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Novel nanotechnology-enabled system for endovascular in vivo near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging and endovascular near-infrared targeted photodynamic therapy of atherosclerotic heart disease (CosmoPHOS-nano)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

CosmoPHOS-nano is a multidisciplinary, translational and business-oriented project, aiming to accomplish the following objectives:1) develop the CosmoPHOS system, which is a novel theranostic (diagnostic & therapeutic) nanotechnology-enabled portable combination system enabling endovascular in vivo near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging, endovascular near-infrared targeted photodynamic thera ...
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Sustainable Manufacturing through Advanced Robotics Training in Europe (SMART-E)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"The proposed training network will prepare the next generation of leading Advanced Roboticists to secure a Sustainable Manufacturing (SMART-E) sector in Europe. It will train 13 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and 1 Experienced Researcher (ER) and develop a leading European doctoral training programme, sustainable beyond the network’s duration. The SMART-E combines state-of-the-art techniques an ...
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Development of improved perennial non-food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments (WATBIO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"The goal of WATBIO is to use the power of next generation sequencing to develop an accelerated route for producing new germplasm with enhanced drought tolerance whilst maintaining biomass productivity and quality in water scarce, marginal environments unsuitable for food crops.This will be achieved for three non-food crops (Populus, Miscanthus and Arundo), suitable for growth on water scarce, mar ...
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European School of DNA Nanotechnology (EScoDNA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

DNA Nanotechnology is an emerging interdisciplinary area that will underpin the development of future nanoscience-based technologies for areas such as medicine, diagnostic tools, optics and electronics. DNA nanotechnology is based on the unique self-assembly properties of DNA which allow the rational design and synthesis of complex nanoscale structures with predictable form and function. Many othe ...
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Direct ElectroChemical Oxidation Reaction of Ethanol: optimization of the catalyst/support assembly for high temperature operation (DECORE) (DECORE)

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

The main general goal of DECORE is to achieve the fundamental knowledge needed for the development of a fuel cell (FC) electrode, which can operate efficiently (both in terms of activity and selectivity) as the anode of a direct ethanol (EOH) FC (DEFC) in the temperature range between 150-200 °C (intermediate-T). Such a technology is still lacking in the market. The choice for EOH as an alternativ ...
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Self-healing concrete to create durable and sustainable concrete structures (HEALCON)

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

"Within the call “Self-healing materials for prolonged lifetime”, self-healing concrete is an important topic. Adequate perpetuation of the road, tunnel and bridge network, is crucial to preserving European cohesion and business operations; and around 70% of this infrastructure is made of concrete. In order to guarantee liquid tightness of concrete structures, and enhance durability of elements pr ...
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Thermo-acoustic and aero-acoustic nonlinearities in green combustors with orifice structures (TANGO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

"Combustion instabilities represent a serious problem for combustion-driven devices, such as gas turbine engines and domestic burners. These instabilities can cause intense pressure oscillations, which in turn causes excessive structural oscillations, fatigue and even catastrophic damage to combustor hardware. In recent years, the development of clean combustion systems with reduced pollution of t ...
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Aerospace Multidisciplinarity Enabling DEsign Optimisation (AMEDEO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"AMEDEO is a multi-disciplinary design optimisation (MDO) research training network designed to provide outstanding leadership career development for talented young researchers. Network training incorporates advanced multi-disciplinary optimisation, high fidelity simulation tools and techniques for resolving complex engineering design problems in the aerospace industry. It is complemented by a com ...
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Collaborative Network for Training in Electronic Skin Technology (CONTEST)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"Future electronic systems will be bendable and conformable. They will be wearable, disposable, and ubiquitous. CONTEST will train young researchers in the fast expanding field of flexible and large area electronics with emphasis on “wearable” devices.Training will be implemented through well-defined work packages covering critical aspects of flexible electronics, converging towards an electronica ...
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TRAINING NETWORK ON ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS INTEGRATED WITH LIVING SYSTEMS FOR NEUROSCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND APPLICATIONS (OLIMPIA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"OLIMPIA is a training network initiative built on research and development of innovative organic optoelectronic devices interfaced and integrated with living systems. The living systems of choice are neural cells (glia and neuron) that will be interfaced and integrated in vitro and in vivo with different organic electronic and optoelectronic devices (such as OLED, OFET/OLET, OECT, OPD). The major ...
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Grid cells: From brains to technical implementation (GRIDMAP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Since the invention of the first computers, their speed and computing power have grown exponentially but their fundamental operating principles remain essentially unchanged. Computers are still operating on one or a few central processing units, each with limited interconnectivity. Such processors, coupled with fast access to memory, are good for performing precisely instructed operations on large ...
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Cluster-based Innovation through Embedded Systems technology (CLINES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

