The University of Liège is the comprehensive public university of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Its excellence is based on two centuries of academic education and research as well as on an intellectual tradition that has thrived in Liège since the Middle Ages.
Open to the city, ULiège contributes to a more active citizenship thank to the dissemination of knowledge, the promotion of public debate and the organisation of platforms and forums involving citizens, researchers and external groups.
In a constantly changing society, ULiège aims to be in permanent movement to anticipate and adapt to the evolutions taking place around the world. It fosters an open culture of access to knowledge (Open Access), supports innovation and promotes creativity within the different areas of science and technology, life sciences, human sciences, arts and culture.
Rooted in its environment, ULiège is committed to the economic and social development of the Liège metropolis where it is a key player. It encourages technology transfer and research exploitation projects in order to create new activities and skilled jobs. It maintains ongoing contact with companies and institutions. Together with Liège University Hospital (CHU), it is the region's largest employer.
The HECE research group is part of the applied science faculty (ULiège engineering school). It engages in research, teaching and services in the areas of fluid mechanics, hydrology, hydraulic engineering, hydroelectricity, fluvial hydrodynamics and high-pressure hydrodynamics. It studies the transport of elements caused by flows, optimises the functioning of hydraulic structures and considers the environmental aspects and risks associated with man-made or natural flows. To do so, it develops and implements numerical modelling tools (WOLF software suite), builds and uses physical scale models (hydraulic engineering laboratory) and proposes measure-made digital-physical combinations.
Involvement in the Life4Fish project::
Within the scope of the Life4Fish project, HECE provides its expertise in hydraulic modelling to establish a link between the behaviour of fish approaching the hydropower plants on the Lower Meuse in Wallonia and the detailed flow conditions in order to improve the design of structures facilitating downstream migration. These will be conducted by implementing numerical and experimental methods on physical scale models./p>
Websites:
www.uliege.be
www.hece.ulg.ac.be
