With more than 3500 researchers and an annual research budget of 315 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.
UCLouvain puts its expertise at your disposal through its 22 research institutes and 45 technology platforms.
In the fields of aeronautics, aerospace and drones, UCLouvain has many assets covering areas such: materials, mechanics, electronics and embedded systems, artificial intelligence, security, Earth observation, and astrophysics. Find below some examples of main expertise in these fields.
Louvain Transfer, as knowledge transfer office, can help you identify the most relevant research experts to meet your needs, whether for:
Develop a (tailor-made) collaborative research project
Meet experts and benefit from their advice
Access cutting-edge skills, technologies, infrastructure and equipment
Don't hesitate to contact us for more details or help!
Materials
Composites, hybrids and architectured materials - Thomas PARDOEN
Materials (metal) manufacturing - Aude SIMAR, Pascal JACQUES
Polymers and functional surfaces - Alain JONAS
Mechanics & engineering
Mechatronic, electrical energy, and dynamic systems - Bruno DEHEZ, Paul FISETTE
Civil and environmental engineering: drone use in civil engineering - Pierre LATTEUR, Sandra SOARES FRAZAO
Turbulence and Vortical Flows, Aerodynamics and Control: wake flows, wind turbines, collaborative control of distributed systems - Philippe CHATELAIN, Grégoire WINCKELMANS
Mathematical Engineering: optimization and control, collaborative / multi-agent / decentralized systems - Raphaël JUNGERS, Julien HENDRICKX
Fluid mechanics: multi-phase flows, reacting flows - Miltiadis PAPALEXANDRIS
Signal and communications
Signal Processing for Communications, Estimation (synchronization) and Detection, positioning & localization, radar - Luc VANDENDORPE
Satellite communications, Antenna arrays, Meta-materials/surfaces, Radar, Computational electromagnetics - Christophe CRAEYE, Claude OESTGES
Distributed systems, Systems security, Dependability, Blockchains - Etienne RIVIERE
Lab Internet Protocols, Multipath TCP, Multipath QUIC, Satellite-based internet access - Olivier BONAVENTURE
Computer vision, Image processing, Lidar, Multi-agent systems, Extended Reality - Christophe DE VLEESCHOUWER, Benoît MACQ
Electronic and Embedded Systems
Radiation effects and hardening, design & characterization, Sensors, Ultra-low power microsystems, Terahertz - Dimitri LEDERER, Denis FLANDRE, David BOL
Critical embedded systems, Computer networking, Internet measurements, Security – Cristel PELSSER
Security
Cryptography and information security, Embedded systems, Efficient and secure implementations - François-Xavier STANDAERT, Olivier PEREIRA, Thomas PETERS, François KOEUNE
Security of communication networks and networked applications, IoT, Anomaly and intrusion detection - Ramin SADRE
Louvain Verification Lab: functional requirements coverage, autonomous space-bound applications - Charles PECHEUR
Earth observation and climate
Environmental Sciences, Environmetrics and Geomatics: optical and SAR remote rensing algorithms agriculture and forest monitoring, UAV systems - Pierre DEFOURNY, Sébastien LAMBOT, Quentin PONETTE
Sciences
Einstein Telescope: vibration isolation systems for gravitational wave detectors, design and development of the suspension system, development of ultra-sensitive inertial sensors, control strategies - Giacomo BRUNO
Neural control of movement: dexterous manipulation in microgravity - Philippe LEFEVRE
Human sciences
Legal Sciences: tech law, ethics and anthropology, Privacy, Intellectual property - Christophe LAZARO, Alain STROWEL
Technological platforms
Cyclotron Resources: centre radiation testing, electronics, ESA external test facilities - Nancy POSTIAU
Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Platform: electronics, micro- and nano-fabrication, 1000 m² cleanroom - Christian RENAUX, Sorin MELINTE, Sébastien FANIEL
Wallonia Electronics and Communications Measurements: Electrical and electromagnetic characterization (DC - 130 GHz), Micro- and nanotechnology, Anechoic chamber - Pascal SIMON, Valeriya KILCHYTSKA
Lasers & Optics: laser, optical characterization, spectrometry, spectroscopy - Clément LAUZIN
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