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Design and validation of Ultra-Reprogrammable sOCs (DUROC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling European competitiveness, non-dependence and innovation of the European space sector
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,Greece,France,France,France
Call: Technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness (H2020-SPACE-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-03-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3210673.75
EU funding (EUR): 3047423.75
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The DUROC project sets clear and measurable main objectives to reach a TRL 4 from TRL 2 as follows in 2 years: • Specifiy and design the next generation of ultra-programmable SoC (ULTRA7) taking benefit of leasson learnt from DAHLIA project (TRL 2) • Introduce the ARM 73 processor for very high performance processing specificly designed for advanced process node • Validate the SoC on a rad-hard demonstrator in 7nm FinFET technology from TSMC (TRL 4) • Validate reliability and radiation hardening performance of 7nm FinFET (TRL 4) • Propose a strategy and development plan up to flight model for the next ultra-reprogrammable SoC (ULTRA7) • Define the right approach for future SiP use in space applications At the end of the project, Europe will have all required technical information to be in a position to develop multiple components (SoC FPGA, ASIC etc) on 7nm FinFET which will be the most advanced process node for space. DUROC will bring Europe to an unprecedent leadership position in VLSI electronic for space. DUROC will be the first critial step to develop the next generation of ultra-reprogrammable SoC after NG-ULTRA. The ULTRA 7 will target the following objectives: • MPSoC ARM A73 64-bit processor scalability combining ARM R52 real-time control • More than 35 000 DMIPS (Millions Instructions per Second) • Radiation hardening reliability meeting space payload and platform applications requirements

Keywords: fpga,programmable
ECO-INNOVATIVE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR BETTER QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF FISH PRODUCTS (ULTRAFISH)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-06-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1638351.25
EU funding (EUR): 1146845.88
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Fish stock management in European waters is becoming increasingly important, as it is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish catch and conserve marine resources. The fish processing industry plays a key role in this strategy, being responsible for ensuring proper handling and preservation of fish products to retain its quality and to increase its shelf life in the market. Aligned with the "Blue Growth Strategy" (COM (2012) 494), Scanfisk, a Spanish company based in Zaragoza specialised in fish processing of fresh & frozen products, has developed ULTRAFISH. The project aims at improving today's processes related to handling and processing of fishery products (fresh and primary processed) by applying a green and innovative technique based on the use of ultrasound to eliminate the use of chemical additives for microbial inactivation. This safe and environmentally friendly processing technique will be implemented at different water-based stages to reduce the processing times and water waste generated in these stages in a cost-effective manner. By implementing ULTRAFISH, Scanfisk will lower their costs and time of their processes, able to save time, money and energy, and to produce fishery products with longer commercial shelf life. This will enable them to increase their margin and market share, and to enter new markets which to date were not considered. The EU market will benefit from higher value-added products, to cope with increasing consumer demands, and it will be provided with a novel food treatment technology that significantly contributes to the sustainable management of fish stocks.

Keywords: ultrasound technology,shelf life,food preservation,microbial inactivation,blue growth,fish processing industry,marine resources,management of fish stocks
Extreme Ultraviolet Circular Time-Resolved Spectroscopy (EXCITERS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2015-CoG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 64.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1691865.01
EU funding (EUR): 1691865.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Chiral molecules exist as two forms, so-called enantiomers, which have essentially the same physical and chemical properties and can only be distinguished via their interaction with a chiral system, such as circularly polarized light. Many biological processes are chiral-sensitive and unraveling the dynamical aspects of chirality is of prime importance for chemistry, biology and pharmacology. Studying the ultrafast electron dynamics of chiral processes requires characterization techniques at the attosecond (10−18 s) time-scale. Molecular attosecond spectroscopy has the potential to resolve the couplings between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom in such chiral chemical processes. There are, however, two major challenges: the generation of chiral attosecond light pulse, and the development of highly sensitive chiral discrimination techniques for time-resolved spectroscopy in the gas phase. This ERC research project aims at developing vectorial attosecond spectroscopy using elliptical strong fields and circular attosecond pulses, and to apply it for the investigation of chiral molecules. To achieve this, I will (1) establish a new type of highly sensitive chiroptical spectroscopy using high-order harmonic generation by elliptical laser fields; (2) create and characterize sources of circular attosecond pulses; (3) use trains of circularly polarized attosecond pulses to probe the dynamics of photoionization of chiral molecules and (4) deploy ultrafast dynamical measurements to address the link between nuclear geometry and electronic chirality. The developments from this project will set a landmark in the field of chiral recognition. They will also completely change the way ellipticity is considered in attosecond science and have an impact far beyond the study of chiral compounds, opening new perspectives for the resolution of the fastest dynamics occurring in polyatomic molecules and solid state physics.

