Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
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The Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil Engineering (iMMC) of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) with four ERC grants awarded in 2016 and 2017, a panoply of successful spin off companies such as eX-Stream, Axinesis, Polyflow and WaPT and several world-recognized scientists, is a leading international center for research in engineering. Its core strengths span several of the major engineering disciplines encompassing energy, thermodynamics, chemical and environmental engineering, materials and processes, structural engineering, geomechanics, manufacturing, fluid mechanic Overview

iMMC News

February 16, 2022

Uncertainty quantification of aerothermal flow material simulations of low density ablative thermal protection systems


PhD Thesis by Joffrey coheur

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December 21, 2021

Interactions between flow and actuated structures simulated through a Vortex Particle-Mesh method: application to swimming and energy harvesting devices


PhD Thesis by Caroline Bernier

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November 17, 2021

Generalized sweeping preconditioners for domain decomposition methods applied to Helmholtz problems


PhD Thesis by Ruiyang Dai

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September 24, 2021

Haptic key based on a real-time multibody model of a piano action


PhD Thesis by Sébastien Timmermans

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August 24, 2021

Towards an automatic solution for flexible quad layout generation and quad meshing


PhD Thesis by Jovana Jezdimirovic

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June 18, 2021

Generating energy transition pathways: Application to Belgium


PhD Thesis by Gauthier Limpens

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June 11, 2021

Conducted disturbances in the frequency range 2-150 kHz : sources and propagation


PhD Thesis by Caroline Leroi

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June 1, 2021

Potential of wind and solar resources and macroeconomic implications of the energy transition


PhD Thesis by Elise Dupont

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Seminars


The institute organizes a series of seminars about several themes :

  • Energy, thermodynamics, and chemical engineering
  • Mechatronics and biomechanics
  • Processing, materials, assembly, and structures
  • Fluid mechanics, environmental engineering, and geomechanics
  • Numerical and computational methods

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