Projects

Gear condition monitoring is extremely important in a number of industrial applications, including wind turbines and the vehicle industry. To monitor this, a plethora of diagnostic indicators are applied to indirect measurements (e.g. acceleration, sound, rotational speed, etc.).

The thresholds for damage detection are mainly based on statistics or ISO standards and are often too conservative. In some specific high-performance ...

The global objective of this project is to accelerate the transition from lighted crops to full LED lighting systems. LED FR wants to stimulate the transition process through a two-pronged approach: via an interactive light platform, growers develop the necessary competences to make the right investment decision and to be able to implement the light strategies developed (by the project).Research into the control light far red is the lever to ...

Priority 1 of this project is to stimulate research, technological development and innovation, the specific objective is to promote co-creation in order to better valorise the R&D results.

Steroid hormones such as testosterone or vitamin D are vital for human physiology. In circulation, steroid hormones bind to albumin and specific binding proteins (BP) with only a small fraction circulating freely. The free hormone hypothesis suggests that this free fraction best reflects the biological activity. Though experimental and clinical data support this, routinely available methods measure total steroid hormone levels. Relying on ...

Steroid hormones such as testosterone or vitamin D are vital for human physiology. In circulation, steroid hormones bind to albumin and specific binding proteins (BP) with only a small fraction circulating freely. The ‘free hormone hypothesis’ suggests that this free fraction best reflects the biological activity. Though experimental and clinical data support this, routinely available methods measure total steroid hormone levels. Relying on ...

Only limited amounts of legumes are currently grown in Flanders, and they are generally used in animal feed. However, there is a growing interest in locally grown pulses for human consumption. The Leg-O project investigates how certain bottlenecks in the local cultivation of legumes can be overcome. 

The food processing industry is showing increasing interest in locally grown pulses for human consumption. However, the local chain ...

What benefits and additional stability can be gained from strip cropping, especially in protein crops? This research question in the LEG-O project brings knowledge for the slowly increasing cultivation of local Flemish protein crops. The rising demand for vegetable protein sources, the economic opportunities and the numerous ecological advantages make the local cultivation of protein crops attractive. But one of ...

LENS is a project aiming at assisting enforcement authorities, cities and regulators to decrease the contribution of L-category vehicles (LVs: mopeds, motorcycles, tricycles and quadri-mobiles) to noise and air-pollution. This is achieved by developing and promoting interventions and best practices that can address the noise and pollutant emissions of current fleet vehicles and by making suggestions for regulations to improve the performance ...

Condition monitoring of gears is extremely important in a number of industrial applications including wind turbines and automotive. A plethora of diagnostics indicators, based on signal processing and machine learning, applied on indirect measurements (e.g. acceleration, sound, rotational speed, etc.) have been proposed to monitor the damage evolution in gears. The thresholds for damage detection are nowadays mainly based on statistics or on ...