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EXTREME LOADING ANALYSIS OF PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS AND DESIGN OF METAMATERIAL-BASED SHIELDS FOR ENHANCED RESILIENCE (XP-RESILIENCE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

The tremendous impact of natural hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, etc, which triggered technological accidents, referred to as natural-technological (NaTech) events, was demonstrated by: i) the recent Tohoku earthquake and the following Fukushima disaster in 2011; ii) the UK’s 2015 winter floods which topped £5bn, with thousands of families and businesses that faced financial prob...
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Donor-Acceptor light emitting exciplexes as materials for easily to tailor ultra-efficient OLED lighting (EXCILIGHT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Artificial lighting is a global and growing industry. New forms of efficient solid state lighting (SSL) in particular are rapidly gaining a market share. New OLED technologies (Organic Light Emitting Diode) can revolutionise this industry as they have done in displays because of their potential flexible structure, infinite tailoring of their properties, efficiency and high colour quality. Industri...
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Innovative Open Education on IoT: improving higher education for European digital global competitiveness

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

IOT-OPEN.EU project is aimed at bridging the gap between what higher education offers and what the European labor market needs in the field of Internet of Things - one of the most fast growing and promising areas in the world of information and communication technologies. The European Commission has recently announced the Internet of Things to be one of its flagships for growth and for the Digital...
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Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in organic electronics of the Silesian University of Technology (ORZEL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The overall aim of the ORZEL project is to boost the scientific excellence and technology-transfer capacity in organic electronics of the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) by creating a network with the high-quality Twinning partners: University of Durham (UDUR), Institute of Nanoscience and Cryogenics, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (INAC) and Eindhoven Unive...
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Reuse of mining waste into innovative geopolymeric-based structural panels, precast, ready mixes and insitu applications (REMINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The construction sector, currently in crises in some countries due to the economic development model adopted during last decades, can again play an important role for the European economy to be more innovative by using fewer resources (raw materials and energy) and reducing environmental impact (emission of greenhouse gases and dust pollution). Access to raw materials and resource efficiency are a...
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Innovative Women Entrepreneurs of the Future

Start date: Sep 5, 2016, End date: Sep 4, 2018,

Study on ‘Statistical Data on Women Entrepreneurs in Europe’ by European Comission (September 2014) shows that women entrepreneurs constituted 31% of total entrepreneurs and 26% of all employers in European Union in 2012. Unfortunately, only one third of all entrepreneurs in scientific and technological sectors are women. Decreasing the gender gap in technological sector is possible by engagement ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Phytoremediation driven energy crops production on heavy metal degraded areas as local energy carrier (Phyto2Energy)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The scientific and technological (S&T) goal of the project is to develop and validate an innovative approach combining phytoremediation and production of biomass on heavy metal contaminated (HMC) areas which could be used as local energy carrier. The S&T objectives of the project are as follows: Objective1) selection of optimal plant species suitable for phytoremediation driven energy crops produc...
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Multicoloured ambipolar conducting polymers for single polymer optoelectronic devices (AmbiPOD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The project aims at conscious development of novel conjugated polymers featuring multielectrochromic properties that can find application in polymer electrochromic or electroluminescent devices. Our aim is to obtain new π – conjugated polymers, containing both electron-donor and electron-accepting units by first selecting their monomeric precursors using quantum chemistry tools. Following synthesi...
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Automotive Production Engineering Unified Perspective based on Data Mining Methods and Virtual Factory Model (AUTOUNIMO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

AutoUniMo consortium gathers academic and industrial partners for which modern methods used in production systems are the critical path of their activity. Industrial partner Continetal is recognized by drivers as a tire manufacturer, but few people know that it is also an important producer of automotive electronics. Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH (CONTI) is specialised in design of advanced se...
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Online Vocational Training course on ergonomics for orthopaedic Minimally Invasive Surgery

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

According to data gathered in ‘The Orthopaedic Industry Annual Report: 2009-2010’, nearly 2.9 million joint replacement procedures took place worldwide in 2009, being more than 1.4 million corresponding to hip (in Europe around 800,000 individuals suffer a hip fracture each year). Spine procedures volume exceeds 2.8 million worlwide in the same year (estimating that roughly 60% correspond to Europ...
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Project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

