Hugo Sol

General info
Keywords
Professional career
Period 1979-1983: Projectengineer (Sport articles Industry)
Period 1983-1986: Research Fellow (Research Council V.U.B.)
Period 1986-1988: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Applied Science at V.U.B., Dept. of Structural Engineering (STRU)
Period1988 -1995: Lecturer
Period 1995 -2001: Senior Lecturer
Period 2001 - 2006: Full Professor
Period 2006 - 2012: Senior Professor
Period 2012-now: Emeritus Professor (with 10% assigned)
Education
- Technical Engineer Electro-Mechanics, 1975, Hogeschool Antwerpen, België
- Civil Engineer Mechancis, 1978, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B.), Brussel, België
- Ph.D. Applied Science, 1986, V.U.B., Brussels
Research
- Computer Aided Design : Finite Element Programming
- Production of Composite Material Parts
- Vibration Behavior of Structures
- Development of a Multi-purpose Finite Element Program for research and educational purposes (DAPST).
- Experimental Methods for the measurement of Mechanical properties of Composite Materials
- Development of a mixed Numerical/Experimental Method for the identification of Composite material stiffness properties ("Resonalyser")
- Measurement and Analysis of Damping (material and structural level)
- Production Methods for composite materials
- Design of sporting goods (rackets, bicycles, golf sticks)
- Vibration Analysis of railway structures
- Development of Inverse methods for material identification
- RTM permeability identification
- identification of layered elastic material properties
- identification of damage in brittle materials
- identification of composite materials
- Optical methods, digital image correlation, Shearography
- Identification of distributed stiffness of beams and plates
- Fatigue of Composite materials
Publications
Editor of books: Statica, Dynamica, sterkteer (Hibbeler reeks Pearson Education), Piramides in de Kosmos (VUB Press)
Peer reviewed A1 Journals: more than 100 publications
Conference proceedings: about 200 publications
LECTURED COURSES
Continuümmechanica, Stabiliteit, Dynamisch gedrag van Constructies, Platen en schalen, Eindige Elementen, Numerieke Methodes, Inleiding tot Informatica, Computertalen (Basic, Fortran), Experimentele spannuingsanalize, Niet-destructief testen, Composietmaterialen, Elasticiteit en Sterkteleer, Dynamics (BRUFACE), Vehicle Structures (BRUFACE)