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A data-driven remanufacturing process for sheet metal and thermoplastic composites (COMPASS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Made in Europe (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Austria,Netherlands,Germany,Italy,Spain
Call: Factory-level and value chain approaches for remanufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6874207.75
EU funding (EUR): 5701244.13
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

The COMPASS project is driven by the needs to on the one hand increase the efficiency of recycling and remanufacturing processes (for sheet metal parts) and on the other hand by the need to find a solution for large quantities of thermoplastic fibre-reinforced components at their end of life. In both cases the proposed approach is to take a shortcut by remanufacturing the components at the level of sheet metal and composite panels instead of converting them to secondary raw material. This will be achieved through (thermo-)forming processes that allow the re-shaping of parts and components to give them a second and third life. These remanufacturing processes will be supported by a set of digital tools that build upon a digital component passport. The tools will enable efficient dismantling processes to extract sheets or panels e.g. from an aircraft and will help to collect relevant information about the components during their lifetime. The main use cases are from the aerospace and automotive sector and include key actors along the value chain. By using digital information about defects, re-work or repair done during the lifetime of the components. The quality of the resulting, remanufactured output parts will be optimized. A remanufacturing process planning software will also optimize the match between input components and targeted output parts. The COMPASS project will initiate more than 6M€ of private investments in technology development and implementation of remanufacturing process in the use cases investigated in the project. The overall goal is to enable the remanufacturing of about 30% of sheet metal parts and thermoplastic composite panels.

Keywords: sheet metal,thermoplastic composites,digital component passport
Validation Infrastructure SuppOrting Remote Simulations (VISORS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: SESAR (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Italy,Netherlands,France
Call: ATM Excellent science and outreach for virtualisation and cybersecure data-sharing (HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1310493.75
EU funding (EUR): 999526.25
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

Real-Time Simulations (RTS) are widely recognised as a means to support the validation process of systems and procedures up to the highest operational readiness levels and are therefore widely used to support V3 validation campaigns in the SESAR context. With the development of new airspace users and new Air Traffic Management (ATM) concepts in recent years and those expected in the near future (e.g. U-Space, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)), V&V processes have become increasingly complex, with increasing demands on the infrastructures for validating these concepts and operational conditions. A wider diffusion of interoperability between specialised simulators could support the need for improved ATM V&V infrastructures to demonstrate the achievement of validation objectives related to future European ATM concepts. The VISORS project aims at supporting a wide diffusion of interoperability standards among ATM validation platforms. An economic analysis of performing validation processes for ATM/AAM/U-space interoperability concepts and solutions through a multi-site validation architecture will be performed. An experimental demonstration test will be defined and performed to collect data for this analysis. The simulation facilities of different partners of the project will be connected through a prototype platform to develop state-of-the-art interoperability solutions. The security aspect related to data exchange between this platform will be assessed. Furthermore, the impact of this distribution of actors involved in validation activities on state-of-the-art HP assessment methodologies will be evaluated, also considering the possible remote execution of related measurements.

Keywords: air traffic management,u space,unmanned,federated simulation,remote simulation,
Powdery Mildew Resistance (PowR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214934.4
EU funding (EUR): 214934.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Plant diseases lower crop yields significantly, and thereby threaten food-security worldwide. Powdery mildew fungi is a severe pathogen on numerous food-crops. Generating food-crops resistant to these fungi would be a major step forward in the continuous fight between plants and pathogens, and it would tip the balance in the favor of food-security. The proposed project will majorly contribute to this goal by elucidating the immunity related processes occurring upon fungal infection and will allow to develop breeding strategies to heighten plant immunity. The barley powdery mildew fungus (Blumeria hordei) causes disease by secreting hundreds of effector proteins into the barley tissue. One of the hallmarks of immunity is the formation of a structure called papilla, at the site of fungal penetration, which limit the damage to the plant. Evolutionary adapted fungi can easily overcome this. However, the pathway for secretion of proteins and other components to the papilla is not well understood. There is thus a need to increase our understanding of how this secretion process occurs during immunity. My host lab has uncovered that the membrane trafficking leading to papilla formation occurs by novel mechanisms not previously studied in plants. In the proposed project, I will explore this highly complex field by identifying a list of fungal effectors which target this pathway, and I will use these effectors to find specific components of it. Ceramides are predicted to play a role in the secretion of extracellular vesicles during this papilla formation in mammals, therefore, I will additionally take a targeted approach to characterize their role in plants. My strong background and solid track-record, the expertise and experience of the host supervisor, together with the infrastructure and encouraging scientific atmosphere at the host department will synergistically maximise the output of the proposed project, and develop and diversify my skills as an independent researcher.

