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shape memory alloy based elastocaloric cooling system

the project smacool will develop a functional airconditioning device for residential buildings based on the emerging technology of elastocalorics which uses shape memory alloys as solidstate refrigerants for efficient and sustainable cold and heat generation elastocalorics also thermoelastic or thermoelastics is an innovative disruptive heating and cooling technology with the potential of reaching outstanding energy efficiency and zero global warming potential using metals as solidstate refrigerant material instead of the harmful fluids used in cooling systems today the interdisciplinary project consortium consisting of three european universities from germany italy and slovenia and one emerging hightech company from ireland will cover several project objectives including the construction and validation of an applicationspecific elastocaloric cooling system device the creation of a versatile validation environment for quantitative validation of future elastocaloric devices the realization of a multiphysical numerical simulation platform for simulative assistance in elastocaloric device development the development and characterization of elastocaloricspecific optimized materials and the development of an efficient electric drive unit suited for the specific needs of elastocaloric system devices the resulting smacool system is targeting an efficiency increase by a factor of two to three compared to stateoftheart hvac heat ventilation and airconditioning systems and will have high impact on potentially cutting down global energy consumption in the residential building sector and also other cold generation fields
entrepreneurial innovative universities acceleration programme

higher education institutions heis can have a strong positive impact on regional and europewide social and economic development through education research and engagement however they require targeted methodological and experienced support to enhance their capability to fully realise their potentialacceleratefuturehei responds to the abovementioned needs through the development and testing of acceleration services to support hei institutional transformation involving a robust comprehensive methodology that is designed to transform and impact not just the heis but also their regions it does so by taking an evidencebased approach that identifies the needs of the individual heis whilst also benefitting from an efficient universal approach that enables them to learn from each other underpinned by a change management process the project offers an acceleration support system that builds on the status quo develops a connected vision and set of activities described in a roadmap and is then executed in application projects supported with coaching training and international exchange consortium built for success and impact as the project and overall methodology for acceleration services is designed led and monitored by proven globallyrecognised experts specialised in implementing acceleration services to effect change at heis through entrepreneurship innovation and engagement the consortium offers the right setting for a pilot program to deliver a meaningful contextconnected practical outcomes for a committed and diversified set of 14 partners uniting 2 established eit hei initiative consortia where impact would make a real difference in their regions sustained impact will be achieved as heis will have developed strong internal understanding of status quo and desired future state designed and executed a roadmap application projects received expert coaching training and peer learning in a network that will sustain beyond the project timeline
knowledgedriven finetuning of perovskitebased electrode materials for reversible chemicalstopower devices

we target a knowledgebased methodological entry to the finding of new generation electrode materials based on perovskites for reversible sofcsoec technologies the latter are archetypal complex systems the physicochemical processes at play involve surface electrochemical reactions ionic diffusion charge collection and conduction which all occur timely within a very limited region hence true indepth understanding of the key parameters requires characterisation at the right place at the right time frame and under the proper operating conditions the price to pay for achieving this multiplyrelevant characterisation is the involvement of nontrivial advanced characterisation techniques multiscale modelling will contribute to turn experimental datasets into a genuine scientific description and make timesaving predictions in knowskitex the coupling between theoretical and experimental activities is made real by the choice of partners who are all active in genuinely articulate theory and practice to understand active systems to provide unifying concepts and to widen the projects outcomes intensive collaboration with knowledge discovery using machinelearning and deep learning methods is planned and aienabled tools will be used to compensate the smallness of relevant datasets such efforts are intended in view of building strong correlations capable of establishing robust compositionstructureactivityperformance relations and hence lead the way to knowledgebased predictions by doing this we also target the implementation of simplified testing protocols and tools operable by industrial stakeholders which results can be augmented thanks to the knowledgebased pivotal correlations implemented during the project to this end dedicated efforts will be made in certifying the interoperability and usability of the projects advances in the form of harmonised documentation and open science sharing
mechanisms of camouflage in cuttlefish

