Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development and Implementation of Magnesium sheets in A/C (DIMAG)

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: Israel
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2010-03, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 70000.0
EU funding (EUR): 52500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of DIMAG project is to develop and produce magnesium Demonstrator for aircraft after answering all given aviation criteria and requirements. By achieving this objective, DIMAG will facilitate obtaining the Clean Sky objectives of reduction in weight, fuel consumption, emissions of CO2 and NOX and the use of fully recyclable material. Since magnesium 100% recyclable and is 35% lighter than aluminium a replacement of aluminium parts with magnesium parts will contribute to all the above mentioned goals. The main idea to be reflected in the work program is the use of several magnesium forming and surface treatment technologies, which successfully implemented on conventional alloys (i.e. AZ31, AZ80, etc.), but for new options of chemical compositions, especially for alloys with rare earth (RE) elements (such as WE43). The project activity will use a drawingand bending techniques, including riveting, and surface protection processes which should be chrome-free provided, while using the above mentioned new magnesium alloys. The work plan will be divided into three work packages; each deals with a particular type of process. The processes will be examined according to technological Demonstrators offered by the ITD topic leader - a Shelf Removal Assy – Radio Rack. The project's work plan will be broken down into the following work packages: 1. Deep drawing and bending of WE43 magnesium sheet 2. Joining of magnesium sheets, by mechanical riveting, including the examination of bi-metal galvanic effect (since rivets are usually made of aluminium alloy) 4. Cleaning and finishing solutions applied on WE43 and other special magnesium alloys.

Keywords: magnesium,plastic forming,spf,riveting,we43,bending,welding,aircraft,aeronautics,chrome free surface protection
Test of advanced lubrication equipment (LUBSEP)

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: Belgium,France,Belgium
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2010-03, 2010)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 37.0
Total project cost (EUR): 350540.8
EU funding (EUR): 262425.6
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Oil consumption by aero-engines is a major concern for both ecological and autonomy reasons. The air-oil separation technologies (de-oiler and de-aerator) have been long time enherited from past generation engine architectures. Based on current oil system requirements (oil consumption, mass, compactness, reliability) and technologies (brush and lift carbon seals), ULB-ATM and his partners will develop hardware for advanced oil separation equipment, build them and test them to validate the technology. These tests require also the development of specific instrumentation and measurement devices in order to carachterise properly the equipment. The partners will more specifically perfom the following activities: 1. Design and test a centrifugal blower (order of magnitude of the working point: air flow rate of 200 m3/h with a delta pressure of 10 kPa with a rotational speed of 12.000 RPM. 2. Design and test a demonstration unit of an air quality measurement device. The measurement device should measure the low oil quantity (order of magnitude: 0,1 l/h) in an air flow (order of magnitude: 200 m3/h). ULB-ATM will adapt its current test benches for lubrication equipment to the new requirements imposed by this application. All tests will be performed with the double objective of validating the design of the lubrication components as well as characterizing their performance with the qualification requirements in mind. ULB-ATM has already a full qualification of its test benches (obtained from Techspace Aero) for his "clean oil" lubrication test bench and his "polluted oil" lubrication test bench.

Keywords: lubrication,aero-engines,oil air separation,development,tests
Landing Gear Noise Attenuation (NOISETTE)

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: Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2010-03, 2010)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 13.0
Total project cost (EUR): 152550.0
EU funding (EUR): 114411.75
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Within NOISETTE, Cenaero and VKI combine their respective expertise in computational fluid dynamics and acoustics in order to deliver a tailored solution for the aero-acoustic assessment and design of a low-noise configuration for a regional aircraft nose landing gear. The computational approach relies on performing high quality detached eddy simulations and on using the obtained noise sources for acoustic propagation.

