Automotive Engineering
P. Duysinx, M. Bruyneel, M. Nélis
Design, simulation, prototyping, optimization
Research groups
The A&M research unit includes 21 research groups, each with different fields of expertise and domains of applications. Expertise includes structural mechanics, material science, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and applied mathematics. The A&M research unit is also actively involved in or maintains close collaborations with other research groups.
BioMech
L. Geris
Tissue engineering, biomechanics, bone regeneration
Computational & Multiscale Mechanics of Materials – CM3
L. Noels
Damage, fracture, micro-structured materials
Computer-Aided Geometric Design
E. Béchet
X-FEM, Mesh Generation, Level-Sets, CAD-FEM
Design of Turbomachinery – DoT
K. Hillewaert
Turbomachinery design, aerospace propulsion, CFD, high-performance computing
Motion Analysis
C. Schwartz, O. Bruls
Force and pressure measurement, human movement analysis, muscle activity measurement, heart rate and energy consumption, sports equipment
Mechanical aspects of turbomachinery and aerospace propulsion
L. Salles
Mechanics of Biological and Bioinspired Materials – MBBM
D. Ruffoni
Bio-inspired composite materials, 3D printing, bone mechanics
Metallic materials science
A. Mertens, Y. Marchal, A. Habraken
Metallic materials, physico-chemical phenomena, thermophysical properties, microstructure and hardness, additive manufacturing
Microfluidics Lab – µFL
T. Gilet
Multiphase flows at the sub-millimeter scale
Modeling & Mathematical Methods
E. Delhez
Marine hydrodynamics, optimization
Multibody & Mechatronic Systems Lab
O. Bruls
Kinematics, dynamics and control, flexible systems
Multiphysics & Turbulent Flow Computation – MTFC
V. Terrapon
CFD, turbulence, fluid-structure interaction, aerodynamics, heat transfer, rheology
Non-Linear Computational Mechanics – MN2L
J.-P. Ponthot, R. Boman
Large deformations, contact, thermo-mechanics
Precision Mechatronics Laboratory – PML
Ch. Collette
Active vibration control, interferometric inertial sensors
Robauto Lab
O. Bruls
Autonomous robotic gripping, Human-robot interaction, Industrial robotics
Space Structures & Systems Lab – S3L
G. Kerschen, J. Loicq
Nonlinear vibrations, orbital mechanics
Computational and stochastic modeling
M. Arnst
Stochastic methods, uncertainty quantification, multi-physics problems
Thermodynamics laboratory
V. Lemort, P. Dewallef, S. Quoilin
Energy performance and management
Wind tunnel laboratory
T. Andrianne
Experimental aerodynamics, flow measurements
