News & Events

We are thrilled to announce the first-ever METAVISION public technical workshop, TopoAcoustics25, set to take place in Le Mans, France, and hosted by Laboratoire d’Acoustique de l’Université du Mans (LAUM). This three-day event, starting on March 19th, 2025, will bring together leading experts in Acoustics and related fields from across Europe. Participants, including METAVISION doctoral…

During January, our METAVISION DCs Nadeen Ayyas, Jiahua Zhang, Marco Ribera, and Juan Pablo Escudero have joined SBB in Switzerland for the industrial secondment research experience. By working closely with industry professionals, the students gained firsthand exposure to real-world challenges, ensuring that their research has direct applications in the transportation sector. This project aims to…

From 9 to 21 December, our METAVISION DCs Alara Karaman, Alexander Kryuchkov, Line Mardini, and Yves Pillot visited Hamburg for their first demonstrator secondment at Airbus. During this trip, our fellows visited the Airbus testing facilities, allowing them to learn more about acoustics and testing in the aviation industry. This enabled the DCs to start working on novel vibro-acoustic metamaterial solutions…

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…