Annual Report Department

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Mechanical Engineering
Department

Annual report 2003

Celestijnenlaan 300
B - 3001 Heverlee
BELGIUM

Secretariat Tel. : +32 (0)16 / 32 26 43

Fax. : +32 (0)16 / 32 29 87
E-mail : [e-mail]
URL : http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be
Contents

1 The department 5

1.1 Division of Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) 5

1.2 Division of Applied Mechanics and Energy Conversion (TME) 8

1.3 Centre for Industrial Management (CiB) 10

1.4 Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design (BMGO) 11

2 Research activities 13

2.1 Structural design and analysis 13

2.2 Noise and vibration engineering 13

2.3 Thermal and fluid engineering 19

2.4 Manufacturing processes 22

2.5 CAD/CAM, process and production planning 27

2.6 Quality control and total quality management 29

2.7 Mechatronics and robotics 29

2.8 Logistics management 38

2.9 Energy and environment 41

2.10 Applied combustion 44

2.11 Safety engineering 45

2.12 Biomedical engineering 46

2.13 Automotive applications 53

2.14 Life cycle engineering 54

3 Projects 57

3.1 Structural design and analysis 57

3.2 Noise and vibration engineering 57

3.3 Thermal and fluid engineering 61

3.4 Manufacturing processes 62

3.5 CAD/CAM, process and production planning 65

3.6 Quality control and total quality management 68

3.7 Mechatronics and robotics 68

3.8 Logistics management 73

3.9 Energy and environment 75

3.10 Applied combustion 77

3.11 Safety engineering 78

3.12 Biomedical engineering 78

3.13 Life cycle engineering 83

3.14 Education 84

4 Publications and reports 87

4.1 Structural design and analysis 87

4.2 Noise and vibration engineering 87

4.3 Thermal and fluid engineering 89

4.4 Manufacturing processes 90

4.5 CAD/CAM, process and production planning 91

4.6 Quality control and total quality management 92

4.7 Mechatronics and robotics 92

4.8 Logistics management 96

4.9 Energy and environment 97

4.10 Applied combustion 98

4.11 Safety Engineering 99

4.12 Biomedical engineering 99

4.13 Automotive applications 103

4.14 Life cycle engineering 103

4.15 Other Publications 104

5 Theses 105

5.1 Doctoral theses 105

5.2 Master theses 105

6 Organisation of symposia, conferences and workshops 111

6.1 Programme chair international 111

6.2 Member of organising or programme committee international 111

6.3 Programme chair national 111

7 Miscellanea 113

7.1 Scientific distinctions and nominations 113

7.2 Presentations at seminars, symposia, conferences 113

1The department

1.1Division of Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA)

Celestijnenlaan 300B, B-3001 Heverlee Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/pma.html

Academic and permanent research staff

Farid AL-BENDER (part-time) Assistant Professor
Herman BRUYNINCKX Associate Professor
Joris DE SCHUTTER Full Professor
Wim DESMET Associate Professor

Joost DUFLOU (half-time) Associate Professor

Ward HEYLEN Associate Professor
Jean-Pierre KRUTH Full Professor
Bert LAUWERS Associate Professor
Marnix Nuttin (part-time) Assistant Professor

Dominiek REYNAERTS Associate Professor

Paul SAS Full Professor
Jan SWEVERS Associate Professor
Hendrik VAN BRUSSEL Full Professor
Dirk VANDEPITTE Professor
Scientific staff

