Short Training Program - : Please Read Carefully Prior To Arrival at Vki
Short Training Program - : Please Read Carefully Prior To Arrival at Vki
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TO ARRIVAL AT VKI
STUDENT INFORMATION BOOKLET
2009–2010
J. MUYLAERT,
Director
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ARRIVAL IN BRUSSELS
- By plane
The taxi fare from the airport to central Brussels is rather high.
A train service links the airport with the three main railway
stations (Gare du Midi, Gare Centrale, Gare du Nord), leaving
the airport at ..h04, ..h26, ..h36 and ..h52. The journey takes
about 25 minutes and you will effect a considerable saving of
money if you take this train. At the Midi Station, you can take
the "136”, “137” "W" or "365" bus to Rhode-Saint-Genèse
disembarking at Espinette Centrale (see map). You can also take
a train from Brussels Midi to Rhode-Saint-Genèse, leaving in
Brussels at ..h50; this takes about 20 minutes to arrive at the
station of Rhode-Saint-Genèse, where you can take the bus
"136” or “137" to the "Espinette Centrale".
Interesting schedule sites : www.b-rail.be; www.tec-
charleroi.be; www.tecbw.com; www.delijn.be.
- By car
Those arriving from central Brussels should follow signs
indicating "Charleroi". All other directions : please check
enclosed map.
- By train
Those arriving by train should leave the train at the Midi Station
in Brussels, and take the bus "136”, “137", "W" or “365” to
Rhode-Saint-Genèse disembarking at Espinette Centrale (see
map). You can also take the train (as indicated above).
Interesting schedule sites : www.b-rail.be; www.tec-
charleroi.be; www.tecbw.com; www.delijn.be.
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ACCOMMODATION
CALENDAR
2010
April 04 Monday Easter Monday
May 01 Saturday Labour Day
May 13 Thursday Ascension Day
May 14 Friday VKI closed
May 24 Monday Whit Monday
June 30 Friday 54th Graduation Day
July 21 Wednesday National Holiday
August 15 Sunday Assumption Day
November 01 Monday All Saints Day
November 02 Tuesday Memorial Day
November 11 Thursday Armistice Day
November 12 Friday VKI closed
November 26 Friday St Eloi Celebration
December 24 Wednesday VKI closed until 2 Jan 2011
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TIME SCHEDULE
There are three breaks during the day, two coffee breaks of 15
minutes at mid morning and mid afternoon and a lunch break
from 12h15 to 13h00. However please note that experiments in
facilities requiring a team of operators cannot be interrupted to
go to coffee break, and that running facilities or active computer
sessions in public computer rooms cannot be left unattended for
the same purpose.
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but an electric lock, for which you need to know the access
code, protects their entry. You may also have access to your
desk or to the computer centre during nights, weekends, or other
holiday periods, but during these periods access to VKI is
possible only through the VKI main front gate, as all other
access gates are locked. The VKI main front gate has to be kept
closed, and the same access code has to be used to open it.
Remember that for security reasons, it is mandatory to close
again the front main gate each time you come in or go out, even
if you plan to pass through the same gate a short time after.
Please refer to the VKI map, which has been given to you, or to
the VKI description on our WEB site, to identify the location of
all these premises.
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accident, and will follow specific instructions, if any,
previously given to you by the VKI Safety Officer.
4. In any case you are not authorized to operate large facilities
or noise-producing facilities.
5. In any case you are supposed to identify yourself at any
request of the security night-watcher.
IDENTIFICATION
DESK ASSIGNMENTS
Desks are provided for use by students in the study rooms. Mr.
E. Vanhaelen (Administrative Office) assigns these on an
individual basis. You are responsible for bringing back to him
your desk key at the end of your training period.
FELLOWSHIPS
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MEDICAL
All students must provide the proof that they are covered by a
health insurance in Belgium.
BANK
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TELEPHONE
CANTEEN
You can also buy drinks from the canteen during its opening
hours specified above, to take them to your desk or laboratory,
but you are kindly requested to take back to the canteen within
one day (and not to use them as a tool in your lab) any cup,
plate, glass, spoon or any other borrowed tableware.
Furthermore, to avoid any liquid spillage, dangerous for
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computer or equipment safety, you are not allowed to have any
drink in proximity of any keyboard or electrical control panel.
Please dispose of properly in a trash bin, and do not leave in the
laboratories, study rooms and computer centre any remnants of
food, food packing, drink cans, etc.
SMOKING
LIBRARY
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3. When leaving the library, submit the books/reports you
wish to check out to the librarian.
