CERDECAM was created in 1982 to promote research, particularly technological research, by collaborating on R&D projects with industrial companies and by advising or assisting individuals, private companies, or public bodies that seek its services in the fields of research, development, or training.
Connection with ECAM
The activities developed by CERDECAM are linked to the training provided by ECAM, which includes industrial engineering in Electromechanics, Automation, Electronics, IT, Construction, Surveying, and Health Engineering.
CERDECAM’s Activities
CERDECAM focuses on applied research projects, offers technological services to companies, organizes continuing education for graduate engineers, and supports the development of entrepreneurial activities for students.
Domains of Expertise
- Acoustics
- Automation
- Mechanical Design
- Construction
- Industrial Design
- Electricity
- Electronics
- Energy
- Mechanical Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- IT
- Health Engineering
- IoT
- Materials
- Mechatronics
- Numerical Modeling
- Programming
- Virtual Reality
- Robotics
- Thermography
- Topography
Ongoing Projects (2021)
- Wireless and Contactless Charging System: Design for robotic applications or light electric vehicles.
- Ego-centric Network Mapping Tool: Development to define the social support network for patients with severe mental disorders, aiming to improve care coordination, patient engagement, and personalized care.
- Hygrothermal Behavior Study Equipment: Design, construction, and validation to study the hygrothermal behavior and energy performance of building elements with full simulation of indoor and outdoor climates.
Finalized Projects
- Real-Time ICT Solution: Development using tracking and detection of points of interest (POI) in 3D from 2D cameras for motion recognition and analysis.
- Urban Wind Turbines: Development of a new generation for building corners.
- Mealworm Sorting Machine: Design to help, accelerate, or even automate the sorting of live mealworms for producing insect meal for bakeries.
- Autonomous Robot: Design using Ultra-Wideband technology.
- Vibrating Floor: Development allowing speech learning for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
- Onboard Image Referencing Module: Design for drones.
- Medical Surveillance Bracelet: Development of a proof of concept circuit for elderly care at home.
- Wind Power System for Street Lights: Design for major roads and highways.
- Online Learning Platform: Development to improve reading and writing skills in the French language.
- Piezoelectric Transformers: Development for generating high DC voltages for space applications.
- New Rafter System: Development to enhance the structural and thermal capacities of timber frame buildings.
- Acoustic Cladding for Upright Piano: Design of a technical prototype aimed at reducing noise pollution in neighborhoods.
- Auxiliary Power Converters: Development of new concepts to achieve better integration into their environment.
Academic Partners
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Integrated Actuators Laboratory
- UCL, Research Institute in Health and Society
- UCL, Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
- UCL, Neuromusculoskeletal Laboratory (NMSK)
- ULB, Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Laboratory
- VUB, Research Laboratory of the Department of Architectural Engineering
- KUL, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UGent, Department of Medicine
- Scientific and Technical Center for Construction (CSTC)
- Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Construction (Greenbizz)
- Saint-Luc University Clinics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit
- ULg, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Institute Montéfiore
- Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
They Trusted Us
- ACAPELA GROUP
- ALSTOM
- AUREA ACOUSTICS
- BELROBOTICS
- BRUXELLES ENVIRONNEMENT
- CDR CONSTRUCTION
- CHOUX DE BRUXELLES
- DGE CONSTRUCTION
- DRONE TECHNIXX
- EDITIONS ERASMES
- EOX CONSTRUCTION
- FH ARCHITECTE
- FORMA-LIBRE
- G.M. ELECTRONICS
- HARO TECHNOLOGIES
- HEALTH & TRAINING
- IDHDIAMONDS
- IRSA
- ISFSC
- LE FOREM
- MOBIC
- OVIZIO
- PARLEMENT EUROPEEN
- QUIMESIS
- SIEMENS
- SWINGURU
- STIB
- THALES ALENIA SPACE BELGIUM
- TRANSVERSE
- COGENGREEN SA
- INGESTIC
- CLIMACT SA
- ONEBONSAI
