Expertise
EnerGhentIC highly values multidisciplinary research. To this end research groups with different backgrounds are contributing to the EnerGhentIC community. This includes groups active in the field of ICT, bioscience engineering, economics, law, buildings, electromechanics, materials, thermal engineering, … .
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Environnmental Economics and Management | Department of General Economics
The research focus is on energy and climate economics; economics of climate policy, the energy transition & energy markets (with a focus on electricity markets). We opt for a multidimensional approach. In our economic analysis of environmental issues, we integrate technological assessments, law & economics, institutional dynamics as well as economics of innovation.
Contact person: prof. Johan Albrecht
Faculty of Political and Social sciences
- Ghent Institute for International Studies | Political Science
Our research topics include energy security and energy policy, in relation to international politics, global governance and international institutions.
Contact person: prof. Thijs Van de Graaf
Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Energy law | Department of European, public and international law
This research unit bundles, within Ghent University, the scientific research, the scientific valorisation and the collaboration with other research groups on energy law.
Contact person: prof. .Frederik Vandendriessche
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Environmental Organic Chemistry and Technology | Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology
We focus our research, educational and service activities on environmental and sustainability issues of organic chemistry and technology. Our three main focus areas are environmental analysis, environmental technologies and clean technology.
Contact person: prof. Jo Dewulf
- Department of Biosystems Engineering
The department of Biosystems Engineering at the faculty of Bioscience Engineering comprises 3 research units: Bioprocess Engineering, Biosystems Control and Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass. The mission of the Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass research group is the development and optimization of thermochemical conversion technologies of biomass to renewable fuels, chemicals, materials and energy.
Contact persons: prof. Jan Pieters and prof. Frederik Ronsse
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Building Physics, Construction and Climate Control | Department of Architecture & Urban Planning
Research is contributing to the development of knowledge about sustainable, durable and energy-efficient buildings with a healthy and comfortable indoor climate. Heat and moisture transfer in buildings and building components is tested, studied and modelled. Furthermore, the performance of buildings and building services is analysed and optimised using simulations and measurements.
Contact person: prof. Arnold Janssens, prof. Jelle Laverge, prof. Nathan Van den Bossche, prof. Marijke Steeman, prof. Wim Boydens
- Transport Technology | Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics
Transport Technolgy is specialized in internal combustion engines. The group's research is focused on the in-cylinder processes (spray formation, combustion, heat transfer and emission formation). The goal is to develop simulation tools for fast engine optimization.
Contact person: prof. Sebastian Verhelst
- Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer | Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics
The research group specializes in thermodynamics and heat transfer doing experimental and numerical research. It offers moreover support to industry, by advising companies in need of advice on problems in thermal engineering.
Contact person: prof. Michel De Paepe
- Thermal Energy in Industry | Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics
TEI focuses on industrial thermal energy systems such as Organic Rankine Cycles, industrial heat pumps, combined heat and power, thermal energy storage and heat networks. Waste heat recovery and industrial energy efficiency are the main challenges.
Contact person: prof. Bruno Vanslambrouck en prof. Martijn van den Broek
- Fluid Mechanics | Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics
In this group, the following research topics are addressed: fluid-structure interaction, hybrid RANS-LES modelling, mach-uniform algorithms, numerical accuracy for Large-Eddy Simulation, Transition modelling, and unsteady flows in complex moving geometries.
Contact person: prof. Joris Degroote
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IDLab (Internet Technology and Data Science Lab) | Department of Information Technology
IDLab performs fundamental and applied research on internet technology and data science. Major research areas are machine learning and data mining; semantic intelligence; distributed intelligence for IoT; cloud and big data infrastructures; multimedia processing; wireless and fixed networking; electromagnetics, RF and high-speed circuits and systems. Specific energy related research mainly pertains to data analysis and machine learning for smart grids. Also the internet-of-things research in the frame of smart cities is highly relevant in this context.
Contact person: prof. Chris Develder
- Liquid Crystals and Photonics group | Electronics and Information Systems DepartmentThis research group focuses on measuring, analysing and modelling of thin film solar cells. The group is also active in the field of switchable smart windows based on liquid crystals, ranging from technology to device physics and numerical modelling.
Contact person: prof. Johan Lauwaert, prof.Jeroen Beeckman
- Electrical Energy Laboratory | Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Constructions & Systems
The research areas of EELAB are: low frequency electromagnetic fields and magnetic materials, power systems, power electronics, drive systems and control for electrical machines and energy and cluster management.
Contact person: prof. Peter Sergeant, prof. Jan Desmet,prof. Lieven Vandevelde, prof. Alex Van den Bossche, prof. Jos Knockaert,prof. Frederik De Belie, prof. Luc Dupré, prof Greet Vaneetvelde, prof. Guillaume Crevecoeur
- Dynamic Systems and Controls | Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical construction & Systems
Members of this group have research interests in various areas of stability and stabilisation, optimization of dynamical systems, modeling and regulation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems, machine learning, data mining, evolutionary optimization, synchronisation of oscillators, Control of discrete event systems, feedback control for on-line management of networks and Imprecise probabilities as knowledge representations.
Contact person: prof. Clara Ionescu, prof. Kurt Stockman
- Mechanics of Materials and Structures | Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering
The current research activities of the Mechanics of Materials and Structures group are situated in the following domains: impact of composite materials, fatigue of composite materials, NDT/NDE of composite materials and general mechanics of composite materials.
Contact person: prof. Wim Van Paepegem
- Maritime Technology Division | Department of Civil Engineering
The mission of the Maritime Technology Division is to provide an academic education regarding the design, construction, propulsion, functioning and maintaining of marine structures as ships and offshore constructions; to perform fundamental and applied scientific research in the maritime field, especially regarding the hydrodynamics of vessels and other floating constructions; and to carry out scientific studies for and in collaboration with enterprises and public services in the maritime field.
Contact person: prof. Evert Lataire
- Coastal Engineering | Department of Civil Engineering
The main fields of expertise of the coastal engineering research group are: the design, construction and monitoring of coastal structures (mainly breakwaters and sea dikes), the experimental and numerical modeling of wave propagation and interaction with coastal structures, the development and usage of instruments for field measurements and renewable (wave, tide, offshore wind) energy conversion.
Contact person: prof. Peter Troch
Other members
Power-Link is the Ghent University platform for energy transition projects. Power-Link interlinks the researchers and other societal players. Starting from this unique position, Power-Link facilitates the implementation of innovative energy concepts to stimulate the energy transition in Flanders, Belgium and Europe.
Contact person: prof. Lieven Vandevelde