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Innovative multi-functional Vacuum-Insulation-Panels (VIPs) for use in the building sector (INNOVIP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Advanced materials
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Israel,Spain,Germany,Poland,France,France,United Kingdom,Portugal,Denmark
Call: Highly efficient insulation materials with improved properties (H2020-EEB-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2020-07-31
Duration (months): 46.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5840251.12
EU funding (EUR): 4982505.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

INNOVIP Consortium will reinvent the top-of-the-line insulating material vacuum-insulation-panels (VIP) by improving their thermal performance over the entire lifetime by at least 25 % and making VIPs adjustable, mountable and machineable. By reducing the density of the core material and/or using an alternative core material together with less expensive VIP-envelopes as gas barrier, it will be possible to sell the new product INNOVIP by more than 20 % lower price. Besides, the new product has a reduced embodied energy by at least 25 % and, attaching different cover layers, the panels can fulfill different functions. These additional functions can be adjusted according to the application they address, for example photocatalytic VOC removal from indoor- and outdoor air, anti mould coating, moisture buffering by Aluminium Compounds or summer heat cut-off by latent heat activated in phase change materials (PCMs). Currently there is no such material on the market. INNOVIP will develop such an innovative solution which will lead to a breakthrough in energy efficiency of the opaque parts of the building envelope – both in new built and existing houses. The success of the development process will be demonstrated in two prototypes that can be tested and validated. Development tasks will be carried out in close cooperation with the three complementary and reputed participating testing laboratories. We will show that, in principle, the new product is ready for use in certain important and representative applications, addressing a relevant market volume by replacing conventional insulating materials and standard VIP in established insulation solutions.

Keywords: vacuum insulation panels,building insulation,vips,superinsulation,high performance insulation,insulating material,transmission heat loss
Preparatory Phase for the European Solar Telescope (PRE-EST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Development and infrastructures
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,Ireland,Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Germany,Spain,Spain,Norway,Croatia,Hungary,Poland,Sweden,Switzerland,Greece,Slovakia,France,Czechia,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Preparatory Phase and support to early phase of ESFRI projects (H2020-INFRADEV-2016-2, 2016)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2022-09-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9053638.75
EU funding (EUR): 3998750.0
Participants: 23
Project status: SIGNED

The European Solar Telescope (EST) will be a revolutionary Research Infrastructure that will play a major role in answering key questions in modern Solar Physics. This 4-meter class solar telescope, to be located in the Canary Islands, will provide solar physicists with the most advanced state-of-the-art observing tools to transform our understanding of the complex phenomena that drive the solar magnetic activity. The principal objective of the present Preparatory Phase is to provide both the EST international consortium and the funding agencies with a detailed plan regarding the implementation of EST. The specific objectives of the proposed preparatory phase are: (1) to explore possible legal frameworks and related governance schemes that can be used by agencies to jointly establish, construct and operate EST as a new research infrastructure, with the implementation of an intermediate temporary organisational structure, as a previous step for future phases of the project; (2) to explore funding schemes and funding sources for EST, including a proposal of financial models to make possible the combination of direct financial and in-kind contributions towards the construction and operation of EST; (3) to compare the two possible sites for EST in the Canary Islands Astronomical Observatories and prepare final site agreements; (4) to engage funding agencies and policy makers for a long-term commitment which guarantees the construction and operation phases of the Telescope; (5) to involve industry in the design of EST key elements to the required level of definition and validation for their final production; (6) to enhance and intensify outreach activities and strategic links with national agencies and the user communities of EST. To accomplish the aforementioned goals, this 4-year project, promoted by the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST) and the PRE-EST consortium, encompassing 23 research institutions from 16 countries, will set up the Project Office

