Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Innovative Manufacturing of complex Ti sheet components (INMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Czechia,Greece,United Kingdom,Germany,Poland,Belgium,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 46.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3992976.6
EU funding (EUR): 2890076.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The INMA project aims at developing an intelligent knowledge-based (KB) flexible manufacturing technology for titanium shaping that will lead to drastically reduce current aircraft development costs incurred by the fabrication of complex titanium sheet components with a minimal environmental impact. In particular, this project aims at strengthening European aircraft industry competitiveness, by transforming the current non-flexible and cost intensive forming processes into a rapid and agile manufacturing process. This brand new technology, based on Asymmetric incremental sheet forming (AISF), will transform the way many titanium sheet aeronautical components such as after pylon fairings, fan blades, exhaust ducts or air collectors are manufactured today. The innovative, cost-efficient and ecological forming technology to shape complex geometries in titanium that will contribute to strengthen the European aircraft industry competitiveness meeting society’s needs. Currently, aircraft industry uses complicated and cost intensive forming processes to shape complex Ti sheet components, such as deep drawing, hot forming, super plastic forming (SPF) and hydroforming. In some cases parts are even obtained by hand working. These techniques show severe drawbacks which include high costs, long industrialisation phases and high energy consumption rates. On the contrary, main features of the innovative AISF technology to be developed will be an increased flexibility, cost reduction, minimised energy consumption and a speed up in the industrialisation phase. The major impacts of the results obtained in the INMA project will be: *Cost incurred by dedicated tooling will be reduced in a 80% *The component lead times will decrease in a 90% *Buy-to-fly ratios will be up to a 20% lower The INMA Consortium is integrated by 2 end-users, 1 equipment provider, 4 research organisations, 3 universities and the EASN association. Participation of industrial partners who will directly exploit the project results will guarantee the impact of the project.

Keywords: titanium,asymmetric incremental sheet forming,knowledge-based and flexible manufacturing,lean heating,cost-efficiency,green production
Hybrid Silicide-Based Lightweight Components for Turbine and Energy Applications (HYSOP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,Germany,France,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5895233.0
EU funding (EUR): 4476047.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

HYSOP’s goal is to develop solutions for manufacturing lightweight high temperature (HT) turbine components and to design new coating systems (protection against oxidation, water vapour and CMAS). Nb/Nb5Si3 and Si3N4/MoSi2 composites are lightweight HT materials (density < 6.5~7 and < 5.6 g/cm3, respect.) with application potential above 1300°C making them candidates for advanced aero-engine components, allowing reduction of fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and cooling air needs, hence a further increase in efficiency and reduction in engine weight. Though remarkable HT mechanical properties have been achieved (strength, creep), especially in the FP6 ULTMAT project, short/medium term application cannot be envisaged since improved oxidation resistance and optimised microstructures for enhanced mechanical properties are required. The partners (engine manufacturer, research centres, universities) will join their expertise to reach following objectives: - design static (vane, seal segment) and rotating (blade) components with tailored microstructures and properties, including superalloy/HT-material hybrid structures where superior performance is foreseen over monolithic material - develop the corresponding advanced routes for processing (based on powder metallurgy: net-shape HIPing, powder injection moulding, laser fabrication) and joining - design oxidation/corrosion resistant coating systems, based on expertise gained on substrate/coating/environment interactions on Nb-Si materials, superalloys and Environmental/Thermal Barrier Coatings; - test the coatings in service-like conditions: medium (~800°C) and high (1100-1300°C) temperatures in dry/wet air, corrosion by molten oxides, up to a burner rig test; - converge the two approaches in assessing the mechanical behaviour of bare and coated specimens; - finally, to propose a set of manufacturing and coating solutions for the HT materials for medium term application in aero- and small land-based turbines.

