Team

CMG at the annual startup meeting, Sep 2022, Quadrivium, Leuven

Academic staff

Yentl Swolfs
CMG coordinator and Coordinator of Micro- and mesostructural design of composites

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Larissa Gorbatikh
Coordinator of Composites and principles inspired by nature
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David Seveno
Coordinator of Physical chemistry of interfaces

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Jan Ivens
Co-coordinator of Process and application development

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Frederik Desplentere
Co-coordinator of Process and application development

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Aart Willem Van Vuure
Coordinator of Bio-based and sustainable composites

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Emeriti

Stepan Lomov
Co-coordinator of Micro- and mesostructural design of composites

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Ignace Verpoest

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Post-doctoral researchers

Mahoor Mehdikhani
Post-doctoral researcher in Micro- and mesostructural design of composites

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Christian Breite
Post-doctoral researcher in Micro- and Mesostructural Design of Composites

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Gilles Koolen
Postdoc researcher

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Ali Khodayari
Post-doctoral researcher in Physical Chemistry of Interfaces

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Sina AhmadvashAghbash
PhD researcher in Micro- and Mesostructural Design of Composites

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Panayiotis Tsokanas
Postdoctoral Fellow in Micro- and mesostructural design of composites

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PhD students

Arsen Melnikov
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Pedro Miguel Bernardino Sousa

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Yixue Zhang
PhD student in Glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) recycling
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Alexandros Prapavesis
PhD Researcher in Bio-based and Sustainable Composites

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Camilo Rojas Gomez
PhD candidate on micro structural design of composites
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Paul Nicholas Woody
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Shailee Upadhyay
PhD researcher in Advanced characterization of microstructural variability and its effect in filament wound composites

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Ali Moghimiardekani
PhD Researcher in Bio-based and Sustainable Composites

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Jianqun Hao
PhD candidate in Bio-based and Sustainable Composites
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Rui Guo
PhD student in Micro- and Mesostructural Design of Composites
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Kenneth Segers
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Thanasis Chatziathanasiou
PhD researcher in Micro- and Mesostructural Design of Composites

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Kasahun Niguse Asfew
De Nayer Campus
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Jiakuan Zhou
PhD researcher in process and application development of composites, De Nayer Campus
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Sepehr Simaafrookhteh
PhD Researcher in consolidation of UD fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

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Mengstu Ashebre Arefe
PhD Researcher in Bio-based and Sustainable Composites
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Andrea Maslov
PhD Researcher

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Navid Mostofi Sarkari
PhD Research Associate in Physical Chemistry of Interfaces

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Dennie Jansen
Research and education, Civil Engineering - Campus De Nayer | PhD - Hygrothermal creep in bio-composite materials

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Susana García Mayo

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Laurens Snels

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Fankai Meng

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Salaheddine Emine Madi
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Elise Van Vlierberghe
PhD researcher in Micro- and Mesostructural Design of Composites
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Campus Brugge (Propolis group) researchers

Ineke Velghe
PhD researcher

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Willem Lippens
PhD student
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Sam Haenen
PhD researcher
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Bart Buffel

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Sofie Verstraete
PhD researcher

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MAJID MOKARIZADEHHAGHIGHISHIRAZI
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Rasoul Varedi

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Arthur Henderyckx
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Affiliated and Scientific researchers

Anna Kandinskaia
Research associate in development and characterization of new hybrid materials for the next generation of luggage
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Kristof Vanclooster

