Projects
The glass of Herculaneum: a true Roman glass production? KU Leuven
The chaîne opératoire of ancient glass production: archaeometry and archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman natron glass. KU Leuven
Closing the glass loop. Prototyping a practitioner's road map to valorise end-of-life architectural flat glass Vrije Universiteit Brussel
the total mass of generated waste and hence has a major
environmental impact. To reduce that impact, the Flemish region, like
others, has put forward the ambition to realise an economy of closed
material loops by 2025.
Architectural flat glass is a fully recyclable material, but continues to
follow a linear, wasteful path from ...
Shedding light on product quality. The historical evolution of conventions for the quality of window glass, 15th to 19th century. University of Antwerp
Study towards the identification and characterisation of primary Roman glass production centres. KU Leuven
The provenance determination of ancient natron glass remains one of the most challenging problems in the field of archaeometry. During the production of natron glass, the raw materials are completely transformed and most of their characteristics are lost, leaving only bulk chemical data as a potential discriminating feature. More and more elemental and isotopic data for archaeological glass is being published, but hardly any data for suitable ...
Pilot line for advanced freeform glass optics: prototyping, replication and metrology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Modelling of the influence of ionoplast interlayers on the time and temperature dependent mechanical behaviour of laminated glass plates and beams on their residual strenght after failure Ghent University
Interlayers are of major importance for the engineering of load-bearing glass constructions. In this investigation the time- and temperature dependency of ionoplast interlayers is modeled based on an extensive testing program. In addition failure mechanisms and residual strenght and stiffness after fracture of the laminatee are studied. Finally, design recommendations should be formulated to improve the design's economics and safety.
Development of methods for chemical isolation and measurement protocols for copper, antimony and titanium isotopic analysis of ancient glass via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry Ghent University
Analytical methodology for (i) the quantitative isolation of the pure analyte (Cu, Sb, Ti) fraction from the concomitant matrix and (ii) gathering isotopic information via multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry will be developed for provenance determination of the Cu-, Sb- and Ti-based raw materials used in antiquity to (de)colorize glass. Also non-destructive (femtosecond) laser ablation MC-ICP-MS will be deployed for this purpose.