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Advanced concentrate treatment for integrated membrane based water reuse systems (ACTIWATE)

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: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 369327.5
EU funding (EUR): 369327.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Drought and water scarcity are major global challenges increasingly having a significant impact on countries of the EU. The Commission estimated the economic impacts of drought events in the last 30 last years to be 100 billion € at EU level. In particular Mediterranean countries are heavily affected and now prioritise water reuse. High quality water reuse based on dense membrane treatment is expected to be progressively applied to provide the additional water resources required. However environmental concerns and the high costs associated with membrane concentrate management limit its application, especially in inland locations. "ACTIWATE - Advanced concentrate treatment for integrated membrane based water reuse systems" aims at the investigation of integrated RO and NF concentrate treatment concepts with minimized costs and environmental impact. Applying the sustainable Zero Liquid Discharge principle, it combines methods for the removal of bulk and trace organics with a subsequent desalting system based on electrodialysis or forward osmosis to further concentrate the brine and then precipitate the salts or use WAIV for salinity removal. The focus will be on the optimum removal of micropollutants and foulants to allow a complete recycle of the concentrate. The 3-year project will be executed at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia (outgoing host) and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (return host) offering the research fellow excellent opportunities to further develop his scientific skills in cutting edge technologies and analytical methods. Executed in two countries severely hit by recurring droughts and where substantial investment in inland reclamation plants will be made, he will gain first hand knowledge of water reuse and other adaptive measures of the water industry. The research will contribute to the EU Strategic Research Agenda, in a research area that is recognised as being of the highest importance for the EU research community.

Keywords: water re-use,water scarsity management,integrated management of water,environmental impact,technological sciences,wastewater treatment
A Novel Approach to the Fabrication of Nanoscale Light Emitting Diodes (NANOLEDS)

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-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199549.6
EU funding (EUR): 199549.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology will drive the scientific and technological development of future years with revolutionary perspectives in many aspects of our society. Future large-volume applications will require fast and flexible methods to fabricate and miniaturize electronic and photonic components. This proposal will develop a novel approach to the fabrication of nanoscale light emitting diode (LED) and single quantum dot (QD) LED devices that exploits the laser-driven diffusion of hydrogen in III-V and III-N-V semiconductors. This project will impact a wide community. In fact, nano-LEDs have potential for several applications and interdisciplinary research, i.e. intra- and inter-chip communication, ultrahigh-density information storage, bio-imaging, etc.; also, single-QD LEDs will provide opportunities for fundamental studies of low dimensional structures and their exploitation in nanophotonics. Therefore, this programme of research is well suited to tackle important challenges faced by our society and to generate the knowledge needed to ensure the leadership of Europe in a rapidly growing field. This fellowship will offer Dr. G. Pettinari opportunities to acquire complementary competencies and skills and to reach a position of professional maturity and independence. The fellow will work in an internationally leading institution, The University of Nottingham, with a strong tradition in condensed matter and semiconductors research. The host institution will benefit from hosting a promising researcher whose innovative proposal and previous experience in hydrogen studies and III-N-V alloys will complement an existing research activity at Nottingham on the fabrication of nanoscale LEDs. Of particular interest is the proposal of using hydrogen in the miniaturization of photonic components. This approach has the potential to be implemented in different semiconductor systems and devices, thus opening realistic prospects for a wide range of applications.

Keywords: physics of semiconductors,electron-based nano-devices,opto-electronic components,quantum dots,iii-v compounds,dilute nitrides,hydrogen in semiconductors,high magnetic fields,magneto-transport.
Core-shell catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (DAFCs): Study of the structure and stability under electrochemical conditions by X-ray structural techniques (XAS-DAFC)

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-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200549.6
EU funding (EUR): 200549.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The development of low-cost materials is a determining step for the final introduction of low temperature fuel cells in the market. These systems, especially direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs), are the most important and promising alternative energy systems. However, their commercialisation for demanding applications, in particular for the transport sector, requires an increase of the metal efficiency and the reduction of the platinum content in electrodes in order to reduce the fuel cell cost. In this context, the use of core-shell catalysts seems to be the most feasible solution for reducing the platinum content and, therefore, the fuel cell cost. This nanostructure involves the replacement of the core of the nanoparticles with less expensive metals. Furthermore, using this nanostructure, the utilization efficiency (surface-to-volume ratio) is increased, and an enhancement of the platinum activity is achieved due to an electronic, structural or morphological effect that depends on the metal used as core. In this project, we will explore further enhancements of the alcohol (methanol and ethanol) oxidation activity of core@shell materials for the alcohol oxidation reaction (AOR) by preparing Pd-core, Pt-Ru or Pt@Ru shell catalysts. Subsequently, the studies will be extended to other core metals and ternary (bimetallic shell and/or core) systems. The overall aim will be to provide advance understanding of the structure/property relationships, by using in situ X-ray structural techniques, which determine alcohol oxidation activity as well as identifying the degradation mechanisms that limit the stability of the materials under electrochemical conditions.

