and Robotics. To this end, PLIADES researches into novel, AI-enabled tools to advance full data life cycles integration, both within and between data spaces. Sustainable data creation methods through data compression, filtering and normalization will be developed, to allow efficient and greener ...
Cost-effective and replicable RES-integrated electrified heating and cooling systems for improved energy efficiency and demand response KU Leuven
SEEDS unites a multidisciplinary and complementary team of SMEs, LEs, RTOs, and stakeholders that constitute the whole (local) value chain of energy efficiency in buildings and thermal demand electrification, from planning, design, and construction to operation and commissioning. SEEDS is built upon the consortium's vast experience in developing, testing, and valorizing decarbonization solutions, supervising real-life demonstrations of ...
Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness in Education KU Leuven
High-quality education is a key driver of economic growth and social progress. Despite large investments in education over the past few decades, the quality of education in some EU countries has stagnated or even deteriorated. Marginalized populations are particularly vulnerable to the negative consequences arising from inadequate educational policies. Understanding the efficiency and (cost-)effectiveness of investment in quality education is ...