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Symplectic Techniques in Differential Geometry (Symplectic Techniques) KU Leuven

Marco Zambon
Geometry

Symplectic geometry is the mathematical framework which was created to most efficiently describe classical mechanics. It dates back to Hamilton's formulation of Newton's laws of motion, in the 1800s. The modern subject, however, was truly born much more recently, in the 1960s and 1970s, following the discovery of surprising "rigid" and "flexible" phenomena. The subject has become a study in the tension between these two conflicting ...

Tricuspid valve revalvulation: optimization of patient selection by advanced imaging techniques and development of a novel percutaneous implantation technique. KU Leuven

Werner Budts
Cardiology, Translational MRI
The tricuspid valve has long been neglected, although tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is widely present in the general population. It is related with impaired quality of life, poor surgical success when the ‘point of no return’ has been exceeded, and excess mortality. Percutaneous solutions for the native tricuspid valve could revolutionize the management of TR in the same way it changed the management of mitral valve disease; ...

Understanding and countering the resistance development of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to pascalization as a novel non-thermal preservation technique. KU Leuven

Abram Aertsen
Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT)

High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment or pascalization is increasingly being used in modern food processing for non-thermal pasteurization, as it has less detrimental side-effects on the nutritional and sensorial qualities of the food compared to heat treatment. Previous investigations by the Laboratory of Food Microbiology at KU Leuven, however, have revealed that the notorious foodborne pathogen E. coli O157:H7 can readily develop ...

Development of a practical measuring technique for the airflow rate and emissions of naturally ventilated animal houses Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Agricultural Engineering, Technology and Food Science
Main research question/goal
The use of natural ventilation in animal housing is problematic as no reliable measuring and control technique is available for the ventilation rate. Likewise, no reliable measuring technique exists for aerial emissions from naturally ventilated animal houses. The aim of this project is to develop a practical measuring technique which can be used to measure and control the ventilation rate as well ...

Development of a remote sensing technique for airborne droplets and particles using the glory and speckle patterns (IWT668) Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Steve Vanlanduit
Faculty of Engineering, Applied Mechanics
Since 1990, more than one hundred engine power-loss events have occurred, on both commuter and large transport airplanes, due to the presence of ice crystals in convective weather. These incidents could have been prevented if a reliable particle characterization instrument would have been available. In some cases, in order to avoid these hazardous conditions, pilots have been using a visual inspection of what is known as the glory optical ...

Development of a Reconfigurable and Location-Selective Electrical Stimulation Technique for Brain Stimulation KU Leuven

Sio Hang Pun, Michael Kraft
Micro- and Nano Systems (MNS)

Introduction: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a primary neurodegenerative disease affecting aging individuals, causing movement and neuromotor disorder. Extensive research has been conducted over the years, and it has been recognized that medication can only delay the progression of the diseases. The newly developed therapy, deep brain stimulation(DPS), has proven to be a better approach to control the disease. By implanting ...

Development and validation of a wave based technique for forward and inverse simulation of vibro-acoustic problems with trim material damping. KU Leuven

Wim Desmet
Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) Section

In recent years, the vibro-acoustic performance of products has become a key design feature. This evolution has been instigated by growing customer expectations, who associate the sound of a product with a certain quality, and by ever tightening regulations on the noise emission levels of products and the human exposure to noise and vibrations. Another important is the trend towards ...

The Development of Contened-related Criteria in the Characterisation of the Septuagints Translation technique. A Text-Critical Study of the Greek Rendering of Hebrew Wordplays. KU Leuven

Bénédicte Lemmelijn
Research Unit of Biblical Studies
In the context of the completed and ongoing research projects, the promoters Ausloos & Lemmelijn have developed a new aspect to the methodology employed in the characterisation of the translation technique of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) as a translation from its Hebrew parent text. In contemporary research into the translation technique of lxx, there are two predominant approaches: a quantitative (primarily statistical) approach on the one ...

Development of the VersaTile technique and a microdroplet assay for the ultrahigh-throughput engineering of lysins as antibacterial agents KU Leuven

Yves Briers, Jeroen Lammertyn
Animal and Human Health Engineering (A2H), Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms, Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS)

The discovery and development of antibiotics have shaped modern medicine. However, our health care system is increasingly threatened by antimicrobial resistance. Despite warnings since the very beginning, overuse and misuse of antibiotics have led to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance against every known antibiotic. Moreover, many pharmaceutical companies have abandoned the search and development of new antibiotics due ...

Development and evaluation of a greenhouse dehumidification technique based on heat mass exchange and vapour recompression (EXEKAS) Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Technology and Food Science
Main research question/goal
The focus of this PhD research is to develop a vapour heat pump for greenhouses, which converts the vapour produced by the plant into sensible heat. Thermodynamic analysis (including exergy) of greenhouses combined with technical knowledge leads to the following key technologies: high-insulating screens for nighttime, screens with high light transmittance which are controlled depending on the solar ...