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Oscar and Jacques Peters Fund

The fund aims to use its capital proceeds to award a triennial prize "OSCAR AND JACQUES PETERS PRIZE", shortened to "PETERS PRIZE".
 

Award Ceremony of the The International O&J Péters Prize 2022, 25 October 2022.

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If you would like to support this fund, you can do so by donating to IBAN account number BE48 5583 9126 0027, KU Leuven BIC code GKCCBEBB, adding the communication 0FO-KAP037-P3290.

If you donate at least 40 euro on an annual basis, you will be entitled to a tax certificate and a 45% tax reduction on the donated amount. You will receive your certificate in March of the year following your donation.

The Oscar and Jacques Peters Fund was established in 1986 following the award of the prestigious Georg Schlesinger Preis of the Senate of union state Berlin to Professor Jacques Péters. With the proceeds of this fund, the triennial Oscar and Jacques Péters Prize was awarded to authors of a meritorious scientific work or to postdoc fellowships or a project in the Global South. To date, the prize has already been awarded to a dozen laureates. 

In his will, em. Prof. Jacques Péters, who died in December 2018 at the age of 95, left a significant bequest to KU Leuven for the benefit of the fund. With these wider resources, the fund's management committee aims to give the prize a greater international profile by awarding two prizes: 

1. The International O&J Péters Prize.

The Prize is awarded triennially to one or more individuals for a meritorious scientific or technological contribution, with positive impact on society, in the broad field of mechanical production techniques. 

2. The O&J Péters Grant for Development Cooperation 

The "O&J Péters Grant for Development Cooperation" are scholarships or grants awarded triennially to one or more application files from one of the following categories:

  • Category 1. A postdoc grant for a stay at KU Leuven, of a researcher from a university institution in the Global South.
  • Category 2. Financial support for a teaching or research project carried out in the Global South with support from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven. 
  • Category 3. Starting grant to a young academic in the Global South, with PhD from KU Leuven, to start his/her academic career at an academic engineering school in the Global South.
 

"The significance of Professors Oscar and son Jacques Péters for the field of mechanical manufacturing techniques, which they elevated to a scientific discipline, can hardly be overestimated. By awarding The International O&J Péters Prize and the O&J Péters Grant for Development Cooperation, the O&J Péters Fund aims to keep their memory alive internationally."

Professor Hendrik Van Brussel

Professor Hendrik Van Brussel is manager of this fund.

(Donated by emeritus professor dr h. c. ir Jacques Péters)

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Our laureates

  • 1988: Dr. ir. Willem Dekeyser: “Knowledge-based System for Wire-EDM” 
  • 1991: Dr. ir. Luc Van Aken: “Robot Motion in Free Space – Task specification and Trajectory Planning” 
  • 1998: Dr. Ir. Bart Van der Schueren: "Contribution to the Development of Selective Metal Powder Sintering Technology". 
  • 2002: Prof. Susantha Pathirana (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka): Visiting Fellowship at KU Leuven 
  • 2007: Dr. ir. Indra Tanaya (Swiss-German University, Bandung,Indonisië): Visiting Fellowship at KU Leuven 
  • 2011: Dr. ir. Thi Hong Ming NGUYEN (HUT, Hanoi, Vietnam): Visiting Fellowship at KU Leuven 
  • 2013: Humasol vzw (België): "Micro-hydroproject in Miraflores, Peru, 2014" 
  • 2016: Prof. Zamberi bin Jamaludin (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka): Visiting Fellowship at KU Leuven 
  • 2019: Prof. Indrawanto, ITB, Bandung, ‘Controlling the Machining Steps of Bogies Frame Manufacturing at PNK, Madiun, Indonesia’​​​
  • 2022: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg: outstanding pioneering research in the field of photonics, optics and laser technology  for production engineering, and Prof. dr. ir. Gandjar Kiswanto, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, "Acoustic Emission for Crack Inspection in Micro-Forming Process of Biodegradable Magnesium Implants"

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