Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
AlGaN and InAlN based microwave components (AL-IN-WON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,France,Italy,France
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3368361.6
EU funding (EUR): 1953471.4
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal is focused on the development of a new generation of wide band gap (WBG) GaN technology and devices for which strong impacts in term of performances, reliability and robustness are expected. AL-IN-WON will explore two main disrupting routes: - Next generation of WBG device based on new epi material (InAlN/GaN) for strong improvement in term of performances and reliability. - High efficiency / High Power generation in Ku / Ka bands It proposes to evaluate in 2 phases next generation of WBG material up to Ka Band. The InAlN/GaN heterostructure offers the following advantages:  As InAlN/GaN is lattice matched, it offer the possibility to growth very thin layer in the range of 10nm or below WHICH IS THE MOST RELEVANT to overcome short channel effect AND GO TOWARDS HIGH frequency range up to millimeter wave range.  In0.18 Al0.82N /GaN is a new heterostructure able to give twice the drain current available from a more conventional AlGaN/GaN heterostructure. Breakdown voltage is comparable for the two heterostructures.  In0.18 Al0.82N is latticed matched to GaN and higher reliability is therefore expected compared to AlGaN/GaN.  Passivation is currently a major limitation to device operation. InAlN/GaN MOSHEMT are very promising with strong current drain improvement compared to HEMT (UltraGaN). We plan to evaluate CW Ku and Ka Band MMIC High Power Amplifiers (HPA) and Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA). Demonstrators in Ka band will be designed based on devices coming from the run 2. The final objective being the evaluation of InAlN/GaN compared to more conventional AlGaN/GaN very high power HEMT technology with very high breakdown voltage, high current and compliant with high power density. Regarding space application for which reliability and robustness are of major concerns, we expect to demonstrate the major breakthrough offered by GaN technology, and especially InAlN if successful.

Keywords: inaln,gan,hemt,high frequency,reliability,ka band,ku band,space application,mtf,radiaton hardness,mmic,lna,hpa
Terahertz heterodyne receiver components for future European space missions (TERACOMP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Germany,Germany,Denmark,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999370.2
EU funding (EUR): 1511371.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Sub-millimetre wave or terahertz heterodyne receivers are key instruments for many space applications. For example, they are required for monitoring of the earth’s atmosphere or detection of molecules that might be tracers of life on other planets or moons. However, key components of these systems are currently supplied from outside Europe and performance as well as mass and power requirements often prohibit the implementation. The TeraComp project aims at developing European industrial level capability to design and manufacture terahertz front-end electronics based on high frequency Schottky diodes, Heterostructure Barrier Varactor (HBV) diodes and mHEMT MMICs for space and other applications. The prototype components will be integrated into a compact 557 GHz heterodyne receiver and evaluated for space instrument applications. The front-end demonstrator consists of a low noise 557 GHz subharmonic Schottky diode mixer, a 275 GHz Heterostructure Barrier Varactor frequency tripler and a 92 GHz mHEMT power amplifiers and a 15 to 92 GHz 6x multiplier as part of the local oscillator chain. This development will significantly contribute to mass and power reduction and it will improve the performance of terahertz heterodyne receivers. In addition, the dependence on critical technologies and capabilities from outside Europe for future space applications will be reduced.

Keywords: high frequency schottky diodes,power amplifiers,hbv diodes,mhemt,mmics,heterodyne receiver,terahertz technology,sub-millimetre wave front-end
Emergency Management in Large Infrastructures (EMILI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Security
Destination: Restoring security and safety in case of crisis
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,Spain,Serbia,Germany,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SEC-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4213404.2
EU funding (EUR): 3139228.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The project EMILI (“Emergency Management in Large Infrastructures”) is a capability project which aims at a new generation of data management and control systems for large Infrastructures (CIs) including appropriate simulation and training capabilities. This new generation of control systems is needed in order to improve the security of large Infrastructures like power grids and telecommunication systems, airports and railway systems, oil and gas pipelines under future technical, economic, organisational, political, and legal conditions. This is especially important in the case of emergencies and crises. Large Infrastructures are cost intensive, large, complex technical systems. They are frequently operated at their limits. Today, they are changing their characteristics rapidly in various respects. These CIs depend on each other and interact with each other in many ways. Even small disturbances may trigger avalanches of failures – in the same system and in depending ones. Quick and adequate reactions are key factors in safe and efficient operations of Critical Infrastructures today. Currently used data management and control systems of large Infrastructures mainly collect data from their own system and process them in a more or less pre-defined way. In order to adapt today’s control systems to the new challenges - especially to an efficient management of emergencies - we need a new generation of these control systems, their methodology and technology.

