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- 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗢! Congratulations to Pieter-Jan Piccard on successfully completing his PhD! His PhD,“Data-Driven and Physics-Guided Modeling to Unravel Transport in Ceramic Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Membranes”, explores how data, AI and physics can help make membrane development faster and more efficient. Separations are everywhere: from desalinating seawater and removing forever chemicals from drinking water to recycling valuable resources and purifying medicines. But they come at a cost: worldwide,
- Press release - Noak, a new spin-off of imec and Hasselt University, raises €5 million to industrialize next-generation perovskite–silicon tandem solar technology. The investment from the Helios Foundation, NUHMA and V2HFin will now be used to accelerate development using the existing infrastructure at EnergyVille in Genk and to prepare scaling with gigawatt manufacturing partnerships. Congratulations to the Noak team and all research and investment partners involved. Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/emmjPQtQ
- Press release - Noak, a new spin-off of imec and Hasselt University, supported on its venturing journey by imec.ventures, raises €5 million to industrialize next-generation perovskite–silicon tandem solar technology. The investment from the Helios Foundation, NUHMA and V2HFin will now be used to accelerate development using the existing infrastructure at EnergyVille in Genk and to prepare scaling with gigawatt manufacturing partnerships. Congratulations to the Noak team and all research and investment partners involved. Read the
- What does the job of an electronics engineer really look like? There's one way to find out: hear it straight from the engineers themselves! That's why 2nd-year engineering students from KU Leuven and Hasselt University visited our Tessenderlo-Ham office in Belgium. Melexis colleagues introduced them to fields like test development, analog design, and product verification, and happily answered all their questions. Students, thank you for your visit! Who knows, maybe we will see some of you back in the field in a few years.
- What if we could give 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 a second life instead of letting them go to waste? That is one of the ambitions of CRYOSTAT, a research project launched in 2026 to develop safer, more efficient and economically viable recycling solutions for lithium-ion batteries. At VITO, we contribute our expertise in advanced material separation and regeneration technologies, focusing on two key challenges: • 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀: Developing innovative separation
- Are you enabling precision medicine advanced therapies? 1. October 9: deadline to submit your poster 2. Selection by the scientific committee 3. November 10: get your work featured at #SfH in Brussels! By Biovia & BioWin and knowledge partners University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Ghent University, imec, VIB, Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles, Hasselt University, University of Liège, Université de Namur, UMONS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- We're excited to be part of #OPINNO 2026 at Hasselt University. Our colleague Nick Smisdom, PhD, Lead DevOps Engineering & Data Architecture and ICT Lead, will present about working at Rejuvenate Biomed and the many career opportunities within biotech in general. 📅 6 October 2026 🕐 13:10 – 13:20 | Medical Biotech 🎤 Nick Smisdom | Rejuvenate Biomed Following the presentation, Nick will join a roundtable discussion with students to answer questions about careers in biotech, innovation, data, technology, and what it's
- Proficiat aan Leander Winters, winnaar van de masterproefprijs voor Ingenieurswetenschappen - Informatica aan Hasselt University / KU Leuven. 🏆 Zijn masterproef “Kostenefficiënte Tracking voor Virtual Production”, onder begeleiding van promotor Nick Michiels, was goed voor een bijzonder stevige 19/20. Wij mochten de prijs overhandigen en lieten Leander kiezen tussen: 👉 10 miljoen tokens 👉 of een geldprijs Voor zo’n keuze mag je gerust even een AI-agent laten meedenken. Dikke proficiat, Leander. Straf werk en meer dan
Alumni 45 went on to found or lead
Anne PietersMaster of Science in Biostatistics→Co-founder, COO & Biostatistics Consultant at QUBES.
Anneleen ClaesenMaster's degree, Applied Economic Sciences→Founder at Juuniek
Bart BecksCommercial engineer→Co-Founder & member of Board of directors at BeCentral
Bart De KetelaereMaster in Biostatistics, Biostatistics→Co-Founder at Effex- PBart PaesenBachelor, Biology→Founder at Dipla
- PBart VerstryngeBachelor, Computer Science→Founder & CEO at Breed Bio
Bernard VrijensMSc, Biostatistics→Chief Executive Officer & Scientific Lead at AARDEX Group
Dave Goossens→CEO at Lansweeper
Edith HermansBachelors, Chemistry→Chief Technology Officer at i4F Patents & Technologies
Frank Bekkers→CEO at Mobile Vikings Polska at Mobile Vikings Polska
Frederik BusselsBachelor's degree, Architecture→Founder at Pixel Depot
Frederik LuppensMaster, Business engineering→Founder at CERcuits - Ceramic PCB & packages
The full Hasselt University mafia →
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