To master increasingly complex and multidisciplinary technology and business chains in ICT, partnering, risk-sharing and mobilisation of critical mass across the Union are needed. CLINES cluster partnership will address many of the difficulties facing innovative research and business actors.The CLINES partnership builds on the cooperation and experience of four European Research Driven Regional cl ...
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Education in advanced VR/AR Safety Systems for Maintenance in Extreme Environments (EDUSAFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

"The Edusafe project is a 4-year ITN with 10 ESR and 2 ER researchers, which focuses on research into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) during planned and emergency maintenance in extreme environments (nuclear installations, space, deep sea etc). The scientific objective of this project is research into advanced VR and AR technologies for a personnel safety system platform ...
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Enabling Technologies for Large-Scale Sensor and Control Networks (TEASCONE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

"The vision of an interconnected world where wireless sensor, actuator and controllers are embedded everywhere is materializing. The next step in this evolution is to automatically act on the physical environment based on sensor measurements. Examples of such large-scale networked control systems are found in smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, process and automation industries, e-hea ...
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Application of new technologies and methods in nutrition research – the example of phenotypic flexibility (NutriTech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

NutriTech will build on the foundations of traditional human nutrition research using cutting-edge analytical technologies and methods to comprehensively evaluate the diet-health relationship and critically assess their usefulness for the future of nutrition research and human well-being. Technologies include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, laser scanning cytometry, NMR based ...
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novel CATAlyst structures employing Pt at Ultra Low and zero loadings for auTomotive MEAs (CATAPULT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

"Project CATAPULT proposes to develop a radically new concept for automotive PEM fuel cell catalysts based on novel structures wherein platinum is deposited as an extremely thin layer (
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Simulators and Interfaces with Quantum Systems (SIQS)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The overarching goal of our project is to develop systems based on direct and deterministic interactions between individual quantum entities, which by involving large-scale entanglement can outperform classical systems in a series of relevant applications.We plan to achieve that by improving technologies from atomic, molecular and optical physics as well as from solid-state physics, and by develop ...
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Creativity for Innovation & Growth in Europe (CRE8TV.EU)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Creativity is a fundamental transformative mechanism of the European economy. To study this mechanism, this project brings together 11 of Europe’s leading innovation research centres, and is structured around six themes: 1. Mapping and measuring the creative-cultural industries and their impacts; 2. Understanding and modelling creativity and design; 3. Entrepreneurship and industrial dynamics in ...
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Optimising Subsidiary Crop Applications in Rotations (OSCAR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

There is a need to improve sustainability in farming systems particularly through soil care and improvement, but not at the expense of productivity. One approach is to focus on a comprehensive advance in conservation tillage. This will be developed from improved ways of integrating subsidiary crops (SC) as living or dead mulches or cover crops with the main crops in rotations so as to simultaneous ...
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Social situation-aware perception and action for cognitive robots (SPENCER)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Description SPENCER will break new ground for cognitive systems in populated environments. While there is an increasing focus on making robots more socially aware, related approaches are still limited in their capacity to perceive, model and learn human social behavior and respond with appropriate actions in real-time from mobile platforms. ...
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Innovative biological products for soil pest control (INBIOSOIL)

