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CAMAP: Computer Aided Modeling for Astrophysical Plasmas (CAMAP)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Universe sciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project will be aimed at obtaining a deeper insight into the physical processes taking place in astrophysical magnetized plasmas. To study these scenarios I will employ different numerical codes as virtual tools that enable me to experiment on computers (virtual labs) with distinct initial and boundary conditions. Among the kind of sources I am interested to consider, I outline the following: Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), extragalactic jets from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), magnetars and collapsing stellar cores. A number of important questions are still open regarding the fundamental properties of these astrophysical sources (e.g., collimation, acceleration mechanism, composition, high-energy emission, gravitational wave signature). Additionally, there are analytical issues on the formalism in relativistic dynamics not resolved yet, e.g., the covariant extension of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). All these problems are so complex that only a computational approach is feasible. I plan to study them by means of relativistic and Newtonian MHD numerical simulations. A principal focus of the project will be to assess the relevance of magnetic fields in the generation, collimation and ulterior propagation of relativistic jets from the GRB progenitors and from AGNs. More generally, I will pursue the goal of understanding the process of amplification of seed magnetic fields until they become dynamically relevant, e.g., using semi-global and local simulations of representative boxes of collapsed stellar cores. A big emphasis will be put on including all the relevant microphysics (e.g. neutrino physics), non-ideal effects (particularly, reconnection physics) and energy transport due to neutrinos and photons to account for the relevant processes in the former systems. A milestone of this project will be to end up with a numerical tool that enables us to deal with General Relativistic Radiation Magnetohydrodynamics problems in Astrophysics.

Keywords: relativistic magnetohydrodynamics,resistivity,gamma-ray bursts,jets
Chemical EXchanges On WATER-rich worlds: Experimentation and numerical modelling (EXOWATER)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Universe sciences
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1481400.0
EU funding (EUR): 1481400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The present project is dedicated to the characterization of chemical exchanges within water-rich bodies including icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn as well as exoplanets that may be discovered in a near future. Recent spacecraft missions, Galileo (1996-2003) and Cassini-Huygens (2004-today), have revealed that complex chemical exchanges between their warm silicate inner core and their water-rich outer layer have occur on Enceladus, Europa and Titan. Similar exchange processes are also likely to occur within water-rich planets outside our Solar System. Here I propose to combine experimental investigations and numerical modelling to quantify the degree of interaction between seafloors, oceans, ice shells, and surfaces, atmospheres of water-rich worlds. This innovative approach will provide the first complete description of exchange processes on water-rich bodies and will constrain the conditions for which such water-rich environments are favourable for the development of life. The proposed sophisticated modeling of interactions between the interior and surface will provide precious tools for the interpretation of Galileo/Cassini observations and will significantly improve our current understanding of planetary processes. The output of these numerical simulations will also help for the definition of measurements that should be done by future exploration missions (EJSM and TSSM) in order to constrain the composition and size of icy moon s ocean. The detection of water-rich around other stars is within our reach. When the first detections of a water-rich planet and the first identification of atmospheric components will occur, my proposed modelling efforts will provide a theoretical framework for the data interpretation in term of physical and chemical conditions of their ocean and atmosphere. This will provide key constraints to define if a detected planet outside our Solar System is a good candidate for harbouring life.

Keywords: icy moons,ocean-planets,enceladus,europa,titan,ganymede
Characterizing and Controlling Carbon Nanomaterials (CCCAN)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1468960.0
EU funding (EUR): 1468960.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to understand and control the fundamental physical properties of novel carbon nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes and graphene. By a combination of complementary methods, i.e. vibrational spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and theoretical modelling, a comprehensive understanding of the electronic, vibrational, optical properties, and their connection with the material’s structure will be obtained. A diagnostics “toolbox” will be established on the materials in their most unperturbed, ideal states. Taking the results as reference, the materials will be studied under conditions relevant when incorporated into devices. These include imperfections of the materials and interaction with different environments, with other carbon nanotubes/graphene, and with extrinsic materials introduced during device processing. The gained insight and understanding on a fundamental level will also advance technological routes for scaling up carbon-nanomaterial electronic device fabrication, which is still lacking sufficient control over selectivity towards the desired physical properties. Control over the electronic and optical properties will be sought through deliberately induced interactions and chemical functionalization of the materials. The project benefits from close collaborations between experimental and theoretical physics, chemistry, and materials science.

