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Rotorcraf Drag Reduction (ROD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-02, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 31.0
Total project cost (EUR): 797400.0
EU funding (EUR): 598050.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project pertains to the wind tunnel testing of a common helicopter platform of the heavy-weight class. The aim of the testing activity is the evaluation of the effectiveness (mainly in terms of drag reduction) of the shape optimisation performed by GRC consortium on severall components. Both original and optimised models will be tested to assess the optimisation effectiveness by comparison. The tests will complemented by a CFD simulation activity and finally a physical interpretation of the obtained results will be presented.

Keywords: wind tunnel,helicopter,aerodynamics
Drivetrain Rolling Elements in Aeronautics, Design and Sizing for (DREADS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-02, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1033828.8
EU funding (EUR): 658371.6
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

In the scope of the development of a more electrical aircraft, this subject aims at the development and the experimental validation of a reliable sizing method for mechanical transmission elements, specifically screw drives and thrust bearings of aeronautic flight control actuation system. In fact the replacement of the hydraulic with electric devices promises many advantages but we have to pay attention to the compliance with the operational reliability and safety requirements of these essential components. Main critical requirements for the sizing method of rolling drivetrain contact elements are related to oscillation loads and reversal of the direction of load, low frequencies oscillating movements, proper lubrication conditions at critical temperatures (low and extreme high temperatures). These critical issues are typical of aeronautic applications, specifically of the helicopter swashplate actuation system, and they are not covered by the standard norms. At first, the project activities will concern a deep survey of state of the art, including norms, patents and proprietary methods of sizing. Moreover a targeted analysis to the exact definition of the operating conditions will be conducted. These first steps will be essential steps for the development of the sizing method. Then, the third step will be the analysis of the stress at the contact area between the balls/rollers and the tracks on both bearings and screws in dynamic conditions that will be performed by dedicated software. The case of the helicopter swashplate will be consider as a benchmark and a dedicated sets of rolling contact thrust bearing and balls screws transmission will be designed, manufactured and tested in order to validate the developed new method of sizing.

Keywords: screw drives,thrust bearing,sizing method,h/c swashplate
Terpenes via Asymmetric Catalytic One-Pot Synthesis: A Lifelong Training & Career Development Project (TACOS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202405.8
EU funding (EUR): 202405.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

TACOS offers a first class training experience to a very promising young researcher based on a broad and high-impact, yet feasible, training program at the cutting edge of catalysis, dynamic covalent chemistry, green chemistry and asymmetric organic synthesis. The researcher will be trained in a scientific environment of the highest quality, cultivating his independence as a scientist and restarting his research career within Europe. The researcher will develop chiral boronic acid catalysts that enable asymmetric dehydrative cyclizations of terpenoid alcohols to allow one-step synthetic access to the carbocyclic skeleton of terpenes. The results generated from the project will serve to give an edge to the European pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries while attracting interest from the organocatalysis community in Europe and abroad.

Keywords: c111 method development in chemistry,c112 catalysis,c114 chemical reactions,c136 homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis,c141 organic chemistry
Global tectonics with realistic lithospheric rheology (GLORY)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260608.2
EU funding (EUR): 260608.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Plate tectonics is the unifying theory of earth sciences and the building ground for geology and geodynamics. This proposal addresses the fundamental question how interaction between Earth's tectonic plates and its deep interior affects the surface evolution of our planet, i.e. its plate motions, crustal stress field and topography at present-day and in the past. The key approach is to develop a hybrid numerical model by combining an outstanding program for lithosphere dynamics that features realistic elasto-visco-plastic rheology (SLIM3D) with one of the worlds most effective mantle convection codes (TERRA). The hybrid model will be able to calculate both horizontal and vertical plate movements as well as the global stress field with unprecedented accuracy. It will be used to understand the forces that shape present-day Earth and to unravel the cause of the global plate-tectonic rearrangement event that took place 50 My ago. Heavily relying on geological observables, this project will provide new, self-consistent, numerical models of Earth's dynamics with strong relevance not only for the broad geodynamic community but also for other geoscientific topics like sedimentary basin evolution, petrology and crustal stress field. The study combines the expertise of two excellent groups, namely Dietmar Müller's EarthByte Group (University of Sydney) that is specialised in global scale integration and interpretation of exhaustive geological and geophysical data sets and the Geodynamic Modelling Group of Stephan Sobolev (GFZ-Potsdam) that stands for first-class numerical simulation with a strong focus on realistic physical properties of Earth materials. The project will enable the fellow to severely widen his numerical and geoscientific background while working at an internationally renowned institution. He will transfer the acquired knowledge as well as the unprecedented software product to Europe and the GFZ-Potsdam.