cephalopod camouflage or crypsis is one of the most fascinating behaviors in the animal kingdom it is also very relevant for neuroscience for many reasons first the ability of cephalopods to escape detection by vertebrate predators or invertebrate prey indicates that the perception of textures must follow similar principles in most species if they did not crypsis would not be successful because cephalopods and vertebrates diverged over 550 m years ago from a primitive common ancestor these principles must reflect functional convergence second cryptic patterning gives observers a readout of an animals perception of visual scenes eliminating the need for complex behavioral paradigms to question the animal third cephalopod camouflage is controlled neurally by the brain through the action of motoneurons onto a large array of specialized pigment cells chromatophores and based on visual information received by singlelens eyes the behavior thus consists in transforming a retinal image into a matching skin pattern via a large central brain and ultimately in the form of a fine motor output fourth crypsis works as a statistical approximation rather than faithful copy of a scene such statistical matching is nontrivial convolutional neural networks for example need hundreds of thousands of training trials to reach good performance fifth because skin chromatophores are controlled by motoneurons a chromatophoreresolution readout of the state of the skin is an indirect readout of the brains output enabling largescale neural imaging by proxy this observation led us to develop methods to describe the skin output of cuttlefish at subchromatophore resolution and 2560 framess over hours to months our results in turn led to functional and mechanistic predictions about camouflage control this 5year project will test some of these predictions using molecular ultrastructural computational physiological and behavioral approaches
mosquitospecific phagostimulants and pheromones for environmentfriendly mosquito vector control

each year chemicals worth 8bn are used for mosquito vector control mvc still mosquitoborne diseases constitute a major socioeconomic burden as insecticides start losing efficacy and toxic chemicals are being banned from use in the west in particular we are becoming increasingly defenceless by 2050 an additional 1bn people will be at risk of contracting at least one mosquitoborne disease due to the rapid expansion of habitats of mosquito vectorsmolecular attraction is a pioneer in mosquitospecific phagostimulants and pheromones we can control mosquito behaviour using minute quantities of highly effective affordable and perfectly green semiochemicals in the project we will conduct a largescale trial in subsaharan africa to evaluate the efficacy costeffectiveness and environmental impact of our unique blends the trial results will be leveraged to enter the global mvc market
cradletocradle design of photovoltaic modules

the project cradletocradle design of photovoltaic modules c2cpv will design and build the first photovoltaic module with full cradletocradle c2c recyclability achieving this goal requires a radically new design framework todays photovoltaic modules were not designed for recycling resulting in a recycling process that is slow and delivers materials of inferior quality in contrast c2cpv will apply the principles of green engineering and technoeconomics to create a photovoltaic module with minimal environmental impact over multiple generations and economic viability unique to this project is the design of a complex optoelectronic device from scratch according to these principlesthe scientific challenge of this proposal is to reconcile durability and separability current photovoltaic modules follow a design for immortality approach monolithically integrating solar cells in a module to minimize exposure to the environment this approach pits durability against separability and is the root cause of all challenges in current photovoltaic module recycling highly adhesive interfaces make a clean separation of components slow and challenging at best and often infeasible yet high throughput and retention of material quality are essential for the economic viability of recyclingthe key to resolving this challenge lies in the choice of materials and the design of interfaces following the design principles of c2c the project c2cpv will only use materials that can be produced and processed in a closeloop manner avoid toxicity and scarcity and are material energy and capital efficient interface design will focus on eliminating unnecessary adhesion and equip all necessary sealing with a mechanism for separation perovskite solar cells and photovoltaic modules will serve as a vehicle for demonstrating multigenerational closeloop recyclability tracking material energy and capital flow over multiple generations will allow quantifying and op
geophysical modelling of shelftobasin processes

