Summer School | Functional Materials Engineering:
Sustainable and Responsible Production Technologies

18th to 22nd September 2023 | University of Hasselt | Diepenbeek

The aim of this Summer School is to dive into printing and coating technologies for the sustainable development of functional coatings and printed (bio-)sensor applications. It is a blended programme consisting of a 5-day Summer School in Diepenbeek and online project work in heterogeneous project teams, which will culminate in an online presentation session of the developed project and application ideas.

The Summer School will cover the entire value chain from material synthesis and ink formulation, through printing and coating technologies for functional coatings and printed (bio-)sensors, to final applications.

In order to have a good mix of knowledge transfer and hands-on lab work and experience, we plan 5 days of lectures by experts in the field and lab sessions consisting of demo sessions and own work. After the on-site part, groups of 4-6 students will be formed who will collaborate online after the end of the Summerschool to define an application case that will be included in a project proposal to be presented and defended in the following months. Upon completion, participants will receive 3 ECTS.

Funding possibilities: Short Term ERASMUS Mobility
(contact your EURECA-PRO coordinator and the International Office)

Deadline: September 1st 2023

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Programme

  • Day 1: Monday 18th September 2023
  • 9.30 - 9.45: Introduction to the Summerschool, Prof. Wim Deferme Hasselt University
  • 9.45 - 11.15: Lecture 1: Printing and coating technology for sensors and actuators, Prof. Wim Deferme Hasselt University
  • 11.15 - 12.15: Lecture 2: Organic Light Emitting Diodes for bio-sensor and bio-imaging applications, Dr. Tom Cardeynaels Hasselt University
  • 12.15 - 13.45: Lunchbreak
  • 13.45 - 17.00:
    Lab sessions on:
    Screen printing of light emitting devices, Dieter Reenaers;
    Sensor development to monitor the composition of liquids, Seppe Bormans;
    Ultrasonic Spray Coating for superhydrophobic coatings, Tobias Corthouts
  • 17: Get to know each other – social activity
  • 19.00: End of Day 1

  • Day 2: Tuesday 19th September
  • 09.30 - 10.15: Lecture 1: Biomedical Device Engineering: Thermal and impedimetric sensing principles, Prof. Ronald Thoelen Hasselt University
  • 10.15 - 11.30: Lecture 2: Biomaterials for tissue regeneration, Dr. Niloofar Tahmasebi Maastricht University, Merlin Institute
  • 11.30 - 12.15: Lecture 3: Photobiomodulation therapy: can light heal?, Dr. Jolien Robijns Hasselt University
  • 12.15 - 13.45: Lunchbreak
  • 13.45 - 17.00:
    Lab sessions on:
    Screen printing of light emitting devices, Dieter Reenaers;
    Sensor development to monitor the composition of liquids, Seppe Bormans;
    Ultrasonic Spray Coating for superhydrophobic coatings, Tobias Corthouts
  • 17.00: End of Day2

  • Day 3: Wednesday 20th September
  • 09.30 - 10.15: Lecture 1: Introduction to chemical characterization of functional materials, Prof. Wouter Marchal Hasselt University
  • 10.15 - 11.30: Lecture 2: Characterizing gas permeability properties of functional materials,Prof. Roos Peeters Hasselt University
  • 11.30 - 12.15: Lecture 3: Nanoanalytics in Atomic Force Microscopy, Prof. Hildegard Möbius Kaiserslautern University
  • 12.15 - 13.45: Lunchbreak
  • 13.45 - 17.00:
    Lab sessions on:
    Screen printing of light emitting devices, Dieter Reenaers;
    Sensor development to monitor the composition of liquids, Seppe Bormans;
    Ultrasonic Spray Coating for superhydrophobic coatings, Tobias Corthouts
  • 19.00 - 22.00: Summerschool Dinner
  • 22.00: End of Day3

  • Day 4: Thursday 21st September
  • 09.30 - 10.15: Lecture 1: Modulation of mass transport in micro- structured devices, Prof. Wim De Malsche VUB
  • 10.15 - 11.30: Lecture 2: Current Technological Readiness of Biosensors based on Two-dimensional materials, Dr. Vivek Pachauri RWTH Aachen
  • 11.30 - 12.15: Lecture 3: Organic photodetectors: from molecules to imagers, Dr. Sam Gielen Hasselt University
  • 12.15 - 13.45: Lunchbreak
  • 13.45 - 14.30: Definition of the project teams and the potential project topics, Project teams
  • 14.30 - 17.30: Visit to the different research labs (materials chemistry, printing and coating, characterization), Project teams
  • 20.00 - 22.00: Teambuilding, Project teams
  • 22.00: End of Day4

  • Day 5: Friday 22nd September 2023
  • 09.30 - 12.45: PhD presentations, PhD students
  • 12.45 - 14.00: Lunch – End of Summerschool
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