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Tunnel fire stopper or TFS shortly (TFS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The prime objective of the innovation project is to finalize the development of the “TUNNEL FIRE STOPPER” or TFS. A system is designed to combat fire in tunnels. It moves on a monorail installed on the arch of the tunnel where lights, ventilation, warning signs and the like are no longer a problem. It works automatically or is controlled remotely to arrive to fire and disperse the extinguishing agent that is carried in a tank with it, transported to fire thus successfully extinguishing the fire. The TFS trolley has an extinguishing cannon which moves 240° vertically and 360° horizontally so the installation is not a problem. TFS is appropriate for tunnels which are high enough and is not suitable for every tunnel. However it is certainly appropriate for modern tunnels, for example it is appropriate for all tunnels in Slovenia. TFS trolley can be adapted to make it slimmer by making it longer. Our customers are road tunnel operators not just EU wide but globally. The key market application is the service to equip the tunnel with this solution. Based on our preliminary search there are 288 tunnels longer than 1,5km just EU wide and further 60 are in construction globally. With the installation of the TFS our clients will be able to start combating fire in a matter of minutes. In phase 1 we specifically define the exact number of tunnels, segment them, list them in ordering of appropriateness to target, a full freedom to operate analysis is done and more. We will apply for phase 2 funding after feasibility study clearly shows the economic viability of the project.

Keywords: tunnel fire stopper,safety,transport
Life at its Extremes: Biodiversity and Activity of Microorganisms in deep Permafrost (BioFrost)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-04-01
End date: 2018-06-26
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171460.8
EU funding (EUR): 171460.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

BioFrost will offer the unique opportunity to descend to the frozen depths of Earth, into permafrost, and study the microbial life as it carries on in an unhospitable, (almost-)inhabitable, environment where temperatures are far below zero and no oxygen is available. Supported by a highly sensitive experimental approach based on the use of stable isotope probing combined with Next Generation Sequencing, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and nanoSIMS, this research will trace active microorganisms in deep permafrost and will reveal their abundances and taxonomic identities together with the biologically-induced chemical processes that modify the surrounding environment and make it ´more habitable´. This study will also address one of the most significant new concepts of modern microbiology, the heterogeneity of single microbial cells, and will assess the role of it in the context of the ecosystem´s overall functioning. This project is for microbiologists and environmental scientists, who want to expand their knowledge on microbial biodiversity and activity in the coldest regions of Earth. It is also for space and planetary scientists, who are preparing for upcoming missions to Mars´ permafrost in search of signatures of life. It is for environmental policy makers to promote consciousness of a hidden subsurface ecosystem that can impact critically on us at the surface. Most of all, I hope this Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSC) project will meet anyone curious about life at its extremes.

Keywords: biodiversity,permafrost,psychrophilic,psychrotolerant microorganisms,anaerobes,stable isotope probing sip
Resilient and Secure Multi-controller Communication Platform for 5G Networks (RESPONSE 5G)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2021-01-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187866.0
EU funding (EUR): 187866.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In modern digital societies, mobile networks provide connectivity that is crucial for the operation of all other critical infrastructures such as energy, transport etc. Thus, a disruption in the telecommunication infrastructure will lead to severe social and economic consequences. These disruptions often have unpredictable causes such as cyber-attacks, natural catastrophes, technical and human errors. Thus, there is an urgent need to strengthen mobile networks against both cyber and physical threats. Responding to these threats has been identified as a priority by the EU. Future 5th-Generation (5G) mobile networks will be designed using Software Defined Networking (SDN) and network virtualization principles to transform rigid and disparate legacy mobile networks into scalable and dynamic ecosystems. In large-scale SDN networks such as mobile networks, multiple SDN controllers are used to control different network segments. Inter-Controller Communication (ICC) between these multiple SDN controllers is necessary to share control information and to perform important network management functions. If ICC is compromised, then the whole system will be compromised regardless of what happens in the rest of the network. Inevitably, 5G ICC is also vulnerable to a wide range of cyber and physical threats. Since, the exsisting SDN security systems cannot provide a sufficient level of security for 5G ICC against both cyber and physical threats, the RESPONSE-5G project will be the first research project to implement and validate a robust and secure Multi-Controller Communication Platform for 5G Networks which includes prevention and mitigation against both cyber and physical attacks. RESPONSE-5G has far-reaching potential impacts in the domains of 5G security. Through this fellowship and the planned secondments, the candidate will gain advanced research skills and develop abilities in technology transfer and industry engagement, in order to fully exploit these impacts.