Keywords: intermetallic ceramics oxidation corrosion coating manufacturing powder-metallurgy hybrid laser-deposition powder-injection-moulding mechanical-alloying
Enhancing Human Resources and Use of Appropriate Training for Maternal and Perinatal Survival In Sub-Saharan Africa (ETATMBA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Optimising the delivery of healthcare to European citizens
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Sweden,Malawi,Tanzania, United Republic of,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-AFRICA-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3458410.8
EU funding (EUR): 2499957.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Most African women face childbirth without access to skilled health workers when obstetric and neonatal emergencies arise. Providing and retaining skilled health workers is vital in attempts to save the 600,000 women and 7 million babies who die annually in Africa. In the modern world this tragedy is unacceptable and largely preventable. Education and training for health professionals is the key to improving healthcare for mothers and babies in Africa. Non-Physician Clinicians (NPCs) are an effective and retainable health solution for doctor-less rural and some urban areas of Africa. Task shifting to NPCs needs to be extended, enhanced, endorsed and supported by the healthcare community and will be the aim of Work Package 1 (WP1) and WP3. The project aims to develop, implement and evaluate clinical service improvement through clinical guidelines and pathways in WP2, structured education and clinical leadership training (WP3) and workforce development of NPCs and faculty (WP1, WP3). A key element will be continuing support for NPCs in the workplace using communications technology and mentorship from local and international physicians (WP1, WP3). All service improvements will be sustainable, scalable, cost-effective, transferrable and co-developed by professional partners in Africa. Bringing together key European and African partners with GE Healthcare to address the major issues of enhancing a sustainable healthcare workforce and enhancing appropriate training in the use of existing technologies should help to significantly reduce the loss of mothers and babies in Africa.

Keywords: maternal health,millenium development goals,africa,innovative technologies,clinical guidelines
Agricultural Knowledge Systems in Transition: Towards a more effective and efficient support of Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture (SOLINSA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Latvia,France,Germany,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3153275.0
EU funding (EUR): 2493998.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The overall objective of this project is to identify effective and efficient approaches for the support of successful LINSA (Learning and Innovation Networks for Sustainable Agriculture) as drivers of transition towards Agricultural Innovation Systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development. In order to achieve this objective the project will: • Explore LINSAs empirically as bottom-up drivers of transition • Improve understanding of barriers to complex learning processes and developing recommendations on how to avoid / remove them • Create open learning spaces for actors outside the project by sharing and disseminating project findings • Identify institutional determinants that enable or constrain existing AKS in supporting effective LINSA in the context of changing knowledge and innovation policies • Develop a conceptual framework for innovation for sustainable agriculture and rural development. TOPICS The study will be carried out in 3 fields: a) consumer oriented networks ( b) non-food oriented networks and c) purely agricultural networks or networks for sustainable land use Strategic objectives • Contributing to more effective research-practice linkages in the complex innovation and value chains. • Contributing to a policy framework for innovation in agriculture

Keywords: innovation,agriculture,rural development,learning,transdisciplinary approach,networks,sustainability,agricultural knowledge system,agricultural innovation system,policy implementation
Manipulation of Reynolds Stress for Separation Control and Drag Reduction (MARS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Spain,Sweden,Italy,Germany,France,Belgium,United Kingdom,France,China
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-CHINA, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3490633.2
EU funding (EUR): 1498673.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

Reynolds stress is the most important quantity affecting the mean flow as it is responsible for a major part of the momentum transfer in the wall bounded turbulent flow. It has a direct relevance to both skin friction and flow separation. Manipulation of the Reynolds stress can directly lead to changes in the viscous stress at the wall so as to effectively control the flow for effective flow control. However, there is a lack of current understanding of the inter-relationship between the various flow control devices and the Reynolds stresses in the flow field they produced. An improved understanding can potentially significantly improve the effectiveness of flow control as the Reynolds stresses are closely related to the flow behaviour at the surface for effective separation control or drag reduction. A variety of control devices are available and new ones are invented but which one for what purpose is an open question yet to be fully answered. MARS proposal proposes to reverse that process and consider the long term goal of controlling dynamic structures that influence the Reynolds stress that changes the mean flow. This radical approach recognises we are still some way away from hardware to implement it at flight scales but if successful, would establish a first important step towards our ultimate ambition. The focus of MARS will be on the effects of a number of active flow control devices on the discrete dynamic components of the turbulent shear layers and the Reynolds stress. From the application point of view, MARS provides a positive and necessary step in the right direction wherein it will demonstrate the capability to control individual structures that are larger in scale and lower in frequency compared to the richness of the time and spatial scales in a turbulent boundary layer. MARS will investigate active flow control means rather than passive controls.