Keywords: emergency management in large infrastructures
Evolution of sensory organ morphology: genetic analysis of eye size evolution in Drosophila (ESED)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Cellular and Developmental Biology
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Austria
Call:  (ERC-2009-StG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1225040.0
EU funding (EUR): 1225040.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Living organisms exhibit great variation in size and shape, and display many morphological innovations. Recent progress has been made in identifying the genetic basis for the evolution of some traits but there remains a paucity of knowledge concerning the evolution of complex morphological traits, and how the underlying changes arose and spread in populations. This proposal will address this by establishing a research program to investigate the genetic basis for the evolution of intra- and inter- specific differences in a complex sensory organ, the insect compound eye. Drosophila mauritiana has significantly larger eyes than its sibling species D. simulans. However, there is also considerable eye size variation between D. simulans populations. Taking advantage of our knowledge of eye development in flies, this proposal will describe the developmental basis for eye size differences and investigate the number and distribution of photoreceptor subtypes (which are sensitive to different light wavelengths) between species and populations with eye size variation. In addition, the proposal will take advantage of cutting edge methods to map the molecular basis for eye size evolution between D. mauritiana and D. simulans, and compare this to the genetic architecture of eye size differences within D. simulans. Population genetic approaches will then be applied to test evolved sequences for directional selection. Thus, this project will not only reveal the genetic changes in development underlying the evolution of eye size and resolve the contribution of standing genetic variation for eye size differences within species to differences between species, but also establish this trait as a model for future studies of morphological evolution.

Keywords: evolution of development,morphological evolution,evolution of gene regulation
Investigating the link between centrosomes, stem cells and cancer (CENTROSTEMCANCER)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Cellular and Developmental Biology
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2009-StG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1550000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1550000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Centrosomes are cytoplasmic organelles found in most animal cells with important roles in polarity establishment and maintenance. Theodor Boveri s pioneering work first suggested that extra-centrosomes could contribute to genetic instability and consequently to tumourigenesis. Although many human tumours do exhibit centrosome amplification (extra centrosomes) or centrosome abnormalities, the exact contribution of centrosomes to tumour initiation in vertebrate organisms remains to be determined. I have recently showed that Drosophila flies carrying extra-centrosomes, following the over-expression of the centriole replication kinase Sak, did not exhibit chromosome segregation errors and were able to maintain a stable diploid genome over many generations. Surprisingly, however, neural stem cells fail frequently to align the mitotic spindle with their polarity axis during asymmetric division. Moreover, I have found that centrosome amplification is permissive to tumour formation in flies. So far, however, we do not know the molecular mechanisms that allow transformation when extra centrosomes are present and elucidating these mechanisms is the aim of the work presented in this proposal. Here, I describe a series of complementary approaches that will help us to decipher the link between centrosomes, stem cells and tumour biology. In addition, I wish to pursue the original observations made in Drosophila and investigate the consequences of centrosome amplification in mammals.

