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Gridded Ion Engine Standardised Electric Propulsion Platforms (GIESEPP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...n innovative activity to develop, build and test to TRL5 the first European Plug and Play Gridded Ion Engine Standardised Electric Propulsion Platform (GIESEPP) to operate Airbus Safran Launchers and QinetiQ Space ion engines. These are the only European ion engines in the 200-700W (LEO) and 5kW (GEO) domains that are space-proven, and the consortium’s intention will be to improve European competi ...
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Integrated Components for Complexity Control in affordable electrified cars (3Ccar)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The 3Ccar project will provide highly integrated ECS Components for Complexity Control in thereby affordable electrified cars. The new semiconductors for Complexity management (Control, reduction) will offer the next level of energy efficiency in transportation systems.3Ccar’s impact is maximizing pragmatic strategy: Use semiconductor technology innovations to manage functionality & complexity inc ...
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More Affordable Aircraft structure through eXtended, Integrated, and Mature nUmerical Sizing (MAAXIMUS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Even though composite materials are more and more used in modern airframes, many significant improvements are still achievable. Firstly, the substitution of the assembly of many small composite parts by a single one-shot large part provides additional weight reduction. Secondly, the final assembly line process must be adapted to composite properties (lack of ductility, stiffness). Thirdly, if the ...
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Protection of Critical Infrastructures against High Power Microwave Threats (HIPOW)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

"The HIPOW Project aims to develop a holistic regime for protection of critical infrastructures against threats from electromagnetic radiation. The holistic regime will include guidance regarding hardening measures and robust architectures, a suggested risk management process applicable on organizational level, input to standards and guidelines applicable for critical infrastructures on national a ...
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Integrated Quantum Sensors (iSense)

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

The central aim of iSense is to deliver breakthrough enabling technologies and knowledge to push long-anticipated sensor and quantum ICT applications using cold atoms to a broadly accessible and commercially exploitable level.To achieve this goal, iSense is structured in two highly interlinked and temporally overlapping phases: In the phase 1 iSense will create a science and technology platform in ...
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Internet of Energy for Electric Mobility (IoE)

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

The objective of Internet of Energy (IoE) is to develop hardware, software and middleware for seamless, secure connectivity and interoperability achieved by connecting the Internet with the energy grids. The application of the IoE will be the infrastructure for the electric mobility. The underlying architecture is of distributed Embedded Systems (ESs), combining power electronics, integrated circu ...
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OPtimisation for low Environmental Noise impact AIRcraft (OPENAIR)

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

Reducing noise from aircraft operations perceived by airport neighbouring communities is a major challenge facing the aircraft manufacturing industry, social society and the air transport business. By adopting a whole aircraft approach based on the latest developments in active / adaptive technologies, flow control techniques and advances in computational aero-acoustics applied to the major causes ...
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Nanoelectronics for Electric Vehicle Intelligent Failsafe Drive Train (MOTORBRAIN)

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

The overall objective is to develop sustainable drive train topologies including control concepts for inherently safe electric vehicle power-train. The project focuses on significant steps ahead in terms of: 1. Development of smart electrical power-train concepts comprising high efficiency torque dense motors fully integrated with power converters and storage systems for modularity, compactness re ...
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Nanoelectronics: Concepts, Theory and Modelling (NanoCTM)

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

...y of nanoelectronics. Ten internationally-leading European theory-of-condensed-matter groups from nine different countries [including one of Europe’s leading industrial electronics-research groups (QinetiQ)] have joined forces as full participants, combining theoretical expertise in nanowires, quantum dots, carbon-based electronics, and spintronics, along with interaction and proximity effects in ...
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Development of Pre-operational Services for Highly Innovative Maritime Surveillance Capabilities (DOLPHIN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"Taking benefit from the previous and on-going efforts in the GMES context, the DOLPHIN project intends to develop the key technological and operational gap-filling innovations, leading in the mid-term to a full and sustainable operational exploitation of Earth Observation Satellites capabilities in the EU and MS maritime policies applications.DOLPHIN aims at developing new tools providing effecti ...
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Process Oriented Electrical Control Units for Electrical Vehicles Developed on a Multi-system Real-time Embedded Platform (POLLUX)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"The objective of POLLUX is to develop a distributed real time embedded systems platform for next generation electric vehicles, by using a component and programming-based design methodology. Reference designs and embedded systems architectures for high efficiency innovative mechatronics systems will be addressed with regard to requirements on composability, networking, security, robustness, diagno ...
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Generation of Hydrogen by Kerosene Reforming via efficient and low emission new Alternative, innovative, refined technologies for aircraft application (GreenAir)

