Outreach
Upcoming: Los het op! @ Nerdland Festival
09/06/2025 - Domein Puyenbroeck, Wachtebeke
Nerdland Festival is the biggest scientific festival for the broad public in Flanders, Belgium.
In an interactive panel discussion, called 'Solve it!', several researcher with a different scientific background are looking for out of the box solutions on how to prevent war.
More information on the website.
KU Leuven Inside 600-second lecture 2025
15-16/02/2025 - Leuven
During the KU Leuven Inside festivities, a 600-second lecture is given to introduce children to the concept of Digital Twins with a talk entitled: 'Become friends with your digital twin'.
The lecture is available on Youtube (in Dutch).
Dag van de Wetenschap 2024
24/11/2024 - Leuven
The LMSD research group opened its labs on the Day of Science together with Siemens around the theme: 'Driving to the future, the vehicles of tomorrow'. Over more than 250 visitors where guiding through an interactive journey from component to system-level modelling and testing in the automotive industry.
See our appearance on RobTV (Dutch).
Kindercollege 2024
17/03/2024 - Leuven
'Does sound also come out of your ears?'
Together with 100 young scientists, the LMDS research group explored how we can hear, the fascinating world of sound (waves), and the impact noise can have on our daily life. The amount of questions showcased the sparked curiosity among these bright minds.
The seminar is available on Youtube (in Dutch).
Dag van de Wetenschap 2023
26/11/2023 - Leuven
The LMSD research group opened its labs on the Day of Science around the theme of Digital Twins and how they can be used to measure and design more efficiently.
See DayOfScience for upcoming events.
Kinderuniversiteit 2023
14/10/2023 - Leuven
Around the theme 'Are animals smarter than humans?', we provided a workshop for kids between 8-13 years consisting of different interactive games learning them the basics of energy, vibration, motion and sounds with a focus on the animal kingdom.
See Kinderuniversiteit for upcoming events.
EOS-blog: the search to silence
12/06/2023 - Online
In this (Dutch) blog with title 'From egg boxes to metamaterials: the search to silence', a general introduction is given into sound and the different engineering strategies that exist nowadays to reduce noise.
Kinderuniversiteit 2021
23/10/2021 - Leuven
With the title 'Rockstars in space: how astronauts use vibration and sound during space missions', a workshop for kids between 8-13 years was given consisting of different experiments learning them the fundamentals of sound, Newton's laws, the concept of momentum etc.
See Kinderuniversiteit for upcoming events.
