Annual Report Department

6Organisation of symposia, conferences and workshops

6.1Programme chair international

22nd Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Book of Abstracts, 19-21 March 2003, Lommel, J. SWEVERS, CH. LAUWERYS.

Workshop Benchmarking Special Interest Group, IMS Network of Excellence, Budapest, 6-7 April 2003, P. VALCKENAERS, B. SAINT-GERMAIN.

Special Session IMS’2003 Workshop IFAC, 8 April 2003, P. VALCKENAERS, B. SAINT-GERMAIN.

Linux in Control Workshop, Leuven, 9-10 mei 2003, H. BRUYNINCKX.

OROCOS Workshop on Graphical user interfaces, Leuven, 20 juni 2003, H. BRUYNINCKX.

ISMA 28, International Course on Modal Analysis: Theory and Practice, Leuven, 17-19 September 2003, P. SAS, W. HEYLEN.

ISAAC 14, International Seminar on Applied Acoustics, Leuven, 17-19 September 2003, P. SAS, W. DESMET.

AMS-IAP Course on Active Noise and Vibration Control, Leuven, 21 oktober 2003, W. DESMET, H. VAN BRUSSEL.

International Seminar: Increasing the competitiveness of the engineering education and profession in the European Union, Leuven, 11-12 april 2003, J. DE SCHUTTER.

Chairman Organising Committee 7^th Conference of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine (ESEM), J. VANDER SLOTEN.

6.2Member of organising or programme committee international

Member Program Committee (PC) of the FIRST WORKSHOP IN INTEGRATION OF VISION AND INERTIAL SENSORS (http://paloma.isr.uc.pt/icar/workshop/inervis) in 29 June 2003, that will be together with ICAR'03, the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics June 30 - July 3, 2003, University of Coimbra, Portugal (http://www.isr.uc.pt/icar03/), M. NUTTIN.

Member of the PC of ETFA'2003 Track 8: Intelligent Robots and Systems, ETFA2003 9th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-19 September 2003, M. NUTTIN.

9^th THERMINIC Workshop, International Workshop in Thermal Investigations of Ics and Systems, Aix-en-Provence, October 2003, lid van de “Programme Committee”, M. BAELMANS.

Handling van dunne plaat, Mikrocentrum, Eindhoven, Nederland, December 3, chairman J. DUFLOU.

Graduate School in Mechanics, Doctoraatscursus, D. VANDEPITTE.

Graduate School in Systems and Control, J. SWEVERS, H. VAN BRUSSEL.

8^th Ceramics, Cells and Tissues conference, Faenza, March 2003, J. VANDER SLOTEN.

17^th International Congress and Exhibition: Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, London, July 2003, J. VANDER SLOTEN.

Biomedicine 2003, Ljubljana, April 2-4, 2003, J. VANDER SLOTEN.

IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics ‘BioMech 2003’ June 30 - July 2, 2003, Rhodes, Greece, J. VANDER SLOTEN.

ICSV10 – 10^th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, July 2003, Stockholm, W. DESMET.

6.3Programme chair national

NVBB-cursus, Leuven, March 2, 2003, F. VERPLAETSEN.

Workshop “De ATEX-richtlijn”, LUCINA – TME, Heverlee, October 1, 2003, F. VERPLAETSEN, J. BERGHMANS.

Workshop explosieveiligheid, LUCINA – TME, Heverlee, September 24, 2003, F. VERPLAETSEN.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “Energiezuinig wonen in de toekomst”, Antwerp, March 11, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “Energiezuinig bewegen in de toekomst”, Gent, March 25, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “Evenwicht tussen energiegebruik en CO₂-reductie”, Mol, April 22, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “Energetische welvaartscreatie in de toekomst”, Hasselt, May 6, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “De geliberaliseerde markt van gas en elektriciteit”, May 20, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “Hernieuwbare energie”, Brugge, June 10, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, “24 uur zonder elektriciteit; en dan?”, videoconferentie, Antwerp, Gent, Leuven, Hasselt, Kortrijk, October 14, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV 75 jaar, Hoe belangrijk is energie?, Presentation and Debate Forum, Slotsymposium, “Energie is een constante maatschappelijke zorg”, Brussels, November 25, 2003, W. D’HAESELEER.

KVIV-cursus “Gassen, gasverbranding, branders”, Leuven, Linkebeek, Zeebrugge, November 26, December 3, December 10, 2003, E. VAN DEN BULCK.

VILv-Forum, Brandstofcellen en duurzame vervoerseconomie, December 2, 2003, E. VAN DEN BULCK.

Flanders Drive Seminarie “Levensduurtesten bij de voertuigontwikkeling: een noodzaak?!”, 14 mei 2003, P. SAS.

6de Nationaal Congres over Theoretische & Toegepaste Mechanica, Gent, 26-27 mei 2003, D. VANDEPITTE.

Studienamiddag “Rapid Tooling in de matrijzenbouw”, Eindhoven, 16 januari 2003, B. LAUWERS.