This is a project for higher education student and staff mobility between Programme Countries and Partner Countries. Please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area (OPERRA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

"Within the OPERRA project, it is proposed that the MELODI Association, as a well-advanced network, takes the lead in establishing the necessary structures able to manage the long-term European research programmes in radiation protection, also taking advantage of the valuable experience gathered through the DoReMi network of excellence. Whilst in fields adjacent to low-dose risk research (radioeco...
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Academy of International Techno Entrepreneurship

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Mar 1, 2017,

Supporting of qualified entrepreneurship and enterprise” which is accepted today as the first option in sustainable development of countries by all states is the leading one of important points between 2023 development aims of our country.Especially when we compare our country with developed world countries, rate of entrepreneurship is around % 4,6 in our country while it is around % 11-12 in Amer...
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Partnership for developing energy efficient intelligent load handling system (ILOAD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Technological and scientific purpose of iLOAD project is to meet the needs of civil construction industry and social expectations in decreasing number of occupational accidents of cranes working in different industries and environmental protection requirements. Therefore, the main research goals are to develop a new approach to control system in order to improve operational safety conditions and ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

The project being reported within this document, was carried out as the 1st one realised within new structure of the Programme. However, all actions were undertaken as the continuation of SUT’s long term international cooperation held in previous editions of the Erasmus (LLP/Erasmus and SOCRATES/Erasmus) – our university has been active in the Programme since its beginning in Poland, i.e. since 1...
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Research on EGNOS/Galileo in Aviation and Terrestrial Multi-sensors Mobility Applications for Emergency Prevention and Handling (EGALITE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"The EGALITE project is designed for intersectorial transfer of knowledge and staff training between large university from Poland, Silesian University of Technology, and two efficient SMEs: Pildo from Spain and LG Nexera from Austria. The project will achieve this goal in the field of multi-sensors mobility applications for emergency prevention and handling using European EGNOS/Galileo global navi...
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Optimization of Oxygen-based CFBC Technology with CO2 capture (O2GEN)

Start date: Oct 18, 2012, End date: Oct 17, 2015,

The project objective is to demonstrate the concept of the second generation oxyfuel combustion that reduce significantly (50%) the overall efficiency penalty of CO2 capture into power plants, from approximately 12 to 6 efficiency points.One of the main drawbacks of CCS is the additional energy used for operation. This energetic penalty reduces the power plant efficiency, and increases the cost of...
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Functionalized biopolymers for application in molecular electronics and in photonics (BIOMOLEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The project will unite efforts of leading laboratories of 5 countries: France, Romania, Poland, Brazil and Russia to render the two well known biopolymers: DNA and collagen applicable in molecular electronics and in Photonics Marine DNA, extracted from waste in salmon industry and commercial collagen will be used to obtain biodegradable photoresponsive materials for application in photonics and in...
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Artificial intelligence, branching processes and coalescent – Searching the Information from a genetic Cornucopia (ArSInformatiCa)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The objective of the multidisciplinary ArSInformatiCa project is to reinforce the international dimension of a research career of European computer scientist by training him in complementary skills in a world-class research centre, the George R. Brown School of Engineering at William M. Rice University in Houston, USA. The research will be carried out in two fields of information sciences: artific...
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Intelligent Systems for Structures Strengthening and Monitoring (INSYSM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

According to recent analyses, more than 29% of European citizens are concentrated in 500 largest cities of the continent. Most of these cities are now subjected, or will be in the near future, to significant modification of their urban texture, brought about by the exploitation of new areas and by redevelopment of old industrial sites or the construction of big and pervasive infrastructure. Urban ...
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CO2 Sorption and Flow in Shale Reservoirs (CO2SHALESTORE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"Carbon dioxide storage in geological porous media (oil bearing rocks, coals, aquifers) has been the focus of attention in Europe for the last decade. The most desirable case of geological storage is when injected CO2 is enhancing production of energy source such as is the case of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) or Enhanced Coalbed Methane (ECBM). Recently discovered shale gas reservoirs Poland might ...
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Developing innovative method for recycling used chip board furniture and plastics by producing new environment friendly reusable multipurpose composite material (FurnitReuse)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2013,

