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Design of a pan-European Infrastructure for Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification, Neutrino Astrophysics and Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations (LAGUNA-LBNO)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to new research infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Switzerland,Finland,Finland,France,Germany,Germany,Poland,Poland,Poland,Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Greece,Romania,Romania,Japan,Russian Federation,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10174113.13
EU funding (EUR): 4900000.0
Participants: 39
Project status: CLOSED

Key questions in physics can be answered only by constructing a giant underground observatory to search for rare events and study terrestrial and astrophysical neutrinos. The Astroparticle Roadmap of ApPEC/ASPERA strongly supports this, recommending that: “a new large European infrastructure of 100'000-500'000 ton for proton decay and low-energy neutrinos be evaluated as a common design study together with the underground infrastructure and eventual detection of accelerator neutrino beams”. The latest CERN roadmap also states: “a range of very important non-accelerator experiments takes place at the overlap of particle and astroparticle physics exploring otherwise inaccessible phenomena; Council will seek with ApPEC a coordinated strategy in these areas of mutual interest.” Reacting to this, uniting scientists across Europe with industrial support to produce a very strong collaboration, the LAGUNA FP7 design study has had a very positive effect. It enabled, via study of seven pre-selected locations (Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and UK), a detailed geo-technical assessment of the giant underground cavern needed, concluding finally that no geo-technical show-stoppers to cavern construction exist. Building on this, the present design study will address two challenges vital to making a final detector and site choice: (i) to determine the full cost of construction underground, commissioning and long-term operation of the infrastructure, and (ii) to determine the full impact of including long baseline neutrino physics with beams from CERN.

Keywords: deep underground science,particle physics,astroparticle physics,long baseline neutrino oscillations
Monitoring, Analyzing and Assessing Radiation Belt Loss and Energization (MAARBLE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,France,Sweden,Czechia,United Kingdom,Canada,United States
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2845504.37
EU funding (EUR): 1995042.9
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The MAARBLE (Monitoring, Analyzing and Assessing Radiation Belt Loss and Energization) project has two focussed and synergistic aims: to advance scientific research on radiation belt dynamics; and to enhance data exploitation of European space missions through combined use of European and US spacecraft measurements and ground-based observations. MAARBLE employs multi-spacecraft monitoring of the geospace environment, complemented by ground-based monitoring, in order to analyze and assess the physical mechanisms leading to radiation belt particle energization and loss. Particular attention is paid to the role of ULF/VLF waves. A database containing properties of the waves will be created and made available to the scientific community. Based on the wave database, a statistical model of the wave activity dependent on the level of geomagnetic activity, solar wind forcing, and magnetospheric region will be developed. Multi-spacecraft particle measurements will be Incorporated into data assimilation tools, leading to new understanding of the causal relationships between ULF/VLF waves and radiation belt dynamics. Data assimilation techniques have been proven as a valuable tool in the field of radiation belts, able to guide 'the best' estimate of the state of a complex system. It should also be stressed that radiation belt dynamics has direct impacts on spacecraft and on humans in space. Most satellites operate in regions where they can be exposed to intense fluxes of extremely energetic radiation belt particles. In addition, the orbit of the International Space Station is such that the exposure of astronauts to relativistic radiation belt electrons is a serious concern. Consequently, understanding the radiation belt environment has important practical applications in the areas of spacecraft operations, spacecraft-system design, mission planning and astronaut safety. Therefore MAARBLE will bear results beneficial to both robotic space exploration and manned spaceflight.

