Below you find poster presentations of the research of our first-year PhD students. Feel free to contact them to discuss their study in more detail.

Nuclear materials

Olga
Kachko

Development of Reduced Activation Ferritic Martensitic Steels for fusion applications

SCK CEN mentor: Dmitry Terentyev
Promoter: Roumen Petrov, UGent

Chih-Cheng Chang

Assessment of mechanical properties of fusion materials by micro-mechanical testing

SCK CEN mentor: Dmitry Terentyev
Promoter: Thomas Pardoen, UCL

Noelia Fuentes Solis

Effect of liquid metal environment on nucleation and propagation of fatigue cracks

SCK CEN mentor: Serguei Gavrilov
Promoter: Marc Seefeldt, KU Leuven

Gamze
Colak

Preparation of Am containing transmutation targets

SCK CEN mentor: Gregory Leinders
Promoter: Jozef Vleugels, KU Leuven

 

Radiochemistry

Dominic Maertens

Study of reaction kinetics in continuous partitioning processes for actinide separations

SCK CEN mentor: Thomas Cardinaels
Promoter: Koen Binnemans, KU Leuven
Han-Hung
Hsu
Sol-gel chemistry to control morphology and porosity of actinide oxide feeds for electroreduction SCK CEN mentor: Bart Geboes
Promoter: Tom Breugelmans, UAntwerpen

 

Nuclear technology

Gregori Giacomo Electrochemical measurement and characterization of corrosion products in lead-bismuth eutectic SCK CEN mentor: Jun Lim
Promoter: Thomas Doneux, ULB
Sophie
Hurier
High intensity ISOL ion source for long-term irradiations SCK CEN mentor: Kim Rijpstra
Promoter: Thomas Cocolios, KU Leuven

 

Nuclear safeguards

Moad Al-dbissi

A novel approach to partial defect testing of spent nuclear fuel for safeguards applications

SCK CEN mentor: Alessandro Borella
Promoter: Imre Pazsit,
Chalmers University of Technology

 

Waste & disposal

Francisco
Javier Giménez
Microbial community structure and dynamics during radioactive waste disposal SCK CEN mentor: Kristel Mijnendonckx
Promoter: Eveline Peeters, VUB
Thi Nhan Nguyen Physico-chemical evolution of geopolymers in contact with aggressive environment  SCK CEN mentor: Tri Quoc Phung
Promoter: Yiannis Pontikes, KU Leuven
Xiang Li Corrosion study of the BR1 fuel in highly alkaline conditions SCK CEN mentor: Sébastien Caes
Promoter: Thomas Pardoen, UCL

 

Radiation protection

Jessica Ribeiro Radiation effects on human brain development, modeled in human brain organoids SCK CEN mentor: Roel Quintens
Promoter: Jay Gopalakrishnan, UDüsseldorf
Tom
Verbeelen
URINIS Project - Urine valorisation in Space SCK CEN mentor: Felice Mastroleo
Promoter: Ramon Ganigue, UGent