They will be registered in a database.
4. Books and reports should absolutely not be loaned to
others. In any case, the person who signs for a book or
report remains responsible for it until the book has been
checked in by the librarian. Furthermore, if any book and
report is lost, the person who has signed for it will be
asked to refund its replacement cost.
5. Persons who anticipate a need for new books in the
library for their research or studies should make their
needs known to the librarian as early as possible.
6. If specific journal articles or reports are not available in
the VKI library, the librarian will attempt to obtain them
from external sources. Requests of this nature must be
made as early as possible and be approved by the
supervisor.
7. For information retrieval, a PC is at your disposal in the
library reading room. The search engine is located on the
VKI INTRANET Website :
http://biblio.private.vki.eu/.
This website contains reports, books and articles back to
1990. Previous information has to be searched using the
manual card index system.
8. VKI’s library is connected to several bibliography
databases. To conduct a search, make an appointment
with the librarian (request should be approved by the
supervisor).
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COMPUTER CENTER
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Use of the VKI computers for non-VKI related activities
(e.g. games, internet movie watching or downloading of
copyright protected music or movies) is not allowed and can
lead to prosecutions. Use of VKI printers to print extensive
downloaded internet material unrelated to VKI work, or
personal photographs is not allowed. Sending messages with
falsified or anonymous sender identification will also be
considered as a severe misconduct and could lead to immediate
dismissal from the VKI, even if no malicious intent is involved.
Members are advised to check their electronic mail
daily for changes and updates.
A LCD display close to the entrance provides news,
information about the queues, licenses available and resources.
Members are advised to check these info weekly.
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TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF YOUR WORK
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If you are carrying out an experimental project, you should also
consider that a set of good photographs showing your set-up,
your model, either as a whole or during its construction, or your
instrumentation, is often worth as much if not more than a long
and complicated description, and effectively complements a
mechanical drawing or a schematics. For this purpose, you will
have to request the intervention of the photo lab to take
professional quality pictures, (do not use your personal camera,
as VKI has to keep and archive the negative films or the
electronic images of digital cameras) and this will not normally
be possible during the last days when you have completed your
research and are trying to finish your report, but has to be done
during the two or three months of your stay, as soon as there is
something interesting to illustrate by a picture.
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remember to mention, in the picture caption, the photograph
inventory number assigned by the photo lab.
Role of supervisor
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aspects of your work and for the technical coordination of your
work with other VKI services (like metal and wood workshops,
electronic and photo labs). For instance, if you need to design a
model, or any mechanical piece, you will discuss with your
faculty supervisor its conceptual design and requirements, in
some cases also its mechanical design, and then the final
detailed mechanical design will be discussed with and approved
by the technical advisor. The faculty supervisor will also define
with you the content of your “VKI STP Report”. Please submit
to him for review such report, or parts of it as you write them,
because he has to approve it prior to submission to the VKI
library. In some cases the faculty supervisor may ask you to
make a presentation of your results at the end of your training
period in front of an audience composed of other VKI
researchers, or a demonstration of the functioning of some
equipment or computer program.
Role of Advisor
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Role of Technical Advisor
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problems in the lab, you should report them to your faculty
supervisor.
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Ir. Jean-Marie MUYLAERT
Director
FACULTY
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Dr. Guillermo PANIAGUA
Associate Professor, Turbomachinery and Propulsion
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Visiting Professor :
Honorary Professors :
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Adjunct Professors :
RESEARCH ENGINEERS
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Eng. Janos MOLNAR († 01/12/2009)
Aeronautics and Aerospace
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TECHNICAL STAFF
Departmental
Design Office
Head : Jean-Jacques DELVAL
Staff : Luigi GRECO
Gérard GOOSSENS
Michel QUINET
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Electronics Laboratory
Head : Pierre CUVELIER
Staff : Rémy VOSTES
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Administrative Service
Administrative Office :
Harry HOEBEKE
Eric SEGERS
Claire STALLAERT
Eddy VANHAELEN
Telephone Operator :
Christian VAN OVERSTRAETEN
Assistant to the
Director and
Head of Secretariat : Stella SAUVAN
Secretaries : Lysiane ABBOTT
Carine DE TEMMERMAN
Dominique LANDUYT
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SAFETY AT WORK
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VKI Fire Brigade :
Foreman : Ing. Walter KNAEPEN
Members : Pierre CUVELIER
Jean-Christophe DESILVE
Yves HENDRICKX
Walter KNAEPEN
Alain PETIT
Federico RADICCHI
Didier WELTER
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