Keywords: v201 geology - tectonics - volcanology,geosciences,geodynamics,plate tectonics,global numerical model,tectonic reconstructions,plate reorganisation event,hawaiian-emperor bend
Star-like Oligo(aniline)s with Tunable Band Gaps for Tailored Nanostructures in Advanced Electronic Applications (TANOGAPPS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-07-29
End date: 2015-07-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The overarching aim of the proposed research is to advance the understanding and design of conjugated oligomeric materials with tunable optoelectronic properties, in particular materials based on oligo(aniline)s, for applications in the EU priority area of organic electronics. To underpin and support this innovation, key new routes to novel molecular architectures and nanostructures will be explored. The proposed research deals with the designed synthesis of a library of nanostructures based on star-like oligo(aniline)s from the Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling strategy and ionic self-assembly technique. Controlling the molecular architecture and acids dopants will allow for tuning of and controll over band gaps, physical dimensions and localized defects. This approach will lead to optimised nanostructured morphologies and ensure efficient charge separation and transport. As a result, enhanced mobility, sensitivity and selective interactions with external stimuli will offer smart nanomaterials for gas sensors. The project will open unexplored avenues in this priority area of organic electronics through its inter- and multidisciplinary approach, i.e., the proposed research will rely on modern synthetic organic chemistry, chemicophysical analyses of optoelectronic properties and structure relationships, self-assembly in the solid state, device fabrication and testing. It is expected that the outcomes of this proposed research will substantially impact across and beyond the mentioned range of disciplines. This project will therefore 1) aid in continuing to establish European excellence and competitiveness in the field of organic electronics, a priority research area in the European Research Area, and 2) is expected to accelerate the development of selective and tunable sensors, which will have major impact on ERA scientific communities, public health and EU security.

Keywords: organic electronics,self-assembly,che,c104 molecular architecture and structure,c126 new materials,c127 materials for sensors,c128 nanomaterials,oligo(aniline)s,gas sensor,electroactive structure
Molecular organization of the kinetochore-microtubule interface (KT-MT INTERFACE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 168794.4
EU funding (EUR): 168794.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This application is concerned with the reconstitution of the outer kinetochore, and its analysis by biophysical techniques and electron microscopy. The kinetochore is a large multi-subunit and multi-copy protein complex that bridges mitotic chromosomes with spindle microtubules. The kinetochore-microtubule interface is crucially important for faithful division of replicated DNA during mitosis and is therefore subtly regulated to perform its functions optimally, maintaining genome stability. Failures in the chromosome segregation process are associated with genetic diseases and cell transformation. To understand the structural organization of the kinetochore-microtubule interface, a clear overview of the relevant players and their role and position in the kinetochore is needed. The binding of kinetochores to microtubules likely involves cooperative interactions between different copies of the kinetochore components. Several kinetochore proteins are known to bind microtubules, but the main mediator of the ‘end-on’ microtubule interaction is the NDC80 complex. Previous structural work from our laboratory has shed light on the organization of a minimal NDC80 complex and its mechanism of microtubule binding. Building on these previous studies, it is now important to extend the analysis to the function of the entire kinetochore. To study the binding of the kinetochore to microtubules in more detail, we now propose to reconstitute the full-length NDC80 complex with additional recombinantly expressed kinetochore components, including CENP-C, the MIS12 complex, the SKA complex and the KNL1 complex. The influence of these additional components on microtubule binding will be studied using biophysical approaches and electron microscopy. Through this we will gain insight into 1) the structural basis of kinetochore organization, 2) the conformational changes upon microtubule binding, and 3) the dynamics of relevant interactions.

Keywords: natural sciences,mitosis,kinetochore,kmn network,microtubule binding,electron microscopy,biochemistry,biophysics
The cross-cultural development of resource allocation behaviour (XCULTDEVRESALL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In human society, there is a need to regulate the allocation and distribution of goods to prevent conflicts over access to resources. The developmental trajectory of how children learn resource allocation rules has been established for children in Western cultures, but very little is known about the cross-cultural development of these behaviors. My project will thus investigate the cross-cultural development of resource allocation behavior (1) by designing a comprehensive battery of behavioral tests for 3- to 8-year-old children and (2) by using this test battery to study children in two different small-scale cultures in Kenya and Namibia, respectively, and in Germany. This project will be supervised by Prof Michael Tomasello at the Department of Comparative and Developmental Psychology (MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany), who is a world-leading authority on the development of social cognition and cultural learning and has successfully mentored more than 50 early career researchers. The Department offers a vibrant, highly prolific, interdisciplinary environment with about 40 researchers at different stages of their careers and unique research facilities in the ERA for conducting developmental, cross-cultural research (e.g., a developmental lab, field-sites in Kenya & Namibia, support staff). By conducting this project I will gain crucial postdoctoral experience and (1) acquire new scientific skills in cross-cultural methodology, anthropological knowledge and field-work experience in Africa, (2) gain new transferable skills e.g. regarding research management and the dissemination of research findings (scientific & general public), and (3) establish a network of collaborations with renowned experts – all of which will prepare me for a career as an independent researcher at a European institution. This timely project will be highly relevant for different disciplines in the behavioral sciences and has the potential to make a significant impact on the field.

