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Sea, Sun and ... Science! (3S)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Cyprus
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-NIGHT, 2010)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 72320.0
EU funding (EUR): 43000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Τhe Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) will organise the 2010 Researchers' Night event in Cyprus, on September 24th 2010 in the frame of the “Sea, Sun and ... Science!” (3S) project. The event will be hosted for the first time in the city of Limassol. Limassol is a seaside city, known for its history, beaches and unique physical environment, wineries, tradition in food and festivals, which furthermore hosts the only public technological university of Cyprus (Cyprus University of Technology - CUT). The broad and varied programme of activities, addressing the public at large regardless of age and scientific background, includes a series of interactive activities around themes inspired by Limassol’s characteristics: o “Hands-on Research Exhibition”, articulated around three thematic pillars: . Food/Health, Technology Applications and Sea/Environment, o “Fun in Science” dedicated to games and fun activities taking place both indoors and outdoors, o European Corner, located in a central part of the event, consisting of several activities relevant to the pan-European character of the event, o “Meet and Greet” sessions with several researchers (up to 20) from different scientific backgrounds, and o Concert by Tat – Tnabar group, well known for its innovative approach to music performances.

Keywords: researchers' night,research awareness
Researchers in the City (RECI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Luxembourg
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-NIGHT, 2010)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2010-11-30
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 264470.2
EU funding (EUR): 63000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

On 24th September 2010 researchers will open the doors of their labs and meet people in town. The project is based on a mix of activities, bringing together researchers and citizens in the popular centre of the City of Luxembourg. The researchers will be the stars of the event, playing the role of testimonials, guides, animators and "ordinary" human beings. Activities include: • 26 hands-on scientific workshops in the central venue (2pm - 9pm). The City of Luxembourg has authorized 2 marquees (400m2 and 800m2) on the Place Guillaume II in the heart of the city; • EU information stand at a central location inside the main marquee where participants of the Researchers’ Night contest will hand in their participation bulletins and where EU gadgets will be displayed; • Interactive scientific treasure hunt (Science Rallye) across the city’s main locations with 5 rally points near museums and popular town squares where participants will have to interact with researchers to answer scientific questions and find the code word to receive a gift; • 4 science cafés (5pm - 9pm) in popular cafés near the central venue (Art Café, Am Musée); • 2 scientific street animations; • catering (2pm – 9pm) and resting spaces; • Closing party in the main marquee starting at 9pm. Since Luxembourg is small, the whole city will be dedicated to the Researchers' night activities, meaning that big parts of the country (including the media) talk about only one thing: researchers. The target audience will include the inhabitants of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the foreign commuters from the Greater Region, with a special focus set on pupils and students, teachers and parents.

Keywords: researchers - public event - science and society - communication and dialogue - promotion of science and technology
enHanced Interference Alignment Techniques for Unprecedented Spectral Efficiency (HIATUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Greece,Sweden,France,Spain,Austria
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-C, 2009)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3561339.0
EU funding (EUR): 2645846.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

High spectral efficiency is the holy grail of wireless networks due to the well-known scarcity of radio spectrum. The successive introduction of advanced communication techniques enabled by the massive increases in processing power over the last few decades has enabled a progressive rise in link spectral efficiency, which in emerging systems seems to be approaching its limits. It is becoming increasingly clear that major new improvements in spectral efficiency of wireless networks will have to entail addressing inter-cell interference. While up to recently there seemed to be no way out of the apparent end of the road in spectral efficiency growth, the emerging approach of Interference Alignment (IA) – coming out of a very recent DARPA-funded project in the US – has cast new light in the spectral efficiency prospects of wireless networks: it promises new degrees of freedom that allow more parallel transmissions to take place within the same spectrum and free of interference from each other. The HIATUS proposal constitutes probably Europe’s first collaborative effort to explore the true potential of this approach in wireless networks, with the goal of making it a strong enabler for ultra-efficient wireless communications in Europe and beyond. The main objectives / challenges of HIATUS will be 1) to unveil the available degrees of freedom in a number of relevant wireless networking paradigms; 2) to explore ways to overcome the need of perfect channel state information (CSI) of all participating users; 3) to identify realistic network architectures / transmission methodologies that offer unprecedented spectral efficiency gains and 4) to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that will convincingly show the value of the new approach, paving the way for ultra-spectrally-efficient future wireless networks.