Keywords: flow control,drag reduction,control devices,turbulence,skin friction,flow separation,reynolds stress,europe and china cooperation.
Low cost technologies and traditional ingredients for the production of affordable, nutritionally correct foods improving health in population groups at risk of poverty (CHANCE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Finland,United Kingdom,Denmark,Lithuania,Hungary,United Kingdom,Serbia,Belgium,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3968828.88
EU funding (EUR): 2999807.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

According to 2007 Eurostat statistics, there is a robust need to better understanding the nutritional existing barriers to healthy nutrition of 79 million EU-27 citizens at-risk-of-poverty. These European subclusters and ethnic populations have in common low purchasing power, limited education and the highest risk of diet-related diseases due to sub-optimal nutrition. CHANCE project will i) define an innovative strategy based on a socio-economic study of the composition of the most significant EU populations at-risk-of-poverty and ii) verify the relative existing nutritional deficiency via a holistic approach ensured by metabonomics investigations correlating the non-healthy diet to real metabolism alterations. CHANCE intends to adopt a new multidisciplinary approach, leading to nutritional strategies for the prevention of malnutrition in population groups at risk of poverty. CHANCE aims at considering a new health value-added diet as a whole by developing food products which could act in concert. The synergic collaboration of nutritionists, food chemists, economists and technologists allow a robust strategy to by pass all barriers to healthy nutrition by the lab-scale development of affordable but nutritionally-rich food products, new packaging and portioning. The R&D activities planned in the enlarged European Union will facilitate a proactive collaboration among food research centers and food processing and packaging SMEs that will be further transferred with the generated foreground. During the processing of food products, nutrient content and stability will be assessed, then the whole technology process will get the influential support of a CEN Workshop Agreement, drafted within CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) in order to help ensuring consumers with a controlled quality. CHANCE nutritional and educational strategies will produce guidelines for European Public Health policy dealing with the prevention of malnutrition in such population groups. The European Food Information Council will ensure that the progress and results from CHANCE will be communicated and disseminated widely.

Keywords: low income,nutritional strategy,metabonomic,nutritional criticalities,food technology,consumer acceptability,barriers to healthy nutrition,diet-related diseases.
Graphene-based Electrodes for Application in Supercapacitors (ELECTROGRAPH)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Slovakia,United Kingdom,Ireland,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-2010-GC-ELECTROCHEMICAL-STORAGE, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4944226.16
EU funding (EUR): 3584077.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost. Supercapacitors are considered one of the newest innovations in the field of electrical energy storage. In hybrid electric vehicle, supercapacitors can be coupled with fuel cells or batteries to deliver the high power needed during acceleration as well as to recover the available energy during regenerative braking. To design a supercapacitor for a specific application that requires high energy density or high power density or both, proper electrode materials and a suitable electrolyte are to be chosen. The combination of graphene and graphene-based material as electrode materials, and the use of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) may exhibit excellent performance in supercapacitors. Graphene based materials can be obtained by a bottom-up approach in a more controllable fashion. The enhanced capacitive behaviour of this material may be obtained by the proper alignment of graphene sheets as well as the interconnected nanoscale channels. However, these studies are still at the primary stage, and further studies are necessary. The ElectroGraph project follows a technology driven approach. It is thus obvious that the development of both electrode materials as well as the electrolyte solutions is required in order to optimize the overall performance of the supercapacitor. The main novelty of the technical development is the optimised production of graphene with its properties specifically defined and adjusted for application as electrode material in energy storage devices. This would be achieved through defining of processing parameters to tailor-made graphene with a specific surface area, size and corresponding electrical properties is a new consideration. The ElectroGraph will use an integrated approach in development of both electrode materials as well as the electrolyte solutions as required for optimising the overall performance of supercapacitors.