Keywords: solar telescopes,solar physic,strategic work,eric,governance,procurement,observatories
Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing (ColRobot)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Robotics SPARC (cPPP)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,France,France,France,France,France,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Robotics (H2020-ICT-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2019-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4338412.5
EU funding (EUR): 3914493.38
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Manufacturing competitiveness depends largely on its productivity, flexibility and agility to react to market demands. Robots are a key element to achieve such competitiveness, especially if they are able to collaborate with humans in a shared workspace in the shop-floor, creating a co-working partnership. The paradigm for robot usage has changed from an idea in which robots work with complete autonomy to a scenario in which robots collaborate with humans. This means taking the best of each partner, human and robot, by exploring the cognitive and dexterity capabilities of humans (focus on value-added tasks) and the capacity of robots to produce repetitive work and provide assistance. ColRobot combines cutting-edge European robot technology and end-user requirements for assembly processes to create an integrated system for collaborative robotics in which a mobile manipulator acts as a “third hand” by delivering kits, tools, parts, and holding work pieces while the operator works on it. Humans will cognitively and physically interact with ColRobot robots using gestures, touch commands and demonstrations. The robot will be able to navigate autonomously in the factory floor to pick up the required parts and tools, and prepare kits for assembly. A safety system that pushes the limits of standardization in collaborative robotics supervises the process. The technology readiness level (TRL) will be increased by means of continuous iterative real world testing (performance, usability, relevance in manufacturing), validation and improvement. Two use cases in automobile and aerospace industry will be implemented and validated in real world operational environments. The ColRobot vision and the consortium competences in technology transfer will allow to reduce the technological innovation gap that halts the transition from science to economic and social impact.

Keywords: human robot interaction,collaborative robotics,co working,operator assistance,mobile manipulator,safety,localization and navigation,picking,assembly and kitting
EuroNanoForum 2017 (ENF2017)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Malta,Finland
Call: Presidency events (H2020-NMBP-CSA-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 16.0
Total project cost (EUR): 718100.0
EU funding (EUR): 550000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

EuroNanoForum 2017 conference (ENF 2017) will take place on 21-23 June 2017 in Malta, under the auspices of the Maltese presidency of the European Union. It is organised in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. European competitiveness and jobs depend on strengthening European manufacturing capabilities by providing essential technology building blocks in the form of high value-added products and their manufacturing processes in strategic European value chains. The aim of the conference is to contribute to these efforts of strengthening European competitiveness and supporting the renewal of its manufacturing industries, by the aid of nano- and microtechnologies and advanced materials. ENF2017 will review the status of European technology development in nanotechnology and advanced materials industries, discussing the latest progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and their contribution to innovation in manufacturing across all industrial sectors. In addition, framework conditions like education, standardisation, regulations, IPR and safety issues, as well as entrepreneurship and industrial policy will be discussed. The program also features sessions on finance and funding through European and National programs, in particular Horizon 2020, smart specialisation and public-private partnership initiatives. The conference builds on the agendas set by previous conferences and will also review the first activities launched under H2020 and provide feedback for the coming calls. The EuroNanoForum biannual series of conferences has grown since 2003 into the most significant European forum in its field for discussions amongst scientists, industrialists and policy makers, offering vast opportunities for networking with key decision makers.
INtake Vortex Ingestion on Ground Operations (InVIGO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: France,France,France
Call: Ground vortex characterization method applicable for engine testing (H2020-CS2-CFP09-2018-02, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2022-01-31
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 749865.0
EU funding (EUR): 749865.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