Keywords: landing gear,computational fluid dynamics,computational acoustics,detached eddy simulation,large-scale unstructured meshes
“DiSC-MS” - Direct Single cell Mass Spectrometry: a novel analytical platform for monitoring the metabolism at single-cell level (DISC-MS)

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: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 186028.8
EU funding (EUR): 186028.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cells can display different variations in behavior toward different external cues. The multidisciplinary field of metabolomics provides a unique insight into the molecular feedbacks and cross-talk between metabolic cascades that allow organisms to adapt toward different sources of biotic and abiotic stress. Unfortunately, there is still a substantial technological limitation (in terms of sensitivity and throughput), when trying to understand the complex and highly interrelated metabolic processes occurring within a clonal cell population under stress, and how these metabolic processes could lead to the generation of resistant cells toward a specific stress cue (i.e. stochastically-induced phenotypic heterogeneity). The objective of this proposal is to overcome the substantial technological limitation in single cell metabolomic analysis by developing an automated microfluidic device couple to a mass spectrometer for obtaining high quality “metabolic profiles”; in order to build models of signal cascades and of metabolic activity occurring in single cell organisms under different nutrient stress conditions. The proposed single cell metabolomic instrumentation belong to a group of analytical platforms, we called Direct Single Cell - Mass Spectrometry (DiSC-MS) platforms, currently the forerunners of single cell metabolomic studies are in Japan and in the USA, while only a handful of groups in Europe are also active in this field. Although the proposal focuses on monitoring the metabolic profiles of E. coli and S. cerevisiae to identify resistant phenotypes within a large clonal population toward a nutritional shift, the developed analytical method may also be used to better understand, how some populations of bacteria can exploit their regulatory metabolic feedback to create multiple types of coexisting phenotypes that are drug resistant.

Keywords: cell biology,metabolism,instrumental techniques,instrumental analysis,single-cell mass spectrometry
Predicative theories and Grothendieck toposes (PREDTOPOI)

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: 2011-10-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 198827.6
EU funding (EUR): 198827.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims at applying the most recent results and techniques of topos theory to predicative Mathematics. The theoretical and applicative objectives it addresses, can be achieved by using in a substantial new way Grothendieck toposes and their theory, a possibility arisen in 2009 after the discoveries of O. Caramello. Predicative Mathematics is the branch of pure Mathematics that considers (well-founded) construction as the unique paradigm for its development, at any level of granularity: for this reason, it has a natural interpretation as the ‘Mathematics of the computable’ since, to every theorem or definition it is possible to associate a construction which can be thought of as an abstract algorithm. This project wants to characterize predicative theories in explicit topos-theoretic terms, i.e., it requires to find a formal description in the language of Grothendieck toposes to decide whether a mathematical theory is predicative, and, in the positive case, to formally associate to every theorem and definition their natural constructions. The aim is to transfer results proved in impredicative settings into the predicative world, by using the topos-theoretic description of an impredicative theory as a “bridge” toward a suitable predicative presentation. In the opposite direction, the project wants to develop a method to synthesize algorithms in impredicative frames by importing the intrinsic computational meaning of a predicative presentation. So, ultimately, this project wants to address the fundamental question whether every mathematical theory admits a predicative presentation and, if not, to what extent one can ‘approximate’ impredicative theories via predicative ones.

Keywords: mathematical logic,constructive mathematics,algorithms,formal development of computer programs
Role of the transcription factor STAT3 in Schwann cells in the processes of degeneration and regeneration in damaged nerves (STAT3-SCHWANN CELLS)