Keywords: carbon nanotubes,graphene,optical spectroscopy
Biomimetic films and membranes as advanced materials for studies on cellular processes (BIOMIM)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Materials and Synthesis
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499996.4
EU funding (EUR): 1499996.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective nowadays in the field of biomaterials is to design highly performing bioinspired materials learning from natural processes. Importantly, biochemical and physical cues are key parameters that can affect cellular processes. Controlling processes that occur at the cell/material interface is also of prime importance to guide the cell response. The main aim of the current project is to develop novel functional bio-nanomaterials for in vitro biological studies. Our strategy is based on two related projects. The first project deals with the rational design of smart films with foreseen applications in musculoskeletal tissue engineering. We will gain knowledge of key cellular processes by designing well defined self-assembled thin coatings. These multi-functional surfaces with bioactivity (incorporation of growth factors), mechanical (film stiffness) and topographical properties (spatial control of the film s properties) will serve as tools to mimic the complexity of the natural materials in vivo and to present bioactive molecules in the solid phase. We will get a better fundamental understanding of how cellular functions, including adhesion and differentiation of muscle cells are affected by the materials s surface properties. In the second project, we will investigate at the molecular level a crucial aspect of cell adhesion and motility, which is the intracellular linkage between the plasma membrane and the cell cytoskeleton. We aim to elucidate the role of ERM proteins, especially ezrin and moesin, in the direct linkage between the plasma membrane and actin filaments. Here again, we will use a well defined microenvironment in vitro to simplify the complexity of the interactions that occur in cellulo. To this end, lipid membranes containing a key regulator lipid from the phosphoinositides familly, PIP2, will be employed in conjunction with purified proteins to investigate actin regulation by ERM proteins in the presence of PIP2-membranes.

Keywords: biophysics
Critical queues and reflected stochastic processes (CRITIQUEUE)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2010-08-01
End date: 2016-07-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 970800.0
EU funding (EUR): 970800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Our primary motivation stems from queueing theory, the branch of applied probability that deals with congestion phenomena. Congestion levels are typically nonnegative, which is why reflected stochastic processes arise naturally in queueing theory. Other applications of reflected stochastic processes are in the fields of branching processes and random graphs. We are particularly interested in critically-loaded queueing systems (close to 100% utilization), also referred to as queues in heavy traffic. Heavy-traffic analysis typically reduces complicated queueing processes to much simpler (reflected) limit processes or scaling limits. This makes the analysis of complex systems tractable, and from a mathematical point of view, these results are appealing since they can be made rigorous. Within the large body of literature on heavy-traffic theory and critical stochastic processes, we launch two new research lines: (i) Time-dependent analysis through scaling limits. (ii) Dimensioning stochastic systems via refined scaling limits and optimization. Both research lines involve mathematical techniques that combine stochastic theory with asymptotic theory, complex analysis, functional analysis, and modern probabilistic methods. It will provide a platform enabling collaborations between researchers in pure and applied probability and researchers in performance analysis of queueing systems. This will particularly be the case at TU/e, the host institution, and at the affiliated institution EURANDOM.