Keywords: core-shell catalysts,pd-y@pt-x/c,alcohol oxidation,dafc,in situ x-ray structural techniques
Role of the oxidative environment in the stability of symbiotic associations (SYMBIOX)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 232676.8
EU funding (EUR): 232676.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Associations between eukaryotes and microorganisms are frequently observed in nature. They are highly diverse and range along a continuum between parasitism and mutualism. Although numerous symbiotic associations have been well described at the phenotypic level, the mechanisms involved in the maintenance of the association and their evolutionary consequences are rarely studied. However, the presence of a permanent resident can have direct consequences on the host developmental program and immune system, and dramatically change the outcome of a secondary infection by a pathogen. As the oxidative environment is known to play pleiotropic roles in development and immunity, I propose to determine to what extent its control plays a role in the stability of symbiotic associations and in the evolution of both partners. To address these issues, I plan to work on various symbiotic associations, differing in the characteristics of the symbiotic relationship. I will focus on two monospecific interactions between invertebrates and bacteria (Squid/Vibrio, Insect/Wolbachia), natural but easily examined systems for defining the biochemical/genetic events that underlie long-term infection by non-pathogenic bacteria. In each model system, I will first characterize the molecular mechanisms involved in the control of the oxidative environment, then determine how the oxidative environment varies in response to symbiosis, and finally assess to what extent its regulation affects the stability of the symbiosis. In particular, I propose to determine if: 1) the symbiont manipulates the host oxidative environment to favour its maintenance, 2) the host evolves to tolerate the presence of the symbiont, and 3) changes of the oxidative environment only constitute a by-product of the symbiotic association. Finally, the comparative analysis will allow me to determine potential shared mechanisms that play a key role in the maintenance of symbiotic associations.

Keywords: evolutionary biology,animal physiology,microbiology,molecular biology,genomics
New production technology development for most efficient and more stable application of electro-optic and nonlinear optical crystalline materials (TEMESAMA)

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: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2013-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211990.0
EU funding (EUR): 211990.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of this proposal is development of new production technology for most efficient and more stable application of crystalline materials as active elements of electro-optic or nonlinear optical cells, especially for control and/or conversion of superpowerful laser radiation. In the framework of such technology it is proposed to create new electro-optic interferometric setup and modernize existing nonlinear optical setup as well as to develope the necessary fundamental methodology being suitable for precise determination and calculation of complete sets of electro-optic tensor coefficients or nonlinear optical second order susceptibilities in crystalline materials of different symmetry. Using these setups author plans to study the electro-optic and nonlinear optical characteristics of doped lithium niobate and borate family crystals or other low symmetry prospective inorganic/organic crystalline materials. It is therefore expected to derive for these materials a complete tensor sets of electro-optic or nonlinear optical coefficients that will represent input parameters for further 3D-analysis of spatial anisotropy of investigated effects using constructed indicative surfaces and their stereographic projections. On this basis the global maxima of electro-optic or nonlinear optical effects for selected crystals will be determined and for these maxima their angular stability will be calculated using improved own software. In the final step it is planed to design the laboratory prototype of such cell suitable for more efficient and stabil control or conversion of superpowerful laser radiation made of mentioned above crystalline materials. Thus it will be a significant contribution in development of new production technology for most efficient and more stable application of electro-optic and nonlinear optical crystalline materials.

Keywords: materials engineering,production technology,electro-optic and nonlinear optical materials,3d-analysis of spatial anisotropy,indicative surface,global maximum
The relationship between white light and in situ observations of coronal mass ejections (WILISCME)

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: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 146370.8
EU funding (EUR): 146370.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the source of the strongest disturbances of the Earth’s magnetic field. Masses of the magnitude of Mount Everest are expelled from the solar corona attaining speeds of millions of kilometres per hour and expanding to sizes of a considerable fraction of the Sun-Earth distance. When their complex of plasma and magnetic fields hits Earth and if this fulfils certain properties, a part of their energy can be transferred to the Earth’s magnetosphere. So called geomagnetic storms are elicited, which pose a great threat to our modern technological infrastructure, in particular to satellites in Earth orbit and to power grids on the ground. Thus forecasting these hurricanes of space weather is needed by an increasing amount of public and private institutions, in particular with regard to the upcoming solar maximum. In the course of this research project, new observations by the NASA STEREO Mission will be analysed. STEREO is able to image Earth directed CMEs in white light at two vantage points far away from the Earth. Their density enhancements in the solar wind can now be followed for the first time stereoscopically all the way from the Sun the Earth in white light. The same eruptions are then sampled by spacecraft (Wind, ACE) near Earth directly in situ in the solar wind. Aim (1) of the project is to compare results from recently developed forecasting methods applied to the STEREO/HI images of CMEs to in situ observations of the same events at 1 AU. Aim (2) is directed to the related question if and how the CMEs rotate during eruption and/or propagation using both observations and numerical simulations, which will be carried out for the best observed events studied for the first aim. Results from this project can be taken as basic principles to enhance the reliability of forecasting models, which are used to prolong the advance warning time for a potentially threatening solar eruption.

