Details: Written by Paul Sente; Last Updated: 09 March 2014

The five current Member Organizations are :

the Scientific Metrology Service of the FPS Economy (represented by Miruna Dobre),
the Light&Lighting Laboratory from KU Leuven (represented by Peter Hanselaer)
the Electrical Metrology Service at Laborelec (represented by Philip Vergeylen),
the Mechatronics Pole at the Université catholique de Louvain (represented by Christian Eugène),
the Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory at the Université de Liège (represented by Philippe Vanderbemden)
and the ELEC Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (represented by Leo Van Biesen).

FPS Economy

(the following text has been extracted from the website of the FPS Economy - Metrology)

The FPS Economy ensures that economic measurements are carried out correctly. To do so, it intervenes in the fundamental metrology and legal metrology sectors.

It carries out metrological verifications.

Fundamental metrology

Fundamental metrology, or scientific metrology, aims to develop and maintain national standards and to enable the industry to achieve the traceability of its measuring instruments to the International System of Units.

The FPS Economy participates in research programmes and contributes to scientific innovation.

It is helping to develop nanometrology in order to improve measurements in the fields of industrial and scientific nanotechnology.

Legal metrology

Legal metrology covers all measuring instruments under regulations established by national and European public authorities.

The FPS Economy seeks to ensure the quality of measurements carried out for commercial transactions (retail weighing scales, petrol pumps, water meters etc.) and for certain transactions involving public health and safety (radar speed meters, breathalysers etc.)

Verifications

Metrological verifications are carried out at various stages.

They occur:

in the design and manufacture of measuring instruments (EC type examination, initial verification etc.)
in the proper functioning of measuring instruments during their economic lifetime (verifications of instruments in use ).

The role of the FPS Economy

to oversee the development and maintenance of national standards;
to perform calibration operations;
to identify and seek to respond to emerging needs, particularly in the field of dimensional nanometrology;
to coordinate scientific research in metrology;
to monitor international metrology activities and the implementation of international comparative measurements;
to draw up and update laws and regulations regarding measuring instruments used in the economy;
to organise tests and issue pattern approvals before the market entry of measuring instruments;
to perform a market entry monitoring of the instruments through initial verification;
to carry out periodic checks;
to authorize the inspection bodies to provide certain metrological services;
to inspect the prepackaging by weight or volume of prepackaged products;
to draw up specific laws and regulations on prepackaged products;
to commence an annual inspection programme and evaluate the result;
to carry out verifications prior to the approval of games of chance.

Light&Lighting Laboratory from KU Leuven

In 1997, University Colleges (Master in Industrial Engineering) were urged to start up activities of applied research in close cooperation with Flemish industry.

The Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Industrial Innovation (IWT) was asked by the Flemish Government to manage these actions. With the kick-off of the first research project "Optical characterization of solar cells", the "Light & Lighting Laboratory" startedhis activities officially.

Research activities

At this moment, the main research items are:

Lighting and energy efficiency
Optical design of secondary optics using ray-tracing software
Appearance (colour and gloss)
Photovoltaics: cells, modules and stand-alone systems

Measurement facilities

The laboratory is equipped with the appropriate measurement instruments for optical characterizations: spectral intensity, spectral radiance, luminous intensity distributions, colour and colour temperature, specular and diffuse reflectance and transmittance, spectral BSDF, spectral response.

Membership

The laboratory is an active member within CIE and cooperates with several universities and more than 70 companies, especially SME. The laboratory combines research activities (PhD research) with activities of industrial support (characterizations, optical design, seminars, . . .).

How to find us?

Postal address

Light & Lighting Laboratory
Catholic University College Sint-Lieven
Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1
9000 Ghent
Belgium

Telephone, fax, e-mail

t1: +32 9 265 86 10
t2: +32 9 265 87 13
f: +32 9 225 62 69

e: send us an e-mail via: lichttechnologie[at]kahosl.be

Laborelec

Electrical Metrology Service at Laborelec.

Accredited calibration of electrical measuring instruments (*)

The Laborelec Metrology Laboratory is accredited for calibrating electrical measurement instruments. This accreditation is partially based on an interlaboratory comparison among ten electricity companies and manufacturers of energy meters and standards in Western Europe. Our metrology lab is also accredited for the calibration of electric and magnetic field meters.

Université catholique de Louvain

Mechatronics Pole at the Université catholique de Louvain

Université de Liège

(following text extracted from the website of the Instrumentation Laboratory at the ULg)

Research

The Instrumentation Laboratory at the Université de Liège is part of the EMMI research Unit of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Engineering Faculty (FSA) - University of Liège (ULg).

This Laboratory is specialised in the characterisation of various materials geared towards engineering applications. Basically, the research carried out in the laboratory focuses on studying three kinds of materials:

Functional" ceramics with non-linear properties
Dielectrics et Insulators
Magnetic ordered nanostructures

See more in the pages related to "activities" : ULg - Instrumentation Laboratory

Publications

Publications reported in the Open Repository and Bibliography of ULg (ORBi)

Address

Instrumentation Laboratory
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Liège (Institut Montefiore)
Sart-Tilman, Bldg. B28, Parking P32
B-4000 Liège
BELGIUM

General Information

Liège in Europe, Liège in Belgium
Access to Liège
Sart-Tilman : general map
Sart-Tilman / Institut Montefiore / Zoom

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

(the following text has been extracted from the website of the department ELEC of the VUB)

The department ELEC of the VUB, organizes the 5th edition of a 4 weeks spring school (from Monday 21st of May 2012 till Friday the 15th of June 2012) to give an intensive training on advanced modelling and simulation techniques of (non)linear dynamic systems, starting from experimental data. Besides classical courses and exercises, we also provide hands-on experience by working on experimental data that you will measure yourself. The participants should have a good basic knowledge in system theory and signal processing.

Mission of the department ELEC

"ELEC" stands for "Fundamental Electricity and Instrumentation" (in dutch: "Algemene Elektriciteit en Instrumentatie") and the name corresponds with the educational and research tasks and objectives of the department. The main research activity of the department is the development of new measurement techniques using advanced signal processing methods, embedded in an identification framework. The long term objective of the department is the realization of the IMMI project (Interpretation by Measuring, Modelling and Identification), since 1989. Beside this main project, which covers a broad spectrum of several related activities, also some other independent research projects (national or European funding) are at stake.

Member Organizations