Keywords: graphene,supercapacitors,electrodes,energy storage,carbon,nano-material,cvd,risk assessment,recycling,nanotechnology,hybrid vehicles,electric vehicles,green cars
Understanding food-gut-brain mechanisms across the lifespan in the regulation of hunger and satiety for health (FULL4HEALTH)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Greece,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Sweden,Norway,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Denmark,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11793561.6
EU funding (EUR): 8992613.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Full4Health is a multidisciplinary European collaboration of internationally renowned laboratories investigating the mechanisms of hunger, satiety and feeding behaviour, effects of dietary components and food structure on these processes, and their possible exploitation in addressing obesity, chronic disease and under-nutrition. The proposal integrates investigation of both human volunteers (dietary/exercise intervention studies and administration of encapsulated nutrients) and laboratory animals with emphasis on neuronal, hormonal, molecular, physiological and psychological responses to food at different stages of the life course. We will apply imaging and other cutting edge technologies in both humans and rodents to answer critical research questions at different levels of the food-gut-brain axis. In human volunteers, responses to diet will be investigated from childhood through to the elderly, whereas wide-ranging cutting-edge rodent studies will investigate related issues such as early developmental programming the food-gut-brain axis, multiple feedback signalling interactions, and inflammation-induced anorexia. The project will examine the interaction of food and dietary components with the gastrointestinal tract, and will characterise the role of gut endocrine secretions, the vagus nerve, and hindbrain, hypothalamic and forebrain structures in signalling and integration of hunger and satiety. Physiological and psychological responses to food may change as we develop and age, with impact on food choices and preferences. This is a critical issue in the battle against food intake-related chronic disease, most commonly driven by over-consumption, but also in consideration of relative under-nutrition in the elderly and clinically compromised.

Keywords: obesity,hypothalamus,gut hormones,motivation,bariatric,dietary protein,ghrelin,food reformulation,food choice
AFRICA BUILD (Building a Research and Education Infrastructure for Africa) (AFRICA BUILD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Optimising the delivery of healthcare to European citizens
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Egypt,Mali,Switzerland,Belgium,Switzerland,Cameroon,Ghana
Call:  (FP7-AFRICA-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-08-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2360649.6
EU funding (EUR): 1999494.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Topic: AFRICA BUILD aims to improve capacity for health research and education in Africa, through Information Technologies (IT). It will provide innovative learning and research opportunities. Background: The EU has supported many IT and health initiatives, with significant results. In contrast, there has been no significant transfer of expertise, methods and tools to neighbour countries in Africa. Main objective: To promote health research, education and practice in Africa through the creation of centres of excellence, by using IT, “know-how”, e-learning and knowledge sharing through Web-enabled virtual communities. Initial EU-Africa transfer aims to create sustainable South-South communities of African researchers. Sub-objectives: (1) To analyse the state of the art in health research and education in Africa. A Roadmap for future European actions will be released. (2) To implement an IT-enabled, open and collaborative infrastructure for education, training and knowledge sharing for health researchers in English-, French- and Arabic-speaking African countries, developing virtual communities of practice. (3) To develop and offer a large number of e-learning courses, validated learning resources, methodologies and supporting evidence for improving the education capacities of health-focused centres of excellence in Africa. (4) To facilitate researchers’ mobility and participation in local and international meetings. (5) To validate the AFRICA BUILD impact in pilot research and education initiatives related to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS research. (6) To disseminate outcomes in scientific conferences and journals, media and workshops and conferences in Africa. Expected impact: Based on the experience of the partners —including WHO— we aim to improve know-how, research and technological capacities at the African centres of excellence. Successful actions will be transferred to other organizations and industry.

Keywords: health research. education. e-learning. public health. developing countries. biomedical informatics