Keywords: extracellular vesicles,fungal pathogen,blumeria hordei,barley
Geographies of dynamic governance assemblages in development cooperation civil society spaces (GEOFORMATIONS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
Panel description: Human geography, demography, health, susta inability science, territorial planning, spatial analysis
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499745.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499745.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Interacting socio-political, economic, and environmental crises are destabilizing efforts to attain the global vision entailed in UN Agenda 2030. The need for adaptive and inclusive development cooperation governance has never been stronger. As complex needs accelerate due to the coronavirus pandemic, rapidly changing climates, and increasing levels of conflict and human insecurity, trust and legitimacy in traditional institutions and actors is weak and declining. In efforts to achieve greater development effectiveness, the international development cooperation sector is shifting towards new ways of working, including increased localization, decolonization, greater coherence across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, and adapting development practice to support deeper engagement with civil society actors. However, how these changes affect governance structures and processes within non-profit non-governmental and civil society organizations (CSOs) is not well understood. With an estimated 37,000 autonomous entities, understanding how, why, and in what ways CSOs assemble governance structures and interact to ensure effective and appropriate governance of development programs is critically important to trust and legitimacy in this sector. To date, no research has systematically examined the relational and spatial dynamics of CSO governance chains. Nor have comprehensive evaluation frameworks for such assemblages yet been developed. Using core geographical concepts of place, space, and scale, drawing upon ground-breaking methodologies of assemblage thinking and critical realist evaluation, combined with innovations in organizational theory through issue framing, GEOFORMATIONS will provide radical new insights into the governance geographies of place-based development cooperation practices which can be used to radically redesign international development cooperation governance theory, policy, and practice.

Keywords: international development cooperation,civil society organizations,assemblage thinking,critical realism,development governance
Fast Matrix Multiplication for AI (FMMF-AI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Matrix multiplication consumes huge amount of resources: computing time and energy, primarily in AI applications. The industry has recognized the need for faster and more energy-efficient matrix multiplication with state-of-the-art solutions in software (e.g., DGEMM of Intel's math kernel library (MKL) for CPU and NVIDIA's CUDA for GPU) and hardware (e.g., Google's TPU and Intel / Habana labs Gaudi accelerator). Unfortunately, all present solutions employ a wasteful cubic-time algorithm. We have developed methods that provide speedup for matrix multiplication in SW and in HW. The novel developments of Prof. Oded Schwartz and his strong team are based on years of research, and are protected by several patents. The funds are requested to pursue business opportunity.
Refractory Sorting Using Revolutionising Classification Equipment (ReSoURCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Norway,Ireland,United Kingdom
Call: Reducing environmental footprint, improving circularity in extractive and processing value chains (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7512504.99
EU funding (EUR): 6085644.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Circular economy will be one of the main drivers to significantly reduce CO2 in the refractory industry, as the energy-intensive primary raw material production has by far the highest impact on the product's carbon footprint. So far, automated sorting solutions could not consolidate in refractory recycling because the development is extremely complex and requires combination of different sensor technologies. The ReSoURCE project will innovate the full process chain of refractory recycling with an AI-supported multi sensor sorting equipment as its core technology. Combining laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, hyper spectral imaging with optimized pre-processing and automated ejection will lay the foundation to set a new state of the art for refractory sorting starting of particle sizes down to below 1 mm. The continuous monitoring of the economic and ecologic benefits by techno-economic and life cycle assessment will ensure the green and digital transformation of the refractory recycling value chain. Reaching the ReSoURCE objectives will lead to massive annual CO2 reductions (up to 800 kilo tonnes) and energy savings (up to 760 GWh) in the European Union. Naturally usage of secondary raw materials is related to a reduction of extractive processing in the raw material mines (reduction of 1 million ton). Simultaneously, it will give access to currently unexploited raw material sources within the European, therewith strengthening EUs resilience by fostering refractory material autarky, particularly as some of the refractory base materials are listed on the EU's critical raw material list (bauxite, graphite). The two demonstrators to be build in course of the ReSoURCE project, will ensure the straight-forward exploitation and implementation of this revolutionising recycling process chain in the European industry.