Keywords: security,cyber attacks,sdmn software defined mobile networks,sdn software defined networks,nfv network functions virtualization,formal analysis
Polymeric cell-laden vascular graft for blood vessel mimicking in tissue engineering applications (STEMCEDIF)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 129699.36
EU funding (EUR): 129699.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The aim of the interdisciplinary STEMCEDIF project is to produce polymeric cell-laden vascular grafts by 3D printing for their usage as a biomimetic substrate for vascular engineering in applications after blood vessel disorders. In order to produce scaffolds for tissue engineering, 3D printing technology is one of the most promising methods. However, the generation of biocompatible, stable and low-cost scaffolds material for tissue regeneration remains a big challenge. Naturally derived polymers, such as collagen type I and elastin, exhibit the unique biological properties of high biocompatibility, however poor structural stability and mechanical properties. On the other hand addition of synthetic polymers including PCL can significantly improve the stability and mechanical properties of scaffolds, making it very promising for producing scaffolds. The addition of growth factors and antibacterial agents could be another advantage for direct cell adhesion and differentiation and prevent bacterial infection. The scaffold will be composed of three layers filled with blood vessel cells, to mimic the structure and interactions of fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells (SMc) and endothelial cells (ECs) layer. The final part of the studies employ induced pluripotent stem cells isolated from somatic cells of healthy donors, differentiated into SMc and ECs will be incorporated in the specific arrangement within the polymer architecture to formulate the several layers of 3D scaffolds to mimic saphenous vein. The obtained results will allow to get one step forward to learn about designing biocompatible scaffolds for increase regeneration and tissue integration after aneurysms or aortic dissections in vessel disorders such as rare diseases. Due to the precision which should be preserved while mimicking the ECM of blood vessels and simultaneously incorporating cells within the structure, the unique 3D printing method involving direct cell printing will be used in the project.

Keywords: vascular tissue engineering,pluripotent stem cells,3d bioprinting
Cu-As-(Sb, Ni) systems: Determination of phase diagrams (ASCUNISB)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 275209.92
EU funding (EUR): 275209.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ASCUNISB will focus on the physico-chemical properties of copper (Cu) mined from sulfosalt minerals, which are characterised by high concentrations of arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), and antimony (Sb). Despite being the earliest produced alloy, the characteristics of Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) based alloys are poorly understood, and no phase diagrams of such ternary alloys exist; consequently, material characteristics of such alloys are widely unknown. ASCUNISB aims to achieve the following research objectives: 1) Build phase diagrams for Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) alloys with 1-5 wt.% of As, Sb, Ni: investigate the phases of each alloy and identify unknown phases with desirable properties; understand initial phase formation, stability, and changes in alloys over the passage of time at different temperatures; explain and predict specific material behaviour during thermomechanical treatment; understand the effects of Ni and Sb addition on parent Cu-As alloys. 2) Create a base for new applications: Cu-As based alloys have superior ductility and corrosion resistance than pure copper and other copper alloys. ASCUNISB will provide the data for Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) alloys to enable new applications in material engineering and find modern-day uses for them, and, consequently 3) Reduce economic and environmental costs of refining and pollution: through new applications of the Cu-As alloys studied, As, Sb, and/or Ni would not need to be removed from mined sulfosalt minerals; 4) Provide a database for urgent research questions in prehistory: ASCUNISB will provide the data needed to assess the earliest metal technologies in prehistory and explain the adaption, recycling, and disregarded Cu-As alloys c. 2300 BCE. ASCUNISB applies an interdisciplinary approach by combining X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), metallographic and chemical analysis (SEM-EDXS, optical microscopy) of Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) alloys.

Keywords: cu as ni,sb alloys,ternary phase diagrams,metallography,european bronze age,archaeometry,clean exploration and exploitation of natural resources,extractive metallurgy
Bio-mediated Geo-material Strengthening for engineering applications (BIOGEOS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced 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: Switzerland
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2497115.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497115.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Given the increasing scarcity of suitable land for development, soil strengthening technologies have emerged in the past decade and go hand-in-hand with the implementation of the majority of foundation solutions. The goal is to alter the soil structure and its mechanical properties for ultimately securing the integrity of structures. The BIOGEOS project puts the focus on bio-mediated soil improvement, which falls within the broader framework of multi-physical processes in geo-mechanics. The goal of the project is to engineer a novel, natural material under controlled processes, for ultimately providing solutions to real problems in the geo-engineering and geo-energy fields by advancing knowledge around complex multi-physical phenomena in porous media. The bio-cemented geo-material, which is produced by carefully integrating the metabolic activity of native soil bacteria, is produced through the bio-mineralization of calcite bonds, which act as natural cementation for endowing the subsurface with real cohesion and increased resistance. A principal characteristic of the project is its multi-scale approach through advanced experimentation to identify the main physical mechanisms involved in the formation of the bio-mineralized bonds and their behaviour under mechanical loading. The development of such a bio-mediated technology will lead to innovative applications in a series of engineering problems such as the restoration of weak foundations, seismic retrofitting, erosion protection, and the enhancement of heat transfer in thermo-active geo-structures. The project foresees to adopt multiple loading conditions for its laboratory characterization and ultimately pass to the large experimental scale. BIOGEOS further aims to provide new knowledge around the way we perceive materials in relation with their micro-structure by implementing state-of-the-art inspection of the material’s structure in 3D space and subsequent prediction of their behaviour through numerical tools.

