Materials for sustainable solutions
Welcome to the interfacial engineering Research (iR) group
We are a multidisciplinary team of chemical engineers, material scientists, geoscientists, civil engineers and electromechanical engineers. We study physical and chemical properties of the contact and interaction between materials, and aim to optimize those properties to create materials with improved overall performance for (i) energy storage, conversion, and efficiency, (ii) gas storage and conversion, and (iii) healthcare devices.
News
Lucas Van De Walle won the Crowd Favorite Prize at KU Leuven Future Proef award
His master's thesis, "Sustainable CaCO3-Flax-PP Composites: An Investigation of Thermal, Acoustic, and Mechanical Properties," not only snagged a KU Leuven Future Proef Award nomination but also won the Crowd Favorite Prize!
6 December 2023
Jasper Vitse receives the Studieprijs 2022-2023 from the Belgische Betongroepering
He was awarded the Studieprijs 2022-2023 for his Master thesis "Building on Mars: geopolymers from in situ resources".
9 November 2023
Junru Wang has obtained an FWO strategic basic research PhD fellowship
His PhD focuses on the development of flexible zinc-ion batteries with improved performance.
6 October 2023
Dr. Fatemeh Mokhtari is awarded a Horizon Europe MSCA postdoctoral fellowship: SMRT-DRUG-DLVR
In this project, we will develop functional piezoelectric nanocomposite electrospun fibres for controlled drug delivery.
8 June 2023
Dharmjeet Madhav receives the Student EMS Conference Fee Award from the European Membrane Society
This travel grant enables presentation of his work on bio-inspired mineralization of CO2 into CaCO3 at the ICOM2023 conference, 9-14 July 2023 in Chiba, Japan
25 May 2023
Research highlights
Interfacial engineering strategies for Mn-based oxide cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Nacre-inspired materials: chemistry, strengthening-deformation mechanism, synthesis and applications
interfacial engineering Research (iR) group
Prof. dr. Veerle VandeginsteKU Leuven - BrugesDepartment of Materials EngineeringSurface and Interface Engineered MaterialsContact Prof. Vandeginste