Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN)
- Professors: Prof Jo Dewulf (group leader), Prof Sophie Huysveld, and Prof Pieter Nachtergaele
- Team: about 35 PhD and postdoctoral researchers
- Location: Campus Coupure, Ghent
Research focus
We study products, processes, supply chains and production and consumption patterns with:
- a focus on resources: resource footprint, resource efficiency, circularity and criticality
- a life cycle approach: material flow analysis and life cycle sustainability assessment
- support for technology upscaling: process modelling, digitalisation, AI-driven LCA and prospective sustainability assessment
Read more about our research areas and partners.
Application areas
- bio-based economy, agriculture, aquaculture and food
- chemicals and chemical recycling
- plastics and textiles
- pharmaceuticals and health care
- raw materials and the energy transition, including offshore wind
This overview of our ongoing research projects lists all current projects. Lieselot Boone explains our project on sustainable food packaging in a video (in Dutch).
CEENE method
STEN developed CEENE (Cumulative Exergy Extraction from the Natural Environment), a life cycle impact assessment method for resource accounting. Download the CEENE method and implementation files.
More about STEN
Contact
- Address: Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent (Campus Coupure, building B, 5th floor)
- Email: secretariaat.envoc.sten@ugent.be
See all contact details and directions.