News archive Newsflashes First International Student Competition in Structural Optimization
Saartje Arnout has won the First International Student Competition in Structural Optimization (ISCSO 2011), an international student contest open to undergraduate and graduate students in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering organized by Middle East Technical University (METU). Saartje Arnout is an OPTEC member finalizing her PhD thesis at the Department of Civil Engineering. Promotors are Guido De Roeck, Geert Lombaert, and Geert Degrande.
Two OPTEC professors have been awarded three "Gouden Krijtjes", the yearly teaching awards given by the organization of engineering students (vtk). Prof. Lombaert was awarded the prize for the best course in civil engineering, and Prof. Diehl the prizes for the best professor and the best course in mathematical engineering (where he teaches numerical optimization). They received these awards at the yearly "proffentap" where experienced students taught them how to draft beer professionally.
