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Photovoltaic module life time forecast and evaluation (SOLAR-TRAIN)

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

The quality assurance in the photovoltaic industry is yet in its infancy, requiring both underpinning science and trained personnel to reduce costs of energy. An unmet industrial requirement is an accelerated, and operating environment specific, service life time and energy yield assessment. SOLAR-TRAIN will qualify ESRs in the field of PV durability as part of a highly innovative, multi-disciplin ...
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Silicon based materials and new processing technologies for improved lithium-ion batteries (SINTBAT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

According to the European Energy Storage Technology Development Roadmap towards 2030 (EASE/EERA) energy storage will be of the greatest importance for the European climate energy objectives. The Sintbat project aims at the development of a cheap energy efficient and effectively maintenance free lithium-ion based energy storage system offering in-service time of 20 to 25 years. Insights gained from ...
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Minerals Policy Guidance for Europe (MIN-GUIDE)

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

MIN-GUIDE is a project addressing the need for a secure and sustainable supply of minerals in Europe by developing a ‘Minerals Policy Guide’. The key objectives of the project are (1) providing guidance for EU and MS minerals policy, (2) facilitating minerals policy decision making through knowledge co-production for transferability of best practice minerals policy, and (3) fostering community and ...
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Pilot Optical Line for Imaging and Sensing (POLIS)

Start date: Jan 6, 2014, End date: Jan 6, 2018,

The KET pilot line project POLIS is aimed at maintaining and furthering the innovation capability of CMOS image and optical sensors in Europe. An existing ST CMOS high volume production line, unique in Europe, will serve as the basis of the proposed project. The strategy behind POLIS lies in the development of specific technological modules and to implement them at pilot line level on the existing ...
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Resource Efficient Production Route for Rare Earth Magnets (REProMag)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The overall objective of the REProMag project is to develop and validate an innovative, resource-efficient manufacturing route (SDS process) for Rare Earth magnets that allows for the economically efficient production of net-shape magnetic parts with complex structures and geometries, while being 100% waste-free along the whole manufacturing chain. The new Shaping, Debinding and Sintering (SDS) pr ...
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Pre-standardisation of incremental FIB micro-milling for intrinsic stress evaluation at the sub-micron scale (ISTRESS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"Intrinsic (or residual) stresses, resulting from manufacturing or processing steps, mostly define the performance and limit the lifetime of nanostructured materials, thin films, coatings and MEMS devices.The established techniques for micron-scale measurement of residual stress still have strong limitations, e.g. in terms of spatial resolution, lack of depth sensing, their applicability on non-cr ...
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Multi-Sensor-Platform for Smart Building Management (MSP)

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

The concept of the MSP project is based on a multi-project wafer approach that enables the development of highly innovative components and sensors based on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). The central objective of the MSP-project is the development of a technology and manufacturing platform for the 3D-integration of sophisticated components and sensors with CMOS technology being the sound foundat ...
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Composing Learning for Artificial Cognitive Systems (CompLACS)

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

Description One of the aspirations of machine learning is to develop intelligent systems that can address a wide variety of control problems of many different types. Currently, the technology used to specify, solve and analyse one control problem typically cannot be reused on a different problem. The purpose of CompLACS is to develop a unifi ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Planning in South East Europe  (SNAP-SEE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Assuring sustainable supply of aggregates resource is an important challenge due to their limited availability when aiming at sustainable regional development. Due to the regional differences and historical development, there are diverse approaches to aggregates policies, planning and management in South East Europe, which is hindering resource efficiency and economic development in the region. Th ...
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MERGING ATOMISTIC AND CONTINUUM ANALYSIS OF NANOMETER LENGTH-SCALE METAL-OXIDE SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY AND CATALYSIS APPLICATIONS (MACAN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2013,

The stability of thin films in contact with different materials is a critical issue for a wide range of modern devices, including high-k films in the microelectronics industry, metal electrodes for fuel cells, and nanometer sized particles on oxides for catalysis. Some groups are working on thermodynamic analysis of thin film stability, who correlate relative interface energies with dopant adsorpt ...
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Options of actions - strategic positioning of small and medium sized cities (OP-ACT)

Start date: Jul 18, 2010, End date: Jan 18, 2013,

Addressing challenges faced by "shrinking cities" coping with demographic change, advanced deindustrialisation and the crisis Achievements: Documents/reports:Agenda_Notodden_14._16.02.2011.pdf20/02/2015Past_and_present_-_OPACT.pdf20/02/2015Agenda_OPACT_DabrowGornicza.pd ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Oct 29, 2011,

Aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) are crucial for infrastructure and construction. SEE countries are rich in aggregates, but supply is not coordinated within or across the area. Challenges are illegal and damaging quarries, unreclaimed sites, limited recycling and community opposition. Fulfilling demand requires efficient and sustainable supply chain (planning, extraction, transport, use ...
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Personal Information Navigator Adapting Through Viewing (PinView)

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

Simple search engines have turned out to be successful in text retrieval. This is partly due to advances in algorithms, but additionally because the typical tasks are relatively straightforward as it is possible to come up with a good list of keywords with a reasonable effort. All information needs cannot however be solved with such searches. For the more and more commonly available audio-visual d ...
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Interactive and Unified E-Based Education and Training in Electrical Engineering

Practical teaching programmes in electrical engineering : The project will bridge a gap caused by excessive concentration on theory in electrical engineering training programmes. It will provide interactive simulations which give the student the opportunity to study the theory of the subject whilst at the same time engaging in simulated practical experiments. This project started in 2002 and laste ...
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SUPPORT - Methodological and environmentally friendly innovation tools

Development of a new training course for environmentally friendly innovation management : The aim of the project is to convey, with the help of training modules, supplementary knowledge and supplementary qualifications in the area of product and process innovation in the environmental area to business employees. This project started in 2002 and lasted 24 months.
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Writing Professional English

Improving business English for better communication : Conceived to provide professionals form certain industry sectors with flexible educational material that will offer a variety of ways to improve writing skills. The didactic material also includes guidelines for designers and managers of the training programme to establish the business EN course for the target sectors. This project started in ...
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FORMA MENTIS - Cultural dignity for technical-scientific knowledge

The project main objective is to identify best practice for training methods to be used in the technical-scientific sectors, specifically the metalworking / metal engineering sectors. This objective arises from the changing demands of the workforce and the need to ensure competitiveness in this sector. The project will focus on identifying training needs of trainers/teachers and best practice in t ...
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Creating R&D Capacities and Instruments for boosting Higher Education-Economy Cooperations

"The project aims to contribute to the creation of R&D capacities and instruments in line with TEMPUS-program objectives and wide priorities for Higher Education and Society (Knowledge triangle education-research innovation; Development of partnerships with enterprises), in order to support partner countries universities in fulfilling the central role in their national innovation systems and socie ...
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Transfer of Qualifications and Learning Standards in Plastic Sector Standplast VET

Plastic industry is the fastest growing industry in the whole EU. According to survey analysis, there is no National Occupations or Qualifications Framework created in SR regarding this specific plastic sector. Also, there is no suitable offer of educational activities and this non-systematic approach causes practical impact:- Inability to absorb new knowledge within this specific field from diffe ...
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