Projects
Self-oscillating Thermal-piezoresistive Coupled Resonators for Stable Mass and Stiffness Measurement in Air KU Leuven
Micro-ElectroMechanical Structure (MEMS) based resonators have been at the forefront of scientific advancements for several decades, widely recognized for their compact size, high precision, extensive dynamic range, energy efficiency, and cost-effective production. These attributes have led to their successful implementation in industries, especially in the development of timing oscillators and pressure sensors. However, despite their ...
Plant diagnostics via a gradient transpiration sensor for smart-farming (PlaCare) KU Leuven
In recent years, precision-based solutions and automation are revolutionizing crop production systems towards smart farming. Especially horticulture is rapidly transitioning towards high-level control of environmental conditions to optimize yield margins and sustainability. These systems are based on climate and fertigation control, but mostly do not take into account specific plant processes. Physiological processes such as transpiration are ...
FemtoFac: Femtosecond pulse laser Facility for micro & nanoscale research. KU Leuven
This project is about acquiring a state-of-the-art femtosecond pulse laser micromachining platform and developing research activities using this novel micro and nano fabrication tool. With its ultrashort pulse width and extremely high peak intensity, a femtosecond laser can produce high quality small features with micrometer resolution as well as nano-features. Furthermore, it can do so with very limited thermal damage and material ...
SAFEBOT: An on-robot safety system KU Leuven
Unlike traditional industrial robots, collaborative robots, or cobots, are intended to provide more flexibility on the work manufacturing floor and allow physical and close distance interaction with humans in their shared workspace. By merging human dexterity and flexibility with robotics strength, endurance and precision, the use of cobots can help in fulfilling the increasing production flexibility demanded by the upcoming trend in mass ...
Actieve μECoG-arrays met hoge resolutie voor meting en controle van de hersenen met hoge dichtheid KU Leuven
A key approach in neuroscience and clinical applications involves direct physical interfacing with the brain in order to take electrical measurements and to modulate brain activity. In epilepsy patients, flexible electrocorticography (ECoG) electrodes are placed on the brain surface to delineate the zone in which seizures originate so that a neurosurgeon can subsequently remove it. Currently available ECoG have limited channel numbers, which ...
Hybrid Laser-Electrochemical Micromachining Technology: Machine Design and Process Analysis by Simulation and Experiments KU Leuven
This thesis proposes a novel tool-based hybrid laser-electrochemical micromachining (laser-ECM) process which exploits synergy of laser and electrochemical process energies along the same machining axis, thereby enhancing the application potential of both processes while compensating and minimizing their limitations. This process combines features from jet-electrochemical machining (jet-ECM) and water jet guided laser processes into a new ...
Ultra-versatile Structural PRINTing of amorphous and tuned crystalline matter on multiple substrates KU Leuven
Thin film deposition methods are crucial to generate progress in Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) of strategic importance for Europe, including Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Micro- and Nanoelectronics, Biotechnology, and Photonics. Devices like photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, electronic and optoelectronic micro-/nano-sensors are prominent examples of thin film applications where the precise control of material deposition and ...