Research and cooperation with industry and society an added value for the university

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Research and co-operation with industry and
society an added value for the university

• Hugo Verbeke , Ph. D.
• Tuzla KaHo Sint-Lieven 11/11/2005

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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Research topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
• IWT projects relations with industry
• Case study
• Relations with society

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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven

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1. KaHo Sint-Lieven

• KaHo Sint-Lieven Catholic higher education
  institution in Flanders
• 8 former higher education institutions have
  merged in 1995
• 2005 4600 students staff 465 FTE
  (336 academic)
• all educational activities in Dutch
• 2005 campuses in 3 cities Aalst, Gent,
  Sint-Niklaas
• 1996 4400 students 1350 2450 600
• 2005 4600 students 1500 2250 850
• industrial engineers primary school
  teachers
• 1996 1650 325
• 2005 1250 - 24 575 77
• Associated with the Catholic University of
  Leuven
• (K.U.Leuven)

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study fields number of students
(/- 5)
1. KaHo Sint-Lieven

• 1996 2005
• Professional Bachelors (180 credits) in the study
  fields
• Biotechnology 70 175
• Business studies 240 335
• Health care 610 550
• Industrial science technology 1160 1310
• Teacher training 660 960
• Academic Bachelor (180 credits) and Master (60
  credits)
• Industrial science technology 1660 1260

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1. KaHo Sint-Lieven

• Flanders 6 M inhabitants (Belgium 10 M)
• students
• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Higher education 161.000
• universities 58.000
• other institutions 103.000 4.600
• academic bach / master 25.000 1.270
• professional bachelor 78.000 3.330
• Government budget higher education
• universities
• other institutions 566 M KaHoSL 26 M
  

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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Research topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

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history
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• 1892 Brewery School in Gent
• 1946 Higher Technical Institute Sint-Lieven
  (Gent)
• study program for technical engineer (brewery
  engineer)
• 1950 WOVON service and small research tasks
  for brewers
• K.I.H.O. Technical University for
  industrial engineers
• 3 merging institutions (Aalst, Gent)
• chemistry, construction, electricity,
  electromechanics
• close relations with industry student
  projects, alumni
• first steps in European commitment (Erasmus,
  exchanges)
• C.B.O.K. co-ordination of applied research
• chemistry and biochemistry
• structuring student projects and other
  projects
• offering accommodation and logistics
• KaHo Sint-Lieven 8 merging institutions
• decree mission education services
  research !

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Research levels
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• APPLIED research
• last year students projects carried out at
  KaHoSL
• young assistants aim of obtaining Ph.D. degree
• non-profit association CBOK for third parties
• research projects supported by research
  programmes
• 45 FTE

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Industrial Engineering Department
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• BIOCHEMISTRY
• Brewing technology yeast quality, high-tech
  hopping, stability of beer
• Enzyme analysis of raw materials, application of
  enzymes in food production
• Meat technology optimalisation of food
  ingredients and procedures in preparing meat
  products
• CHEMISTRY
• Metal surfaces and surface treatment techniques
  plating on plastics
• Selective recuperation of metals from waste water
  (membrane technology)
• Flavour analysis
• measurement of flavour quality (GC-MS analysis)
  of foods and drinks
• relations with organoleptic properties

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Industrial Engineering Department
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• MECHANICS PROCESS TECHNIQUES
• Concept and design of prototypes of mechanical
  parts and machinery
• FEM computations of complex structures and
  machines
• FEM Finite Element Methods
• Research on high speed milling tools,
  parameters, CAM
• Optimalisation of teach - in turning
• Design for recycling software development using
  an oject oriented language
• Programming of general postprocessors of
  NC-controllers
• Hard turning tools, moulding processes
• Tube-hydroforming

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Industrial Engineering Department
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Timetabling, Personnel scheduling Intelligent
Agents The Semantic Web Expert Systems decision
support
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Industrial Engineering Department
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
PHYSICS Optical caracterization of
materials Spectral optical radiometric
measurements Colour measurements Indicative an
decorative lighting with LEDs Solar cells and
Photovoltaic systems Illumination
technology ELECTRONICS Wireless
communication Energy efficient illumination