Keywords: spectral efficiency,interference alignment,degrees of freedom,interference discovery,wireless networks,cellular networks
Reinforcing the international cooperation in FP7 FAFB strengthening the CIRCLE of Third Countries BIO NCPs (BIO CIRCLE 2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Other activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,France,Germany,Hungary,Argentina,Brazil,Canada,Chile,China,Egypt,India,Kazakhstan,Mexico,Morocco,Russian Federation,South Africa,Tunisia,Ukraine,Greece,United Kingdom,New Zealand
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1152282.24
EU funding (EUR): 999969.0
Participants: 23
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of BIO CIRCLE 2 is to foster the knowledge base about FP7 FAFB & the networking capacities of Third Country researchers in order to reinforce their participation in FP7 projects. 3 project goals are distinguished: 1.Disseminate information effectively to Third Country researchers; 2.Organise information days and training for Third Country researchers; 3.Provide Third Country researchers with efficient networking opportunities. 5 European plus 16 Third Country partners (International Cooperation Partner Countries ICPC and Industrialised Countries) will all be involved in the activities. Apart from Kazakhstan and Thailand all involved countries (and the African continent represented by FARA) have signed a bilateral S&T agreement with the EU. The expected impacts are supported by various activities: Enhanced awareness of the Third Country researchers on the FP7 FAFB: WP2 will develop the regional strategies for the Third Country partners. Increased Third Country researchers’ participation in EU projects: WP3 will organise at least 2 trainings for Third Country researchers at national and regional level, 3 trainings of Third Country BIO NCPs and the organisation of 1 Regional Event per World Region. Strengthened collaborations with Third Countries signatories of bilateral S&T agreements with the EU: WP4 will implement networking activities for Third Country researchers, including brokerage events and working visits of Third Country researchers to EU research institutes and vice versa. Finally WP5 on dissemination activities will increase the awareness of European researchers about the international cooperation in FP7 FAFB. The impact of the activities will be further maximised by: 1.involving other countries that are not partners through a regional approach; 2.linking the BIO CIRCLE 2 activities to the activities of related INCO projects; 3.involving industrialised countries that are global S&T leaders in FAFB related research.

Keywords: networking,training,national contact point
Versatile, Efficient and Longer Wagon for European Transportation (VEL-WAGON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,Slovakia,Slovakia
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1107704.0
EU funding (EUR): 831687.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Project VEL-Wagon will be a key milestone for the efficiency of intermodal freight wagons since it will demonstrate that fewer elements and less dead weight can result in the same or even more transport output. Coherently, the project will design a versatile platform element for a multipurpose function and intermodal use that will bring about an important gain of flexibility, accessibility and efficiency of railway services. The project will investigate the current status of the European freight railway market and, more importantly, it will look at the trend thereof and its associated logistics. In synchronisation, a wagon engineering activity will be launched for determining the final costs of a solution matching the market requirements. The basic working paradigm is the markets need for longer and lighter wagons with fewer axles. This has already been corroborated in a recent study commissioned by FERRMED and corresponds with the intermodal market trend of using increasingly longer intermodal loading units. Indeed, in advanced and modern logistics, due to the transportation of finished and semi-finished products, the value of the cargo has increased and its density has decreased. The project will examine the limits of light wagon construction and the future infrastructure response to the everyday-more-challenging railway traffic. The investigation will be initiated with concrete wagon concepts to be examined, namely, 4-axle rigid platforms of 80 to 90 feet length. The outcome will be a compromised solution between economic aspects and technical constraints. Intentionally, the result will pave the way for further investigations of max allowable axle load in Europe, since, in respect to infrastructure solicitation, fewer axles with somewhat higher load may be equivalent to more axles with regular load. The research intention of VEL-Wagon is necessary for understanding and paving the way for the future European transportation sustainability.