Keywords: attosecond science,high order harmonic generation,photoelectron circular dichroism,chiral recognition,ultrafast molecular dynamics
Pitot probe for non-ideal compressible flows of organic fluids for renewable energy applications (PROVA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2019-PoC, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2021-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In a scenario of rising global energy needs, societal acceptance of renewable energy and yearning towards energy saving, the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology is playing a relevant role for a variety of renewable energy sources, from biomass to geothermal. ORC applications include also waste heat recovery from industrial processes, a segment with strong development potential. Due to the peculiarity of non-ideal flows in ORCs, measurements such as velocity, mass flow rate or turbine performance, which are routinely carried out in standard cycles and turbomachinery (e.g. gas turbines operating with air and combustion gases), are here very challenging. In addition, no appropriately calibrated instrumentation for non-ideal conditions are available, due to the lack of ad-hoc calibration facilities and calibration data. Such an instrument is key to the industry to improve the quality of their plant measurements and the overall energy conversion process. To tackle the aforementioned issues, the team has conceived a standardised methodology, taking advantages of the research facilities and of the developments on simulation tools carried out at the Laboratory of Compressible fluid dynamics for Renewable Energy Application (CREA, crealab.polimi.it) during the ERC Consolidator NSHOCK project, for the design and calibration of an accurate multipurpose probe for non-ideal flows, the Non-Ideal Pitot Probe (NIPP), for economical and independent instant data acquisition. A solution that raised the interest of the leading ORC players, representing over 90% of the market (see letters of interest) and of relevant manufacturer in close field of applications (oil & gas, compressors). Within the ERC PoC PROVA project, we intend to scale up the NIPP technology and accelerate its maturity level, thus assessing its technical and commercial feasibility. A prototipe of the NIPP probe, calibrated for a typical ORC working fluid (siloxane fluid MM), is the tangible outcome of the present proposal.

Keywords: non ideal compressible flows,pitot probe,renewable energy,organic rankine cycle,organic fluids
New Frontiers in Nanophotonics: Integrating Complex Beams and Active Metasurface Devices (iCOMM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2737327.0
EU funding (EUR): 2737327.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Complex, structured optical beams have unique properties offering new degrees of freedom for achieving unusual wavefront, polarisation and optical angular momentum demanded in microscopy, optical trapping and manipulation of nano-objects, information encoding in optical communications, holography, quantum technologies and laser micromachining. Metasurfaces, a subwavelength-thin nanostructured films, which were initially developed for controlling the phase of light and its reflection and transmission beyond the Snell’s law, provide a rich playground for generation and manipulation of structured beams. iCOMM will establish a metasurface platform for generating and controlling complex vector beams in space and time and develop its applications in sensing and identification of chiral molecules and nonlinear optical trapping. Using unique optical properties of designer-metasurfaces capable of controlling both phase and amplitude of light, nonlinear interactions of pulsed vector beams will be optimised and explored. We will aim to develop a series of active metamaterial chips for nonlinear control of CVBs, linear and nonlinear sensing of chiral molecules and optical trapping applications, opening new application areas in information processing and biochemical technologies. This will be a transformative development for the applications of complex vector beams and metasurfaces in optical communications, displays, security and bio- and chemical sensing and optical trapping. The success of the project will unlock the potential of metasurfaces in providing tuneability for the improvement of the real-world photonic devices and provide insight into physical phenomena which are vital for various areas of photonics and sensing, demonstrating commercially-viable application of metasurfaces and complex beams. It will transform the areas of both complex beams and metasurfaces by introducing real-time active control and consolidate and enhance the European leadership in this field.

Keywords: metamaterials and metasurfaces,optical information processing,nonlinear photonics,optical trapping,bio and chemical sensing
Development of Photochemical Strategies for the Generation and Use of Sulfur Radicals in the Assembly of C-S Bonds (LOBSTER)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Sulfur-containing molecules are widespread as medicines, agrochemicals and organic materials. Their preparation could be greatly facilitated by implementing sulfur-radicals, which are a class of very versatile synthetic intermediates. However, to date, difficulties associated to their generation and controlling their reactivity have severely limited their use and exploitation in synthetic settings. Here we propose the development of two conceptually novel and general ways to prepare sulfur-radicals using visible-light. These processes will capitalize on recent developments in the host group that has disclosed two novel organocatalytic ways for the generation of nitrogen-radicals. This proposal seeks to substantially expand this photochemical approach by developing methods for the generation and use of sulfur-radical. The power of this approach will be demonstrated by fast generation of 3D molecules containing atoms of sulfur. These methods will be then integrated with other reaction platforms that, taking advantage of visible-light as source of energy, will engage the sulfur-radical in new reactivity modes, to allow novel and powerful multicomponent thio-functionalization reactions. Furthermore, we will harness these activation modes to enable the direct thiolation of aromatic compounds in a single step without the use of transition metal catalysts. Through the use of this strategy, the rapid construction of many relevant and complex –sulfur-containing molecules will be possible. The development of such an innovative and ambitious project at the University of Manchester will be facilitated by generating, transferring, sharing and disseminating knowledge, and will enhance my career development following the training plan envisioned.

