Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Non perturbative effects in gauge and string theories (NPEGST)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Armenia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-2-IIF, 2007)
Start date: 2011-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The ultimate goal of any theory describing nature is to be able to predict, on the basis of few assumptions, the behaviour of its components. Quantum field theory has enjoyed great success in this respect. The quantity which describes the behaviour of the components of the theory is called scattering amplitude: it describes the effect of the interaction of a subset of the components of the system with the rest of it. This interaction depends crucially on a parameter of the theory, the coupling constant, whose magnitude may vary with the energy. The quantum field theory of our interest is the Standard Model of particle physics, the theory which describes the behaviour of protons, neutrons, quarks, photons, leptons and massive gauge bosons. The coupling constant of the theory is small for a wide range of energies. In this regime there is a very efficient computational tool, called perturbation theory, which have proved successful both at the theoretical level, allowing for many interesting computations, and at the experimental level where many of those computations have been measured. The opposite regime (large coupling constant) is called non-perturbative and very little is known about it mainly for the lack of computational tools to approach it. The aim of this project is to develop and use efficient mathematical tools to compute the relevant characteristics of a variant of the Standard Model, the Supersymmetric Standard Model a theory soon to be tested by the new European facility at CERN: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In order to do so we plan to hire a top-class researcher from a third country who is a founder and an expert in the field of non perturbative techniques, in which European groups are already world-leaders. This will strengthen the relationship between our laboratory and the host institution of the researcher to be hired which is already under way since we have already hired (for two years) a younger researcher from that institution.
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF DEFORMABLE SOLIDS IN TURBULENT FLOW (NSDSTF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2013-01-08
End date: 2014-01-07
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The numerical simulation of deformable solids has many applications in fluid-solid interaction such as hydroelasticity and aeroelasticity. The greatest application is in medical engineering in which it will be possible to simulate the movement of tube like structures such as the oesophagus, intestines, bile duct, fallopian tube, uterus, ureter and blood vessels etc. However, the numerical simulation of the movement of individual blood cells in either a laminar or turbulent fluid flow is particularly difficult because it not only involves the correct modelling of the fluid flow but also the movement of the cells themselves which, in turn, requires the correct modelling of their dynamics, surface stresses and their surface deformations in response to these stresses. This project is aimed at investigating the deformation, movement and collision of deformable solids in laminar and turbulent flow. In order to do this it will be necessary to couple existing in-house discrete element and computational fluid dynamics codes. The boundaries of the solids will be allowed to deform under the pressures and stresses imposed on them by the surrounding fluid. Such a numerical scheme would also involve taking into account the possible collision of the cells and their ‘shielding’ and imbrication by other cells. The potential benefits of a code that could do this are enormous as it would be possible to investigate the exact cell movement mechanism, and lead to the design of better stents. A further project objective is to carry out simulations of peristaltic pumping by wavelike contractions which are fundamental biomechanical mechanisms for fluid and material transport and are used in the oesophagus, intestine, oviduct and ureter.
Gratings in air-core photonic bandgap fibres for applications within communications, lasers and sensors (GRATING)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims to inscribe novel gratings, including fibre Bragg gratings and long period fibre gratings, within air-core photonic bandgap fibres (PBFs) and to systematically investigate their applications within optical communications, fibre lasers and sensors. If successful the project will open the door to a host of new grating-based devices. This project will address the fundamental problem of how to induce a periodic index modulation that can be experienced by an optical mode propagating within an air core – a problem that has seriously obstructed the development of gratings and grating-based devices in air-core PBFs for the past decade. I propose to investigate several promising techniques for perturbing/deforming periodically the air holes along the fibre axis with either a CO2 laser, or a femtosecond laser. In addition, I shall develop a special air-core PBF with a photosensitive core wall that should allow grating inscription using the common UV laser exposure technique. Air-core PBF gratings are quite distinct from any former gratings in index-guiding fibres and have unique optical properties due to the air core. Moreover, the unique microstructure in air-core PBFs will allow thermo- or electro-optic polymers and other advanced materials to be incorporated into the air holes/core, offering a new platform for developing innovative communication and sensing devices. Active and passive devices such as in-fibre polarisers, tunable filters, and pulse compressors could be used to develop next generation all-optical fibre communication networks. The smart sensing elements to be developed, especially gas, biochemical, and biophotonic sensors, could be used to monitor environmental pollution, gas concentration, water quality, and the health of railways, bridges, building, and mines. Such applications will greatly promote communication, laser and sensing technologies and should lead to significant economic and societal benefits to Europe.