Keywords: rail freight,intermodal transport,wagon concept development,multipurpose wagon platform,longer and lighter wagon,dead weight reduction,efficiency of wagon use,capacity increase,market needs
Optimised storage integration for the electric car (OSTLER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Sweden,Italy,Italy,Germany,Poland,Spain,United States
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4014679.6
EU funding (EUR): 2499922.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Present-day electric vehicles are typically designed by starting from an existing vehicle platform and designing a storage device (battery pack) to fit the constraints of the existing vehicle. OSTLER is based on the concept of modular storage devices around which an electric vehicle (EV) can be designed. The vehicle designer can select storage capacity to give range in EV mode (e.g. 20 km, 50 km, 100 km) in much the same way as current-generation vehicles are designed around different powertrain packages (e.g. 1.6 litre, 1.8 litre, 2.0 litre). OSTLER will develop novel solutions for mechanical, thermal and electrical integration based around such a modular concept of storage-centric design. The project will further investigate the implications of these integration solution if one or more of the storage packs is removable, and hence evaluate the feasibility of a removable concepts e.g. quick drop or user-changeable packs.

Keywords: green cars,electric vehicle,electric car,battery,storage,integration,electrial,thermal,mechanical
Models and generic interfaces for easy and safe Battery insertion and removal in electric vehicles (EASYBAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,Germany,Germany,Denmark,Germany,Israel,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3778975.39
EU funding (EUR): 2244511.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

“The Battery is the Car”. New traction battery packs make the fully electric & plug-in vehicles more and more capable. Their share of the price of the car is set to become even more dominant. Factors driving this include the strident demand for better car range. Battery packs increasingly incorporate electronics for safety and power conversion. The integration of these new complex battery packs presents major challenges especially considering the current lack of standards. EASYBAT’s main mission is to address these integration challenges by defining new concepts for the smart insertion of batteries and by developing in particular generic interfaces for electric vehicles. This research aims at enabling smooth batteries integration and swap. The EASYBAT integration system will be developed for fully electric vehicles. EASYBAT will develop (i) generic interfaces to improve interoperability between the battery system modules and the vehicle on board-systems and (ii) new components for an easy & safe location and quick integration of the battery in the vehicle. (iii) At each stage of the project, the EASYBAT partners will assess the feasibility of the overall battery swapping concept considering costs, logistics, and environmental aspects. Based on these parameters, the EASYBAT system performance will be compared to alternative solutions for EVs. The EASYBAT consortium includes a major electric vehicle services provider, one of the top global OEMs, a leading automotive supplier, research institutes covering fields of expertise such as safety & security, interfaces and communication protocols, EVs electrical architecture, and standardization within the IEC/ISO. Together, the EASYBAT partners will offer solutions enabling cost effective, environmental friendly switchable battery packs and will contribute unleashing the EVs potential for a wider use.

Keywords: battery integration,electric vehicle,generic interfaces,battery swap
Advanced Flow Diagnostics for Aeronautical Research (AFDAR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Italy,Netherlands,Belgium,Australia,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4018236.33
EU funding (EUR): 2660000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of AFDAR is to develop, assess and demonstrate new image-based experimental technologies for the analysis of aerodynamic systems and aerospace propulsion components. The main development focus is on new three-dimensional methods based on Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to measure the flow field around aircraft components, and on the high-speed version of the planar technique for the analysis in time-resolved regime of transient/unsteady aerodynamic problems. The progress beyond the state of the art with respect to current technologies is summarized by three aimed breakthroughs: 1) three-dimensional volumetric measurements over wings and airfoils; 2) time-resolved measurements and aerodynamic analysis several orders of magnitude faster than today; 3) turbulence characterization in aerodynamics wind-tunnels at resolution orders of magnitude higher than today by Long-Range Micro-PIV. The project ultimately aims to support the design of better aircraft and propulsion systems by enabling the designer to use experimental data during the development cycle of unprecedented completeness and quality. The work also covers the simultaneous application of PIV-based techniques and other methods to determine aeroacoustic noise emissions from airframe and to improve combustion processes to lower NOx, CO2 and soot emissions from engines. The consortium is led by a Dutch Technical University and lists 10 partners including a Russian research Institute and an Australian University. Three industries are involved in this work either as participant or contributing under subcontract and providing testing facilities. As final results of the project, a detailed analysis of the new measurement systems will be delivered and a number of demonstrations will be performed to validate the concepts in industrial environments. Special emphasis is given to the dissemination of results by meetings, publications and workshops.

