Currently I am assisting to the vaccinnet 2.0 project, which uses FHIR as the new data standard. However, FHIR is much more than that.

In May 2024 I followed a training to reskill as a functional analyst in IT through Switchfully, the training department of Cegeka

Continental Shelf Operations (COPCO from FOD Economy) embarked on a mission to track the plumes generated by sand extraction vessels operating in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. This task was carried out aboard the RV Belgica, a substantial and somewhat unwieldy research vessel. In order to achieve precise positioning for their research, they turned to the OSERIT drift model developed by the Institute of Natural Sciences, a tool I managed during two extensive sea campaigns.

We explored the natural connectivity between Belgium and the Netherlands sea waters by simulating the dispersal of invasive species in a virtual environment that replicates the sea currents of the North Sea, because Belgium and the Netherlands wanted to invesigate the idea of a Same Risk Area (SRA) between their territorial waters. According to maritime rules, ships travelling within an SRA don't have to clean their ballast water. Ballast water is water carried in ships to help with stability, but it can also carry harmful species like invasive plants or animals. The term 'Same Risk Area' implies that the risk of invasion is considered the same throughout the connected zones, regardless of whether ships clean their ballast water or not. This means that even if ships clean their ballast water in an SRA (which is expensive and time consuming), the connected nature of these areas allows invasive species to potentially spread across the entire region.

The video below explains into detail why me and my colleagues of IRHOB (Bénin) wanted to created an Arduino underwater thermometer and the approach we followed.