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

"INBIOSOIL is a timely project that proposes novel eco-efficient environmentally friendly technologies substantially contributing to the reduced input of conventional chemical pesticides for the control of subterranean crop pests of global economic importance. This would be accomplished through the generation of new formulations of biological control agents (BCAs) based on entomopathogenic fungi ...
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Research on Core Noise Reduction (RECORD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

In order to achieve the greening of the European air transport with the deployment of low emission and low noise propulsion systems the reduction of core noise plays an important role. The ability to design low core noise aero-engines requires the development of reliable prediction tools. This development demands extensive research with dedicated experimental test cases and sophisticated numerical ...
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Standarization and orthogonalization of the gene expression flow for robust engineering of NTN (new-to-nature) biological properties (ST-FLOW)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The ST-FLOW Project merges the efforts of 14 leading European research groups for developing material and computational standards that enable the forward-design of prokaryotic systems with a degree of robustness and predictability that is not possible with customary Genetic Engineering. The central issue at stake is the identification and implementation of rules that allow the conversion of given ...
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Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems (PHOCS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Aim of the project “Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems (PHOCS)” is the realization of a new-concept,photoelectrochemical system for hydrogen production, based on the hybrid organic/inorganic and organic/liquid interfaces. PHOCS takes the move from the recent demonstration of reduction/oxidation reactions taking place, under visible light and at zero bias, at the interface of an o ...
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GMO Risk Assessment and Communication of Evidence (GRACE)

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

The project GRACE willa) elaborate and sustainably implement a transparent framework for the review of GMOs or GM food and feed effects on environment, socio-economics and health andb) reconsider the design, execution and interpretation of results of animal feeding trials as well as in vitro studies for assessing the safety of GM food and feed.The framework will create high quality reviewing proc ...
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Graphene doping and texturing in efficient electrodes for organic solar cells (GO-NEXTS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Organic semiconductor solar cells are a promising route to scalable, economically viable, energy conversion technologies due to the potential for development of low-cost, flexible, large-area cells and modules.In order to achieve the goal of obtaining efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells (BHJ-SCs), graphene electrodes have been recently proposed as a promising candidate. Research is however a ...
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Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes (INTEGRAL)

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

"The vital environmental and socio-economic role of European forests is well documented and acknowledged in policy documents of both the European Union and its member states. However, there are critical incoherencies within and between trans-national, national and local forest-related land use policies, the central issue being mismatches between the policies and their implementation at the landsca ...
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Modelling And Testing for Improved Safety of key composite StructurEs in alternatively powered vehicles (MATISSE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"MATISSE aims to make a significant step forward in the capability of the automotive industry to model, predict and optimise the crash behaviour of mass produced Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composite structures, which will be extensively used in Alternatively Powered Vehicles. The ability to investigate crashworthiness of FRP vehicle structures by numerical simulation is crucial for these light ...
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Advanced multifunctional forest management in European mountain ranges (ARANGE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

"The sustainable provision of ecosystem services (ES) in and from mountain regions is of crucial importance to an array of stakeholders and society in general, going much beyond the interests of particular landowners in the mountain regions themselves. Mountain ecosystems can only continue to provide all these services in a rapidly changing world if a wide array of ES is considered in forest manag ...
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Single-shot X-ray Pulse duration Acquisition (SiXPAc) & Time-Resolved X-ray spectroscopy on molecules (T-ReX) (SiXPAc & T-ReX)

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

Three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques to investigate the spatial composition of crystalline materials and biological specimens have over the last decades been steadily refined to their current nano-scale resolution. However, nearly all of the methods relying on X-ray or electron 3D tomography only deal with static samples and cannot convey simultaneous information about structural changes. One ...
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A COST-EFFICIENT, AUTOMATED, MACHINE STRENGH GRADING SYSTEM FOR SAWN TIMBER (WOODSONICS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