Keywords: centrosomes,centrosome amplification,neural stem cells,stem cells,cancer,spindle positioning,asymmetric cell division,proliferation,diferentiation
Alternative Routes Towards Information Storage and Transport at the Atomic and Molecular Scale (ARTIST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,United Kingdom,Austria,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2009-C, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2822946.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999248.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The ARTIST project aims at exploring alternative routes towards long distance (above 10 nm) information transport and storage at the atomic and molecular scale. ARTIST suggests new solutions for optical and electrical addressing of molecules, efficient inter-molecular communication and compatible data storage. We will implement new concepts and methods for molecular electronics based on: Addressing by: nanoscale plasmonic waveguides, electrostatics and single charge injection by weak coupling to nanocapacitors. Long distance information transport by: (i) intramolecular single electron transfer in long molecular ribbons made in situ by on-surface chemistry from precursor molecules, (ii) intermolecular propagation of proton transfer in self-assembled chains of tautomers and (iii) plasmon-mediated energy transfer. Information storage by: (i) charge trapping in atoms and molecules, (ii) conformation change and (iii) tautomerization of single molecules. The proposed devices will ensure operation time on the picosecond scale, sub-nanometer wire diameters and construction by self-assembly or on-surface chemistry. The ARTIST project is made possible by a multidisciplinary collaboration of experts in: (i) covalent and hydrogen-bonded self-assembled molecular ribbons, (ii) imaging and manipulation of molecules on thin insulating films, bulk insulators and wide band-gap semi-conductors with atomic-scale precision, (iii) nano-scale optical addressing (iv) measurements at the single molecule and electron level. (v) nanoscale fabrication using nanostencil and (vi) theory and simulation of adsorbed molecules and tunnelling A successful achievement of the project goals will open the way to a completely new nano-scale technology for information processing and storage. The ARTIST project has a clear long term potential for fabrication of reliable large arrays of molecular electronic devices.

Keywords: long distance information transfer,information storage,prototropy,insulating films,insulators,intramolecular electron transfer,molecular electronics,plasmonics,photonics,spm,nanostencil
IMPROVING PLC PROGRAMMING THROUGH A NEW GRAPHICAL, OBJECT-ORIENTED AND BRAND- INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK (PLC-PROG)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Spain,Spain,Latvia,Romania,Greece,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2008-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2779037.65
EU funding (EUR): 2121478.45
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Most Modern automation installations are driven by Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Nowadays, the low level programming languages that have been used for decades, such as Ladder Diagrams (LD), are still being used to develop the new software. Besides, there are ‘hidden’ penalties: PLC software is brand dependent. The solution to this problem has been the adoption of new paradigms that allow for a fast and reliable software development. One of the most productive of such paradigms, which has been worldwide adopted, is the Object Oriented (OO) paradigm. The aim of the project is to develop a software tool which for developing PLC programs with the following features: • Based on the Object Oriented approach, but using an industrial model for the design of the components that constitute a PLC programs. • Extensible. The design of the objects includes built-in capabilities for performing not only their specific task, but also for exchanging data with external supervision programs (SCADAs), databases (SQL), etc. • Graphical Interface. • Integration of existing tools. Every object block can be internally programmed in one of the low level language supported by the IEC-61131-3 norm. • Library maintenance tools for an easy storage and retrieval of developed objects. • Brand independence. A brand-specific postprocessor generates the final code ready for downloading into the target PLC. Therefore the PLC-PROG software sets a new framework easing PLC programming. This new tool will provide an easy overall view of the PLC based automation process, providing a high level automation language easy to use and to understand, reducing drastically the time devote for PLC programming and to built up the subsequent ECBs. As the project solves a general Industrial need, the project has been conceived as a “Collective”, where industrial associations will offer the product service for PLC developments and formation.