ADVANCED NUMEREICAL STUDY OF FLAME ACCELERATION AND DETONATION IN VAPOUR CLOUD EXPLOSIONS (DETONATION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2013-07-26
End date: 2014-07-25
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed research aims to tackle the extremely complex problem of flame acceleration, the conditions for transition from turbulent deflagration to detonation and detonation. These physical phenomena are highly multidisciplinary which involve fluid mechanics, combustion, shock dynamics and detonation. We will start with small scales for model development and validation. In such analysis advanced combustion models for flame acceleration will be coupled with detailed chemistry together with special measures to tackle the stiffness issues associated with the chemistry. On this basis, modelling techniques will be developed for large scale problems using simplified chemistry. The key objectives of the proposed research, which is tailored for the Fellow to transfer knowledge to the host and/or bring knowledge to Europe, are as follows: • To deliver a robust sub-model for predicting flame acceleration around obstacles on the basis of the coherent flame model which is a variant of the flame surface density approach; • To validate the above model with laboratory scale test data and DNS predictions; • To apply the above model to examine flame acceleration in vapour cloud explosions, and examine in particular the effect of repeated obstacles on flame acceleration and possible transition to detonation. • To implement a reaction model and combine it with fine tuned chemistry to predict vapour cloud detonation pressure and velocity. • To test and validate the model with large scale detonation test data. • To apply the above model to analyse some recent proprietary experimental data from industrial collaborators, previously published test results as well as historical accident scenarios in which there was strong possibility that large vapour cloud detonated. In particular the effect of cloud height and thickness on the development of overpressure and its decay will be examined. • To draw conclusions and guidelines from the research.
Discovery of bioactive natural compounds from Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) used against Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). (TCM-VASC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Major aim of TCM-VASC is the discovery and characterisation of bioactive natural compounds from medicinal plants successfully used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) against Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). The discovery of such compounds is of great interest since CVD is the number one cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. For many TCMs beneficial action on CVD are documented, but their mechanisms of action and the responsible bioactive compounds are largely unknown. The identification of bioactive compounds that are responsible for the efficacy of TCMs will have a big social impact since it will contribute to TCM standardization, resulting in improved effectiveness and safety benefiting patients and consumers. Furthermore, such compounds might be interesting leads for the development of new pharmaceuticals or could be used as dietary supplements with health-promoting or disease-preventing properties. To achieve TCM-VASC´s objectives, medicinal plants traditionally used in China for the treatment of CVD will be selected based on the expertise of the Applicant (Dr. Rongxia Liu) and the Return Host (Professor De-an Guo, Director of Shanghai Research Centre for TCM Modernization). For identification and characterization of the bioactive compounds TCM-VASC will apply a combination of phytochemical methods that will be established and used by the Applicant, with a set of cell-based assays relevant for CVD that are available in the lab of the Incoming Host (Professor Verena M. Dirsch, Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy at the University of Vienna). The identified/isolated pure compounds exhibiting activity in the cell models will be further investigated, to obtain indications for their mechanism of action. Several of the most promising compounds will be ultimately analyzed in in-vivo models to assess their ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion) profiles.
A Chemical Approach to Lead-free Nanosolders (NANOSOLD)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: India
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Physical, electronic and thermodynamic properties of small particles (nano-particles) differ significantly from those of the bulk materials, and the depression of the melting temperature below the melting point of the bulk has been known for a long time. This dependence of the melting temperature on the particle size is not restricted to any particular material and may therefore also be exploited to lower the melting temperatures of lead-free solders. At the same time, the high-temperature solders currently in use (melting temperatures 250-400°C) contain high amounts of lead and are exempt from the European RoHS directive due to reliability reasons. In the search for lead-free substitutes, Sn-Sb and Sn-Sb-M alloys have been identified as possible candidates. With the envisaged reduction of the grain size into the nanometer range and a corresponding lowering of the melting temperature, considerable energy savings would become possible in the first soldering step without sacrificing the stability of the obtained solder junctions against re-melting in the further assembling procedure. Therefore it is proposed to prepare micro- and nanosized particles of lead-free high-temperature solder materials, based on Sn-Sb-M (M=Ag, Cu, Ni) from suitable chemical precursors. These precursors will be prepared by precipitation reactions, followed by thermal decomposition and, if necessary, by adequate reduction reactions, and the reaction conditions will be optimized. The particles will be characterized by chemical analysis, SEM and TEM, and by thermo-analytical methods, and the corresponding properties will be compared with those of bulk materials. At the same time, additional experiments in the bulk systems Sn-Sb-Ag and Sn-Sb-Cu will be performed to complete the available literature information on phase diagram and thermodynamics. It will be attempted to model the phase diagrams for bulk and for nano-sized materials by the well known CALPHAD-method.