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Industrial Engineering Department
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
ELECTROTECHNICAL and CONTROL ENGINEERING Active
electrical power filters Modelling of electrical
power distribution lines Modelling and control in
steel industry, pulp and paper industry Drive
technology (torque, speed and position
control)
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Academic Services
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
• integration of ICT in primary and secondary
  schools
• implementation of e-learning in higher
  education
• training of employees in SMEs
• implementation of DVD in language courses
• development of competence assessment tools
• use of ICT in SMEs
• needs in TQM in education and industry
• advanced learning environments
  
  using communication and information tools

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Professional Bachelors
2. Reasearch topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven

• flavour stability of beer
• accelerometers
• Profinet, web-communication between machines
• mechanical testing of material
• prevention of Caesarian birth of BWB cows
• inclusion in education

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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Research topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
• IWT projects

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IWT
3. IWT projects
Bischoffsheimlaan 25 B-1000 Brussel Tel. 32
(0)2 209 09 00 Fax. [phone] E-mail
info_at_iwt.be www.iwt.be

Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by
Science and Technology in Flanders regional
public institution 1991 RD innovation
support budget 2005 230 M funding of
industrial scientific technological
RD providing services to local industry
co-ordination technology transfer,
networking, partner search,
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IWT
3. IWT projects

HoBu Fund TeTra Fund Technology
Transfer

• Budget 6 M / year (now) 1997
  2004
• Aim stimulating innovative technological
  research at HEI
• Technology Search / Translation / Transfer
  HEI ? private sector (SMEs)
• - relevant for gt 3 SMEs that take actively part
  in the steering of the project
• companies can use the results in their own RD
  programmes
• every year a call is launched proposals compete
  with each other
• project usually lasts 2 years
• HoBu 159 supported projects (36,5 M) from 448
  proposals
• TeTra 49 supported projects (12 M) from 136
  proposals

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IWT
3. IWT projects

HoBu Fund TeTra Fund Technology
Transfer

• Evaluation procedure
• selection team of independent experts from
  industrial academic world
• criteria quality of proposal
  economic relevancy
• user committee 3 x / year follow up
  steering of the project
• project leader representation of interested
  companies
• scientific partner advisor IWT
• reports 3 x / year
• technical / management / valorisation part
• - evaluation ex post

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IWT
3. IWT projects

HoBu Fund TeTra Fund Technology
Transfer

• Technology search
• acquiring the most actual technological know
  how
• HEI research institutes (univ, IMEC, VITO,
  VIB, collective centra)
• RD departments of companies
• Technology translation
• examining possibilities of the technology for
  the interested companies
• Technological know how in HEI is enlarged
• Technology transfer
• transferring know how to companies of user
  committee
• broader workshops, publications,
  training, demonstration

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IWT
3. IWT projects

HoBu Fund TeTra Fund Technology
Transfer
rather heavy selection procedure (best proposals
are selected) light control evaluation
mechanism during / after execution follow up by
user committees (receive reports from project
leader) maximum budget per project 310.000
(HoBu) 480.000 (TeTra) raises innovation
awareness of companies (esp. SMEs) successful in
stimulating technological research in
SMEs raises level of expertise at Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) acquired apparatus
can be used afterwards in HEIs (education /
research)
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IWT
3. IWT projects

SME Innovation Study Type 1
Objective technological advice performed by
an acknowledged center Duration max. 6
months Subsidy 60 of total budget, max.
6.500 E.g. SME - need for renewed
product (new standards/
competition/ technological progress/ ) -
awareness of existence of new technology (surplus
value) - unsufficient knowledge of the
new technology ? SME contacts acknowledged
center that makes a study of the specific
applicability of that technology for the SME
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IWT
3. IWT projects

SME Innovation Study Type 1

• ACTIVITIES of acknowledged center
• identifying, analysing, studying technical
  problems, parameters
• first calculations, simulations, tests
• searching for relevant technologies
• gathering basic information
• NOT - making business advice in general sense
  (business organisation)
• - routine testing
• - general training
• - studies about quality management
• - searching for capital
• RESULT technological advice that enables SME
• to make further /other innovation steps
• Result is property of SME
• Confidential

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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Research topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
• IWT projects relations with industry
• Case study

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Laboratory for Optical Measurements and Light
Technology
4. Case study

• Case study Laboratory for Optical Measurements
  and Light Technology
• Peter Hanselaer started doing research in
  his own free time
• - full time professor physics theory
  exercises lab sessions
• dept. Industrial Engineering
• - continued research he had been doing for his
  Ph.D. at Univ. Gent
• solid state physics - solar cells
• - in beginning in surplus with FT educational
  job, later compensation time (collegues
  took over part of educ. tasks)
• - how did he get material to work with ?
• equipment 3rd hand from (bio)chemistry
  group
• material pieces of solar cells from
  Flemish company
• informal scientific co-operation with Imec
  UGent