Keywords: aircraft aerodynamics,propulsion technology,emissions,measurement techniques,combustion,aeroacoustics,aerroelasticity,particle image velocimetry,tomography,laser induced fluorescence
Researchers in the Kitchen (RESKITCHLAB)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-NIGHT, 2010)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 154160.0
EU funding (EUR): 60000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The ResKitchLab: Researchers in the Kitchen proposal consists in two different activities which are very relate to each other. First, six main Events on the 24th September 2010, which will gather around 15000 people, organised by seven public entities: UdG, UMU, CNIEH, CSIC in Galicia, FULP and UniOvi. Second, a whole project period event starting at the very beginning of the project. The different activities related to the second event will help to disseminate the 24th event. The main objective of the project is to enhance the recognition of researchers and their role in society, focusing in one of their mission: as a communicator of their research and using a tool that everybody knows and has: a Kitchen. The role of the project will go around the questions of: What’s Doing a Researcher in a kitchen? The Events will be implemented using different activities. - 1. Event 2.0: Two different subprojects will be prepared for this activity. First, a website project based on videos showing researchers on their own kitchen both cooking and explaining something related to their field of expertise: The Kitchen your Lab. High school student will be asked to record a video performing some experiment in the lab or in a kitchen: High School Video Competition. - 2. Decathlon: Previous to the Researchers’ Night Event, during the morning and early afternoon of 24th September, a special research Decathlon competition will be prepared for young people. - 3. A Night in the Kitchen: A Researchers’ fair will be performed during the whole Event, where the proposed experiments will be shown in vivo. The final part of this activity will have a festivity character, where different actions will take place. This activity will be labelled as “Have Fun with Research”. - 4. Drawing a Researcher in a Kitchen: The analysis of the drawings will be used to tackle the existing stereotypes about researchers and have a reliable assessment of the project activities.

Keywords: researchers,society,kitchen
Human Resources for Primary Health Care in Africa (HURAPRIM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Optimising the delivery of healthcare to European citizens
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,United Kingdom,Austria,South Africa,Uganda,Botswana,Sudan,Mali
Call:  (FP7-AFRICA-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4260577.27
EU funding (EUR): 2998725.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Multiple reports have documented the important deficit in human resources in health (HRH) in Africa. The causes are multiple and relate to a combination of underproduction, internal mal-distribution and inappropriate task allocation, working conditions and brain drain. The HURAPRIM-project will develop innovative interventions and policies and address the HRH crisis. The objectives of the projects are to analyze the actual situation of HRH in Africa, to understand the complexity of the causes for the actual shortages in primary health care, to test interventions, strategies and policies that may improve the situation and to maximise networking and synergies. In order to achieve these goals, the project will assess the scope of the deficit in human resources and analyse the process of recruitment, undergraduate and postgraduate training, professional retention and unemployment and this for a variety of primary health care workers. The known complexity of the problem will prevent us from applying a "one size fits all"-approach. Therefore, the project consortium brings together three experienced and committed European partners and five African partners, representing different parts of Africa and specific situations in HRH. The designed interventions will be tested out through case-studies in these partner countries. The interventions will target different levels (capacity building, recruitment and retention, task differentiation and cooperation with informal sector/traditional healers), will addresses (in various degrees of importance) aspects at the micro-, meso and macro-levels and will be designed with involvement of all stakeholders, political authorities, NGOs and especially the local population. The frame of reference for the analysis will look at relevance, equity, quality, efficiency, acceptability, sustainability, participation and feasibility. Acceptance by policy makers, in close cooperation with stakeholders and of the local communities will be a main focu

Keywords: human resources crisis,brain drain,prevention strategies