Research groups and their expertise
Introduction
Machineries & Factories brings together expertise from two faculties at Ghent University and one at university college howest.
The activities of M&F group the activities of Ghent University at FlandersMake.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FMake core lab MIRO)
Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer - Sustainable Thermo-Fluid Energy Systems | Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- Thermodynamics & thermal engineering
- Heat transfer in complex heat exchangers and cooling plates
- Innovative cooling of power electronics and electrical machines (e.g. heat pipes)
- Experimental and numerical research
Fluid Mechanics - Sustainable Thermo-Fluid Energy Systems | Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Numerical optimisation of multi-scale flow and heat problems
- Fluid structure interaction (combined simulation of movement and flow)
- Transition modelling
- Unsteady flows in complex moving geometries
Dynamic Systems and Controls | Department Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- System level design of smart motion systems including their control: new architectures, component sizing, component selection, component & architecture validation, trajectory optimisation
- Non-linear and user friendly model based predictive control
- Stability, stabilisation and optimization of dynamical systems
- Modeling and regulation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems
- Synchronisation of oscillators and control of discrete event systems
- Mechatronics: control and optimization of drivetrains and mechatronic systems
Electrical Energy Laboratory | Department Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- Multi-physical design of electrical machines and drives
- Hybrid & physical based modelling
- Co design of power electronics and electrical machines, power electronics integrated in electromechanical actuators
- Innovative actuators and their fault tolerant control
- Virtual sensors/soft sensors of electromechanical machines
- EMC of electrical drives
Electrical Energy Laboratory | Department Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- Hybrid & physical based modelling
- Machine learning and control theory
- Optimization of nonlinear dynamical systems
- Co-design of cyberphysical systems
- Virtual sensors of electromechanical systems
Mechanical constructions - Soete Laboratory | Department Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering
- Tribologiy and lubrication
- Sensing of contact services
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FMake core Lab ISyE)
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design
- Design of flexible assembly (automation, multi-criteria evaluation, support tools, context-aware information, novel parts supply)
- Logistics & supply chain management
- Integrated (preventive/selective) maintenance and production planning
- Supply chain management
- Material handling & warehousing
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FMake core lab CVAMO)
Data Analytics and Statistical Sciences
- Data collection, storage, pre-processing and analysis of business relevant data
- Applied AI/Machine learning (i.e. trees, graphical models, deep learning ... ) with focus on operational experts-machine interaction
- Modelling TCO elements in business ecosystems in a human and computer readable
- Discovery of models using mining techniques
- Using executable models for decision support in business
Department of Management Information Science and Operation Management
- Robust cost-optimal decision making (stochastic optimisation) for: (i) manufacturing and intralogistic systems, (ii) supply chains, (iii) planning and scheduling under uncertainty
- Modelling costs in complex and dynamic environments
- Accurate estimation of cost calculation input parameters
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (imec ID-Lab)
IDLab (Internet Technology and Data Science Lab)
- Data based modelling
- Machine learning
- Context based dashboards
University college howest - DAE
Howest - Digital Arts & Entertainment
- VR/AR and mixed reality