Keywords: radiation belts
Towards new Brain-Machine Interfaces: state-dependent information coding (SI-CODE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-C, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3271041.0
EU funding (EUR): 2471230.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) are devices mediating communication between a brain and the external world, and hold the potential for a) restoring motor or sensory functions to people who lost them due to illness or injury, and b) understanding neural information processing through controlled interactions between neurons and external devices. However, the success of BMIs is hampered by the problem that neural responses to external correlates are highly variable because they depend on the internal state of the neural network. We propose to remove this obstacle by developing a radically new generation of “bidirectional BMIs” (which decode information from the recorded neural activity and provide information to the brain by stimulation) employing neural computational strategies and neuromorphic VLSI devices that i) understand how network states influence neural responses to stimuli; ii) use this know-how to discount variability induced by state changes in real time and thus operate with increased bandwidth and performance. We gather a highly interdisciplinary team composed of both mathematical and experimental neuroscientists and of VLSI engineers. We will study the interplay between ongoing network states and stimulus-evoked responses in various nervous systems of different complexity. We will develop advanced algorithms and models of network dynamics to determine the network state variables best predicting and discounting neural variability, and to construct optimal state-dependent rules to decode neural activity. We will implement these algorithms in a new “state-dependent bidirectional BMI” prototype using low-power neuromorphic VLSI circuits that extract in real time network state information and use it to produce outputs optimally suited for both decoding of recorded signals and delivering electrical stimulation to a neural tissue in a given state. This BMI will be tested in a benchmark experiment in rats to guide an external device with closed loop control.

Keywords: bidirectional brain machine interfaces,neural decoding,electrical brain stimulation,neuromorphic vlsi devices,in-vivo experiments,in vitro experiments,multi-scale analysis
Continuous Reliable Advanced Novel Efficient Structural Health Monitoring system for crane inspection applications (CRANESINSPECT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SME-2011, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1423698.43
EU funding (EUR): 1099400.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

There is a vital need for systems to continuously monitor the structural health of the cranes. Cranes are of the most common machinery used in industry. Cranes of any type are used for the manipulation of loads, depending on load specifications as well as task requirements, accessibility and cost. They are installed in industrial plants, construction sites, shipyards, ports, etc. In 2008, there was a reported 401 crane accidents of which 217 accidents were fatal. It is fair to assume that not all accidents are reported. An Occupational Health and Safety Administration report cites that there is insufficient data to calculate the actual likelihood of death of the entire worker exposure to lifting operations. However for crane operators alone there is a risk of 1 in 1000 being fatally injured. It is proposed to develop a continuous non-invasive approach for monitoring failures of cranes in real-time. The project will develop an advanced integrated structural health monitoring system to continuously monitor cranes in industrial, logistics, construction, and shipbuilding sites. New and novel Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques and sensor systems are used in order to inspect for structural damage or cracks in the main frame caused from fatigue, distortion, corrosion, etc., and to provide real time information about the condition of the structure. The CRANESInspect monitoring and prevention system features important advantages, such as: - Real time monitoring of the structure to ensure safety - Prevention of a catastrophic and fatal accident - Cost-effective and total solution for inspection/maintenance - Reduction of human intervention and operator subjectivity - Highly sensitive and accurate Acoustic Emission (AE) technology The goal is to reach further than any similar system in existence toward a complete and commercially competitive solution at the end of the project.

Keywords: integrated structural health monitoring system,fatigue,distortion,corrosion,condition of the structure,real time monitoring,maintenance,reduction of human intervention,acoustic emission (ae)
Quantum Interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates (QIBEC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Germany,France,Austria,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-C, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2662833.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000606.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

We propose to realize of a new class of interferometers based on entangled states of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. These will have sensitivities beyond the shot-noise limit, potentially approaching the ultimate Heisenberg limit dictated by quantum mechanics. Our goal is to achieve an optimal control of the entanglement by means of novel experimental and theoretical tools to fully exploit its capabilities in precision measurements of time, forces and accelerations. A successful completion of this project will disclose a new generation of quantum-enhanced sensors for applications and fundamental physics, and also lead to a better control and exploitation of quantum entanglement for ICT purposes.

Keywords: quantum interferometry,bose-einstein condensate,entanglement,precision measurement,phase estimation
Advanced Radar Tracking and Classification for Enhanced Road Safety (ARTRAC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Italy,Spain,Finland,Romania,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SST-2011-RTD-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4022551.09
EU funding (EUR): 2793827.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