Keywords: recycling,secondary raw materials,reduction of co2 emission,laser induced breakdown spectroscopy,automated sorting,artificial intelligence,waste management,life cycle assessment,refractory
Sustainable Algal Fucoxanthin Extraction, Encapsulation and Valorisation Using Hydrodynamic Cavitation (SAFE) (SAFE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-06
End date: 2027-06-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Title: Sustainable Algal Fucoxanthin Extraction, Encapsulation and Valorisation Using Hydrodynamic Cavitation (SAFE). Marine algae act as carbon sinks, utilizing carbon dioxide for their growth and metabolism. Channelising these marine biomasses will result in the production of sustainable and valuable metabolites with wide range of applications in food, nutrition, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics sectors. This can also contribute to achieving Europe's Net Zero goals by 2050. The SAFE project introduces an innovative and sustainable process for extracting Fucoxanthin, an orange coloured pigment present in marine brown algae, which offers a sustainable alternative to synthetic colorant Sunset Yellow FCF. Synthetic colours are reported to cause hormonal imbalance and cancer in humans. Fucoxanthin is not only a safer option but also offers potential health benefits. In the global market, fucoxanthin demand is valued at 2.1 billion USD in 2023 and is projected to increase to 3.15 billion USD at a CAGR of 5.2% by 2032. Extracting fucoxanthin from brown algae is however challenging due to the cell wall rigidity, which makes the process energy-intensive. SAFE aims to achieve a step change in fucoxanthin extraction using a novel vortex based hydrodynamic cavitation process by overcoming this limitation. Additionally, fucoxanthin is sensitive to light, temperature and pH, necessitating enhanced stability measures. To improve stability of fucoxanthin, heat-resistant nanoliposome encapsulation is also proposed. Furthermore, in line with the principles of circular economy, the residual biomass from the process will be utilised for the production of biomethane to demonstrate the overall valorisation potential of the marine algae. This strategic research initiative in algal biotechnology will position the EU as a world leader in the sustainable production of fucoxanthin, with potential applications across various sectors to accelerate sustainable manufacturing practices worldwide.

Keywords: brown algae,hydrodynamic cavitation,carbon dioxide,fucoxanthin,biomethane,valorisation
Tracing the Lost. Understanding and Addressing Disappearances in Contemporary Mexico (TRACETHEM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209914.56
EU funding (EUR): 209914.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Mexico faces one of the most urgent human rights and humanitarian crises in the world, with over 110,000 persons having disappeared, 98% of them between 2006 and 2024, indicating a severe escalation in recent years. Most of these contemporary disappearances are rooted in gender, racial, sexual diversity, class, and migratory status disparities. However, a fundamental problem is the lack of reliable intersectional analyses that could shed light on the specific intertwining of structural attributes that heighten the risk of being disappeared. Without this knowledge, effective strategies and public policies for searching and preventing cannot be developed. In this dire context, the TRACETHEM project will establish a systematic framework to understand and address the massive disappearance of women/girls, Indigenous and Afro-descendant people, migrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those who are living in poverty. Firstly, revealing contemporary disappearance patterns. Secondly, fostering long-term collaboration among key actors in developing novel search models: families in their relentless pursuit to find their loved ones, State institutions, and NGOs. This groundbreaking initiative will unite these stakeholders in a sustained critical process, evaluating and comprehending who seeks whom and how to craft tailored search models that may effectively combat and prevent contemporary disappearances. Through cross-sectoral collaboration, where affected families will function as experts rather than just victims, TRACETHEM will design more effective search models, laying a foundation for cooperative and enduring measures and fostering a safer and more inclusive Mexico. The impact of TRACETHEM overflows Mexican borders, as the violence in this country is quickly spreading to Central and South America. The potential to effectively address and reduce disappearances in Mexico is crucial for building adaptable tools that can apply to similar challenges in other regions of the world.

Keywords: human rights enforced and contemporary disappearances big data for social sciences crisis of violence in mexico and the region intersectional analysis participatory research methods
Quantifying the completeness of the stratigraphic record and its role in reconstructing the tempo and mode of evolution (MindTheGap)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497169.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497169.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Darwin identified the incompleteness of the geological record as a major concern in our ability to reconstruct the evolutionary history from fossils. Geological strata are not, however, a random selection of the past, but are deposited and preserved in processes which can be modelled mathematically. This project employs numerical forward modelling, a technique from sedimentary basin analysis, to quantify how stratigraphic gaps affect evolutionary patterns in the fossil record. It focuses on tropical carbonate platforms, because they are the richest archive of biodiversity through the Phanerozoic and are directly formed by organisms, thus preserving a positive feedback loop between the environment, evolution, and sediment formation. Completeness of the record depends on the time scale of measurement. Previous work demonstrated that long gaps in the record, in the range of 106-107 years, are reflected in biodiversity reconstructions. Here we address shorter gaps (103-105 years), which are more frequent, but harder to detect. They can be predicted using models of stochastic sedimentation, astronomical forcing, and sedimentary and diagenetic self-organization. Forward modelling will be used to simulate the effect of gaps in the record produced by each of these processes on diversity and character evolution. This will allow us to answer the questions: What part of diversity do we miss owing to the missing rock record? Are the preserved intervals exceptional or representative? Is there a systematic part of biodiversity and environmental records which will always fall into gaps? By applying the findings of the forward modelling to fossil successions, we will be able to identify and correct for the missing parts of the record and formulate testable hypotheses on the original tempo and mode of evolution at the highest temporal resolution achievable in the geological record.

Keywords: stratigraphic palaeobiology,self organization,trait evolution,character evolution,phylogenetics,basin analysis,diagenesis,carbonate sedimentology,age models,stratophenetics,brownian motion,orbital forcing,astrochronology