Projects
TREAT-SARCO: Development of a novel gene therapy strategy for sarcoglycan deficiency Vrije Universiteit Brussel
need. Gene therapy provides new opportunities to ...
Antimony recovery in waste combustion processes KU Leuven
The scope of the doctoral research covers the chemical and physical behavior of antimony (Sb) in waste combustion processes by means of multidimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and experimental validation. Specifically, non-recyclable plastic waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is used due to the presence of Sb acting as flame retardant synergist. Within an experimental study, operational combustion ...
Assessment of cycling safety on adolescents’ commuting routes based on spatiotemporal analyses Ghent University
The older adolescents are, the less frequent they use their bike for transport. However, cycling is good for health and for the environment and climate. Cycling safety is an important factor determining adolescents’ choice for a specific cycling route. With this research, cycling safety along adolescents’ routes between their home and school will be analysed, both at macro- and at micro-scale. In a first phase, cycling routes of adolescents ...
Advanced 2D and 3D chemical imaging using laser ablation ICP - mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and complementary multimodal techniques via image fusion Ghent University
Laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) can be used for visualizing the distribution of (trace) elements across any solid material with high spatial resolution. The recent development of low-dispersion LA cells has provided gains in throughput and sensitivity of 2-3 orders of magnitude compared to conventional cells. The project focuses on development of methodologies for high-resolution 2D & 3D imaging of samples of a wide range ...
Social network learning for marketing and finance. University of Antwerp
Automated Magnetic Control Design for Optimal Power Exhaust in Divertor Tokamak Reactors KU Leuven
A key challenge to obtain a clean and sustainable power supply by controlled nuclear fusion is dealing with the high heat load that impinges on the plasma-facing components of tokamak fusion devices. In ITER (Latin for 'the way'), the plasma-facing components will consist of so-called 'monoblocks', which are tungsten (W) blocks mounted on a copper-chromium-zirconium (CuCrZr) cooling tube with a copper (Cu) interlayer. However, it is expected ...