Projects
BioMeTIOMaticBio-Medical Application of Incremental Forming: Towards industrial upscaling and medicalaccreditation KU Leuven
Bio-Medical Applications of Incremental Forming KU Leuven
Starting from the extensive background knowledge built up in the domain of incremental sheet forming in the Production Engineering research group, a range of ambitious application domains come within reach that by themselves create new research challenges. An important cluster of applications is situated in the bio-medical domain. Being able to generate thin shell structures from high strength materials in a fast and flexible way and tailored ...
Skull shape and size variation in gerbils (genus Meriones Rodentia: Muridae: Gerbillinae) from the Irania Plateau: a gemometric morphometric study Ghent University
Skull size and shape variation in jirds, belonging to the genus Meriones, is studied using landmark-based geometric morphometrics. Patterns of ecogeographical and clinal intra-specific variation in skull size and shape will be explored, in order to understand the pattern geographical distribution of natural groups (species) of jirds in the Iranean plateau, and the underlying diversifications in their skull morphology.
Experiential Learning of Structures through Computational Design : Developing Structural Insight for Architecture Students KU Leuven
The instructional methods of teaching structures to the architecture students are not well adapted to the design education. While instructional methods involve an engineering and formula-based approach, constructivist approaches such as experiential learning can be provided for architecture and design students to develop higher-order thinking skills on the behaviors of structures. Experimenting physically with the variations within a ...
Biomechanical and Structural Characterization of Bridging Veins KU Leuven
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the fourth leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the Western world. This dissertation focuses on a specific type of TBI, i.e. acute subdural hematoma caused by bridging vein (BV) rupture. This occurs when the relative motion between the brain and the skull causes a BV, that connects or “bridges” these two structures, to rupture. The etiology of this pathology can be investigated through ...