ARTRAC aims to develop an active safety system to protect vulnerable road users (VRUs) from vehicles in motion, that is economically viable in the volume vehicle market. The safety system will consist of both actuators for controlling vehicle driving dynamics and the perception component for the vehicle’s surroundings. It will be tested on two types of vehicle that pose the biggest hazard to VRUs in urban settings, namely cars and light delivery goods vehicles. The environmental sensing is to be based on a single automotive 24 GHz narrowband radar sensor. This sensor offers the potential to overcome the hitherto price barrier that has prevented VRU protection systems from entering widespread use. To meet the challenging technical requirements for extremely short measurement time, reliable target detection, ego motion and road condition estimation that have to be met, a new transmit/receive antenna and multi-channel receiver will be developed. Existing microwave technology in the 24 GHz band is utilised as much as possible to facilitate low-cost mass production applications. The ARTRAC development promises to deliver a significant technological breakthrough that can contribute to achieving the objectives laid out in the Commission’s Road Safety Programme 2011-2020 and which will open up new possibilities for Advanced Driver Assistance functions. The consortium comprises 7 partners well experienced in this sector and worldwide leaders in automotive industry and research: 2 car manufacturers (Volkswagen, Fiat through C.R.F.), 2 research organisations (VTT, CTAG), 2 universities (TUHH, UPT) and one SME specialised in car sensors (SMS).

Keywords: radar,sensor,vulnerable road users,protection,collision avoidance,assisted braking
Compact High Brilliance Single Frequency Terahertz Source (COSIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,France,Slovenia,Mexico
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-C, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1279982.0
EU funding (EUR): 966868.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

We propose an integrated high power single frequency terahertz source. This source will include a double wavelength solid-state infrared laser developed specifically for this application with two different intra-cavity laser materials that will emit at close but distinct infrared wavelengths. The combination of the two emitted wavelengths in organic materials OH1 (2-(3-(4-hydroxystyryl)-5,5-dimethylcyclohex-2-enylidene)malononitrile) and DSTMS (4-N,N-dimethylamino-4’-N’-methyl-stilbazolium 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonate) will produce high power monochromatic THz radiation at a frequency determined by the difference of the infrared wavelengths. We propose the realization of two different terahertz sources one operating at 4.27 THz, the other one at 9.31 THz. For these two THz sources we will develop two different double-frequency lasers TWIN-1 and TWIN-2. The first one will be based on Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF as laser hosts, with emission wavelengths at 1.33 µm and 1.31 µm. TWIN-2 uses Nd:YAG and Yb:YAG as laser hosts, with emission wavelengths at 1.03 µm and 1.06 µm. Both TWIN-1 and TWIN-2 will operate within a common and compact laser cavity. The high THz power which can be generated in a compact device is due to the very high nonlinear optical susceptibility, the low THz absorption and the relatively high optical damage threshold and phase matchability of the OH1 and DSTMS crystals. A fully integrated, compact, all solid state system operating at room temperature will result from this research. This high power single terahertz frequency source will be used to investigate non-destructively high molecular weight polyethylene materials for biomedical applications.

Keywords: terahertz,nanosecond laser,organic nonlinear optical materials,dual-wavelength laser
Efficient Systems and Propulsion for Small Aircraft (ESPOSA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Czechia,Italy,Belgium,Poland,Czechia,Czechia,Germany,Czechia,Italy,Czechia,Spain,Italy,Poland,Belgium,Netherlands,Russian Federation,Romania,Finland,Germany,Netherlands,Hungary,Slovakia,Türkiye,United Kingdom,Ukraine,Germany,Poland,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 57.0
Total project cost (EUR): 37573987.39
EU funding (EUR): 24999800.0
Participants: 44
Project status: CLOSED

The ESPOSA project will develop and integrate novel design and manufacture technologies for a range of small gas turbine engines up to approx. 1000 kW to provide aircraft manufacturers with better choice of modern propulsion units. It will also deal with engine related systems which contribute to the overall propulsion unit efficiency, safety and pilot workload reduction. Through the newly developed design tools and methodologies for the engine/aircraft integration the project will also contribute to the improved readiness for new turbine engines installation into aircraft. New technologies and knowledge gained through the ESPOSA project will provide European general aviation industry with substantially improved ability to develop and use affordable and environmentally acceptable propulsion units and reliable aircraft systems minimizing operating costs, while increasing the level of safety. The new engine systems and engine technologies gained from ESPOSA should deliver 10-14% reduction in direct operating costs (DOC) and reduce significantly the pilot workload. The ESPOSA project is oriented on turbine engine technologies tailored for a small aircraft up to 19 seats (under CS-23/FAR23) operated on the scheduled and non-scheduled flights. The research work comprises performance improvements of key engine components, their improved manufacture in terms of costs and quality. New engine component technologies will be backed by novel modern electronic engine control based on COTS, pioneering the engine health monitoring for small engines and providing new more electric solutions for fuel and propeller control systems. Project activities will include extensive validation on the test rigs. The most appropriate technologies according to value/cost benefit will be selected and integrated into functional complexes and further evaluated on the engine test beds. The functionality of certain project outcomes will also be demonstrated and validated in-flight conditions.