Cursus machinebouw TI-KVIV maart-juni 2003, B. LAUWERS.

Studiedag “Handling van dunne plaat”, Microcentrum Eindhoven, 2 december 2003, J. DUFLOU

7Miscellanea

7.1Scientific distinctions and nominations

J. DE SCHUTTER was President of KVIV, The Royal Flemish Engineers Association for the period 2001-2003.

D. VANDEPITTE was chairman of the Belgian National Committee of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics.

ITEA achievement award 2003 for the Project Ambience

L. GELDERS was appointed as Member of the Board of the Flemish Logistics Institute (VIL). He serves as a representative of the logistics research community.

D. VAN OUDHEUSDEN: expert for the Research Evaluation “Economics”, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, February 2003.

T. TESCH: honourable mention (second price), Prijs voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling VDK, for his MIM master’s thesis “The networked knowledge society: some modelling simulation issues”.

G. VAN DER PERRE was appointed as Member International Advisory Board of the Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics

G. VAN DER PERRE was appointed as Member Board of Directors SANTEC, South Africa Network for Technology in Education

J. VANDER SLOTEN was appointed as Secretary-General EAMBES (European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science)

H. VAN OOSTERWYCK was appointed as Consultant of the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants

7.2Presentations at seminars, symposia, conferences

W. D’HAESELEER, De energieproblematiek en het broeikaseffect, Universiteit Derde Leeftijd, Kortrijk, March 19, 2003.

J. MEYERS, Identification of global error behavior in LES using a database approach, presented at the DLES5 Conference, München, August 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, The compatibility of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering with the Bologna concept, presented at the ENEN workshop, Athens, June 16-17, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, European MS in Nuclear Engineering, Conceptual Proposal: philosophy, accreditation & advanced courses, presented at the ENEN workshop, Brussels, December 8-9, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, The ENEN philosophy for nuclear education; a first step towards the World Nuclear University, presented at the joint workshop ENEN/WNU, Brussels, August 25, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, European Academic Education in Nuclear Engineering; a Need for Implementation, presented at the ENEN/NEPTUNO Workshop, Paris, September 24, 2003.

F. MOONS, ..., W. D'HAESELEER, et al., European Nuclear Engineering Network (ENEN), presented at the FISA-2003 Conference on EU Research in Reactor Safety, Luxembourg, November 10-13, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, Abundant Hydrogen: where is EU R&D funding needed?, presented at the AGE/SWOG workshop, Commission EU, Brussels, October 1, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, The need for EU R&D funding towards Practicable Nuclear Fusion, presented at the AGE/SWOG workshop, Commission EU, Brussels, October 1, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, European Nuclear Education Network: A strategy for faster and further develop competences in Europe, presented at the European-Gas-Engineer Workshop, Brussels, September 26, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, The World Nuclear University and the role of the European Nuclear Education Network in it, presented at the ENEN/NEPTUNO workshop, Paris, September 24, 2003.

W. D'HAESELEER, De energieproblematiek en het broeikaseffect, Universiteit Derde Leeftijd, Kortrijk, March 19, 2003.

K. VANOVERBERGHE, E. VAN DEN BULCK, Branders, relevante toepassingen, KVIV Studiecyclus Gassen, Gasverbranding, Branders, Linkebeek, December 3, 2003.

E. VAN DEN BULCK, K. VANOVERBERGHE, CFD voor verbrandingsinstallaties, KVIV Studiecyclus Gassen, Gasverbranding, Branders, Zeebrugge, December 10, 2003.

B. LAUWERS, "Evolutie van rapid prototyping & manufacturing en hun toepassing in de matrijzenbouw", Rapid tooling in de matrijzenbouw, Eindhoven, 16 januari 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL “Servo stiffness of linear mtor drives with PID-and sliding mode controllers”, CIRP STC-M meeting, Paris, 28 Jan. 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL, “The use of chaos theory as a state descriptor of production plants”, CIRP STC-O meeting, Paris, 29 Jan. 2003.

W. DESMET, "CAE en functional performance engineering", TIS seminarie, AGORIA, Gent , 5 februari 2003.

J.P. KRUTH, “Rapid prototyping in het productontwikkelingsproces”, Post-graduaat productontwikkeling KULAK-PIH, Kortrijk, 14 februari 2003.

D. VANDEPITTE, "Two innovative concepts for the continuous and cost efficient production of honeycomb cores, Febelhout Colloquium over Produktontwikkeling", St. Pieters-Leeuw, 28 feb. 2003.

J. PETERS, “Oriëntatie van de nieuwe normalisatie i.g.v. productspecificatie”, WTCM, 4 maart 2003.

B. LAUWERS, “Computer aided proces planning and manufacturing for EDM”, EDM Technology Forum 2003, 17-18 March 2003, Geneva.

