For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology With the advancement in membrane characterization techniques, our understanding and knowledge of pervaporative membranes have significantly improved. Using the "Preferential Sorption-Diffusion and Capillary Flow" concept as a guide, high-efficiency pervaporation membranes for MeOH and DMC separation were designed and synthesized.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology   The recent development of Elium, a range of thermoplastic monomer formulas compatible with liquid composite moulding processes, has initiated the transition from thermosetting to thermoplastic polymer matrices for the manufacturing of structural composite parts.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology   Immersed granular materials are implied in many different fields.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology When a liquid is in contact with a solid surface, physico-chemical phenomena occur at the interface, leading to the formation of the electrical double layer.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Scineces and Technology Nonlinear dynamic analyses of buildings and infrastructure use viscous damping models to represent energy dissipation sources independent of the materials' constitutive rules.

  Particle dispersion and deposition in a fully developed turbulent channel flow are investigated using direct numerical simulation. The combined effect of gravity and the Saffman lift force on the particle deposition velocities in upward and downward channel flows are considered. The results are compared with recent experimental measurements and numerical benchmark solutions.

For the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences and Technology Climate change is an urgent challenge nowadays. The constant accumulation of greenhouse gases and their drastic consequences have led to intensified research aiming to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment.

X-ray phase contrast imaging techniques extend the unique capabilities of hard X-ray radiation to probe the internal structure of opaque samples to all those cases where attenuation is not generating sufficient contrast.

Biological systems constantly re-model their material structure and properties under everyday loads. Precise measurement of these properties over time directly influences our capacity to innovate functional solutions in biomedical engineering and the biosciences.