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Laboratory for Optical Measurements and Light
Technology
4. Case study

• first call HoBu Fund (IWT)
• Peter Hanselaer proposal on optical measurements
  on solar cells
• Proposal was supported 1997 - 1999
• industrial partners some Flemish SMEs
• scientific partners Imec, UGent
• 1 FTE researcher 100 subsided by IWT
• Equipment materials 90 funded by IWT 10
  by SMEs
• Equipment was built to measure reflection
  transmission of light
• first project ended could not be continued in
  HoBu Fund (rule)
• new proposal use of LEDs in traffic
  signalisation - supported 1999-2001
• 1 FTE researcher budget equipment
  materials
• spectrograph goniometer
• 2001 2003 indicative and decorative
  illumination with LEDs
• 1 FTE researcher budget equipment
• software ray tracing (used in design of lamps)

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Laboratory for Optical Measurements and Light
Technology
4. Case study
2003-2005 2 proposals supported by HoBu
Fund - visual appearance of materials colour,
gloss (shine) colorometric camera -
photovoltaic systems ( solar cells !)
software Meteonorm Meanwhile growing
expertise in optical measurements (equipment
!) growing number of participating
SMEs growing number of scientific
partners SME innovation studies, SME
innovation projects (IWT) 2004-2008 TIS
project supported by IWT Green Light Flanders
energy efficient illumination 1 FTE person
architects, designers, manufacturers 2005-2009
TD project supported by IWT Light and colour

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Laboratory for Optical Measurements and Light
Technology
4. Case study
2005 - 2009 TD project Light and colour
80 IWT 20 industr. partners 1,5 FTE
28 industrial partners 7 scientific
partners - on demand short technological
advices (lt2 days) members / not answers (by
phone), company visits (measurements) great
technological advice (2-10 days of study) -
pro-active stimulating innovation, publications,
workshops, newsletters - help companies
preparing proposals for funding (IWT, European,
) innovation studies / projects -
networking memberships SME 750 /y LE
1875 /y 5 days/y free advice

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4. Case study

Other similar success stories Brewery Meat
technology Aroma technology Metal
recuperation Timetabling, personnel
rostering Summary in the beginning there
was biochemistry chemistry then came the
others Academisation process not without
research !
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Overview

• KaHo Sint-Lieven
• Research topics in KaHo Sint-Lieven
• IWT projects relations with industry
• Case study
• Relations with society

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5. Relations with society

Relations with society - bilateral agreements
with industry (research, training) - science
popularisation - European / international
projects - workshops, lectures (national /
international) - memberships of scientific
committees / evaluation boards - publication in
scientific / other magazines - guest
professorships in Aalen, La Rochelle, Udine,
Trnava, - business breakfast meetings
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5. Relations with society

Science popularisation Co-ordinated bij AWI
Administration of Science and Innovation (depart
ement of the Ministry of the Flemish Government)
Aim providing the public with science
information creating a broad
understanding of the importance of scientif.
research Action plan has been set up by
AWI popularisation of science for
youth (16-18) scientists_at_work Science
Week every 2 years the fun of doing science
labs projects science information
(budget 2003 0,75 M) 2003 2 proposals of
KaHo Sint-Lieven have been supported 2005
deadline November 16th (small projects lt 75.000
)
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5. Relations with society

• European project RITON
• Network for training (educational institutions,
  public services, companies)
• in zone Gent Terneuzen (Euregio Scheldemond)
• development offer of on line courses
• ict, e-business, logistics, enterpreneurship
  across boarders, prevention
• co-operation of companies
• company days, company visits, steering group

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5. Relations with society

Leonardo Da Vinci Competence Assessment Tools
CAT in education too little attention to
competences education industry develop
instruments to give students more chances in
their carreer making list of key
competences studying instruments methods from
companies translating to educational context ?
tools use in educational context developed tools
(EN, DU, GE, FR, FI, HU) teamwork 180
feedback basic communication skills customer
oriented attutude project and team
management innovation, vreativuty and taking
risks intercultural communication skills
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Hugo Verbeke - Research Officerhugo.verbeke_at_ka
hosl.be

• Hugo Verbeke , Ph. D.
• Tuzla KaHo Sint-Lieven 11/11/2005