Okasana Shishkina

Current CMG master's students 2022-2023

Student name	Thesis title	Supervisor	Daily supervisor
Kobe Schildermans	Integrating highly tough silk fibres in impact-critical structural composites	Aart Van Vuure	Alexandros Prapavesis
Amandeep Kaur	Characterization of long bamboo fibres and bamboo fibre wires for composite applications	Aart Van Vuure	Alexandros Prapavesis
Cédric Geudens	Commercialisatie van plantvezelversterking voor composietmaterialen: optimaliseren van coating formulatie en applicatiemethode	Aart Van Vuure	Gilles Koolen
Robbe Slegers	Commercialisatie van plantvezelversterking voor composietmaterialen: evalueren van vezelleveranciers en mechanische eigenschappen	Aart Van Vuure	Gilles Koolen
Niels Van Osselaer	Commercialisatie van plantvezelversterking voor composietmaterialen: thermische vereisten in automobiel sector	Aart Van Vuure	Gilles Koolen
Joren Bijdekerke	Wet-chemical atomic layer etching of metals for advanced chip interconnects; Advancing future interconnects by nanoscale metal etching	Aart Van Vuure	Harold Philipsen
Leander Swings	To define, plasma treatment and interface characterization	Aart Van Vuure	Jianqun Hao, Alexandros Prapavesis
Gurleen Kaur Saini	Characterization of long bamboo fibres and bamboo fibre wires for composite applications	Aart Van Vuure	Alexandros Prapavesis
Jeroen Verschelden	Commercialisatie van plantvezelversterking voor composietmaterialen: ontwikkelen van vezelcoating voor thermoplastische matrices	Aart Van Vuure	Gilles Koolen
Roxanne Baeten	Designing and Developing a Material for Dampening Acoustic Waves in the 0.5-10 kHz Range	Helge Pfeiffer, David Seveno	Helge Pfeiffer
Nguyên Duy Khôi Doan	Parametric study of low temperature solvolysis to recover high quality glass fibres from end of life composites	Aart Van Vuure, Jan Ivens
Claudia Zheng	Experimental quantification of residual stresses in thermoplastic, carbon fiber reinforced (TP/CF) filament wound cylinders	Jan Ivens	Kenneth Segers
Marion Cardous	Production optimisation and benchmarking of a MXene-based thermoplastic carbon-fibre-reinforced composite for structural capacitive energy storage	Yentl Swolfs, Jef Vleugels	Ruben Windey, Jeroen Soete
Andrea Fiorucci	Exploring hybrid composite materials for suitcase application: a study of mechanical performance	Yentl Swolfs	Anna Kandinskaia
Marta Palmieri	Optimizing the adhesion of PSU parts for the production of green hydrogen	David Seveno	Susana García Mayo
Simone Scarmagnani	Optimizing the surface properties of nickel electrodes for the production of green hydrogen	David Seveno	Laurens Snels
Debashree Mohanty	Aerosol-assisted atmospheric plasma polymerization of environment-friendly and sustainable monomers for development of anti-icing surfaces	David Seveno	Navid Mostofi Sarkari
Denise Pauline Bernardo	Designing a new generation of high-performance building materials: plasma functionalization of super insulative silica aerogel particles	David Seveno	Laurens Snels
Maria Sitjà Domínguez	Investigating the effect of surfactants on the surface properties of polymers using inverse gas chromatography	David Seveno	Ali Khodayari
Kazimieras Baltrušaitis	X-ray computed tomography to support a fast and efficient fabrication of aluminum surfaces with enhanced de-icing properties	David Seveno	Laurens Snels, Navid Mostofi Sarkari