Keywords: object oriented,graphical interface,multi agent system,plc programming,ladder,grafcet.
Enhancing the quality attributes of processed honey and avoiding its crystallisation by the application of a non-thermal treatment process (TOPHONEY)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Greece,Spain,Bulgaria,Portugal,Belgium,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SME-2008-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2125840.43
EU funding (EUR): 1607748.84
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Crystallised honey is granular, opaque and highly viscous. Crystallisation is a natural phenomenon, and usually takes place within a few weeks after extracting the honey from the honeycomb: however most consumers prefer clear liquid honey. Crystallization arises due to the presence of glucose micro-crystals and air bubbles in the honey. Commercial honey processing currently uses pasteurisation equipment (often with a vacuum applied) to flash-heat the honey to dissolve the micro-crystals and remove air bubbles, and thus delay crystallisation to 12 months post-processing. However, pasteurisation heats the honey to around 80C, which degrades the heat sensitive components of honey: primarily the diastase and invertase enzymes, and also raises HMF content (a honey quality parameter, subject to international standard limits). To address the needs identified by project SME-AGs, the TOPHONEY project will develop a novel honey processing system, based on the use of high-power ultrasound, as non-thermal alternative, to delay the onset of crystallisation, whilst preserving the natural quality attributes of the unprocessed honey. SME-AG members plan to exploit these benefits to sell their honey at a premium price, and also overcome yield limitations of vacuum pasteurisation methods.

Keywords: high power ultrasound,cavitation,process engineering
Portable Real Time Detection of Airborne Asbestos Fibres for Tradespersons (ALERT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Spain,United Kingdom,Italy,Estonia,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2008-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-08-02
End date: 2013-08-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2240441.2
EU funding (EUR): 1780435.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Asbestos-related diseases are the leading cause of occupational death in Europe. 500,000 European workers, mostly within the construction, demolition and remediation industries, are expected to die by 2030. Despite a ban on asbestos use, our members’ workers are continually exposed to this potent, invisible carcinogen from legacy products such as insulation, water tanks, ceiling panels, floor tiles and textured wall coverings. We feel that this level of risk is completely unacceptable for our members and must be addressed. Currently, asbestos is detected by a slow process of air sampling, with samples sent off to a lab and results being returned days later. Not only is this too late to take action, but tests are only performed if asbestos is suspected to be present. There is currently no way to detect asbestos in real-time. The ALERT project will change this. A decade ago, researchers discovered a way to detect asbestos fibres through a light-scattering technique. This work stalled due to technical and cost barriers; barriers we now believe we can overcome. We have assembled a world-leading consortium to extend this early research and develop a low-cost portable detector that can be worn by the worker to continuously monitor their work environment. By developing the ALERT system, we will provide 30 million European workers with a means of detecting asbestos the moment it is disturbed, allowing them to protect themselves and avoid becoming one of the 100,000 people worldwide killed each year by exposure to asbestos.

Keywords: fibrous particle detector airborne asbestos fibre detector
Developing European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly: quality, safety and authenticity (APIFRESH)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Türkiye,Spain,Germany,Hungary,Portugal,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2008-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2106682.25
EU funding (EUR): 1674127.6
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The competitiveness of the European beekeeping sector is progressively falling due to the reduction of beekeepers’ production as a direct consequence of decrease in bee population, implying lower economies of scale, underutilised resources and higher relative production costs. In addition, beekeeping products produced in countries with much lower quality standards, even sometimes adulterated with substitutes and complemented with sweetening products, are gaining market share in Europe through an unfair competition. In addition, there is a current lack of standards at European (and international) level for certain bee products like pollen and royal jelly. This means that it is possible to find in the market products under these labels without any control of quality and authenticity, and the risks it may imply for both the consumer and the SMEs of the sector. Few countries in Europe have some guidelines or regional standards for other products than honey, but broad standardization is missing. Therefore, the objectives of this project are threefold: (a) To develop European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly (b) Establishment of the health relevant criteria for pollen and royal jelly (c) The development of an unerring methodology for the determination of pollen and honey origin authenticity Claims made by several European Associations of beekeepers about the lack of quality controls in both marketed pollen and royal jelly for human consumption give rise to the developing of such standards. The standards and methodologies that will be developed in this project could lay the foundations of future European regulations. Research and development activities will include analytical methods to determine sensory properties, microbiologic load and chemical composition of mentioned products and methods of melissopalynology.

Keywords: validated methods,authenticity method,quality standards,royal jelly,bee pollen