Keywords: resource allocation,cross-cultural,fairness,ownership,development,social cognition
First-principles theory of spatial dispersion in electromagnetic response of solids: Applications to natural optical activity and magnetoelectric effect (RESPSPATDISP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166336.2
EU funding (EUR): 166336.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The global objective of the project is to develop a theoretical framework for the first-principles description of the macroscopic electromagnetic response of solids with a full and accurate account of the spatial dispersion and memory effects. The new scheme will be applied to study two fundamental properties of extended systems: the natural optical activity and the magnetoelectric effect in crystals of technological relevance, such as multiferroics and topological insulators. We should state that at present there is no theory able to model the frequency-dependent response of extended systems with the full account of spatial dispersion. The response of these systems to static fields has been widely studied in recent years and among others has given rise to the development of what is known as the modern theory of polarisation. The present project aims at the extension of those theories to the time-domain and will certainly have a big impact in the fields of condensed matter, material science, nano- and bioscience. The outcome of the project would be delivered to the whole scientific community as part of the Octopus project that aims to have a fully versatile free (GNU license) code able to describe the time-dependent electron-ion dynamics of finite and extended systems to arbitrary intense and time-dependent electromagnetic perturbations. The solution of the challenging theoretical problem addressed by the project requires combination of the expertise of the host in modeling electronic properties of matter and the strong background of the researcher in theoretical physics, materials science and computational methods. The know-how of the researcher in multi-level modeling and close collaboration with industry will help to raise the level of the host group in these areas. The project will be a seed to the long-term collaboration between the host group and the present group of the researcher in Russia.

Keywords: p316 theoretical and computational chemistry,p106 electromagnetism,p108 optics and quantum optics,p205 electronic properties of materials and transport,solid state physics
Advanced Models for Fisheries Stock Assessment of Large Pelagics (AMFISALS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: New Caledonia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 22.0
Total project cost (EUR): 240143.75
EU funding (EUR): 240143.75
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There is growing concern about the sustainability of fisheries targeting highly migratory fish species worldwide. Tuna and tuna-like species are exploited by multiple nations and the regulation of these stocks are, from a political perspective, exceedingly difficult. Management measures need of a sound scientific knowledge of the stocks and fisheries dynamics. Traditional stock assessment techniques cannot be used in this kind of fisheries, and there is an increasing need for the further development of integrated stock assessment techniques. The aim of the current proposal is the training of the fellow in state-of-the-art stock assessment models and the further development of these models through the inclusion of electronic tagging data, spatial variability of biological parameters, and projections of the models into the future. The south Pacific swordfish, Xiphias gladius, has been chosen as a base case, since assessments of this species are are scheduled to occur in the next 2 years, and due to the role of the EU fleet in the fishery of this resouce. The conclusion of the project would result in a highly trained scientist who can critically review stock assessments of the most important global fish stocks (tuna, swordfish, marlin) that are provided to Regional Fisheries Management Organisations. This would reinforce the position of the applicant as advisor in fisheries management in the framework of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Provision of this level of technical training is highly innovative, provide the EU with the capacity to readily obtain expert advice and will position the EU as a leader is this important area of sustainability sciences. Additionally, the integration of the training objectives and the applicant background would also provide the opportunity of leading some of the developments of the stock assessment models currently in use in tuna RFMOs and, therefore, lead to an independent research line.

Keywords: v308 population biology - population dynamics - population genetics,v402 aquaculture - fisheries,v301 animal behaviour,v306 environmental and marine biology,v304 conservation biology - ecology
Asteroseismology to constrain physic of transport processes occurring in red giant stars (SEISMOLOGY IN RGB)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Low- and intermediate-mass stars form the dominant stellar component of our Galaxy and represent a very important astrophysical interest. Their location, kinetics and chemistry give informations on the mechanism of the formation and evolution of the Milky Way. During her PhD thesis, the applicant showed the crucial role of rotation-induced mixing and thermohaline instability to better understand the chemical evolution of red giant stars, and their consequences on the evolution of light elements in our Galaxy. Although spectroscopic observations give an important information of the chemical composition of stars, asteroseismology can provide the long-sought additional constraints to test in detail our physical description of stars. The recent detection and characterisation of solar-like oscillations in a large number of red giants by CoRoT and Kepler allow us to understand this kind of stars, where recently thermohaline mixing has been invoked to explain abundance anomalies. The applicant wishes to go to the Birmingham University to work with Dr Miglio and his team to get new knowledge in asteroseismology modelling, in the population synthesis, and to obtain a critical look on the interpretation of asteroseimic observations. She expects to achieve for the first time a comparison between current theoretical predictions of stellar evolution and asteroseismic observations. She will compute theoretical low-l frequencies of her theoretical models including effects of different transport processes to underline effects of each of them on the frequency spectrum of red giant stars. She will be able to improve in the models the physical description of different hydrodynamic processes such as turbulence, meridional circulation, or thermohaline instability on the red giant branch. Then the study of the stellar populations in our Galaxy with asteroseimic observations combined with spectroscopic observations (APOGEE) will allow us to improve our understanding of the Milky Way.

Keywords: p301 astronomy - astrophysics and cosmology