Laureates of the SCK CEN Award for best master’s thesis
Academic year 2021-2022
- Kamiel Ceusters
Numerical study of cavitation in liquid-bismuth eutectic
SCK CEN mentor: Mikhail Iarmonov
University promoter: Joris Degroote (UGent)- Ciro Alfonso Cerviño
Target accuracy requirements for MYRRHA
SCK CEN mentor: Pablo Romojaro
University promoter: Nuria García Herranz (Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Academic year 2020-2021
- Cynthia Van Rompay
Investigation of the potential interplay of spaceflight conditions on the skin
SCK CEN mentors: Eline Radstake & Mieke Verslegers
University promoter: Prof. Eva Geuens (UAntwerpen)- Judy Rosso
In-containment aerosol source team behaviour - Analysis in support of MYRRHA safety assessment
SCK CEN mentor: Dario Bisogni & Guy Scheveneels
Promoter: Prof. Fabio Subba (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Academic year 2019-2020
- Heddy Barale
Application of the SERPENT2 code to neutronic analyses of the MYRRHA core: a sensitivity approach
SCK CEN mentors: Augusto Hernandez Solis & Luca Fiorito
University supervisor: Prof. Gianni Coppa (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)- Yohannes Molla
OpenMC modelling of the critical MYRRHA configuration: an emphasis on cross-section homogenization
SCK CEN mentors: Augusto Hernandez Solis & Alexey Stankovskiy
Supervisor: Prof. Juhani Hyvarinen (LUT, Finland)
Academic year 2018-2019
- Bouke Kaaks
Numerical investigation of low-Prandtl triple jets
SCK CEN mentors: Edoardo Cascioli & Steven Keijers
University supervisor: Prof. Sasa Kenjeres (TUDelft)- Alexander Nieuwborg
Design and shielding for a future moon habitat
SCK CEN mentors: Sarah Baatout & Marjan Moreels
Supervisor: Prof. Sarah Baatout (KU Leuven)
Academic year 2017-2018
- Dornatien Chuo Anang
The role of intercellular communication in radiation-induced atherosclerosis
SCK CEN mentors: An Aerts & Raghda Ramadan
University supervisor: Prof. dr. Ronald Driesen (UHasselt)- Manon Coone
Early-life X-ray exposure: At risk for premature ageing and neurodegeneration
SCK CEN mentors: Emma Coninx & Mieke Verslegers
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Lieve Moons (KU Leuven)
Academic year 2016-2017
- Els Vromans
The role of intercellular communication in radiation-induced atherosclerosis
SCK CEN mentors: An Aerts & Raghda Ramadan
University supervisor: Prof. dr. Niels Hellings (UHasselt)- Bent Hubrecht
Unraveling changes in brain development and visual cortex maturation in prenatally irradiated mice
SCK CEN mentor: Mieke Verslegers
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Lutgarde Arckens (KU Leuven)
Academic year 2015-2016
- Emma Coninx
Mitochondria: a matter of life and death after irradiation?
