Research Projects & PhD research
Ongoing Research Projects
BUILDING BASED on BIOBASED (BBoBB)
A leap of scale in Building Based on Biobased, that's our aim!
In the BBoBB project, 16 partners across five countries in the North Sea region work together to design, develop and strengthen value chains for the use of biobased materials. In our partnership all parts of the value chain are represented.
We believe that the transition to a circular economy is an important means of working on climate challenge, with the prospect of new business models. Therefore, the use of biobased materials in construction (built environment, interior construction and civil engineering) offers a unique opportunity which we want to seize.
Let's work on a circular economy together!
VLAIO - Living Lab Hemp+
In this project, we are going to refine our "design for assembly meaning (DFAM)" methodology in cooperation with various companies and adapt it to various business contexts. The methodology is aimed at making assemblies easier but also more intuitive for operators. The interaction of the operator with the product to be assembled is central to this. Easy disassembly with a view to sustainability and maintenance of the products is also addressed.
- Vlaio-Tetra: design for easy and intuitive manual assembly
- Learning network bio- builders
- Prototyping Circulair: Circular prototyping using bio-based an/or digital production.
- T-CREPE / Erasmus+: Textile engineering for co-creation paradigms in education
- Circular sprint / Crafth
- Interreg Transfirm: students entrepreneurs without broders
- Bio-inspired braces: how seahorses may solve rehabilitation consequences of traditional braces
- CiRcular design & manuFacTuring Hackathon
- Productdesign for small series
- Makerhealth: Facilitating frugal innovation with and for healthcare professionals by using medical fable techniques
- Student-entrepreneurs without borders
Ongoing PhD research
- Ellen De Vos / Make the future visible today: a reflection on the use of design thinking and futures studies techniques to foster creativity
- Louise Dumon / Design for circularity
- Bert Vuylsteke / Study on the opportunities of new circular and bio-based materials for the design process
- Dirk Steuperaert / Validity and worth of IT Governance Frameworks, the COBIT case
- Jan Herregodts / Development of a novel total elbow arthroplasty design based on new insight into the anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow
Recently finished PhD research
- Lieven De Couvreur / Adaptation by product hacking: A cybernetic design perspective on the co-construction of Do-It-Yourself assistive technology
- Francesca Ostuzzi / Open-Ended Design. Explorative Studies on How to Intentionally Support Change by Designing with Imperfection
- Bert Boute / Development of a new prone patient support device for radiation therapy of breast and regional lymph node
- Davy Parmentier / Design for Assembly Meaning: a study on how to facilitate a more intuitive manual assembly from a product design perspective
- Hossein Abroshan /Root causes of falling victim to phishing : the effects of human behavior, emotions and demographics
- Max Schoepen / Expanding the possibilities of prone crawl positioning for breast radiotherapy
- Lore Brosens / Instructionally industrially designed to become a reflective design engineer
- Melis Örnekoğlu Selçuk / Researh-through-Design for Developing a Co-design Facilitator's Game