Keywords: physical sciences,astrophysics,space physics,space weather,coronal mass ejections,magnetic clouds,stereo,heliospheric imagers
Regulation of chromatin compaction in response to DNA damage in mammalian cells (CHROMATINDAMAGE)

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-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185248.0
EU funding (EUR): 185248.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Protection of genome integrity is crucial for maintaining cell viability and preventing cancer. However, how the dynamic organisation of DNA into chromatin in the cell nucleus is orchestrated in order to allow and promote detection and repair of DNA lesions remains poorly understood. A controlled accessibility of damaged chromatin is likely critical for an efficient cellular response to DNA damage, but underlying molecular mechanisms enabling this regulation have to be deciphered. In this proposal, we describe how we will combine established techniques and a novel approach based on FLIM-FRET microscopy to quantitatively visualise chromatin compaction/decompaction in human cells and to analyse how this is regulated during the response to genotoxic stress. First, we will examine the spatio-temporal dynamics of chromatin re-organisation upon global or localised DNA damage. Then, we plan to characterise the factors involved in each step, with a particular focus on chromatin remodeling factors, in order to determine their exact functional importance for DNA damage signaling and repair. This study should provide mechanistic insight into how genome integrity is preserved in a chromatin context.

Keywords: cell biology,chromatin,dna damage,remodeling,flim/fret
Power unveiled: Muslim women participation in European civic and political life (POWER UNVEILED)

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-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 250659.0
EU funding (EUR): 250659.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project intends to challenge assumptions of passivity among women of Muslim background and to investigate their participation in European civic and political life. The purpose of the project is to uncover how these women constitute themselves as social actors in the life of the cite. It is based on a comparison between three countries, Britain, France and Spain through in-depth empirical research. One additional original component of the project is its methodological approach: sociological intervention (as established by Alain Touraine). The project will examine the different modes of participation and action as staged by the women in the three countries; the axes and meaning of their action; the key issues that mobilise them; the associations wherein they take part. It will point to the constraints and enabling factors which influence their action, the type of interaction they pursue with their own communities and with wider society. It will analyse the innovative strategies they develop within a broad understanding of civic and political participation. It will contribute badly needed knowledge to inform European Union policy-makers about the construction of Europe from below and how to best promote the participation of an often neglected group for an improved social cohesion.

Keywords: muslim,women,politics,participation,sociological intervention
Analysis of coherent states at the laminar-turbulence boundary in pipe flow (PIPEEDGE)

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-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161742.4
EU funding (EUR): 161742.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Turbulent flows are encountered ubiquitously in nature and technical applications. For example, flows over an airfoil or water flows through pipelines have a chaotic spatial structure and are highly time-dependent. In general, the transfer of fluids is energetically far more efficient if the fluid motion is smooth, since friction losses are much lower. Therefore the transition from laminar to turbulent flow poses a challenge of great practical and theoretical importance. The aim of this proposal is to advance the understanding of the onset of turbulence in pipe flow by investigating (i) the boundary between the laminar and the turbulent flow, which is believed to be governed by coherent flow structures, so-called edge states and (ii) the mechanism that sustains and expands turbulence contaminating the laminar flow. To address the transition to turbulence in pipe flows, the fellow will perform laboratory experiments and numerical simulations at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS). The results will be used to test and extend current theoretical predictions, which stem from modern concepts of dynamical systems and hydrodynamic stability. The expected results would not only shed light on the energetic mechanisms that sustain turbulence, but also furnish the basis for new strategies to control turbulence in pipe flow. The fellow's previous experience on the topic of laminar-turbulent interfaces and in experimental and numerical approaches provides a suitable background to learn the new skills needed to attack the complex phenomena encountered in transition to turbulence. The new scientific skills gathered at MPIDS together with communication and mentoring skills will render the fellow in an outstanding position to obtain a tenured position following the completion of the proposed research. The proposed research work with the scientifically established group of Dr. Björn Hof in Göttingen will be a crucial step towards this aim.

Keywords: hydrodynamics,experimental physics,transition to turbulence,pipe flow,edge states,puff,slug