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  • Labo Soete
  • (new address)
  • Dept. Mechanical Construction and Production
  • Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 903
  • B-9052 Zwijnaarde
  • T: +32 9 331 04 89
  • F: +32 9 331 04 90
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Openstaande vacature

Logistiek coördinator met technische focus op proefopstellingen Laboratorium Soete.
Zie nieuws voor meer info of klik hier.

Who we are

The Laboratory Soete has been named after Prof. Walter Soete since 1982, who was a director of the laboratory from 1946 to 1982.

Nowadays the laboratory comprises the department of Mechanical Construction and Production of the Ghent University and consists of a team of motivated people.

As one of the founding members, the Laboratory Soete is part of the Metal Structures Centre or MSC.


MSC

What we do

At the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University numerous Mechanical Engineering courses are taught at the Laboratory Soete, going from structural analysis, over machine elements and welding to applied student projects. More information can be found under education.

Next to our educational tasks, about half of our activities concern basic research, while the other half is industrial or applied research in the fields of weld testing, fracture mechanics, tribology and fatigue.

In the field of tribology our main area of interest is the behaviour of bearing materials for large-scale applications. Over the years we have gathered the necessary experience and developed the experimental facilities to simulate the proper working conditions in such large-scale applications. For the testing of machines, welds and components in fatigue we possess a large array of servohydraulic testers, including a modular test-floor to perform both standardised as made-to-order tests.



News
NEW (In Dutch) Vacature ATP
Laboratorium Soete heeft een openstaande vacature voor logistiek coördinator. Hij/zij zal instaan voor onder andere het uittekenen, opbouwen, instrumenteren, beheren, onderhouden en herstellen van onze proefopstellingen. Ook kwaliteit en veiligheid behoren tot het takenpakket.
Heb jij interesse in deze boeiende functie? Bekijk dan zeker deze link voor meer informatie. De uiterste inschrijvingsdatum is 17 februari 2012.
  New visiting professor
20/01/2012 We welcome Prof. Dirk Vanderschueren into our team as a part-time visiting professor! He will perform multidisciplinary research with an aim to examine links between the areas of metal production, microstructural properties and macrostructural mechanical behaviour. Dirk Vanderschueren has decades of experience from within the industry.
  New researcher
23/12/2011 We welcome Oleg Zaitov as a new member of our motivated team! Oleg will perform research on the advanced joining of dissimilar materials using the electromagnetic pulse technique. His PhD is promoted in collaboration with the Belgian Welding Institute.
  Congratulations!
21/11/2011 We proudly congratulate our colleague Jeroen Van Wittenberghe for obtaining his PhD degree after a highly comprehensive public defence, and wish him all the best for his future career!
  ... and again!
04/11/2011 We congratulate our former MSc thesis students Koen Van Minnebruggen (who recently joined our team of researchers) and Dries Van Puyvelde for receiving an honourable mention at the BIG ('Buisleiding Industrie Gilde') award with their MSc thesis entitled "Experimentele evaluatie van plastische vervormingen en scheurgroei in gelaste constructies" (Experimental evaluation of plastic deformation and ductile tearing in welded constructions)!
Promotors for this work were Prof. Wim De Waele and Prof. Rudi Denys, and the students were assisted by Matthias Verstraete and Stijn Hertelé.
  Labo Soete scores again!
22/10/2011 We proudly congratulate our colleague Timothy Galle for winning the best poster award at the Synergy 2011 conference!
  SCAD journal in DOAJ
20/10/2011
The SCAD journal is now available through the Directory of Open Access Journals. In this scientific database, the journal received the SPARC Europe Seal for open access journals.
NEW Several PhD vacancies
Several new openings for PhD students are available. We are looking for motivated young engineers! Take a look at our vacancy page for additional details.
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