Keywords: queueing theory,heavy-traffic theory,scaling limits
Multiphoton processes using plasmonics towards advanced nanobiophotonics (MULTIBIOPHOT)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1394679.0
EU funding (EUR): 1394679.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Proposal summary Biophotonics is an emerging interdisciplinary field. Modern laser spectroscopic methods in combination with microscopy open up exciting new ways to study biological objects. For biological applications, multi-photon or non-linear spectroscopy can offer several advantages over one-photon excitation. The aim of this project is to explore novel spectroscopic strategies based on multi-photon excitation. In order to overcome lowsignal problems related to multi-photon spectroscopy, we will exploit plasmonics and perform multi-photon spectroscopy in the enhanced local optical fields of gold- and silver nanostructures. I propose a combination of three different plasmonics-enhanced two-photon spectroscopic methods for multimodal two-photon sensing and imaging. This combination can provide information on morphological structures and function of biological systems along with chemical information about molecular composition, structure, and interactions. A key aspect of this new concept will be the implementation of spectroscopically multifunctional nanosensors with plasmonic nanoparticles as basic building blocks. Following multi-photon excitation, these sensors deliver information on their environment inferred from a set of multiple surface-enhanced spectroscopic signatures. The proposed research will generate fundamental knowledge about multi-photon driven processes in enhanced local optical fields and about multi-photon interaction of light and biological matter. This might open up entirely new directions to advance nanobiophotonics. In particular, the outcome of the research will stimulate the new field of two-photon sensing and imaging, which has the capability to advance our understanding of biological systems and processes. The project is expected to have broad impact and contribute to the development of multi-photon optical sensing and multi-photon excited photophysics and photochemistry with applications in physics, chemistry, energy technology, biotechnology and medicine.

Keywords: spectroscopy,plasmonics,imaging,two-photon excitation,nanosensors,cells,biophotonics,microscopy
EERA SEcretariat (EERASE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Energy
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,France,Netherlands,Italy,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1983689.2
EU funding (EUR): 989565.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Ten leading European Research Institutes have taken up the challenge to found a European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). The key objective of the EERA is to accelerate the development of new energy technologies by conceiving and implementing Joint Research Programmes in support of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) plan by pooling and integrating activities and resources, combining national and Community sources of funding and maximising complementarities and synergies. The EERA aims to strengthen, expand and optimise EU energy research capabilities through the sharing of world-class national facilities in Europe and the joint realisation of pan-EU programmes. The primary focus of the EERA will be on the strategic and targeted development of next generations of energy technologies drawing on results from fundamental research and maturing technologies to the point where it can be embedded in industry driven research. In this field the EERA Secretariat is composed by five national research institutes which are part of the ten leading members. They are recognised as being among the leading exemplars of RTO programmes in Europe. All five can be considered as key player in their own country. The high level of experience of the members will conduct to an efficient work done by the secretariat. This work team will be present at every level of the governance and will organise, coordinate and monitor the work of EERA. The scope for significant joint work by the EERA Secretariat includes support to all other players in the EERA and outside through administrative, organizational and communication activities.

Keywords: strategic energy technology (set) plan,eera secretariat
Bubbles on the Cutting Edge (CUTTINGBUBBLES)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Products and process engineering
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Many processes in the chemical, petrochemical and/or biological industries involve three phase gas-liquidsolid flows, where the solid material acts as a catalyst carrier, the gas phase supplies the reactants for the (bio-)chemical transformations and the liquid phase carries the product. In these processes the performance and operation of the reactor is mostly constrained by the interfacial mass transfer rate and the achievable insitu heat removal rate. A micro-structured bubble column reactor that significantly improves these crucial properties is proposed in this project. This novel type of reactor takes advantage of micro-structuring of the catalyst carrier in the form of a wire-mesh (see Figure 1). The aim of the wire-mesh is i) to cut bubbles into smaller pieces leading to a larger interfacial area, ii) to enhance the bubble interface dynamics and mass transfer due to the interaction between the bubbles and the wires, and iii) to save costs in practical operation due to the smaller required reactor volume and the fact that there is no need for an external filtration unit. Cutting edge three-phase direct numerical simulation (DNS) tools and novel non-invasive optical (highspeed camera) techniques are used to study the micro-scale interaction between bubbles and a wire-mesh to gain understanding of the splitting and merging of bubbles and associated mass transfer characteristics. Furthermore, a proof-of-principle of the micro-structured reactor will be given through lab-scale experiments and macroscopic Euler-Lagrange numerical simulations, employing bubble-wire interaction closures based on the DNS simulations. In addition to the novel reactor type, the project will generate a broad set of fundamental numerical and experimental research tools that can be used for the improvement of various gas-liquid-solid processes. Several large companies (AkzoNobel, DSM, Sabic and Shell) have indicated their interest in the proposed project and would like to be involved in a users committee.

