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Implant Disposable Antibacterial Coating (I.D.A.C.): a Novel Approach to Implant-Related Infections in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (I.D.A.C.)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

With a share of 38%, orthopaedic and traumatology (O&T) are the worldwide leading markets of implanted biomaterials, involving millions of new patients each year at an increasing trend. Infection related to implanted medical devices is directly related to bacterial capability to establish multilayered, highly structured biofilms on artificial surfaces. Bacterial infections due to implanted biomate ...
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Smart Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems (SMART-CEA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

Half of the European Union's land is farmed. This fact alone highlights the importance of farming for the EU's economy, employment, energy use and environment. In recent years several factors (climate change, unpredictably outside weather conditions, water shortage, energy crisis, environmental pollution) lead to an increase of agriculture production under controlled environments, (CEA) such as gr ...
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Novel Self-cleaning, anti-bacterial coatings, preventing disease transmission on everyday touched surfaces (SELFCLEAN)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Hygiene/antimicrobial issues in public places (hospitals, schools, hotels, public transportation etc) are of crucial importance as inattention could lead to spread of viral diseases or epidemics and consequently to deaths. A typical example is that of hospital acquired infections (HAI). According to The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in the EU, about 3,000,000 are infect ...
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Long Range Ultrasonic Inspection of Aircraft Wiring (SAFEWIRE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Defects in the electric wiring in aircraft have led to serious accidents. Cases in point were the losses of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996 and Swissair Flight 111 September 1998, in both of which ~ 230 people died. Experts investigating almost three decades of international aviation incidents between 1972 and 2000 found more than 400 wire related incidents. The Ageing Transport Systems Rulemaking Adv ...
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Prevention and detection of fouling on ship hulls (CLEANSHIP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Biofouling is the adhesion of biological materials to hard surfaces, such as ship hulls, in a marine environment and it can commence within seconds of the immersion of a ship’s hull in the sea. After 6 months without protection against marine fouling deposits, biofouling growth increases the drag on a hull so much as to cause a ship to use up to 40% more fuel and correspondingly to produce 40% m ...
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In-situ wireless monitoring of on - and offshore WINd TURbine blades using energy harvesting technology - Demonstration (WINTUR DEMO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"WINTUR Demonstration Project will demonstrate the structural health monitoring (SHM) system that was developed successfully in the WinTur R4S project, in order to show that such a system is viable for blade monitoring and can help the wind sector to achieve the kind of energy delivery to business and communities that is desired by reducing operational and maintenance costs. This will be achieved ...
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International Cooperation for the Advancement of Research on the Underlying System of Human Thermoregulation (ICARUS)

Start date: Jul 5, 2010, End date: Jul 4, 2014,

It is beyond any doubt that environmental heat affects tremendously people’s physiological functioning and, in turn, their psychological, social and cultural well being. Classic heat illness and death are major public health issues during exposure to heat stress, particularly for infants, individuals with cardiovascular and respiratory disease and the elderly. The current proposal addresses severa ...
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SUSTAINABLE USE OF IRRGATION WATER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION (SIRRIMED)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"SIRRIMED project will address issues related to sustainable use of water in Mediterranean irrigated agricultural systems, with the overall aim of optimizing irrigation water use. The approach proposed in SIRRIMED for reaching this goal will be based in an Integrated Water Irrigation Management (IWIM) where the improving water use efficiency will be considered at farm, irrigation district and wate ...
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Demonstration of a Condition Monitoring System for Tidal Stream Generators (TidalSense Demo)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The TidalSense Demo project has been conceived by the SMEs intending to exploit a new market with huge potential growth, in Condition Monitoring of subsea energy device elements using the TidalSense System. The TidalSense condition monitoring system has been developed to detect, locate and classify defects in tidal generator structures. The Demo project will allow the SMEs to demonstrate and valid ...
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2013 RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT: The Greek Events (ReN 2013)

Start date: Jun 15, 2013, End date: Jan 14, 2014,

Researchers are usually regarded as persons with limited personal life and needs who devote their lives solely to their research goals in remote, closed laboratories. To this end, primary objective of the ReN2013 project is to alter this misperception and present researchers as ordinary people that have interests other than of their profession, have families and friends and in general do not diffe ...
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Novel Technologies for Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections of Wildlife (WILDTECH)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