CMG PHD ALUMNI

Name	PhD title	Year
Babak Fazlali	Validation and Prediction of Fatigue Damage and Life of Unidirectional Composites	2023
Radmir Karamov	Machine Learning Enhancement of Micro-CT Based Micromechanics of Composite Materials	2023
Yinglun Zhao	Defects in Filament Wound Composite Products: Experimental and Numerical Quantification of Fibre Misalignment and Voids	2023
Sina AhmadvashAghbash	Fibre-Matrix Interface Longitudinal Debonding and Translaminar Fracture of Fibre-Reinforced Composites: Model Development and Experimental Validation	2023
Cédric De Schryver	Magnetically controlled morphology of short ferromagnetic fibres in viscous fluids	2023
Ensieh Yousefi	Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Reactive Wetting of Liquid Aluminium on Solid Nickel Substrate	2022
Gilles Koolen	Tough fibre coatings to reduce the moisture sensitivity of flax fibre composites	2022
Yoran Geboes	High-Performance Polymer and Ductile Metal Fibres to Improve the Translaminar Fracture Toughness of Fibre-reinforced Composites	2022
Ali Khodayari	Nanoscale Modelling of Natural Fibres	2022
Lina Rocío Osorio Serna	Microstructural Analysis and Mechanical Behaviour of Bamboo Fibres and Bamboo Fibre Composites	2022
Maria Morissa Lu	Improving moisture durability of flax fibre composites by using non-dry fibres	2022
Dimitrios Zouzias	Development of a new cycling helmet standard for improved head impact protection	2021
Christian Breite	Aligning fibre break models for composites with the observable micro-scale material behaviour	2021
Wim Six	Prediction of interphase strength in 2K injection molding of thermoset rubbers and thermoplastics	2020
Fabio Malgioglio	Material Variability across the Scales in Unidirectional Composites - Virtual Material Characterisation under Longitudinal Tension	2020
Steven Latré	Multiscale thermal and mechanical modelling of insulation composites	2020
Steve De Pooter	Synthesis and Implementation of Aerogel for Thermal Insulation in Buildings and Atmospheric Restoration	2020
Luca Martulli	Static and Fatigue Performance of Carbon Fibre Sheet Moulding Compound Components	2020
Francisco Mesquita	Unidirectional Interply Fibre-Hybrid Composites: Longitudinal Tensile Failure and Interactions between Fibre Types	2020
Jun Tang	Design of Pseudo-ductile Composites by Combining Fiber-hybridization and Discontinuous Reinforcements	2019
Man Zhu	Modelling and Characterization of Fatigue Delamination in Unidirectional Laminates	2019
Kevin Hendrickx	Extraction optimisation for and hygroscopic behaviour of flax fibres in composite applications	2019
Yichuan Zhang	Wetting Dynamic of Liquid Polymers	2019
Delphine Depuydt	Bamboo potential as a worldwide source of fibres for composite applications	2018
Mahoor Mehdikhani	Effect of Voids on Damage Development in Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites	2018
Nikolay Petrov	Extended finite element modeling of progressive cracking in fiber reinforced composite laminates	2018
Yasmine Mosleh	A novel anisotropic composite foam concept for improved head protection in oblique impacts	2018
Jochen Pflug	Continuously Produced Honeycomb Core Materials	2018
Ilya Straumit	Prediction of the Effective Properties of Textile Composites based on X-ray Computed Tomography Data	2017
Nhan Vo Hong	Processing and properties of natural fibre reinforced gluten composites	2017
Ilya Straumit	Prediction of the Effective Properties of Textile Composites based on X-ray Computed Tomography Data	2017
Kelly Vandenbosche	Development and Characterization of Novel Anisotropic Foam for Bicycle Helmets	2016
Farida Bensadoun	In-service Behaviour of Flax Fibre Reinforced Composites for High Performance Applications	2016
Seyedahmad Tabatabaei	Meso-Finite Element Modelling of Textile Composites Using Mesh Superposition Method	2016
Valentin Romanov	Modeling Tools for Micro-scale Stress Analysis of Nano-engineered Fiber-reinforced Composites	2015
Yentl Swolfs	Hybridisation of Self-reinforced Composites: Modelling and Verifying a Novel Hybrid Concept	2015
Yasmine Abdin	Micro-mechanics based Fatigue Modelling of Composites Reinforced with Straight and Wavy Short Fibers	2015
Atul Jain	Hybrid Multi-Scale Modelling of Damage and Fatigue in Short Fiber Reinforced Composites	2015
Mohammadali Aravand	Micro and Nano structured Hierarchical Carbon Fibre Composites	2015