Keywords: chemical reactor innovation,particle image velocimetry,computational fluid dynamics
ANALYTIC PROPERTIES OF INFINITE GROUPS: limits, curvature, and randomness (ANALYTIC)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: Austria
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1065500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1065500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The overall goal of this project is to develop new concepts and techniques in geometric and asymptotic group theory for a systematic study of the analytic properties of discrete groups. These are properties depending on the unitary representation theory of the group. The fundamental examples are amenability, discovered by von Neumann in 1929, and property (T), introduced by Kazhdan in 1967. My main objective is to establish the precise relations between groups recently appeared in K-theory and topology such as C*-exact groups and groups coarsely embeddable into a Hilbert space, versus those discovered in ergodic theory and operator algebra, for example, sofic and hyperlinear groups. This is a first ever attempt to confront the analytic behavior of so different nature. I plan to work on crucial open questions: Is every coarsely embeddable group C*-exact? Is every group sofic? Is every hyperlinear group sofic? My motivation is two-fold: - Many outstanding conjectures were recently solved for these groups, e.g. the Novikov conjecture (1965) for coarsely embeddable groups by Yu in 2000 and the Gottschalk surjunctivity conjecture (1973) for sofic groups by Gromov in 1999. However, their group-theoretical structure remains mysterious. - In recent years, geometric group theory has undergone significant changes, mainly due to the growing impact of this theory on other branches of mathematics. However, the interplay between geometric, asymptotic, and analytic group properties has not yet been fully understood. The main innovative contribution of this proposal lies in the interaction between 3 axes: (i) limits of groups, in the space of marked groups or metric ultralimits; (ii) analytic properties of groups with curvature, of lacunary or relatively hyperbolic groups; (iii) random groups, in a topological or statistical meaning. As a result, I will describe the above apparently unrelated classes of groups in a unified way and will detail their algebraic behavior.

Keywords: geometric and asymptotic group theory,gromov's hyperbolic groups,random groups,sofic and hyperlinear groups,space of marked groups,coarsely embeddable into a hilbert space and c*-exact groups.
Delay differential models and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases (EPIDELAY)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: ERC Starting Grant Interdisciplinary Panel
Countries involved: Hungary
Call:  (ERC-2010-StG_20091028, 2010)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 68.0
Total project cost (EUR): 796800.0
EU funding (EUR): 796800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to develop and analyse infinite dimensional dynamical models for the transmission dynamics and propagation of infectious diseases. We use an integrated approach which spans from the abstract theory of functional differential equations to the practical problems of epidemiology, with serious implications to public health policy, prevention, control and mitigation strategies in cases such as the ongoing battle against the nascent H1N1 pandemic. Delay differential equations are one of the most powerful mathematical modeling tools and they arise naturally in various applications from life sciences to engineering and physics, whenever temporal delays are important. In abstract terms, functional differential equations describe dynamical systems, when their evolution depends on the solution at prior times. The central theme of this project is to forge strong links between the abstract theory of delay differential equations and practical aspects of epidemiology. Our research will combine competencies in different fields of mathematics and embrace theoretical issues as well as real life applications. In particular, the theory of equations with state dependent delays is extremely challenging, and this field is at present on the verge of a breakthrough. Developing new theories in this area and connecting them to relevant applications would go far beyond the current research frontier of mathematical epidemiology and could open a new chapter in disease modeling.

Keywords: delay differential equation,transmission dynamics of infectious diseases,state dependent delay