- Public defence of Marco Sirotti on the Drying Shrinkage and Deformation Mechanisms in NaOH-Activated SlagNovember 8, 2023Alkali-activated materials are a more sustainable alternative to Portland cement in the construction industry, but one of the factors still hindering a widespread adoption is the uncertainties about their volume stability. The public defence of Marco Sirotti will focus on the drying shrinkage of alkali-activated slag, its causes, the factors affecting it, and the consequences it has on durability.
- Concrete Day - MACBEN - BENOR Contest 2023November 13, 2023The ULB-EPB-BATir student team won third prize and €1000 in the Concrete Day Student competition.
- Active Participation of AIA in the Inaugural Doctoral Seminar of EDT 62November 15, 2023Exchange on Research in Architecture and Urbanism.
- Professor Ahmed Z. Khan has been appointed as Editorial Board member of the Journal of Planning HistoryNovember 8, 2023Which is the result of a nomination process undertaken in the Spring of 2023. The Journal is affiliated with the Society for American City and Regional Planning History and is considered a journal of record in the area of planning history.
- Survey: Collaborative practices in the Belgian construction sectorNovember 10, 2023The AIA team is launching a survey to assess the current state of collaboration while identifying the success factors and obstacles encountered by professionals.
- EXPO IrArOctober 17, 2023The Engineering School of Brussels invites you to the opening of the exhibition of the architectural projects realised by the Architectural Engineering students.
- How to design a climbing tree in tensegrity?October 2, 2023As part of the transdisciplinary project TRAN-H-201 organized during the 2022-2023 academic year by the construction section, the BATir department welcomed 3 groups of students.
- International colloquium : Building for the Nation AbroadJuly 14, 2023International conference Building for the Nation Abroad in Rome, 21-22 September 2023
- BATir student Eleonora Rubinacci has received second place in the architectural design contest Switch2Save 2023 for her design Ghameleome.October 2, 2023BATir student Eleonora Rubinacci (MFE on Biomimetic Design supervised by prof. Ahmed Z. Khan, 2021-22) has received second place in the architectural design contest Switch2Save 2023 for her design Ghameleome.
- Jingbin Yang obtained his PhD on Effects of Superabsorbent Polymers on the Shrinkage, Cracking, and Self-Healing Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag SystemsJune 19, 2023Jingbin Yang successfully defended his PhD entitled “Effects of Superabsorbent Polymers on the Shrinkage, Cracking, and Self-Healing Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag Systems”. He was being supervised by Zhenping Sun from Tongji University, Nele De Belie from Ghent University and Didier Snoeck from Université libre de Bruxelles.
- Toward Citizen-Centered Urban Green: Advancing understandings of supply and demand interactions and inequalitiesJune 7, 2023Ms Amy PHILLIPS will present and defend in public an original thesis.
- Rika Devos joined the editorial board of Bulletin KNOBJuly 13, 2023Rika Devos has recently joined the editorial board of Bulletin KNOB, the peer reviewed journal of the oldest association of heritage in The Netherlands.
- Role models in researchMay 30, 2023CALIPER is a Project that supports 9 Research Organisations across Europe to develop Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) and engage the local Innovation Hubs to transfer the gained knowledge beyond academia.
- RILEM Spring Convention & 4th International Congress on Materials & Structural StabilityApril 21, 2023At the RILEM Spring Convention & 4th International Congress on Materials & Structural Stability, held in Rabat, Didier Snoeck received one of four Communication Awards. One of the other prizes was awarded to a publication on the theme of his former PhD student José Roberto Tenório Filho.
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Finalist of the Engaged University of the Year AwardApril 7, 2023With "Engineering a Sustainable Future: Sensitize, Transform, Act Together", ULB is one of the five finalists of the Triple E award: Engaged University of the Year Award.
- Table ronde : Enjeux de la transition dans le secteur de la constructionMarch 16, 2023On Thursday 16th of March, a roundtable discussion: Transition Issues in the Construction Sector, took place with Samia Ben Rajeb, Giulia Caterina Verga and Didier Snoeck, on sustainability related to urban planning, sustainable structural design and building materials. The event was widely attended by students from all years from our programs in Architecture Engineering and Civil Engineering. It was an engaging discussion.
- Construction History, Above and Beyond. What History Can Do for Construction HistoryMay 30, 2022Rika Devos of BATir-AIA is coordinator of the EOS (2022) research project “Construction History, Above and Beyond. What History Can Do for Construction History.”
- 18 months of monitoring of concrete repairs in the Rogier tunnelMarch 3, 2021Five pairs of embedded piezoelectric transducers have been installed in the ceiling of the Rogier tunnel in Brussels in June 2019 in order to follow the state of health of concrete repairs.
Updated on June 1, 2023