With more than 3000 researchers and an annual research budget of 225 M€ (European, national and regional programs), the research is a true driving force behind UCLouvain’s activities. The Knowledge and technology transfer office of UCLouvain can advise you to find the most appropriate contact especially for expertise that does not appear hereafter.
Materials
Composites, hybrids and architectured materials
Structural / Bio-sourced / Nano-composites, Hybrid materials, Functional properties, Coatings, Mechanical behaviour, Tribology, Thermosets & thermoplastics - Thomas PARDOEN
Polymers and functional surfaces
Polymer morphology and processing, Smart coatings - Alain JONAS
Nanomechanics and nanophysics
Materials characterisation, Atomic force microscopies - Bernard NYSTEN
Materials manufacturing
Metal Processing, Metal additive manufacturing, Friction stir welding, Friction stir processing, Plasticity & Damage - Aude SIMAR, Thomas PARDOEN, Pascal JACQUES
Sciences and engineering
Centre for Space Radiations
Planets, Inside, Rotation, Internal geophysics, Space Radiation - Véronique DEHANT
Cosmology, Universe and Relativity at Louvain
Cosmology, Gravitation, Universe Sciences - Christophe RINGEVAL
Neural control of movement
Dexterous manipulation, Motor control, Microgravity, Parabolic flights - Philippe LEFEVRE
Mathematical Engineering
Optimization and Control, Graph theory, Collaborative / Multi-agent / Decentralized systems - Raphaël JUNGERS, Julien HENDRICKX
Mechanics
Mechatronic, Electrical Energy, and Dynamic Systems
Optimal design and control of electrical actuators and electrical drives, Multibody and Multiphysics Modeling, ROBOTRAN software - Bruno DEHEZ, Paul FISETTE
Biomechanics
Experimental biomechanics, microCT imaging, 4DmicroCT, Mechanical testing, Contrast-enhanced microCT - Greet KERCKHOFS
Civil and environmental engineering
Drone-Based Additive Manufacturing, Robonumerization of the construction, Geophysical & environmental fluid dynamics, UAV-based photogrammetry - Pierre LATTEUR, Sandra SOARES FRAZAO
Fluid mechanics
Multi-phase flows, Reacting flows, Propulsion, Numerical modeling, HPC - Miltiadis PAPALEXANDRIS
Turbulence and Vortical Flows, Aerodynamics and Control
Numerical Methods, Scale Resolving Simulations, Wake Flows, Wind Turbines, Collaborative Control of Distributed Systems, HPC - Philippe CHATELAIN, Grégoire WINCKELMANS
Earth observation and climate
Environmental Sciences, Environmetrics and Geomatics
Optical and SAR Remote Sensing Algorithms Development, Agriculture and Forest Monitoring, UAV systems, GPR - Pierre DEFOURNY, Sébastien LAMBOT, Quentin PONETTE
Geography, Land use change monitoring
Remote sensing of agriculture, Forest cover and other land use / land cover changes, for understanding drivers of land-use change - Patrick MEYFROIDT
Earth system science
Tipping points, Optimal decision, Anthropocene trajectories - Michel CRUCIFIX
Information & Communication Technologies
Communication Systems and Networks
Signal Processing for Communications, Estimation (synchronization) and Detection, Positioning & localization, Radar - Luc VANDENDORPE
Electronic Circuits and Systems
Radiation effects and hardening, Design & Characterization, CMOS, Sensors, Ultra-low power microsystems, Térahertz - Dimitri LEDERER, Denis FLANDRE, David BOL, Laurent FRANCIS
Microwave Engineering and Applied Electromagnetism
Satellite communications, Antenna arrays, Meta-materials/surfaces, Radar, Computational electromagnetics, Christophe CRAEYE, Claude OESTGES
Secured systems engineering
Software vulnerability detection, Malware detection, Blockchain, Formal methods, Software/model based testing - Axel LEGAY
Crypto group
Cryptography and information security, Embedded systems, Efficient and secure implementations - François-Xavier STANDAERT, Olivier PEREIRA, François KOEUNE
Networked systems security
Security of communication networks and networked applications, IoT, Anomaly and intrusion detection - Ramin SADRE
Cloud and Large Scale computing
Distributed systems, Systems security, Dependability, Blockchains - Etienne RIVIERE
IP Networking
Lab Internet Protocols, Multipath TCP, Multipath QUIC, Satellite-based internet access - Olivier BONAVENTURE
Louvain Verification Lab
Functional Requirements Coverage, Autonomous space-bound applications - Charles PECHEUR
Technological platforms
Cyclotron Resources
Centre Radiation testing, Electronics, Cyclotron, ESA external test facilities - Nancy POSTIAU
Lasers & Optics
Laser, Optical characterization, Spectrometry, Spectroscopy - Clément LAUZIN
Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Platform
Electronics, Micro- and nano-fabrication, 1000 m² cleanroom - Christian RENAUX, Sorin MELINTE, Sébastien FANIEL
Surface Characterisation
Surface characterisation, ToF-SIMS, XPS - Arnaud DELCORTE, Claude POLEUNIS, Pierre ELOY
Wallonia Electronics and Communications Measurements
Electrical and electromagnetic characterization (DC - 130 GHz), Micro- and nanotechnology, Anechoic chamber - Pascal SIMON, Valeriya KILCHYTSKA
Microscopic Characterization of functional and nanostructured materials
Optical, electron and scanning probe microscopies, FTIR and Raman spectroscopies - Luc PIRAUX, Delphine MAGNIN
Structural Molecular Analysis
RMN, Mass spectroscopy, XRD, Chromatography - Yaroslav FILINCHUK, Koen ROBEYNS
Processing and Characterisation of Inorganic materials
Processing of metallic materials, Shaping and forming, Microstructure characterisation and analysis, (micro)Mechanical testing - Marc SINNAEVE, Pascal JACQUES
Human sciences
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Legal Sciences
Tech law, ethics and anthropology, Privacy, Intellectual property - Christophe LAZARO, Alain STROWEL
Place de l’Université 1
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