Keywords: gas turbine engines for small aircraft,general aviation,design and manufacture technologies for small turboprop and turboshaft engines,fadec,engine health monitoring system,cost efficiency
Development of new technologies for the flexible and eco-efficient production of customized healthy clothing, footwear and orthotics for consumers with highly individualised needs (FASHION-ABLE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Recovery Package: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) topics within NMP
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Greece,Germany,Belgium,Germany,Italy,Italy,Spain,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Spain,Poland
Call:  (FP7-2011-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4920155.2
EU funding (EUR): 3578977.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

FASHION-ABLE project aims at providing the European innovative and customization-concerned SMEs with the technological means that will enable the agile and eco-efficient production of personalised products addressing the complex individualised needs of growing market niches out of the scope of mass-produced goods in terms of health and performance. FASHION-ABLE vision is to provide the innovative European SMEs concerned in customization with the technological means that will enable the conception, co-design and the sustainable manufacture of fully personalised products. The expected results of the project are: User framework defining and quantifying the relevant user attributes; new Collaborative Product Customization Services; New stretch-leather’s lean manufacturing processes and equipment; new 3D-spacer fabric’s flexible manufacturing process and machinery; new textile’s finishing operations and equipment; extended manufacturing order management structure and tools; Life-Cycle Analysis instruments; and inter-organisational Product Data Management tools. In particular, FASHION-ABLE action will implement and demonstrate in industrial contexts the new cross-sectoral technologies developed for three highly challenging target groups: fashionable footwear for diabetic feet, fashionable clothing for wheelchair users, high-performing textile compression bandages. The harmonized combination of these technologies will have a direct impact on health, comfort, safety and quality of life of the targeted populations: diabetics developing diabetic feet (30 million); physically disabled people requiring a wheelchair (5 million); and sufferers from acute periods of musculoskeletal disorders (40 million) which prevalence increases with age and weight. Furthermore, our cross-sectoral approach will allow extending and up-scaling functional customisation with little effort to future unexpected functionalities and to be transferred to other products and high demanding markets.

Keywords: functional customisation,production process,orthotics,therapeutic footwear,clothing,textiles,healthy,disabled,diabetic,elderly,leather,spacer fabric,performance,finishing,sustainability.
Smart and Compact Battery Management System Module for Integration into Lithium-Ion Cell for Fully Electric Vehicles (SMART-LIC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for a low carbon economy
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,Germany,Italy,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2011-ICT-GC, 2011)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5834680.0
EU funding (EUR): 3474316.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Smart & Compact Battery Management System Module for Integration into Lithium-Ion Cell for Fully Electric Vehicles SMART-LIC addresses the development of a new Battery Management System concept aiming at: * Higher efficiency of the battery packs because of the localized control * Increased overall reliability and safety such that early determination of irregularities and failures of the actual battery cells. * Increased flexibility of the overall energy-power routing such to assure that all cells could perform at their maximum rating independently from the rating of the others. * Overall cost reduction of the overall BMS because of reduced cabling and connectors as well as simplification of the electronics * Increased precision in determining the states of charge, of health, and of function of the individual cells and of the entire battery by applying a new battery model based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) * Reduced maintenance of the battery packs assured by the monitoring of the single cell (macrocell) with the possibility to balance differences. * Reduced cost of ownership for the end user due increase in battery lifetime caused by the improved management on cell level. The ambitious objectives are obtained by realizing the BMS module as a system-in-package (SiP) directly integrated into the lithium-ion cell for use in electric and hybrid vehicles by using advanced packaging technologies. Early demonstration of the technology will be made by preparing specific battery packs to be installed both on a vehicle.

Keywords: battery management system,lithium-ion cell,integration,battery monitoring,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis),packaging,moulding