SCK•CEN grants an annual award (worth 1000 euro resp.) to the authors of the 2 best master thesis performed at our laboratories.
Laureates
| Academic year 2017-2018 |
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1. Dornatien Chuo Anang
The role of intercellular communication in radiation-induced atherosclerosis
SCK•CEN mentors: An Aerts & Raghda Ramadan
University promoter: Prof. dr. Ronald Driesen (UHasselt)
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2. Manon Coone
Early-life X-ray exposure: At risk for premature ageing and neurodegeneration
SCK•CEN mentor: Emma Coninx & Mieke Verslegers
Promoter: Prof. dr. Lieve Moons (KU Leuven)
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| Academic year 2016-2017 |
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1. Els Vromans
The role of intercellular communication in radiation-induced atherosclerosis
SCK•CEN mentors: An Aerts & Raghda Ramadan
University promoter: Prof. dr. Niels Hellings (UHasselt)
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2. Bent Hubrecht
Unraveling changes in brain development and visual cortex maturation in prenatally irradiated mice
SCK•CEN mentor: Mieke Verslegers
Promoter: Prof. dr. Lutgarde Arckens (KU Leuven)
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| Academic year 2015-2016 |
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1. Emma Coninx
Mitochondria: a matter of life and death after irradiation?
SCK•CEN mentors: An Aerts & Bjorn Baselet
University promoter: Prof. Quirine Swennen (UHasselt)
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2. Mauro Platti
Seismic sloshing of heavy liquid metal in a suspended structure with internals
SCK•CEN mentor: Bong Yoo, Steven Keijers & Enrique Velez
Promoter: Prof. Federico Perotti & Prof. Marco Enrico Ricotti (University Politecnico di Milano)
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| Academic year 2014-2015 |
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1. Bert Rossaert
Boiling heat transfer through vertical stagnant water annulus: approaches for modelling of CHF
SCK•CEN mentors: Patrice Jacquet
University promoter: Prof. Yann Bartosewiecz (UCL)
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2. Raghda Ramadan
Radiation-induced molecular modulations in thyroid cells under iodine-deficiency
SCK•CEN mentor: Hanane Derradji
Promoter: Prof. Veerle Somers (UHasselt)
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| Academic year 2013-2014 |
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1. Marjolein Heymans
The influence of prenatal exposure to radiation on brain ageing in the mouse
SCK•CEN mentors: Tine Verreet & Rafi Benotmane
University promoter: Prof. Lieve Moons (KULeuven)
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2. Bart Vyncke
The effect of the mass media channel on the Belgian risk perception of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident
SCK•CEN mentor: Tanja Perko
Promoter: Prof. Baldwin Van Gorp (KULeuven)
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| Academic year 2012-2013 |
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1. Yves Meyvis
Consequences of space stressors in immunity: evaluation of immunological changes using space-simulated in vitro models
SCK•CEN mentor: Marjan Moreels
University promoter: Prof. Sarah Baatout (UGent - SCK•CEN)
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2a. Ilse Luyckx
Aptamer-based radiopharamceuticals: characterization of the HB5 aptamer targeting HER2 in breast cancer
SCK•CEN mentor: An Aerts
Promoter: Prof. Sylvia Dewilde (Universiteit Antwerpen)
2b. Monica Chiapetto
Modelling of nanostructure evolution under irradiation in model alloys
SCK•CEN mentor: Lorenzo Malerba
Promoter: Prof. Piero Ravetto, Politecnico di Torino & Prof. Emilie Ferrie, Grenoble INP
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| Academic year 2011-2012 |
1. Moïse Manconi
Investigation of the near-wall modelling strategy and the concept of the turbulent Prandtl number for low Prandtl number flows
SCK•CEN mentor: Simon Vanmaercke
University promoter: Prof. Y. Bartosiewicz, (UCLouvain) |
2. Jan Cools
Ontwerp en functionele validatie van complexe impedantie meter voor karakterisering van ultrasone transducers
SCK•CEN mentor: Wouter De Cock
Promoter: Paul Leroux (KHK) |
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| Academic year 2010-2011 |
1. Marc Deprez
Effect of Post-Irradiation Annealing on Defects in Irradiated Model Alloys by Means of Positron Annihilation Coincidence Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy
SCK•CEN mentor: Marlies Lambrecht
Assessors: Jacqueline Lecomte-Beckers (ULg) and Luc Dupré (UGent)
University promoter: Eric van Walle (KULeuven) |
2. An Mariën
Development and calibration of electrochemical oxygen sensors for application to low temperature regions in liquid lead alloys cooled reactors
SCK•CEN mentor: Jun Lim and Kris Rosseel
Assessors: Prof. Jacqueline Lecomte-Beckers (ULg) and Prof. Walter Bogaerts (KULeuven)
University promoter: Prof. Peter Baeten (VUB) |
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| Academic year 2009-2010 |
1. Steven Peetermans
Windowless spallation target - Proton beam interaction study in the MYRRHA reactor
SCK•CEN mentor: Katrien Van Tichelen, Jan Heyse
University promoter: Prof. Jan Vierendeels (UGent)
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2. Guillaume Bousselin
Validation of a planar probe diagnostics for plasmatron VISIONI and its application for the study of deuterium retention in tungsten
SCK•CEN mentor: Inge Uytdenhouwen, Johan Schuurmans
University promoter: Prof. Guido Van Oost (UGent), Jose Ramon Martin Solis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
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| Academic year 2008-2009 |
1. Jérémy Debast
Investigation of the Gamma-radiation effects on recoated fiber Bragg gratings
SCK•CEN mentor: Andrei Goussarov
University promoter: Prof. Patrice Mégret, Prof. Marc Wuilpart (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)
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2. Ciaran Cleary
Safeguard Analysis of Material Flows in a Gas Centrifuge Plant
SCK•CEN mentor: Roland Carchon
University promoter: Prof. Charles Patterson (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
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| Academic year 2007-2008 |
1. Ruben Van Marcke
ALARA research on BR2/SIDONIE
SCK•CEN mentor: Frank Joppen
Promoter: Herwig Janssens (XIOS Hogeschool Limburg)
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2. Julien Hautefeld
Etude des conditions spatiales sur le développement embryonnaire de la souris
SCK•CEN mentor: Sarah Baatout
Promoter: Eugénie Jurdan (Haute Ecole Charleroi-Europe)
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| Academic year 2006-2007 |
1. Werner Brouwers
Nucleaire ontsmetting van CALLISTO, een experimentelekringloop in de BR2 testreactor
SCK•CEN mentor: Marcel Wéber
Promoter: Luc Lievens (XIOS Hogeschool Limburg)
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2. Hugo Moors
Zoeken naar 'Quorum Sensing' systeem van Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 en de functie ervan op aarde en in de ruimte
SCK•CEN mentor: Natalie Leys
Promoter: Jos Vanderleyden (KULeuven)
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