Keywords: sulfur radical,radical cascade reaction,photoredox catalysis
Neural drivers of functional disconnectivity in brain disorders (DisConn)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing, nervous system function and dysfunction, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 71.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498125.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498125.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

A rapidly expanding approach to understanding neural organization is to map patterns of spontaneous neural activity as an index of functional communication and connectivity across brain regions. Fostered by the advent of neuroimaging methods like resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI), this approach has revealed that functional connectivity is almost invariably disrupted in severe psychiatric disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia. However, the neural basis of such functional disconnectivity remains mysterious. What drives brain-wide functional synchronization? And are there shared pathophysiological mechanisms leading to impaired large-scale neural coupling? This project aims to elucidate the neural drivers of macroscale functional connectivity, as well as its breakdown in brain connectopathies. To achieve this goal, I propose a multi-scale perturbational approach to establish causal relationships between specific neural events and brain-wide functional connectivity via a novel combination of rsfMRI and advanced neural manipulations and recordings in the awake mouse. By directionally silencing functional hubs as well as more peripheral cortical regions, I will provide a hierarchical description of spontaneous network organization that will uncover regional substrates vulnerable to network disruption. I will also manipulate physiologically-distinct excitatory or inhibitory populations to probe a unifying mechanistic link between excitatory/inhibitory imbalances and aberrant functional connectivity. Finally, to account for the hallmark co-occurrence of synaptic deficits and functional disconnectivity in developmental disorders, I will link cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and learning to the generation of canonical and aberrant spontaneous activity patterns. These studies will pave the way to a back-translation of aberrant functional connectivity into interpretable neurophysiological events and models that can help understand, diagnose or treat brain disorders.

Keywords: spontaneous brain activity,functional magnetic resonance imaging,autism,schizophrenia,fmri,functional connectivity,resting state fmri,default mode network,chemogenetics,optogenetics
GraCerLit – Development of Functionally Graded Ceramics by Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) (GraCerLit)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-08-01
End date: 2023-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 186167.04
EU funding (EUR): 186167.04
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) were developed for applications where a continuous, stepped or spatial change in composition and/or microstructure is required. In recent years, an interest has been given to Functionally Graded Ceramics (FGCs) since high-complex technical ceramics are increasingly requested in almost every field of applications. In the past, conventional methods have been used for the production of FGC components. However, these methods have limitations in production of custom and complex-shaped ceramic parts. Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM), a recently developed additive manufacturing method by Lithoz GmbH and is used successfully for the cost-efficient, fast and near-net-shape production of monolithic ceramics. In the GraCerLit project, a new LCM printing setup will be designed and the open platform LCM printer prototype will be adapted that allows manufacturing of ceramic-ceramic FGCs without composition and geometry limitations. FGC samples will be produced and characterized in terms of mechanical, physical and microstructural properties. The process-structure-property (PSP) relations of FGC samples will be established through regression analysis by applying Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. The project will be carried out by the experienced researcher (ER) Dr. -Ing. Serkan Nohut who has wide experience on statistical characterization of advanced ceramics and generation of PSP relations. The ER will collaborate with the supervisor Dr. Martin Schwentenwein who has a strong background in manufacturing ceramic components by LCM method and experience on execution and management of EU funded research projects. The technical knowledge and professional skills that will be gained by the ER during the GraCerLit project will make great contributions for his future career development and provide him opportunities to participate in international research projects by cooperating with prestigious research institutes.

Keywords: additive manufacturing,functionally graded ceramics
Disruptive cloud-based irrigation controller to optimize water use efficiency in agriculture (GALNIMBUS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Israel
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-10-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of GALNIMBUS is to improve irrigation-water use efficiency up to 30% by developing a cloud-based irrigation controller able to perfectly match irrigation and fertigation doses to crop needs. The system in order to perform detailed real-time forecasts for crop water requirements -Defines irrigation needs based on crop specific data bases -Analyses real time data from the field (soil moisture, solar radiation, pH, plant stress, etc ) to evaluate crop status. -Checks online weather forecasts to readjust irrigation doses -Satellite images Thanks to GALNIMBUS irrigation tasks are fully automatized, and the grower can monitor the crop or activate irrigation valves remotely anywhere at anytime.

Keywords: water irrigation,satellite,algorithm