With the increasing impact of mankind’s activities on the natural environment, disease naturally harboured by wild animals, both within the geographical limits of the EU and elsewhere, are becoming increasingly significant both for public health and health of livestock, in addition to having direct concerns for wild animal species. We are proposing a project which will combine (i) technological de ...
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Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing of Ultra-Functional Miniaturised Consumer Electronics Using Hyper-Fine Solder Powders (HYPERSOL)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

"The total EU electronics industry employs ≈20.5 million people, sales exceeding €1 trillion and includes 396,000 SMEs. It is a major contributor to EU GDP and its size continues to grow fuelled by demand from consumers to many industries. Despite its many positive impacts, the industry also faces some challenges connected with the enormous quantity of raw materials that it needs for sustainabilit ...
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Long range ultrasonic system for continuous in service inspection and structural health monitoring of high temperature superheated steam pipes in power generation plant with 100% coverage (HotScan)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

A typical electricity power plant of 500MW (both nuclear and conventional) has up to 4 kilometres of pipe work carrying superheated steam at pressures of up to 400 bars and temperatures up to 580 oC. The extreme pressures produce hoop stresses in a pipe causing the pipe welds to creep continuously in time until weld creep cracks are generated which, if undiscovered, may grow until the pipe rupture ...
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"Unraveling the functional architecture of the human thermoregulatory system through immunological, circadian and sensory mechanisms: focus on the mature European population" (THERMOMICS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

"Thermoregulatory abnormalities are major public health issues during exposure to heat stress, particularly for the elderly. Thousands of deaths among the mature have been attributed to heat waves that encompassed Europe recently, while an increase in heat-related deaths is projected due to global warming. Exertional heat illness and death among highly motivated athletes and soldiers also occur fr ...
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Long range inspection and condition monitoring of rails using guided waves (Monitorail)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

The objective of MONITORAIL is to develop a cost effective long range ultrasonic inspection and also a wireless condition monitoring system in order to improve and better maintain the European railway system for better efficiency and safety. This will be carried out through the development of the Long Range Ultrasonic technology which has a certain number of advantages: sufficient inspection time, ...
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Development of Novel X-ray Inspection System for Fast Automated Detection of Counterfeit PCB Components (ChipCheck)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Currently, electronics manufacturers do not check all PCB components at goods inwards. Some manufacturers make random checks on single components from batches of component lots. However, components especially the surface mount type are typically supplied on tape reels to assist with component feed for automatic component placement. The manufacturer cannot check all the components. Typically, a che ...
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Ultrasonic detection and removal of fouling inside industrial and domestic pipes (UltraCleanPipe)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

Fouling, as defined in this project, is the presence of unintended and unwanted deposits on the inside walls of industrial plant such as pipes, storage vessels, reactor vessels etc. Its occurrence is widespread though all industries, particularly oil and petrochemical pipelines, petrochemical plant, other chemical plant, pharmaceutical production, food processing as well as in plumbing systems thr ...
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"Wide-Band, Self-Calibrating, CMOS-Integrated HALL Magnetometer for Current Sensing Applications" (IHACS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

"Electronic systems for smart power control are being increasingly installed in modern electrically-propelled vehicles, motors, and actuators for precise: a) position and motion adjustment, b) force and torque regulation, c) power efficiency optimization, and d) energy saving. The functionality of such controllers relies primarily on electric current sensors capable of monitoring precisely pulsed ...
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DETECTION OF SAFETY CRITICAL CRACKS AND CORROSION IN SHIPS USING NOVEL SENSORS AND SYSTEMS BASED ON ULTRASONIC LINEAR PHASED ARRAY TECHNOLOGY (Ship Inspector)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

Structural failure is a major cause of the wreckage of ships, vessels and tankers and causes loss of life and pollution of the seas and coastal waters of Europe as follows: §In 2004, the total amount of oil and oil products transported by sea reached the two billion-tonne/year mark (more than 40 % of total maritime traffic). The European Union accounts for 27 % of this traffic, with 90 % of Europe ...
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An Open, Ubiquitous and Adaptive Chronic Disease Management Platform for COPD and Renal Insufficiency (CHRONIOUS)

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

Description Health and lifestyle monitoring of people with chronic diseases at a European level. The project developed for example a smart T-shirt to monitor and help the chronically illChronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability for a large amount of people in most industrialized nations.  Chronic diseases have also a ...
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Neural Net based defect detection system using LRU technology for aircraft structure Monitoring (Self-Scan)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

