Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials

Prof. dr. ir. Wouter De Corte

Name: Wouter De Corte
Title: Prof. dr. ir.
Function: Full Professor
T +32 9 243 25 30
Wouter.DeCorte@UGent.be

Secretariat:
Mrs. Christel Malfait (T + 32 9 264 55 35)

Overview

ORCID
Google Scholar
UGent biblio

Research activities

  • Multi-material and multi-disciplinary topology optimization
  • FRP Composites

Applications of vacuum infusion in bridge construction

Study of tiled laminates

Study of web core sandwich panel footbridges

Vibration analysis of FRP footbridges

  • Concrete

Numerical & experimental analysis of extrusion based printed concrete

Numerical & experimental analysis of selective paste intrusion based printed concrete

Analysis of hollow core elements subjected to fire

Numerical analysis of tunnel lining joints

Strut and tie modelling

  • Steel - Concrete

Shear strength of curved CSW bridges

  • Steel

Fatigue of orthotropic bridge decks

  • 17 finished and 5 ongoing PhD’s – more than 200 Master dissertations

Publications

  • See UGent biblio:
    Wouter De Corte is author or co-author of 114 peer reviewed Journal Articles indexed in Web of Science (90 in Impact Factor Journals – 24 in other Journals) and of over 100 other articles related to civil and structural engineering. He has an h-index of 27.

Scientific career

  • Ghent University 1998-2005 Assistant Civil Engineering Department
  • Ghent University 2005-2007 Doctor-Assistant Civil Engineering Department
  • TUDelft 2006 Guest Researcher
  • Univ. College Ghent 2007-2012 Assistant Professor Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ghent University 2012-2015 Assistant Professor Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ghent University 2015-2025 Associate Professor Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ghent University 2025- Full Professor Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Sichuan University 2017 & 2019 University Immersion Program (1 course)
  • Xi’An University 2017 Invited Course

Education

  • 1993 – 1998 Ghent University : Bachelor and Master of Science in Civil Engineering
  • 1999 – 2001 Ghent University : Doctoral Schools
  • 1998 – 2005 Ghent University : Doctor of Civil Engineering

PhD Thesis : Fatigue of steel orthotropic bridge decks subject to traffic loads

Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Ph. Van Bogaert

Committees and working groups

  • CEN/TC250 Working Group (WG) 4 on Fibre Reinforced Polymer Structures
  • E25003/04: Belgian mirror committee for Eurocodes 3 & 4 (follow up of CEN/TC 250/SC 3 & 4)

Current teaching activities

  • Finite Element Applications in Structural Engineering
  • Bridge Engineering
  • Structural applications of steel and composites
  • Road Construction
  • Applied Hydraulics
  • Chair of the Bachelor and Master of 'Civil Engineering Technology' Teaching Board

International co-operations

  • Brno University of Technology (CZ): Seitl/Klusak
  • Tongji University (China): Yong/Liu
  • Southeast University (China): Ding/Liu
  • Chang’An University (China): Wang