Amber Waterschoot wins Dennie Lockefeer Prize 2023

Amber Waterschoot won the gold thesis prize of the Dennie Lockefeer Chair with research into autonomous shipping. The silver went to Vid Tomljenovic and the bronze went to Nils Muyshondt.

Roel Gevaers member of Zero-Emission Freight Team

Roel Gevaers became a member of the Top Team Zero-Emission Freight Transport, just launched by the Flemish Government.

Logibat closing event

The Logibat project’s closing event was held on April 20, 2023, at Log!Ville in Niel. The project aimed to evaluate the current state and future developments of battery-electric trucks, as well as identifying the challenges that must be addressed for a wider roll-out. TPR's contribution to the project was with the research on Electric Road Systems (ERS).

Regional economics students joined Paris excursion

As in the last 30 years prof. Ann Verhetsel took the students of Real Estate Markets and Location to Paris on 19th of April 2023, they enjoyed discovering Paris’ urban projects and the first sunny spring day.

TPR hosted succesful 8th Antwerp Rail School

In the last week of April, the University of Antwerp hosted the Antwerp Rail School, the eighth edition of an intensive program for rail professionals, academics and PhD students‍