shelftobasin sedimentary processes entail intricate interactions between the ocean submesoscale and the nearseafloor sediments these processes hold significant multidisciplinary importance given their ecological impact relevance to marine geohazards and role in shaping continental margins and global climate however theres a gap in quantitative tools to model and characterize these processes simultaneously considering oceanographic and nearseafloor sediments properties in gemsbp i will use ultrahighresolution seismic reflection data uhrs to create a set of modelling techniques able to couple both domains the southeastern levant basin slb will serve as a natural laboratory for studying the interaction between the sedimentological and oceanographic domains this semienclosed basin features a single sediment source and a multitude of morphologically complex features formed by sediment transport mechanisms i will first develop novel seismic processing workflows tailored for ocean and nearseafloor sediments imaging that will consistently yield a seismic image depicting both domains and their interaction i will then develop and implement an iterative geostatistical seismic inversion procedure able to invert the processed uhrs for highresolution ocean ie temperature and salinity and nearseafloor geotechnical models i intend to leverage the most recent advances in deep learning to build a spatial regression model and predict these properties in 3d by integrating spaceborne earth observation data our models will provide insights into the sediment transport mechanisms dynamics and will pave the way for a new set of methodologies for studying these phenomena on a global scale i intend to raise societys awareness about the global impact of oceanographic and seafloor processes through outreach communication and dissemination activities aiming to foster a multistakeholder environment ie industry academia and public within the project
engineering magnetoionic materials for energyefficient actuation and sensing from interfaces to multifunctional voltagetunable micromagnets

actions proposes a materialbased concept to drastically reduce the energy consumption of magnetbased micro and nanotechnologies magnetic systems offer unique advantages for actuation in miniature fluidic and robotic systems but their integration is hindered because electromagnets are required to create timevarying magnetic fields causing joule energy loss and heat effects alternative control of magnetic materials using an electric field instead of electric current would present an energyefficient solution however established magnetoelectric effects are small and restricted to low temperature or high voltage recently we have demonstrated lowvoltage control of magnetic films in liquid electrolytes by exploiting electrochemical reactions and ionic motion actions targets the engineering of these emerging magnetoionic materials to use their immense unexplored potential for low power actuation the innovative strategy of actions is to transfer magnetoionic effects of ferromagnetic metal thin films in liquid electrolytes to 3d nanomagnets and assemblies with defined anisotropy and at critical points i will use a unique combination of in situ analytical and magnetic techniques to study the magnetoionic control of magnetization on this base i plan to attain magnetoionic micromagnets with voltagereconfigurable stray fields which can potentially replace microelectromagnets additionally actions recognizes the inherent crosslink between electrochemistry and magnetism in magnetoionic systems as a groundbreaking route to combine actuation and sensing in one material interfacial chemistry sensing will be based on the electrical response the final objective is to identify materials in which actuation and sensing can be programmed on demand by a voltage protocol the concept in actions goes beyond conventional multifunctional composites and could establish a paradigm change in magnetic technologies and a novel class of energysaving smart materials
a cuttingedge digital dispensing system for nextgen electronics manufacturing

the semiconductor industry is aiming at producing smaller and more powerful chips however semiconductor packaging backend technologies have reached their limits in terms of material deposition backend solutions for material deposition are 1 subtractive technologies etching and electroplating highly polluting and thus unsustainable and 2 additive manufacturing techniques that have reached their resolution limit considering the material fillers andor viscosity making it impossible to do smaller packaging and thus smaller chipsour solution is the io600 system it uses the clad continuous laserassisted deposition technology to deliver highvolume deposition of any material on any kind of substrate at a high throughput highest resolution and without employing polluting materialsio600 is a game changer in the semiconductor backend process with times higher viscosity than inkjet without any risk of clogging 50 to 100 higher resolution compared to screen printers jetters and needle dispensers 35 times faster than dispensing systems smaller koz means higher packaging density 10 diedensity improvement and 40 lower capex less clean room space 80 lower area does not employ hazardous chemicals and saves 1 m3 of water per m2 in pcb manufacturing io600 customers are semiconductor packaging companies they will benefit from the improved resolution higher throughput lower capex and because it is a not polluting process the potential for reshoring the backend process to the us and europe io600 users of the chips built with io600 systems are electronic equipment manufacturers which will design smaller more powerful chips key in electronicsio600 aligns with eu strategic policies on green deal and sustainability digital transformation better chip designs and the eu chips act as allows reshoring of the backend process and bolsters europes competitiveness and resilience in semiconductor technologies
european media and immersion lab

