PhD dissertations

William Keustermans - 18 December 2020        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Decision support system for objective nasal airway obstruction assessment using computational fluid dynamics'

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Kevin Nijs - 25 september 2020        Promotor S. Van Doorslaer

'Unravelling the structure-function relationship of heme proteins - Spectroscopic studies of their redox-active sites'

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Felipe Sempértegui Maldonado Pires - 14 January 2020        Promotor J. Dirckx, S. Vanlanduit

'Structural intensity assessment and material identification of a human tympanic membrane'

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Kilian Gladiné - 17 September 2019        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Mechanics of the middle ear: Optical measurements and finite-element modelin'

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Raf Claes - 20 December 2018         Promotor  P. Aerts, J.Dirckx

'Understanding functioning and evolution of bird middle ear mechanics:a functional morphological analysis'

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Bert Cuypers - 14 May 2018        Promotor S. Van Doorslaer

'Targeted immobilization of globins on microporous materials: a spectroscopist's view'

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Pieter Muyshondt - 18 april 2018        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Mechanics of a single-ossicle ear: optical measurements and finite-element modeling of the avian middle ear'

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Daniël De Greef - 13 January 2017​        Promotor J.Dirckx

'The Human Middle Ear - A Multidisciplinary Study by means of Tomographic Imaging, Stroboscopic Holography and Dynamic Finite Element Modeling'

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Elena Morra - 25 January 2016​        Promotor S. Van Doorslaer, M. Chiesa

'Direct insight into the elusive active Ti species in high-yield Ziegler-Natta catalysts'

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John Peacock - 10 December 2015​        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Vibration measurements of the middle ear: Normal, diseased, repaired middle ears, and nonlinear response'

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Jana Goyens - 25 September 2015        Promotor P. Aerts, J.Dirckx

' Functional morphology and biomechanics of the ‘armature’ of stag beetles'

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Sam Van der Jeught - 28 May 2015        Promotor J.Dirckx, J. Sijbers

'Optical techniques for real-time morphology measurement of the tympanic membrane'

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Adriaan Campo - 13 May 2015        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Non-contact, non-invasive, optical techniques for pulse wave detection in the common carotid artery'

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Bart Ribbens - 5 March 2015        Promotor J.Dirckx, S. Vanlanduit

'Development and validation of a time domain fringe pattern analysis technique for the measurement of object shape and deformation'

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Feng Lin - 19 January 2015        Promotor P. Cool, S. Van Doorslaer

'Novel hybrid inorganic-organic materials: synthesis and advanced physico-chemical characterization of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas'

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Bart Vaerenberg - 13 June 2013        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Programming cochlear implants for auditory performance'

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Setareh Gorji Ghalamestani - 19 December 2013        Promotor J. Melkebeek, J.Dirckx

'Magnetostriction in electrical steel: numerical modelling and development of an optical measurement method'

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Wasil Salih - 18 January 2013        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Morphological modeling and motion measurements of the middle ear using new X-ray stereoscopic and tomographic techniques'

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Jef Aernouts - 24 September 2012        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Mechanical properties of the tympanic membrane: measurement and modeling'

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Joris Soons - 25 April 2012        Promotor J.Dirckx, P. Aerts

'Shape-function relations in Darwin’s finch beaks: finite element modeling, mechanical testing and interferometric deformation measurements'

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Annelies Genbrugge - 18 May 2011        Promotor J.Dirckx, P. Aerts

'Evolutionary morphology of the feeding apparatus in Darwin’s finches : a case study of adaptive evolution of complex musculoskeletal systems'

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Yael Marcusohn - 18 March 2011        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Physiological and morphological studies of the middle ear: Gas exchange and middle ear development'

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Johan Aerts - 29 April 2010        Promotor J.Dirckx

'Optical measurement of the weak non-linearity in the eardrum vibration response to auditory stimuli'

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Jan Buytaert - 20 April 2010        Promotor J.Dirckx

'New optical tomographic & topographic techniques for biomedical applications'

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Stefan Gea - 21 January 2010        Promotor J.Dirckx, W. Decraemer

'The application of microtomography in research of middle ear mechanics of gerbil and human at static pressure changes'

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Liesbeth Kuypers - 23 June 2005        Promotor W. Decraemer, J.Dirckx

'Enhanced quantitative confocal microscopy and its application for the measurement of tympanic membrane thickness'

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Peter Deman - 1 december 2003        Promotor W. Offeciers, J. Dirckx

'Ontwikkeling en optimalisatie van "bionische electrodes/implants" om doven terug te laten horen' 

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