WoodSonics responds to a need in the EU sawmill sector to improve competitiveness by implementing machine strength grading of structural timber at SME sawmills. In the context of a serious crisis in the construction sector, significant savings in production costs and the optimisation of yield through the use of machine strength grading systems can help SME sawmills survive. However, the current co ...
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Enhanced Multicarrier Techniques for Professional Ad-Hoc and Cell-Based Communications (EMPhAtiC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The EMPhAtiC objective is to develop, evaluate and demonstrate the capability of enhanced multicarrier techniques to make better use of the existing radio frequency bands in providing broadband data services in coexistence with narrowband legacy services. The project will address the Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) application, especially the evolution of the Public Protection & Disaster Relief (P ...
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Cognitive Rehabilitation of Apraxia and Action Disorganisation Syndrome (CogWatch)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Neurological patients due to stroke may suffer from disrupted action due to cognitive deficits which prevent them from maintaining independent lives. CogWatch will focus on neurological patients with symptoms of Apraxia and Action Disorganisation Syndrome (AADS) who, while maintaining their motor capabilities, commit cognitive errors during every-day goal-oriented tasks which premorbidly they used ...
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Adaption of WORHP to Avionics Constraints (AWACs)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Technological progress leads to an on-going improvement of products in view of functionality, energy consumption or safety at the cost of increased complexity of tasks to be performed. The aim to achieve optimal performance of a process is getting more and more difficult to achieve as the number of parameters that influence the performance of the process is constantly increasing. The high complexi ...
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Ultra-lightweight structures with integrated photovoltaic solar cells: design, analysis, testing and application to an emergency shelter prototype (ULITES)

Start date: Jan 7, 2013, End date: Jan 6, 2015,

The introduction of new technologies in the fabrication of light-weight high-performance materials for civil-engineering applications opens many new possibilities for the design of extremely lightweight structures. In particular, the inclusion of photo-voltaic cells together with the use of carbon-fiber cables will allow new design concepts combining an extreme lightness with an excellent structur ...
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Quantum Information Theory with Liouvillians (QUINTYL)

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

"The project's main goal is composed of a scientific and an academic training component, and it is to be implemented in the Department of Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich in the research group of Prof. Michael Wolf.The first scientific aim is to extend the mathematical framework underlying the ''dissipative paradigm'' of quantum computing, placing special emphasis on continuous-ti ...
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Targeting the tumour microenvironment to improve pancreatic cancer prognosis (EPC-TM-Net)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal human cancers with a five-year survival rate of less than 5%. Late presentation and a high level of resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs are among the major reasons for this dismal prognosis. The presence of the highest degree of desmoplasia among all solid tumours and the fact that chronic inflammatory pancreatic disease is associated with an increased ...
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Brain controlled aircraft flight using multiple feedback mechanisms (BRAINFLIGHT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2014,

"Several studies have revealed that the activity of neurons is sufficiently capable of providing enough data to enable the control of an electronic device using solely signals provided by the brain. Project BRAINFLIGHT proposes the application of this kind of control in the world of aircraft, to enable people to control aircraft using only neural signals emitted from their brain. This kind of appr ...
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Enabling Cost-effective Process Simulation for the Composites Industry: Efficient Characterisation of Complex Fibre Preforms (ECCFP)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"Composite materials offer significant benefits over traditional engineering materials, combining low mass with increased stiffness and strength, making composite materials a very attractive option for engineers and manufacturers. However, commonly applied manufacturing techniques have been labour and skill intensive. This has significantly increased the usage of a range of processes known as liqu ...
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Development of an advanced design and production process of High Temperature Ni-based Alloy Forgings (HiTNiFo)

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

The strong need for higher efficiency, reduced CO2, NOX emissions, weight and noise reduction in aircraft engines leads to a demand of innovative materials with optimized mechanical and physical properties. The special design of new generation geared turbofan aircraft engines with their faster rotating LPT leads to higher temperatures in the turbine, casing and engine mount and thus requires parts ...
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