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May 20, 2021
"Structural Challenge" 2021
This year's "Structural Challenge" (project P4) in the third year of the civil engineering bachelor program concerned the construction of a wooden observation tower for two lifeguards. A series of constraints were imposed on the students (height, weight, assembly time, etc). Each group made a...
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December 17, 2020
New F.R.S. – FNRS funding!
On the 8th of December 2020 the Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S. – FNRS) attributed an Incentive Grant for Scientific Research - MIS to Prof. João Almeida. This funding is key to extending the ability of GCE and LEMSC to do high-end experimental and numerical research on earthquake...
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November 20, 2020
The Walloon government votes in favor of the...
The Walloon government voted last week the “Greewin” project “Robotronc », dedicated to whole timber construction of multi-storey buildings. The project is a collaboration between UCLouvain, MOBIC, Duchêne (Eiffage group) and the BBRI and will last until 2025.
Contact :Pierre Latteur
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October 08, 2020
Two new large-scale test programs concluded & available!
Two new large-scale experimental programs on reinforced concrete walls have been completed and their results are now freely available to the engineering community!
The first explored the use of shape-memory NiTi alloy rebars as a replacement to hot-rolled steel in the plastic hinge region....
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September 22, 2020
New collaboration with the Royal Observatory of Belgium
Ben Neefs, who graduated in 2019 as a master of Geology from the KU Leuven, has been awarded, by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), a starting grant for the first year of his PhD!
His PhD will deal with the creation of Belgian Intensity Prediction Equations (IPEs) using felt earthquake...
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