H. BRUYNINCKX, “Praktisch gebruik van open source”, Gent, 28 maart 2003.

M. NUTTIN, “Autonomous mobile intelligent systems”, Workshop ambient intelligence, Rennes, 1 April 2003.

H. BRUYNINCKX, “Vrije software”, Victor Shop-it, Affligem, 23 april 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL, “Productietechnieken van de toekomst”, Nieuw visionair seminarie: De fabriek van de toekomst, IMEC, 6 mei 2003.

D. VANDEPITTE, "Technologies for carbon fibre reinforced modular automotive body structures", Levensduurtesten bij voertuigontwikkeling, 14 mei 2003.

P. SAS, “Situering levensduurtesten”, Levensduurtesten bij voertuigontwikkeling, 14 mei 2003.

H. BRUYNINCKX, “Inleiding tot vrije software”, Gratis en open bron software voor het sociaal-cultureel werk, Gent, 4 juni 2003.

W. DESMET, "Introductie tot CAE, Flanders' Drive seminarie Toegevoegde waarde van CAE in productontwikkeling", Antwerpen, 26 juni 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL, "Paradigm shifts in mechatronics research and education" oordracht Univ. Braçov, Roemenië, 11 juli 2003.

D. VANDEPITTE, “Dynamic analysis of structures with uncertain parameters using fuzzy finite element models”, USD workshop, ISVR, Southampton, 17 juli 2003.

G. BLANKENSTEIN, “Passivity based control of post-controlled Hamiltonian Systems”, Differential geometric methods in physics, Jaca, Spanje, 25-30 Augustus 2003.

B. LAUWERS, H. DE BAERDEMAEKER, "Development of a flexible daming unit for the robot based machining of complex shaped castings", Workshop 'bewerken van complexe vormen', 10 september 2003.

P. NEVEN, “The influence of model uncertainties on the dynamic behaviour of a solar panel”, TAP 31, Uncertainty modelling – static and dynamic design analysis procedures for structures with uncertain parameters – Users meeting, Leuven, 25 september 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL, “Fysische netwerken in de fabriek van de toekomst”, Industrial Automation Netwerk Event, AGORIA, Melsbroek, 17 september 2003. 2p.

J.P. KRUTH “Overview of rapid tooling”, BPRI Seminar ‘Moulding and co-extension’, Grimbergen, 17 Sept. 2003.

P. NEVEN, “The influence of model uncertainties on the dynamic behaviour of a solar panel”, TAP 31, Uncertainty modelling – static and dynamic design analysis procedures for structures with uncertain parameters – Users meeting, Leuven, 25 september 2003.

B. LAUWERS, “Unigraphics for education and research at the K.U.Leuven: past, present and future” PLM Europe Conference 2003, October 2003, Stuttgart.

W. SYMENS, “Gain-scheduling control for machine tools with varying structural flexibilities”, AMS workshop on active noise & vibration control, Leuven, 21 oktober 2003.

M. DE VOLDER, D. REYNAERTS, "Design of a linear hydraulic microactuator", Advanced Mechatronic Systems (AMS2003), Louvain-La-Neuve, 22 oktober 2003.

H. VAN BRUSSEL, "Mechatronics for better machine tools", Fach-kolloquium: Werkzeugmaschinenbau im Wandel der Zeit, Aachen, 31 oktober 2003.

E. VAN LOENEN, N. SCHELLINGERHOUT, V. TEEVEN, M. VERBERKT, J. HORSTEN, G. HOLLEMANS, K. CRUCQ, E. TUULARI, P. TEN HAGEN, B. KROSE, M. NUTTIN, An Ambient intelligent home system, First European Symposium EUSAI 2003, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, November 2003, Video submission.

J. DUFLOU, "Handling van dunne plaat", Studiedag Microcentrum, Eindhoven, 2 december 2003.

P. MERCELIS, “Soft and hard rapid tools for polymer and metal casting/moulding”, Rapid prototyping and tooling conf. – The state of the art, Frankfurt, 4 December 2003.

VANDER SLOTEN J., Finite element analysis for endosseous implant design, Journee CSMA, 29-30 January 2003, Université de Technologie de Compiègne.

VANDER SLOTEN J., Computer integrated surgery (CIS) improved patient care by integrating engineering and medicine, 7th Conference of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine (ESEM), September 18-21, 2003, Halle, Germany.

VAN OOSTERWYCK H., The role of mechanical loading in bone adaptation and tissue differentiation around oral implants: a combined clinical, animal experimental and numerical study, Seminar, Trinity College, 24 April 2003, Dublin.

VAN OOSTERWYCK H., Bone loading and adaptation around oral implants: implications for clinical use, Seminar, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn, 30 April 2003, Bonn.

VAN DER PERRE G., E-learning in regional and international networks of universities, VLIR-symposium on ICT in educational environments, Gent, 2 april 2003.

VAN DER PERRE G., JAECQUES S.V.N., Ultrasound and Vibration to measure bone mechanical properties: an overview, ESEM 2003 conference, 18-21 Sept. 2003, Halle, Germany, Programme & Abstracts, Edited by G. Bisschof & H.J. Hein, Martin Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg.

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