As part of H2020 program, Clean Sky 2 aims at pushing forward the whole EU aeronautical sector to a worldwide prominent place as well as addressing ambitious targets in reduction of pollution and fuel consumption. Within the “Sustainable and Green Engine” Integrated Technology Demonstrator, WP 2 “Ultra High Propulsive Efficiency demonstrator for Short Medium Range Aircraft” aims to bring to market a new engine generation with large bypass ratios. The present call JTI-CS2-2018-CfP09-ENG-01-41 concerns the inherent problem of vortex ground ingestion into the fan during ground operating conditions with cross-wind. Its objective is to obtain a method able to predict the vortex properties based on degraded WTT instrumentation. The consortium proposes the project named InVIGO for Intake Vortex Ingestion in Ground Operation. Two partners are involved: ALTRAN, European leader on innovation and high-tech engineering consulting, as project coordinator, and in charge of CFD activities, the prediction method and the project coordination and CSTB, Scientific and Technical Center for Building specialized in experimental campaigns for buildings, structures, industrial equipment and vehicles, to perform the wind tunnel tests. This project is composed of three main activities: the first one is dedicated to the generation of a comprehensive database on vortex characteristics from WTT measurements and CFD simulations, the second one to the method development itself and its industrialization and the last one on management and scientific dissemination. The key strengths of our proposal are notably the following ones: • New approach with artificial intelligence applied to flow characterization of fan inlet • WTT campaigns on the whole ground vortex formation conditions • Strong expertise on CFD and numerical method development • Strong relationship between experimental and numerical simulation teams

Keywords: ground vortex,air intake,turbofan,cfd simulations,wind tunnel tests,prediction method,neural networks
Foundation of Nonrelativistic String Theory and Its Applications to Holography (NRST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191852.16
EU funding (EUR): 191852.16
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

One of the most profound problems in modern theoretical physics concerns the formulation of quantum gravity. A predominating paradigm for addressing questions in quantum gravity is string theory. One important lesson from string theory is that different string theories must be unified in a nonperturbative theory called M-theory, to probe which corners of string theory with significant simplifications are valuable to consider. Notable examples of such corners are AdS/CFT duality and Matrix theory, with numerous applications to the information paradox in black hole physics, heavy-ion collisions in nuclear physics, superconductors in condensed matter, etc. The project focuses on a self-contained corner in string theory that treats space and time differently and has a nonrelativistic (NR) spectrum. This corner is called NR string theory. I will study the foundation of NR string theory and its relation to nonperturbative methods in string/M-theory. I will also explore applications to NR field theories, with impacts on condensed matter theories of ferromagnetism and 2D systems of electrons. During my PhD at UC Berkeley (US) and postdoc at Perimeter Institute (Canada), I collaborated with some of the world experts in the field and sophisticated my expertise for this project. The host institution, Nordita, hosted by Stockholm University and KTH, provides an excellent environment for cutting-edge research on fundamental physics. The expertise among faculty members and postdocs, and the stimulating and extensive international visitor program at Nordita make it an ideal place to conduct this project and to sharpen my interdisciplinary skills in condensed matter and pure mathematics. In addition to my North American background, I also have long-term collaborations with research groups from prestigious EU institutions. The host, EU and I will all benefit from the international collaborations brought by the integrated background and worldwide connections of both the host and me.

Keywords: string theory,sigma model,conformal field theory,nonrelativistic gravity,nonrelativistic quantum field theory,cft correspondence
Validated Surge Model (VSM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-10-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Filton Systems Engineering (FSE) intends to establish methodologies, which have been verified using test data, to provide validated accurate surge pressure predictions within aircraft fuel systems. This would replace physical Aerospace Test Rigs with a virtual test rig to reduce development cost and lead-time by improving the robustness/integrity of surge/ two phase flow fluid modelling. This allows aerospace companies to optimise architecture early in the design phase minimising installation and structural weight, increasing aircraft efficiency, thereby lowering operating cost and also reducing carbon footprint. Commercial realisation of the programme is through the sale of services/methodologies to aerospace customers and also potentially through the sale of validation test data to software houses to improve their marketing position relative to claims for predicting surge pressures; and the expansion of methodologies to cover fluid applications in other industries. FSE is uniquely positioned to succeed within this task due to existing surge analysis, test management and rig specification capabilities which will also protect further work that develop from this programme of work. The feasibility study undertaken under Phase 1 will comprise: 1. IP investigation a. Current IP for similar methodologies b. Use of IP to protect methodologies c. Use of copyright to protect data 2. Potential commercial arrangements with final customers a. Requirements b. Use of data, services & methodologies 3. Potential commercial arrangements with software house a. Support for commercial code b. Use of validation test data 4. Statement of Work for Phase 2 (inc. plan & budget) 5. Top level test facility requirements 6. Top level test requirements 7. Produce Comprehensive Feasibility Report If Phase 1 is successful, further funding will be applied for under Horizon 2020 Phase 2 with FSE providing the balance of the funding. It is estimated that Phase 2 will take a further 2½ years.