This project will develop an integrated system to monitor the condition of aircraft components, using integrated transducer arrays for improved long range ultrasonic testing (LRUT) optimised to maximise UT wave-defect interaction in order to boost sensitivity. The project will: •Improve the defect detection capabilities of guided waves by generating / selecting wavemodes on the basis of optimised ...
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Continuous health monitoring and non-destructive assessment of composites and composite repairs on surface transport applications (ComPair)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

Composites are used in a wide range of applications in surface transport. Damage to composite components in vehicles and surface transport applications is not always visible to the naked eye and the extent of damage is best determined for structural components by suitable non-destructive and evaluation (NDT & E) techniques. A detailed NDT and/or health monitoring procedure for proper damage assess ...
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Autonomous Robot for an Automatic Inspection of Nozzle Welds in Nuclear Environment (NozzleInspect)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Regular in-service inspection is important to verify the integrity of welded nozzle sections in nuclear and other safety critical facilities. Nozzle sections made from austenitic steel can be susceptible to rapid crack growth due to thermal fatigue and stress corrosion. Early detection of cracks is therefore essential to ensure the continued safe operation of the facility in question. In order to ...
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Development of a condition monitoring system for tidal stream generator structures (TidalSense)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

Due to the increasing demand for renewable energy, a great deal of effort is being put into the development of tidal power generation systems. As these systems go in to commercial production and service, it is important to consider and develop inspection and condition monitoring techniques and systems. Condition monitoring of such systems could be used to greatly reduce the risk of failures and th ...
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In-situ wireless monitoring of on- and offshore WINd TURbine blades using energy harvesting technology (WINTUR)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"This project will develop an integrated system to monitor continuously the condition of wind turbine blades, without human intervention on site, using a novel integration of acoustic emission (AE) and long range ultrasonics (LRU). The system will use flexible light weight sensors. It will not be hardwired, deriving its power from energy harvested from the continuous flexing of the blade and trans ...
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Control for coordination of distributed systems (CON4COORD)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

Control for coordination of distributed systems is motivated by the case studies of control for underwater vehicles, for aerial vehicles, for a road control and communication network, for automated guided vehicles, and for complex machines.The research thrust is in control design and control synthesis. In particular,control synthesis of a global coordinator of a distributed system, in communicatio ...
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Platform for Opportunistic Behaviour in Incompletely Specified, Heterogeneous Object Communities (POBICOS)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The POBICOS project targets communities of regular objects with embedded sense-compute-actuate nodes, found in homes and buildings. Such objects are inherently heterogeneous in terms of sensing, actuating and computing resources/capabilities. Moreover, the actual mix of objects available in different settings is practically unknown at the development time. Thus, the main challenge of applications ...
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Integration of Farm Management Information Systems to support real-time management decisions and compliance of management standards (FutureFarm)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

In the future European farmers will have to effectively manage information on and off their farms to improve economic viability and to reduce environmental impact. All three levels, in which agricultural activities need to be harmonized with economical and environmental constraints, require integrated ICT adoption: (i) improvement of farm efficiency; (ii) integration of public goods provided by fa ...
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The effect of physical activity on muscle biology and health in statin-treated older individuals (ActiveAging)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

There is a great need in today’s Europe for well trained researchers in the field of aging exercise biology. This is greatly boosted by the large increase in life expectancy and the pandemic incidence of obesity, diabetes 2 and dyslipidemias. Statins are the most effective drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol levels. However, statins are associated with several muscle problems, including rh ...
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Enabling Grids for E-sciencE III (EGEE-III)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2010,

A globally distributed computing Grid now plays an essential role for large-scale, data intensive science in many fields of research. The concept has been proven viable through the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE project (EGEE and EGEE-II, 2004-2008) and its related projects. EGEE-II is consolidating the operations and middleware of this Grid for use by a wide range of scientific communities, such as ...
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FOster the Comprehension, adoption and USe of Knowledge intensive technologies for coding and sharing 3D media content in consolidate and emerging application communities (FOCUS K 3D)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2010,

Description With the focus on the awareness of new ways of working with 3D models and objectsFOCUS K3D will support 3D user communities, and help them in the adoption of best-practices for the integrated use of semantics in 3D content modelling and processing. The coordination action will promote a critical mass of interdisciplinary activ ...
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European Researchers’ Night in Greece (EURORES)

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

The need to increase public awareness on how research is performed and is beneficial for the society, has been the driving force for this project. The main objective of the EURORES is to bring closer researchers to the Greek society, increase public recognition and strengthen their role in the research and technological development of Greece. In parallel, EURORES aims to stimulate young people’s i ...
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