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European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development Plus Plus (ECHORD Plus Plus)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Description ECHORD++ will create new opportunities for European robotics researchers to work directly with SME/start-ups and new users/customers to create innovative products. ECHORD++ will continue ECHORD’s two pillars, “experiments” and “structured dialogue”, taking advantage of experience and investment in the infrastructure. In addition, ...
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Geotechnical and geological Responses to climate change: Exchanging Approaches and Technologies on a world-wide scale (GREAT)

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

"GREAT will focus on the geotechnical and geological response to the global challenge of climate change. It aims to promote sharing of mitigation and adaptation strategies on a world-wide scale by involving 5 major European institutions and 6 ICPC institutions from three BRICS countries (China, India, and Brazil). The goal is to facilitate access of Europe to research and innovation carried out in ...
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Integrated engineering approach validating reduced water and energy consumption in milk processing for wider food supply chain replication (ENREMILK)

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

EnReMilk will achieve significant water and energy savings in representative dairy case studies, mozzarella and milk powder production, across the supply chain. The dairy industry is an important food industry sector with sales of €124.3 billion and added value of €17.4 billion p.a. It is a high energy and water consumer, both overall and per unit production: up to 6.47 MWh (5.55 MWhth and 0.92 MW ...
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solving CHAllenges in Nuclear DAta (CHANDA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

"The CHANDA project main objective is to address the challenges in the field of nuclear data for nuclear applications and its acronym stands for solving CHAllenges in Nuclear DAtaThe project will prepare a proposal for an organization that will coordinate the nuclear data research program, and the infrastructures and capabilities of the EU Member States in a stable structure, well integrated with ...
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Ports Observatory for Performance Indicator Analysis (PORTOPIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

PORTOPIA aims to develop, next to extensions of existing indicators within the different perspectives of port performance, innovative approaches for the industry's stakeholders, such as:• Development of a forecasting dimension in port performance management within the market trends and structure category;• Development of top-down methods for harmonised socio-economic impact calculation;• Developme ...
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REtrofitting Solutions and Services for the enhancement of Energy Efficiency in Public Edification (RESSEEPE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

RESEEPE will bring together design and decision making tools, innovative building fabric manufacturers and a strong demonstration programme to demonstrate the improved building performance through retrofitting. The core idea of the RESSEEPE project is to technically advance, adapt, demonstrate and assess a number of innovative retrofit technologies. Reductions in the area of 50% will be achieved i ...
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Multi-terminal DC grid for offshore wind (MEDOW)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

A DC grid based on multi-terminal voltage-source converter is a newly emerging technology, which is particularly suitable for the connection of offshore wind farms. Multi-terminal DC grids will be the key technology for the European offshore SuperGrid.In this proposal, DC power flow, DC relaying protection, steady state operation, dynamic stability, fault-ride through capability, and impacts of DC ...
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HYdropower plants PERformance and flexiBle Operation towards Lean integration of new renewable Energies (HYPERBOLE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

In the recent years due to tremendous development and integration of renewable energy resources in Europe, hydraulic turbines and pump-turbines are key technical components to contribute to renewable energy production and to compensate for the stochastic nature of the variable energy sources, preserving thus the electrical grid stability.As a result, the overarching objective of the project is the ...
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Smart ICT-enabled Rural Grid innovating resilient electricity distribution infrastructures, services and business models (SmartRuralGrid)

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

The Smart_Rural_Grid project is aimed at developing an innovative smart grid approach targeted to the particular conditions of rural electricity distribution networks. The project will devote particular attention to highlight the differentiated specificities of rural electricity distribution and will target the need of gaining substantial improvements in terms of efficiency, quality and network re ...
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Brazilian-European partnership in Dynamical Systems (BREUDS)

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

"This is a project for a partnership between leading Brazilian and European research groups in dynamical systems, a prominent subject in mathematics. An extensive consortium of European and Brazilian institutions will collaborate to provide world leading critical mass and support for research on the very forefront of the field. Work Packages reflect parallel priorities in the research. Transfer o ...
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EFficient FAn (EFFAN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

In all-electrical aircrafts, the corresponding electrical ram air fan should be optimized in order to improve its current design in two aspects: a)generate pressure drop at low flows without surge issues; b)cooling of the fan electrical motor at high inlet air temperatures.The ECS control logics produces two main typical operating points, one with high flow when the ram-air fan creates enough flow ...
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EUropean Training and Education for Medical Physics Experts in Radiology (EUTEMPE-RX)

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

"Medical exposures for radiological examinations represent the highest and fastest growing contribution to manmade radiation exposure in the EU underlying the need for medical physics experts (MPEs), regulators and scientists in industry to bring in new research results and expertise and to deploy resources in addressing this important issue. The EC recognized the urgency and the EU tender ‘Europ ...
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COst-effective COhereNt Ultra-dense-WDM-PON for lambda-To-the-user access networks (COCONUT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The COCONUT proposal aims at the definition, study and realization of a new fully scalable optical access network significantly extending the network dimensions in terms of bandwidth utilization, reach and number of accommodated users. The envisioned access network evolves from the almost-commercial WDM-PON architecture to the realisation of the Ultra-Dense WDM solutions, opening the way to the "w ...
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Development of new biofunctionalized materials for application in regenerative medicine (BIOMAT4BIOMED)

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

Biofunctionalization of materials for application in regenerative medicine constitutes a constantly expanding field that will introduce revolutionary changes in classical healthcare and drastically improve the quality of life of patients. In recent years, extensive research has focused on the development of new biomaterials with the ability to restore damaged parts of the body and enhance tissue r ...
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Modelica library of detailed magnetic effects in rotating machinery (MAGMOLIB)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The project intends to develop a new Electric Machine Modelica Library with improving functionalities for an accurate design and simulation of motors and generators.New Externally Excited Synchronous Machines, Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (PMSM and BLDC) and Asynchronous Induction Machines (IM) models in Modelica language including spatial harmonics and nonlinear saturation behavior, as w ...
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Asteroid Retrieval Missions Enabled by Invariant Manifold Dynamics (AsteroidRetrieval)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Jun 13, 2015,

Exploiting the resources of near-Earth space has long been suggested as a means of lowering the costs of future space endeavours. Asteroids and comets, in particular, are generally agreed to be ideal resources, both in terms of their accessibility and their potential wealth. The intense survey efforts of the past decades have led to a growing catalogue of accessible near-Earth objects, but also to ...
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PORTABLE KIT FOR DETECTING TRAPPED AND BURIED PEOPLE IN RUINS AND AVALANCHES (RESCUECELL)

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

Although avalanches, earthquakes and collapsed buildings are claiming an increasing death toll due to urbanisation, climate change and tourism, Search and Rescue (SAR) operations are limited and expensive. Even research efforts for Search and Rescue services are relatively unimportant due to the specific and therefore limited market for existing products. The main limitations of existing SAR metho ...
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Predictive models and simulations in nano- and biomolecular mechanics: a multiscale approach (PREDMODSIM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The predictive ability of current simulations of interesting systems in nano- and biomolecular mechanics is questionable due to (1) uncertainties in material behavior of continuum models, (2) severe limitations of atomistic simulations in the computationally accessible length and time scales in relation with the scales of scientific and technological interest, and (3) the limited understanding gai ...
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