Each year thousands of tons wood based furniture including scrapped particle board and panels end their lives being thrown away by their users. At present there is no effective method for utilizing such waste other then dumping in landfills or incineration. This however means more space on landfills needed for storage of waste or contributes to the global warming by generating carbon dioxide and m...
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Research Center for Energy and New Technologies (RECENT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

"Institute of Thermal Technology (ITT) affiliated with the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland www.itc.polsl.pl, employs nearly 80 researchers among them 15 Professors. ITT enjoys national and international recognition in the field of energy research and education.The University is located in Upper Silesia, a highly industrialized part of Poland, undergoing rapid transformation from...
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The Chernobyl Tissue Bank – Coordinating International Research on Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer (CTB)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

This proposal is for continued support for a high quality tissue bank of clinically and pathologically annotated biological samples from patients who have developed thyroid tumours following exposure to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. It not only provides biological material to researchers world-wide but will collate research data from all projects using the resource in a web-access...
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Silesian Researchers NOW! (SIRENA)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

"This year The Silesian Researchers' Night will embrace five most important and renown Universities from the Silesian Region, covering almost all of the scientific activities – natural sciences, engineering and technology and social sciences and humanities! Here we go, for the seventh time, in the same strong and experienced team with even greater dose of humour, fun, music, and answers for all th...
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valiDation of Radical Engine Architecture systeMs (DREAM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

"Since the publication of the ACARE goals, the commercial and political pressure to reduce CO2 has increased considerably. DREAM is the response of the aero-engine community to this pressure. The first major DREAM objective is to design, integrate and validate new engine concepts based on open rotor contra-rotating architectures to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions 7% beyond the ACARE 2020...
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Silesian Researchers with us (SIRIUS)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

"The 2011 Researchers' Night coordinated by the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland) is actually continuation of 5 previous similar events. For the past 3 years we have cooperated with other Silesian Universities acting under the name 'Silesian Researchers' Night'. This year in frames of the Silesian Universities Network we managed to build a partnership of 5 Silesian universities t...
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In search of research (SEARCH_RESEARCH)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

"The 2010 Researchers' night coordinated by the Silesian University of Technology (Gliwice, Poland) is actually the continuation of 4 previous similar events. It will take place in the ""traditional"" two main Silesian Cities, i.e. Gliwice and Katowice, but also in four smaller towns, being Zabrze, Rybnik, Sosnowiec and Cieszyn. The broad and varied programme of acivities will address all categori...
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Chat with researchers (ResNI-Chat)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2009,

A great dose of humour, comments made by well-known and well-liked scientists, bold experiments carried out hand in hand with scholars, answers to all the questions which have bothered humankind for ages: can a man fly? Is a human voice able to break glass? What affects the size of the Moon? Apart from that, activities loved by everyone: workshops, demonstrations, lectures, tours to places usually...
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Enjoy yourself with researching (TEACHBY PLAY)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2008,

A huge lot of humour, commentary by popular scientists, crazy experiments and answers to questions - can a man fly, can a human voice break glass, how to get rid of rubbish and what does the size of the moon depend on? Apart from that, there will be the public's favourite workshops, during which you can write a computer programme, create a multimedia game, trace a flying object or bake a pizza - ...
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Restructuring Cultural Landscapes (REKULA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2002, End date: Sep 29, 2006,

Industrial processes, such as mining, have altered and disturbed landscapes within a short time. Natural and cultural heritages as well as regional identities have often been neglected by changing economic structures. REKULA, the Restructuring of Cultural Landscapes, aims at establishing integrated and co-ordinated measures for a renewed appreciation of altered cultural landscapes. A committee of ...
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CARIBU-Cooperation with ACP countries in Regional and International Bridging of Universities

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

The CARIBU consortium consist of 8 EU and 12 non EU HEIs partners of which the general management is shared between the coordinator Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the joint coordinator Jimma University (JU) in Ethiopia. The composition of this consortium takes into account the geographical distribution, teaching languages, study fields, experience as well as types of university (public, priv...
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