May 1968: student revolt impacting citizen’s mindset, and changing society as well as university governance.
1968-1969 The unitary ULB/VUB starts a curriculum in mechanical/electrotechnical engineering in Dutch.
1969-1970: Prof. (Major) Marcel Verlinden teaches Electronics on the ULB-Campus Solbosch. While vacuum tubes and sometimes bipolar transistors are still the predominant devices, he teaches MOSFETs.
1969-1970 VUB – ULB split: VUB becomes an independent university – in the aftermath of “Leuven Vlaams”, Belgium gradually becomes a federal state between 1970 (3 communities are created) and 2014.
1970-1971: Oscar Steenhaut joins VUB from Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, and Jacques Tiberghien becomes the first full time assistant.