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: 2012-02-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200549.6
EU funding (EUR): 200549.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Nerve repair depends critically on injury-induced Schwann cell dedifferentiation, an adaptive injury response that generates the denervated Schwann cell, a cell that enables peripheral nerves, unlike CNS tissue, to regenerate after injury. The transcriptional programmes that control the generation of the denervated repair cells are therefore an important issue in nerve biology. The host laboratory has recently defined the concept of negative regulation of myelination, implicated two transcriptional regulators, c-Jun and Notch, in the control of dedifferentiation and the formation of the denervated cell, and shown that Schwann cell c-Jun has an essential role in controlling nerve regeneration. In peripheral nerves, the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) is rapidly activated at the injury site following nerve transection, but the function of this factor in nerve injury has not been investigated. Perhaps the best known function of STAT3 is the positive regulation of cellular survival, a function that in many cell types is mediated by its ability to up-regulate the gene expression of Bcl-xL and Bcl-2, anti-apoptotic factors. Mechanisms that ensure the sufficient Schwann cell survival in injured nerves are critical for nerve repair. Thus, the present project will explore additional control systems in injured nerves and in particular whether STAT3 signalling in Schwann cells is an important mediator of the adaptive injury response of these cells in damaged nerves. Our key aims are to test whether STAT3 is required for the survival of denervated Schwann cells, the formation of the Schwann cell columns (bands of Bungner) that serve as substrates for regenerating axons and the remyelination of regenerated axons.

Keywords: schwann cells,stat3,nerve regeneration,remyelination
Oceanic exploration with seismic reflection data (OCEANSEIS)

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: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-07-06
End date: 2014-07-05
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 288931.4
EU funding (EUR): 288931.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

OCEANSEIS is based on the recent discipline of Seismic Oceanography, which consists on the use of multichannel seismic reflection technique, traditionally used for geological prospection, to oceanic exploration. Temperature and salinity contrasts between oceanic water layers allow MCS technique to image the thermohaline fine structure with vertical and horizontal resolution on the order of 10 m. This high horizontal resolution provides new information about the lateral coherence and horizontal characteristics of the fine structure and its interaction with mesoscale structures. Since thermohaline structure is controlled by mixing dynamics, Seismic Oceanography leads to improve qualitative and quantitative understanding of temporal and spatial variations in ocean mixing processes and how they are controlled by larger scale features. The OCEANSEIS' objectives are: i) Calculation of oceanographic parameters (temperature and salinity) from seismic reflection data by inversion methods adapted to oceanographic scenarios; ii) Detailed study of seismic reflectors and its relation with the mixing processes that create them; iii) Optimization of the multichannel seismic reflection experiments for oceanographic demands. During the outgoing phase, OCEANSEIS will allow the research applicant to acquire high-level training in physical oceanography and to enhance her expertise in signal processing and inversion geophysical methods at the Department of Oceanography of the Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). During the incoming phase of the project, the applicant will return to the European research group of Seismic Oceanography, in the Spanish National Research Council (Barcelona, Spain), and contribute with the new acquired skills, knowledge and international contacts.

Keywords: natural sciences,marine sciences,physical oceanography,thermohaline oceanic structures,oceanic mixing,multichannel seismic reflection technique
Mechanical Amplification in Carbon-based NanoElectroMechanical Systems (MACNEMS)

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: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173380.8
EU funding (EUR): 173380.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are very promising for sensing purposes, information technology, or exploration of quantum mechanics in extended bodies. A decisive parameter for any oscillator is the quality factor, Q, determining how much energy the system dissipates during one oscillation period. A high Q signifies large oscillator amplitudes and a sharp resonance. Although NEMS resonators display quality factors up to 10^6, their amplitudes are typically in the pm range or below, which makes the conversion into a readable electrical signal extremely challenging. Traditionally, the mechanical motion is immediately translated into an electrical signal, which is then amplified with high gain. Such electrical amplification creates an additional noise floor that limits the signal resolution even at cryogenic temperatures. To overcome this limit, we propose two stategies in order to enhance a mechanical signal before its conversion into an electrical current: parametric amplification (PA) and self-sustained oscillations (SSO). PA describes the augmentation of the amplitude of an oscillator by a periodic modulation of the spring constant. In other fields of physics and engineering, PA has already been studied and implemented, but suspended carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene strips appear especially promising since the spring constant of these oscillators can be tuned over a broad range by a backgate voltage. SSO describes in our context the creation of a high amplitude mechanical oscillation using a d.c. biased electron current as power source. These oscillations are expected to produce very sharp resonances with a high effective Q. Suspended CNT resonators are excellent candidates for SSO due to the strong coupling between the mechanical and charge degrees of freedom. Once successfully developed, we intend to use both PA and SSO in mass sensing experiments with CNT resonators, aiming at a sensitivity of the mass of a single nucleus, 1 yg.