SCK CEN mentors: An Aerts & Bjorn Baselet
University supervisor: Prof. Quirine Swennen (UHasselt)- Mauro Platti
Seismic sloshing of heavy liquid metal in a suspended structure with internals
SCK CEN mentors: Bong Yoo, Steven Keijers & Enrique Velez
Supervisors: Prof. Federico Perotti & Prof. Marco Enrico Ricotti (University Politecnico di Milano)
Academic year 2014-2015
- Bert Rossaert
Boiling heat transfer through vertical stagnant water annulus: approaches for modelling of CHF
SCK CEN mentor: Patrice Jacquet
University supervisor: Prof. Yann Bartosewiecz (UCL)- Raghda Ramadan
Radiation-induced molecular modulations in thyroid cells under iodine-deficiency
SCK CEN mentor: Hanane Derradji
Supervisor: Prof. Veerle Somers (UHasselt)
Academic year 2013-2014
- Marjolein Heymans
Invloed van prenatale blootstelling aan straling op veroudering van de hersenen bij de muis
SCK CEN mentors: Tine Verreet & Rafi Benotmane
University supervisor: Prof. Lieve Moons (KULeuven)- 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
Supervisor: Prof. Baldwin Van Gorp (KULeuven)
Academic year 2012-2013
- Yves Meyvis
Consequences of space stressors in immunity: evaluation of immunological changes using space-simulated in vitro models
SCK CEN mentor: Marjan Moreels
University supervisor: Prof. Sarah Baatout (UGent - SCK CEN)- Ilse Luyckx
Aptamer-based radiopharamceuticals: characterization of the HB5 aptamer targeting HER2 in breast cancer
SCK CEN mentor: An Aerts
Supervisor: Prof. Sylvia Dewilde (University of Antwerp)- Monica Chiapetto
Modelling of nanostructure evolution under irradiation in model alloys
SCK CEN mentor: Lorenzo Malerba
Supervisor: Prof. Piero Ravetto, Politecnico di Torino & Prof. Emilie Ferrie, Grenoble INP
Academic year 2011-2012
- 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 supervisor: Prof. Y. Bartosiewicz, (UCLouvain)- Jan Cools
Ontwerp en functionele validatie van complexe impedantie meter voor karakterisering van ultrasone transducers (Design and functional validation of complex impedance meter for characterisation of ultrasonic transducers)
SCK CEN mentor: Wouter De Cock
Supervisor: Paul Leroux (KHK)
Academic year 2010-2011
- 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 supervisor: Eric van Walle (KULeuven)- 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 supervisor: Prof. Peter Baeten (VUB)
Academic year 2009-2010
- Steven Peetermans
Windowless spallation target - Proton beam interaction study in the MYRRHA reactor
SCK CEN mentor: Katrien Van Tichelen, Jan Heyse
University supervisor: Prof. Jan Vierendeels (UGent)
Assessors: Jacqueline Lecomte-Beckers (ULg) and Luc Dupré (UGent)
University supervisor: Eric van Walle (KULeuven)- Guillaume Bousselin
Validation of planar probe diagnostics for plasmatron VISIONI and its application for the study of deuterium retention in tungsten
SCK CEN mentors: Inge Uytdenhouwen, Johan Schuurmans
University supervisor: Prof. Guido Van Oost (UGent), Jose Ramon Martin Solis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Academic year 2008-2009
- Jérémy Debast
Investigation of the Gamma-radiation effects on recoated fiber Bragg gratings
SCK CEN mentor: Andrei Goussarov
University supervisor: Prof. Patrice Mégret, Prof. Marc Wuilpart (Faculté Polytechnique de Mons)- Ciaran Cleary
Safeguard Analysis of Material Flows in a Gas Centrifuge Plant
SCK CEN mentor: Roland Carchon
University supervisor: Prof. Charles Patterson (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Academic year 2007-2008
- Ruben Van Marcke
ALARA research on BR2/SIDONIE
SCK CEN mentor: Frank Joppen
Supervisor: Herwig Janssens (XIOS Hogeschool Limburg)- Julien Hautefeld
Etude des conditions spatiales sur le développement embryonnaire de la souris
SCK CEN mentor: Sarah Baatout
Supervisor: Eugénie Jurdan (Haute Ecole Charleroi-Europe
Academic year 2006-2007
- Werner Brouwers
Nucleaire ontsmetting van CALLISTO, een experimentele kringloop in de BR2 testreactor (Nuclear decontamination of CALLISTO, an experimental cycle in the BR2 test reactor)
SCK CEN mentor: Marcel Wéber
Supervisor: Luc Lievens (XIOS Hogeschool Limburg)- Hugo Moors
Zoeken naar 'Quorum Sensing' systeem van Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 en de functie ervan op aarde en in de ruimte (Searching for ‘Quorum Sending’ system of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 and its function on earth and in space)
SCK CEN mentor: Natalie Leys
Supervisor: Jos Vanderleyden (KULeuven)