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

"Fuel cells for power generation and additional purposes aboard aircraft have a promising potential to contribute to making aircraft “greener” and thus to ""greening of air transport” which is a superior goal of European policy of climate change.GreenAir is addressing one of the key problems for fuel cell application aboard an aircraft - the generation of Hydrogen from Jet fuel (Kerosene) which wi ...
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Lightweight, long endurance body cooling for fire fighters (StayCool)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

There are about 500 000 professional fire fighters in the European Union (EU). When called to fight fires they can be exposed to high levels of heat stress, which results in decreased physical performance and even heat exhaustion. If a fire fighter succumbs to heat exhaustion he requires rescuing and this then exposes other fire fighters and the public to increased risk. In order to reduce the ris ...
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Semantically Enhanced Resilient and Secure Critical Infrastructure Services (SERSCIS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The goal of SERSCIS is to develop adaptive service-oriented technologies for creating, monitoring and managing secure, resilient and highly available information systems underpinning critical infrastructures, so they can survive faults, mismanagement and cyber-attack, and automatically adapt to dynamically changing requirements arising from the direct impact on the critical infrastructure from nat ...
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SCAlable & ReconfigurabLe Electronics plaTforms and Tools (SCARLETT)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The first generation of Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA1G) has been researched via European funded research projects; PAMELA, NEVADA and VICTORIA. This technology supported a revolutionary step away from federated architectures and their classical bespoke electronics to a modular architecture with common resources. IMA1G was introduced to the market on the A380, A400M and B787 aircraft. IMA1G re ...
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Strategic Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning in Interconnected Transport Networks (STAR-TRANS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"STAR-TRANS aspires to develop a holistic risk assessment methodology for Critical Infrastructure and apply it to a wide panel of international transportation infrastructures to analyse and assess common issues for risks, threats and vulnerabilities and identify possible interdependencies assessing the impact of failures on interconnected transportation infrastructures. The successful project outc ...
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Seamless Communication for Crisis Management (SECRICOM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"SECRICOM is proposed as a collaborative research project aiming at development of a reference security platform for EU crisis management operations with two essential ambitions: (A) Solve or mitigate problems of contemporary crisis communication infrastructures (Tetra, GSM, Citizen Band, IP) such as poor interoperability of specialized communication means, vulnerability against tapping and misuse ...
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Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CROWN)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Europe is in the midst of a communications revolution facilitated, in part, by advances in wireless communications, such as wireless internet and leading to the next generation of systems. Both power and spectrally efficient techniques are major design objectives for next generation wireless networks. Recent studies have indicated that many licensed frequency bands remain unused 90% of the time. I ...
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A wearable miniaturized fall detection system for the elderly (FallWatch)

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

Falls among the elderly occur frequently. Approximately 30% of people over 65 fall accidentally each year, and for those over 80 this rate raises up to 50%. Falls are an important factor in the health limitations of the elderly due to a high morbidity caused by physical and psychological consequences, loss of independence and even death. Late or non existing responses cause 2 million persons havin ...
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COordination of NANOMETrology in Europe (CO-NANOMET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Nanotechnology has the ability to become the most promising technology advance for the 21st Century. It offers a huge potential of applications and economic benefits, which may contribute to the European economy. Scientifically and economically, nano-metrology is an indispensible part for nanotechnology which must develop hand in hand with the developments of nano-science and –technology. The p ...
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CREating innovative Air transport Technologies for Europe (CREATE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2010,

"The CREATE project will stimulate the development and the capture of know how and technologies which will enable step changes for sustainable Air Transport in the second half of the century. Such activity on a European scale is currently not available. It will design and implement a process to collect and assess creative and innovative ideas for the future of air transport. The process will incl ...
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Easy positioning of in-bed patients with reduced mobility (EPOSBED)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2010,

"The Need The in-bed positioning of patients with limited mobility is of major importance in order to prevent the worsening of their health condition and improve their comfort. The lack of autonomy to undertake basic movements and postural changes causes anguish and discomfort in these patients. Nowadays, nurses need to change manually the position of patients every 2 to 4 hours. The manual handli ...
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Fire Retardant Line Hoses for Forestry Fire-Fighting Applications (FIRELI)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

"Fires destroy between 200K and 600K hectares of forest every year in the EU-15, accounting mainly for the Mediterranean countries (Greece, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain), and costing the European economy between 200 and 600 million Euro per year, and a number of live loss. Direct earth fire combat using hoses is a key method used for fighting fires in forestry environments, often used in conj ...
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