Keywords: nanoelectromechanical systems,carbon nanotubes,radio frequency,mass sensing,electronic properties,mechanical and thermal properties,electromechanical engineering
Algorithms and Complexity of Constraint Satisfaction Problems (COMPLEXITY OF CSPS)

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: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159865.6
EU funding (EUR): 159865.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) form a general framework that captures a large variety of algorithmic problems. Due to their generality, CSPs are ubiquitous in several areas such as, for example, artificial intelligence, database theory and statistical physics. Therefore it is not surprising that their study is of prominent importance also in computational complexity theory. The proposed research aims at studying algorithmic issues related to CSPs from the perspective of computational complexity. The project consists of two parts. Firstly, we intend to widen the current understanding of algorithmic approaches to solving CSPs with a particular focus on the propositional satisfiability problem SAT. Recent years have seen an immense increase in the efficiency of practical algorithms solving the propositional satisfiability problem - so-called SAT solvers. Today we still do only have a limited understanding of the reasons for this increase. We will study these reasons. This will, among other things, include studying structural restrictions of input formulas which are likely to be relevant in practice. Along similar lines we will also examine the capabilities of other algorithmic approaches which are applicable to CSPs in general. Secondly, we will study weighted extensions of CSPs from a structural point of view. Over the past few years, these versions of CSPs have received increased attention in the context of counting complexity. A main motivation for studying them arises from their connection to so-called spin glass models from statistical physics. Although we have a quite good understanding of the complexity of exactly computing them, we still have only little knowledge of the extent to which these weighted versions of CSPs can be approximated efficiently. The research project aims at extending this knowledge significantly.

Keywords: constraint satisfaction,computational complexity,approximate counting
Origin and character of MILLEnnial-scale climate VARIABILIty in the North Atlantic during different climate boundary conditions of the Pleistocene (MILLEVARIABILI)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2014-10-15
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Rapid climate variability operates at centennial/millennial timescales, and therefore has the potential to produce dramatic changes over human timescales. Based on climate models and palaeoclimate research, it has been hypothesised that the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean may play a key role in determining the magnitude and character of major climate anomalies right across the globe. These observations have been largely restricted to the last glacial cycle because of the reduced number of available high-resolution palaeoclimate records from older intervals. The central aim of this proposal is to extend our knowledge of millennial-scale paleoceanographic change beyond the last glacial cycle, through the so-called100 kyr world and into the 41 kyr world. Indeed, if we are to understand the mechanisms and feedbacks among the different components of the climate system, we must also understand the sensitivity of the Earth system to different forcings and explore intervals characterized by different combinations of climate boundary conditions. Taking advantage of the long, continuous, detailed Pleistocene sedimentary sequences recovered from the North Atlantic by IODP Expedition 306, we will undertake a multiproxy study of centennial-scale changes in sea-surface and deep-water conditions, the dynamics of thermohaline deep-water circulation and ice-sheet ocean interactions. Key questions that will be addressed in this work are: 1) Did millennial-scale climate variability change in frequency or amplitude during the Pleistocene, when the average climate state evolved toward generally colder conditions with larger ice sheets, and the spectral character of climate variability shifted from dominantly 41 kyr to 100 kyr?; 2) Do the general conditions established by long-term processes exert control on the short-term processes of climate change? We will provide the experimental data on the magnitude of the key parameters and their rate of changes needed for climate models.

Keywords: climate change,paleoclimate,paleoceanography,biogeochemistry,rapid climate variability,north atlantic ocean,pleistocene,iodp