Videos

Professor Jeroen Lammertyn and his research team at the MeBioS Department have collaborated with the Dutch top chef Sergio Herman to develop revolutionary plates with built-in microchips that release the purest taste components onto the plate. Watch a demo video.

Professor Jeroen Lammertyn and his research team at the MeBioS Department have collaborated with the Dutch top chef Sergio Herman to develop revolutionary plates with built-in microchips that release the purest taste components onto the plate. Watch the ‘making of’.

A team of Leuven professors has successfully developed a compact, portable device that converts brain signals into words and sentences. The ‘mind speller’ has been awarded the SWIFT Prize of the King Baudouin Foundation – a grant of 50,000 euro. This demo video shows researcher Nikolay Chumerin spelling his name.

The short film ‘Student in Leuven’ tells the story of a day in the life of a student band. The video was shot in many typical student locations throughout the city, including a lecture hall, the Central Library, a laboratory, the city park… and, of course, a café.

The short film ‘Leuven’ follows a tourist and a businesswoman on a visit to Leuven. Through their eyes we are shown all of Leuven's attractions, such as the station, the city hall, St. Peter’s Church, the Beguinage, the Botanical Gardens and Museum M.

On 24 November, K.U.Leuven awarded an honorary doctorate to Willem P. Roelandts, the retired Chair of the Board and CEO of Xilinx, Inc., in recognition of his introduction of a management philosophy in semiconductor business, stimulating innovation and establishing a culture focused on human values.

“I decided early on that innovation is the only differentiating factor you can have”, honorary doctor Roelandts says in this interview. “You have to have people who trust in the company because innovation implies taking risks. Therefore, you have to have a style of management that is people-oriented.”

On 13 November, the new American ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, visited K.U.Leuven. He delivered a speech to a packed Promotion Hall and afterwards visited the Central University Library.