emil the european media and immersion lab is a joint effort of four major european academic institutions aalto university filmakademie baden wrttemberg universitat pompeu fabra and university of bath to form a paneuropean xr lab network to accelerate development of virtual augmented and mixed reality technologies content services and applications for the media emil will establish a physical and virtual infrastructure emil nodes supported by research excellence technological creative expertise and wide contact networks to bring together interdisciplinary actors in the xrfield engineers designers journalists filmmakers game developpers programmers artists researchers entrepreneurs and investors from startups smes and global corporations emil will launch and coordinate fstp projects and support this interdisciplinary community to accelerate xrdevelopment all across europe the projects will be prototyping advanced solutions for the creation distribution and consumption of new immersive and innovative products for media and related creative industries fstp projects can tap into the latest scientific research knowledge demonstrated in the emil nodes lighthouse projects that exhibit excellence in narrative media production smart garments animation vfx embodied interaction digital cultural heritage digital health motion captureanalysis and technological xrdevelopment the fstp projects and lighthouse projects will quickly provide concrete cuttingedge products and services for the benefit of the european media industry however emils true ambition and impact lie beyond the limitations of these projects and in the establishment of a permanent paneuropean xr network and community that will continue bringing new innovations in media virtualization computational design interactive ai resilient cities manufacturing and healthcare technologies and help europe to be at the forefront of the next digital development revolution
eit climatekic business plan 20232024

addressing major societal challenges like climate change requires a very different approach to deploying innovation eit climatekic has developed a practical model of placebased innovation to map codevelop and match scalable solutions to the challenge of meeting city region and industry climate targets by orchestrating key stakeholders to develop new markets related to climate challenges and by enabling a largescale learning by doing framework the model mobilises public and private funding to test and produce actionable intelligence shared learning and solutions from a portfolio of innovations there is a considerable need for such operational models for implementing transformative climate policy ambitions within europe and beyondeit and eit climatekic have identified three core capabilities to enable scale up of this systems innovation model commercially and so help european stakeholders meet ambitious climate goals aiming to contribute to the avoidance of over 500million tonnes co2e and strengthening the climate resilience of 10 million people by 2027 this proposal addresses these core capabilities comprising investment over 2 years of 47m to secure new funding and commercial sales of the systems innovation as a service model 58m to strengthen eit climatekics core operational capabilities and refine the systems innovation business model and 63m to improve the quality and scalability of the systems innovation model to new national city and regional governments as well as industry sectorsthe primary objective of this plan against which success will be measured is to ensure that by the end of 2024 eit climatekic is financially sustainable and independent of eit funding and able to scale its systems innovation model
understanding how endocrine disruptors and chemical mixtures of concern target the immune system to trigger or perpetuate disease

the endomix project addresses the urgent need to understand the true impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals edcs on human health in order to inform regulators and advise citizens endomix will tackle this challenge by revealing associations and causality between edcs and adverse health outcomes by focusing on exposure to multiple edcs during life course including windows of susceptibility and making use of already existing robust data from multiple european cohorts modelling how reallife edc mixtures target the immune system to initiate trigger or perpetuate diseases combined with high throughput bioassays will reveal healthrelevant mixtures of concern whose impact will be studied using groundbreaking methodology while delivering valuable information on mechanistic pathways and transgenerational impact of exposure to edcs this strategy will lead to the identification of biomarkers and patterns of exposure that are easy to measure available for big sample sizes and indicative of health endpoints finally we will provide evidence synthesis of in vitro in silico and in vivo data for strengthening causal inference and use a weight of evidence approach to generate artificial intelligenceassisted knowledge graphsthis unique loop approach with a novel focus on the immune system as edc target is only made possible by the consortiums interdisciplinary expertise and extensive access to existing data and biosamples as well as a meticulous study design the knowledge generated by this consortium will be disseminated to the scientific community provide a thorough new evidence base for policy making and will reach citizens of all ages to raise awareness about the risks of edc exposure and promote healthpreserving behaviour hence the outcomes of endomix do not only provide essential new knowledge and understanding but also and have farreaching implications for the health and wellbeing of society including significant savings in european health care systems