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The Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT) integrates chemical science and engineering in its research on catalysis, polymerization, kinetics, reactor design and process design. LCT is part of the Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University in Belgium and member of the Centre for Sustainable Chemistry (CSC) of Ghent University. LCT aims at research excellence and bottom-up innovation in the framework of technological, industrial, and societal challenges.

Anton De Vylder is the winner of the "2015 DNV GL Safer, Smarter, Greener Master's Thesis Award"

(03-11-2015)

Anton De Vylder is the winner of the 2015 DNV GL Safer, Smarter, Greener Master’s Thesis Award and presented his work at the 7th annual DNV GL Process Asset and Risk Management Conference (PARC) in Brussels. This award aims to recognize and reward distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level in a topic that helps organizations to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. The title of his work is “Unraveling the mechanism of bioethanol conversion to chemical building blocks”, and is performed under the guidance of ir. Kristof Van der Borght. Supervisors from Ghent University are Prof. dr. ir. Joris W. Thybaut and dr. Vladimir V. Galvita. Congratulations!