Projects
Comprehending the biomechanics of the eardrum through advanced finite element modeling and newly developed stroboscopic digital holography. University of Antwerp
Time is money : integrated circuit and system design towards low latency for real-time applications KU Leuven
Enhanced PV integrated Concentrated Solar Power system KU Leuven
General purpose Both PV and concentrated PV are well-known technologies that generate electricity and heat from sunlight respectively. Combining these technologies offers opportunities to capture even more energy from the sun and is also included in the IEA roadmap. In order to reflect low-energy light on the central tube as well as to absorb and convert high-energy light into electricity, beam splitting technology must be used. The ...
Design and implementation of a real-time gloss free SWIR hyperspectral imaging based fruit sorting system KU Leuven
Quality assessment and process monitoring are essential for today's fruit industry sector and the world's economy. From picking fruit in orchards, to transport and handling practices, to storage and packaging, each step will influence the quality of the end-product when presented to the consumers. The appearance, consisting of the shape, size, colour or absence of any damage are essential criteria relevant to consumers, and influence their ...
Optimisation of an inductive power link for biomedical data acquisition systems. KU Leuven
In 1909 Nicola Tesla stated: ``When wireless is perfectly applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole''. This vision is finally becoming reality now that the next wave in the era of computing, the Internet of Things, is rapidly gaining momentum. The ``virtual'' internet as we know it today is becoming more and more ``physical'' and this has lead to the ...
MarineSPOTS. KU Leuven
MarineSPOTS lays a fundamental scientific basis for the roll-out of solar energy installations in the North Sea and their potential for energy generation. This is done by modeling specific conditions such as waves and storms and conducting research into adapted solar panels, floating structures and suitable electrical systems such as the power electronic converters. Attention is also paid to reliability and the impact on marine ecology.
Pan-European Urban Climate Services (PUCS) KU Leuven
Urban areas are very vulnerable to climate change impacts, because of the high concentration of people, infrastructure, and economic activity, but also because cities tend to exacerbate climate extremes such as heat waves and flash floods. The objective of the Pan-European Urban Climate Service (PUCS) project is to establish a service that translates the best available scientific urban climate data into relevant information for public and ...
High-frequency Integrated Power Converters with 3D Integration Technology for High-performance Computing Systems KU Leuven
As the ever-increasing of the power levels in the desktops, servers and datacenters, chip-level power delivery has already become a critical issue in those high-performance computing (HPC) systems. To mitigate this exacerbating situation, integrated voltage regulators (IVRs) are introduced to improve the voltage headroom, dI/dt voltage noise and power dissipations. In order to keep the whole power delivery with a high efficiency, the IVR ...
Design and evaluation of algorithms for control of high frequency power electronics. KU Leuven
With the introduction of wide-bandgap semiconductors, significantly higher switching frequencies are feasible for power electronic applications; computa- tional power to process the control algorithms is however not increasing with the same pace.
Sliding mode controllers are known to have low computational demands and high robustness. Unlike continuous control methods, a sliding mode controller produces discrete control outputs, similar ...