On November 24, our two DCs, Alara Karaman and Jiahua Zhang, participated in the Dag Van De Wetenschap (Day of Science) in Flanders, Belgium.  Research done on the manufacturing of VAMMs by injection molding, conducted by the PPE and LMSD groups at KUL, was shared with the public on the Diepenbeek campus by Alara. She…

Last week, 4–6 September 2024, the third METAVISION event took place at the KU Leuven Mechanical Engineering Department in Heverlee, Belgium. This event consisted of the third training school, including the topics Integrity & Ethics, COMSOL, Project management and Persuasive communication.  At the occasion of this training school, also the third General Assembly meeting took…

On 4-6 September 2024, the third METAVISION training school will take place at the KU Leuven Mechanical Engineering Department in Heverlee, Belgium. This combined technical-transferable training school covers the topics of Research integrity & ethics (4 September), Acoustic simulations with COMSOL, Project management (5 September) and Persuasive communication (6 September). The registration fee per DC…

Last week, 15-18 May 2024, METAVISION was represented at the 4th Symposium on Acoustic Metamaterials event which took place in Aegina, Greece, and which was organized by the Young Researchers in Acoustic Metamaterials (YRAM) network. This Symposium is mainly dedicated to Ph.D. students and Early Career Investigators and aims at sharing new advances and breakthroughs…

Last week, two of our METAVISION DCs, Alara Karaman and Yves Pillot, participated to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) conference in Mons, Belgium, organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. The event focused on multiple pathways in researchers’ careers. It was an excellent opportunity for the…

Last week, 18-22 March 2024, the second METAVISION event took place. This event consisted of the second training school, including the topics Standardized measurement of sound transmission & absorption characteristics, Data Management and Open Science and Gender/Diversity awareness. During this week, the DCs got to know the beneficiaries and introduced themselves during the first Internal Technical…

On 18-22 March 2024, the second METAVISION training school will take place at EMPA in Zürich, Switzerland. This combined technical-transferable training school covers the topics of Standardized measurements of sound transmission & absorption characteristics, Data Management and Open Science, and Gender/diversity awareness. This training school will be combined with the first internal Technical Workshop, a…

On 13-17 November 2023, the Training School on Acoustic & Elastic (Meta)-Materials took place at UPV in Valencia. The 5 days training school provided a common theoretical basis for researchers and engineers working on acoustic and elastic structured materials. This training school was offered primarily to DN METAVISION doctoral candidates, but was also open to…

The first METAVISION training school on acoustic and elastic metamaterials will take place at UPV, València from 13-17 November 2023. 

The METAVISION kick-off meeting was held on 6-7 March 2023 in Leuven.