Keywords: pressure surge model validation fuel system design test aircraft
Coding for Optical communications In the Nonlinear regime (COIN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Industrial Doctorates
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-EID) (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2020-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1073894.4
EU funding (EUR): 1073894.4
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The rapid increase in data traffic in the past years and traffic forecasts will lead to capacity exhaust in the optical fibre communications infrastructure which carries over 95% of all data services. The optical fibre channel is nonlinear, that is, its properties, namely its refractive index, is dependent on optical intensity, and at high power densities, the combination of nonlinear effects and dispersion leads to nonlinear distortion, limiting both achievable capacities, spectral efficiencies and distances. A key research area requiring investigation is nonlinear coding and detection, tailored to the nonlinear channel to dramatically improve the data throughput of future optical networks. New R&D is critically needed not only for finding new native nonlinear communication techniques but also transferring them into practical, error-resilient systems. The COIN objective is, thus, the development of a new area of nonlinear communications including forward error correction, essential for reliable communication. Specifically, COIN will investigate the application of nonlinear Fourier transforms and nonlinearity-tailored coding and detection by effectively integrating the scientific expertise of the key academic research groups in information theory, coding, coherent optical communication and high-speed transmission with the industrial know-how of the consortium. The COIN R&D goals will be to focus on the development of new, native communication schemes and waveforms alongside with the development of coding schemes for these and existing non-linear Fourier transform based transceivers. The R&D tasks will be carried out along with researcher training in the leading scientific centres in Europe. The PhD training programme is designed to maximize the unique synergy between the collaborators to promote career opportunities of the COIN researchers in ICT, generating new types of key expertise and and human capital for the European Research Area.

Keywords: optical communications,optical networks,information theory,nonlinear optics,optical fibre systems
Style Matters: Scientific Pluralism and its Early-Modern Sources (EPISTYLE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 251002.56
EU funding (EUR): 251002.56
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

This project aims to provide a comprehensive theoretical and historical discussion of the concept of ‘style’, in order to excavate the notion’s epistemological implications for current debates about scientific pluralism. The concept of style, which has emerged as a central term in the epistemological and scientific fields, has received little critical attention. Scholarly discussions of style have been largely disparate, scattered across disciplines, and sustained analysis of its resonance and significance, especially for the sciences, is lacking. Attempting to address this gap, EPISTYLE advances the hypothesis that a specific link between style and knowledge established during the early modern period continues to have relevant conceptual force today. EPISTYLE will 1) provide a systematic analysis of contemporary theories of scientific styles, and 2) construct a conceptual history of key modern and 3) early-modern moments shaping the evolution of the notion of style. By unearthing overlooked sources and neglected European traditions, this timely project will provide a theoretical foundation and epistemological framework for the growing appeals to style arising in various disciplines. Discussions with both scientists and art historians will constitute the defining trait of EPISTYLE’s innovative methodology. This three-year GF will bring Dr. Vagelli to Harvard (USA), Cambridge (UK), and Ca’ Foscari (Italy), where he will be supervised by Peter Galison, Hasok Chang, and Marco Sgarbi respectively. The project will result in several publications, including a monograph for historians of knowledge. Dr. Vagelli’s previous work on style in historical epistemology places him in a privileged position to pursue this research. This new project and the skills acquired during the fellowship period will profoundly impact his career by expanding his current area of expertise and fostering new academic collaborations among research groups in North America and Europe.

Keywords: historical epistemology,styles of reasoning,scientific method,scientific realism,scientific pluralism