Bart Van Mieghem	An intelligent experimental approach for the optimisation of the process parameters for the thermoforming of plastics and composites	2015
Michaël Callens	Development of Ductile Stainless Steel Fibre Composites	2014
Bart Buffel	Development of Tools for the Analysis and Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyurethane Foam Sandwich Panels	2014
Carlos Fuentes Rojas	Interfacial Adhesion in Natural and Synthetic Fibre Composites: a Physical-Chemical-Mechanical Approach	2014
Eduardo Trujillo De Los Rios	Polymer Composite Materials based on Bamboo Fibres	2014
Oksana Shishkina	Experimental and Modelling Investigations of Structure-Property Relationships in Nano-Reinforced Cellular Materials	2014
Andy Vanaerschot	Multi-scale Modelling of Spatial Variability in Textile Composites: Uncertainty Quantification based on Experimental Data of Internal Geometry	2014
Ngoc Tran Le Quan	Polymer composite materials based on coconut fibres	2013
Ichiro Taketa	Analysis of Failure Mechanisms and Hybrid Effects in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites	2011
Jian Xu	Meso-Scale Finite Element Fatigue Modelling of Textile Composite Materials	2011
Kristof Vanclooster	Forming of Multilayered Fabric Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites	2010
Dmitry Ivanov	Damage Analysis of Textile Composites	2009
Katleen Vallons	The Behaviour of Carbon Fibre - Epoxy NCF Composites under Various Mechanical Loading Conditions	2009
Maarten Moesen	Modeling of the Geometry and Mechanical behaviour of Bone Scaffolds	2009
Greet Kerckhofs	Morphological and Mechanical Quantification of Porous Structures by Means of Micro-CT	2009
Joris Baets	Toughening of In-Situ Polymerized Cyclic Butyleneterephthalate for Use in Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites	2008
An Willems	Forming Simulation of Textile Reinforced Composite Shell Structures	2008
Bart Verleye	Computation of the permeability of multi-scale porous media with application to technical textiles	2008
Frederik Desplentere	Multiscale Modelling of Stochastic Effects in Mould Filling Simulations for Thermoplastic Composites	2007
Xinyu Fan	Investigation on Processing and Mechanical Properties of the Continuously Produced Thermoplastic Honeycomb	2006
Hilde Parton	Characterisation of the In-Situ Polymerisation Production Process for Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics	2006
Thanh Truong Chi	The Mechanical Performance and Damage of Multiaxial Multi-Ply Carbon Fabric Reinforced Composites	2005
Isabel Van de Weyenberg	Flax Fibres as a Reinforcement for Epoxy Composites	2005
Andreas Prodromou	Mechanical modelling of textile composites utilising a cell method	2004
Paul Wambua	Protective low price composite materials based on natural fibres	2004
Surya Darma Pandita	Damage tolerance of knitted and woven fabric composites	2002
Hermawan Judawisastra	Damage tolerance of composite sandwich panels containing 3D-woven sandwich fabrics	2002
Yiwen Luo	Resin transfer moulding of knitted fabric reinforced composites	2001
Gert Huysmans	Generische micromechanische modellen voor textielcomposieten	2000
Sofie Baeten	Impregnatie en consolidatie van thermoplastische composieten	1999
Dirk Philips	Karakterisatie en ontwikkeling van 3D-breiselcomposieten	1999
Wu Wei	Stress transfer through the fibre-matrix interphase in axially loaded composites	1999
Philippe Vandeurzen	Structuur-performantie modellering van twee-dimensionale weefselcomposieten	1998
Bart Gommers	De elastische eigenschappen van breiselcomposieten	1997
Aart Willem Van Vuure	Composite panels based on woven sandwich-fabric preforms	1997
Vassilios Efstratiou	Investigation of the effect of the 2.5-D carbon fabric construction on fabric reinforced/polymer matrix composite toughness	1995
Luc Lammerant	De interaktie van matrixscheuren en delaminaties bij impakt van komposietmaterialen	1995
Jan Ivens	Mechanical properties and damage development in carbon fibre reinforced plastics: the effects of the fibre-matrix interface	1993
Muriel Desaeger	An integrated theoretical and experimental study of the fibre-matrix interface in carbon-epoxy composites	1993
Bernard Goffaux	The relation between fracture toughness and microstructure in thermoplastic polymers and composites	1993
Ronald Van Daele	Schadeontwikkeling bij monotone belasting van koolstofvezelkomposieten	1990
Wevers Martine	Identification of fatigue failure modes in carbon fibre reinforced composites	1987