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Photonics Innovation Center celebrates 10-year anniversary at Flanders Technology & Innovation
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Photonics Innovation Center with us! At Flanders Technology and Innovation, the biggest tech fair in Flanders and Brussels, B-PHOT opens up its labs to the broad public. Register for a guided tour on 15 (B2B), 16 or 17 March 2024 and experience how photonics and light innovate society.
A very successful year for B-PHOT
We launched 2024 at full speed! Let's take a moment to look back on 2023 and discover our realisations in research, innovation, collaboration, STEM and education. We look back AND forward to a new year full of challenges and opportunities, together with our professors, research teams, students and all other staff.
PhotonHub Experience Centre 'Optics and Freeform Optics' 2024
B-PHOT will host the PhotonHub Experience Centre on 'Optics and Freeform Optics' in Brussels from 12 to 14 March 2024. Join our researchers in their labs and discover the basic technical insights and skills in optics and freeform optics design, prototyping, metrology and manufacturing.
VUB survey highlights B-PHOT as an exceptional workplace
In a recent well-being survey conducted by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-PHOT Brussels Photonics has emerged as a top-rated workplace. According to employees, the department fosters a positive working environment characterized by trust and ample resources.
Hugo Thienpont guest in classical radio station Klara
The Flemish classical radio station Klara and host Katelijne Boon welcomed VUB vice-rector for Innovation Prof. Hugo Thienpont in her show 'De Liefhebber', presenting his favourite music.
Olga Rusyakina successfully defends PhD research thesis
Olga Rusyakina successfully defended her PhD entitled 'Photonic crystal fiber with cascaded fiber Bragg gratings for plasmonic refractometry and biosensing' in a public session on December 4th 2023.
Free interactive training on Optical Fibre Sensing at PhotonHub Demo Centre in Photonics Campus
On November 28, B-PHOT hosted a free PhotonHub Demo Center on Optical Fibre Sensing Applications. Our experts welcomed the participants at the Photonics Campus in Gooik for an interactive training session.
Camila Castillo wins Best Student Presentation Award at Symposium on Physics and Laser Dynamics
B-PHOT PhD student Camila Castillo has won the Best Student Presentation Award at the International Symposium on Physics and Applications of Laser Dynamics 2023 (IS-PALD 2023).
Over 1300 youngsters discover photonics at Day of Science in Brussels
During the Science Festival at the Day of Science in Brussels, over 1300 young people from all over Belgium came to discover technology, physics, space, society and several other scientific disciplines. B-PHOT was present at Muntpunt to experiment with photonics and light painting!
Flemish network of enterprises VOKA visits Photonics Innovation Center
B-PHOT hosted a company visit by the Flemish network of enterprises VOKA Vlaams-Brabant. Local entrepreneurs visited the Photonics Innovation Center in Gooik where they were welcomed for a networking event, a lab tour and a dinner.
Join B-PHOT at Day of Science in Brussels
Discover the B-Photonics booth on November 26th at Day of Science, the biggest science event in Flanders. Find out why light plays an innovative role in all of our lives, try out light painting and enjoy many other experiments at Muntpunt in Brussels!
Interview with Prof. Thienpont on 'Flipped Tech Transfer - A New Model for Academic Research'
David Giltner spoke to B-PHOT research director Hugo Thienpont to find out what "flipping the tech transfer model" means. Prof. Thienpont explains his rather uncommon view on industry collaboration and how it was the foundation of our research group B-PHOT at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.