A plasma neutron source based on the gas dynamic trap for incineration of radioactive wastes (GDT-BURNER)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2011-04-16
End date: 2012-01-15
Duration (months): 9.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11250.0
EU funding (EUR): 11250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recently, the idea of coupling a sub-critical fission reactor and a DT-fusion plasma device generating 14 MeV neutrons for the incineration and transmutation of long-lived isotopes of nuclear waste has attracted increasing interest. For a number of years the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP), Novosibirsk, Russia in collaboration with the domestic and foreign organizations develops the project of 14 MeV neutron source. This neutron source is based on the plasma Gas Dynamic Trap (GDT), which is a special magnetic mirror system for plasma confinement. This new type of neutron source could have sufficiently high neutron production intensity for driving such a transmuter, which is a sub-critical fission reactor loaded with nuclear waste that has to be transmuted into stable or short-lived radioactive isotopes. In particular, after optimization of the plasma parameters it could be comparable and even exceed the efficiency of the accelerator based spallation neutron source, which is presently the favoured variant. The major objectives of the proposed work in the frame of Marie Curie Action are the optimization of the GDT based neutron source as a driver of sub-critical fission reactors for the transmutation of long-lived radioactive waste. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to make use of knowledge and calculation tools in both areas in the field of plasma physics for fusion from the side of the applicant Dr. A. Anikeev (BINP) and in nuclear fission reactor physics and technology from the side of the Research Centre Karlsruhe, which is one of the biggest science and engineering research institutions in Germany. The main phase of the project is 18 months. During the 9 months of return phase we plan to continue the project in Novosibirsk and upgrade the existing Gas Dynamic Trap device to a so called “hydrogen prototype” of the projected neutron source and to carry out high-parameter experiments proofing its physical feasibility.
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 (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF, 2010)
Start date: 2014-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of this project 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 technol-ogy 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 determina-tion 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 in-dicative 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 proto-type of such cell suitable for more efficient and stable 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 opti-cal crystalline materials.
Mid-Infrared Fibre Lasers (MIDFIL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: China
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2015-02-24
End date: 2016-02-23
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The key goal of MIDIR project is the knowledge transfer from the Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow Dr J. Li with strong background in fibre laser science and technology and unique knowledge and skills in the specific area of mid-infrared (mid-IR) fibre lasers to the EU host – Photonics Research Group (PRG) of Aston University in establishing a new research direction and training the young post-docs, Ph.D and Master students. MIDIR will also aim the knowledge transfer to 4 EU co-host Universities: Leeds Univ., Heriot-Watt Univ., Tamper Univ. and Universie de Mons – to collaboratively research in novel mid-IR fibre laser science and technology. In addition, Dr J. Li will carry out industry placement with two EU industrial co-hosts - Arden Photonics and DUOMO Ltds specialised in optical fibre equipments and in manufacturing and supplying gas safety equipment and CO2 monitors - to explore the applications and commercialisation. We have defined five objectives for knowledge-transfer: (1) Research knowledge transfer; (2) Research methodology and Skill transfer; (3) Training and co-supervision to Aston Ph.D students; (4) Establishing long term international collaboration; (5) Intra-Europe knowledge transfer. The proposed novel research in mid-IR fibre lasers will be embedded into the activities within these five workpackages. Dr J. Li’s expertise and knowledge can be integrated with the Aston PRG advanced fabrication technology to develop novel mid-IR fibre lasers and contribute to the science, technology and applications in this area. The proposed intra-Europe collaboration with the four Universities and two industrial companies will not just lead to new development of advanced high power mid-IR fibre lasers but also enhance the EU leading position in this research area and competiveness in commercial market. Furthermore, the proposed overall training programme will forest the next generation scientists and engineers for Europe research community and industry.
Integrated biomolecular methods to control mosquito-borne diseases (MOSQUITOBLOCK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships (Return Phase)
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Egypt
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2015-12-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15000.0
EU funding (EUR): 15000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Mosquitoes transmit some of the world's most serious diseases. The most important disease vectors are members of the subfamilies Anophelinae and Culicinae. Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria, filarial parasites , and a few arboviruses. There are 30 genera in the Culicidae subfamily, but the medically important mosquitoes are Culex, Aedes, Mansonia, and Annigeres (Culex would be important in Europe for West Nile Disease and Avian malaria), while (Aedes would be more important in Tropical countries). Over the last 45 years, the use of chemical pesticides such as dichlorodiphe-nyltrichloroethane (DDT), gammaxane, malathion, and chlordane has been the method of choice for mosquito control, and the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and the affordable pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine combination have proved successful in lowering morbidity and mortality. In addition, the emergence of pesticide and drug resistant mosquitoes, coupled with a clearer appreciation of the long-term detrimental effects of powerful chemicals to non pest insects and concern about accumulation of pesticides in the food chain and environment, has high lighted the need to quickly develop an alternative. A promising alternative is biological control. So, this project would focus on non-chemical methods of control mosquitoes