Erwin Aertbeliën Assistant

Anton Basson [from 03/03 till 31/05] Visiting Professor

Guido BLANKENSTEIN Postdoctoral Research

Philip Bleys Research Assistant

Olaf Bochmann Research Assistant

René Boonen [from 01/11 60%] Postdoctoral Research

Johann Philipp Bratfisch Research Assistant

Bart CALLEBAUT [from 15/10] Research Assistant

Joeri Clijnen [till 30/09] Research Assistant

Brecht CORTEVILLE [from 01/09] Research Assistant

Wouter COVENS [from 07/07] Assistant

Hans De Baerdemaeker [till 01/07 90%] Research Assistant

Filip De Coninck Research Assistant

Gudrun De Gersem Research Assistant

Hilde DE GERSEM Research Assistant

Johan DE KEUSTER Research Assistant

Eric Demeester Research Assistant

Bram Demeulenaere Research Assistant

Maarten DE MUNCK Research Assistant

Wim DE ROECK Research Assistant

Michaël DE VOLDER Research Assistant

Steven Devos Research Assistant

Wim Dewulf Research Assistant

Wesley EERAERTS Assistant

Laszlo FARKAS [from 01/02] Research Assistant

Klaas Gadeyne Research Assistant

Michel Gilio Research Assistant

Andrey GUSAROV [from 31/12] Research Assistant

Dries HEMSCHOOTE Research Assistant

Rob Heylen [from 01/10] Research Assistant

Md. Zahedul HUQ [till 26/01] Research Assistant

Panagiotis ISSARIS Research Assistant

Gandjar Kiswanto [till 30/09] Research Assistant

Robert (Bob) Koninckx [till 31/10] Research Assistant

Hiroshi KORESAWA [from 29/09]

Sanjay KUMAR [from 01/10]

Vincent Lampaert Research Assistant

Tom Lauwagie Research Assistant

Christophe Lauwerys Research Assistant

Tine Lefebvre Postdoctoral Researcher

Pierre LEFEBVRE Research Assistant

Weidong LIU Research Assistant

Kiran MAHAJAN [from 15/11] Assistant

Ravish MASTI Postdoctoral Researcher

Wim Meeusen Research Assistant

Peter MERCELIS Research Assistant

Cynthia MICALLEF [from 01/06] Research Assistant

David Moens Postdoctoral Researcher

Wouter Neirinck [from 10/06] Assistant

Peter NEVEN [from 09/09] Research Assistant

Thi Hong Minh NGUYEN Research Assistant

Silje NINTZEL [from 01/12] Research Assistant

Bart PAIJMANS [from 13/10] Research Assistant

Christophe PAULITSCH [from 01/10] Research Assistant

Mariusz PAWLAK [from 13/01] Assistant

Joris PEETERS Research Assistant

Jan Peirs Research Assistant

Gregory PINTE Research Assistant

Bert Pluymers Research Assistant

Jun Qian Research Assistant

Yves REYMEN [from 25/08] Research Assistant

Gustavo RUBIO [from 01/10] Research Assistant

Johan RUTGEERTS Research Assistant

Bart SAINT GERMAIN Research Assistant

Nerea SALUSTIANO ESNOZ [till 30/04] Research Assistant

Monica SAVALANI [till 31/08] Research Assistant

Benny Schacht Research Assistant

Filips SCHILLEBEECKX Research Assistant

Els SEGHERS Research Assistant

Petra SILAR [from 25/08] Research Assistant

Peter SLAETS Research Assistant

Kurt SMETS Research Assistant

Kris SMOLDERS Research Assistant

Peter SOETENS Research Assistant

Andrea STENTI [from 01/03] Doctoral Student

Wim Symens Research Assistant

Alex SZEKERES [from 07/11] Research Assistant

Hsiao-Wei Tang Research Assistant

David Vaes Research Assistant

Paul VALCKENAERS Postdoctoral Researcher

Hubert Van Belle 60% Research Assistant

Wim VAN DE VIJVER [from 01/09] Research Assistant

Maarten VAN ELSEN [from 01/10] Research Assistant

Bastiaan Van Hal Research Assistant

Jonas VAN VAERENBERGH Assistant

Gerolf Vanacker [from 01/10] Research Assistant

Ben VANDENBROUCKE [from 15/09] Research Assistant

Dirk Vanhooydonck Research Assistant

Caroline VANMAELE Research Assistant

Walter Verdonck Research Assistant

Raf VERHEYEN [from 29/09] Research Assistant

Carl VERMOERE [from 10/11] Research Assistant

Paul VERSTRAETE [from 01/07] Research Assistant

Peter VLEUGELS [80% from 01/07] Research Assistant

Berend Waarsing Research Assistant

Jian Wang Research Assistant
An WILLEMS [from 15/09] Research Assistant
Feng XU [from 01/11] Research Assistant
Constantin Zamfirescu Research Assistant
Alessandro Zanarini [till 31/01] Research Assistant
Liang Zhou Research Assistant
Administrative staff

Carine COOSEMANS (half-time) Secretary

Karin DEWIT Secretary
Lieve NOTRE Secretary
technical staff

Dirk BASTIAENSEN

Paul BIELEN
Viggo CLAESKENS
Luc DE SIMPELAERE

Ronny MOREAS

Eddy SMETS
Jan THIELEMANS
Firmin VANDEVELDE
Raymond WUYTS