PhD dissertation Sven De Sutter

On 16 November 2016, Dr. Sven De Sutter, MEMC-VUB PhD candidate publicly defended his PhD thesis dissertation entitled "Structural Analysis and Design of a Hybrid Cement Component - Concrete Floor System". 
His study concerns low weight floor system which could facilitate the renovation industry in the future!

For more and visual information on Sven' scientific work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTnuE-PvIu0 

Sven’s members of the Jury were:

· Prof. dr. ir. arch. Niels De Temmerman – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of engineering, ARCH (Chairman)

· Prof. dr. ir. Rik Pintelon –Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Engineering, ELEC (Vice-chairman) 

· Prof. dr. ir. Jan Wastiels - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Engineering, MEMC (Secretary) 

· Prof. dr. ir. Tine Tysmans – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Engineering, MEMC (Promotor) 

· Dr ir dr. ir. Svetlana Verbruggen - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Engineering, MEMC (Daily Supervisor) 

· Prof. dr. ir. Catherine Papanicolaou - Civil Engineering Department,  University of Patras, Greece (Member) 

· Prof. dr. ir. Amir Si Larbi - Civil Engineering Department, Ecole Nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne, France (Member) 

· Prof. dr. ir. Johnny Vantomme -  Faculty of Engineering- Royal Military Academy, Belgium (Member)                 

MEMC wishes you all the best Sven!