Keywords: geotechnics,soil improvement,bio inspired materials,microbial induced calcite precipitation,laboratory characterization,large scale experimentation,multiphysical modeling,constitutive modeling
Common mechanisms for decision-making and working memory in health and old age (COMEDM)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2021-01-18
End date: 2023-01-17
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184590.72
EU funding (EUR): 184590.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We are constantly required to keep recently encountered information about the world in mind, and to use that information to make appropriate decisions. These essential cognitive functions, known as working memory (WM) and decision-making (DM), are conventionally studied in isolation by psychologists and neuroscientists. Yet, recent theoretical developments suggest that both DM and WM could emerge from the same fundamental neural mechanisms. With this Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, hosted by Trinity College Dublin and IDIBAPS Barcelona, I will empirically test this exciting proposal for the first time. In my career thus far, I have characterised new neural signatures of DM and established a non-invasive proxy for powerful neural systems linked to both DM and WM. Now, I will supplement these breakthroughs with a number of cutting-edge approaches in cognitive neuroscience specialised in by my host supervisors Prof. Robert Whelan and Dr. Albert Compte. This suite of tools will allow me to expose commonalities between DM and WM at an unprecedented level of detail, and interrogate a possible common neural basis for DM and WM deficits that exist in a large part of the global population – healthy elderly individuals. During my Fellowship, I will publish my findings in leading journals and work to communicate my research activities to the largest possible audience. I will participate in professional development programs to develop essential competencies in personnel management and grant writing, and will capitalise on my secondment in Barcelona to grow my global research network. Additionally, I will receive advanced training in sophisticated methodological and analytical approaches, which will continue my progression toward becoming a leading cognitive neuroscientist capable of competing for high-level funding opportunities. Thus, this Fellowship will prepare me well for a future career as the principle investigator of a multidisciplinary European research laboratory.

Keywords: attractor dynamics,biophysical modelling,cognitive modelling,ageing,neuromodulation,persistent activity
INdustrialization and the Process of modernity: the ArChaeological Transformation of the rural world (18th-21st c.) (INPACT)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-10-04
End date: 2023-10-03
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171473.28
EU funding (EUR): 171473.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

INPACT aims to investigate how the relationship between local communities and their environment changed as rural areas became industrialized, by analysing material evidence from archaeological and environmental perspectives. The project will question the concept of ‘modernity’ as a one-way passage from ‘traditional’ to ‘modern’ societies, in which rural landscapes and societies are seen as passive subjects rather than active agents of change. The project’s basic hypothesis is that the process of industrialization entailed a complex process of transformation of the rural communities involved, with a far-reaching local and material dimension that has thus far been undervalued, but played a key role in creating and reproducing social and gender inequalities and in the transformation of the landscape. This hypothesis will be tested by applying the theoretical background and research strategies of the Archaeology of Environmental Resources and Archaeology of Architecture, joined through the perspective of Social Archaeology. INPACT will carry out an interdisciplinary analysis which takes as its case study the village of Casaio, Galicia (NW Spain), where three specific areas (a set of common lands; a deserted neighbourhood; and a wolfram mine) will be studied. The project comprises five phases (documentary analyses; extra-site and intra-site fieldwork; ethnographic reconstruction; laboratory analyses, including pollen analyses; and data processing and interpretation). The project will allow to analyse how the process of construction of the local community’s cultural heritage today, and thus offering new tools to enhance their material and immaterial memory. INPACT will be carried out by Dr. Carlos Tejerizo at the Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology and History (LASA), at the Università degli Studi in Genoa (UniGe). The supervisor will be LASA’s director, Prof Anna Maria Stagno, and proposes a two month secondment at Karlstad University supervised by Prof Eva Svensson

Keywords: industrialization,social and gender inequalities,environmental resources archaeology,archaeology of architecture,rural archaeology,rural heritage
Polaritons IN the QUAntum Regime (PINQUAR) (PINQUAR)

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: Physics
Countries involved: France
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185076.0
EU funding (EUR): 185076.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Semiconductor optical microcavities host hybrid light-matter quasi-particles known as polaritons, formed by strong coupling between cavity photons and quantum well excitons. Polaritons are interacting bosons, which above a critical density may condense into a single quantum state. Polariton condensates have enabled fascinating discoveries, yet state of the art experiments remain within the mean-field limit. This means that the physics is governed by a large number of polaritons per mode. We propose to develop polariton systems operating in the quantum regime, where the physics is governed by single or few polaritons. Enhancing the polariton non-linearity is a pre-requisite for accessing the quantum regime. Therefore, our proposal begins with studies of extreme non-linear optical phenomena still within the mean-field limit. In particular, we will study bifurcations, exceptional points, and spin-squeezing. Next, we will enter the quantum regime by exploiting interference effects between coupled polariton modes to generate non-classical light via an effect known as unconventional photon blockade. Our final objective is to demonstrate the conventional photon blockade, wherein a single photon in a highly nonlinear cavity blocks the entrance of a second one. Polaritons IN the QUAntum Regime (PINQUAR) will enable previously inaccessible fundamental studies and applications where photons can be emitted one-by-one, non-classical photon statistics can be engineered in time and energy, and quantum simulations can be performed in a controlled solid-state platform suitable for all-optical integrated circuits.

Keywords: polaritons,semiconductor microcavities,polariton condensate,non classical light,photon blockade