April 2014
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Euro-Asian Sustainable Energy Development
EM-EASED (2013-2017) is a Erasmus Mundus Action 2 programme that aims to bring Europe and the Far East(Japan, Korea) closer in the field of research and its management with a special emphasis on energy. By
cooperating and working together, the EM-EASED partnership will contribute to the development of Euro-Asianbridges in excellence and help the promotion of scientific, economic and cultural exchanges. Facing the strong
challenges for the European, Japanese and Korean knowledge society, EM-EASED will help universities andassociated research centres to find adequate answers especially by promoting internationalisation, quality andexcellence in their activities.
The EM-EASED Consortium is constituted by 16 Higher Education Institutions and Research Centres, namely,
École Centrale Paris (France), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Technische Universität München(Germany), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain), Imperial College London(UK), Keio University (Japan), Okayama University (Japan), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Waseda
University (Japan), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea), Pusan National
University (South Korea), T.I.M.E. (Top Industrial Managers for Europe), von Karman Institute for Fluid
Dynamics (Belgium), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan), Korea Institute of Energy Research(South Korea).

SELECTION MEETING
opportunities as well as wide fields. In the first call forpositions, 183 offers were published, including 153
specific research fields, mainly for doctoral mobility.
Other opportunities to exchange researchers werediscussed. It was suggested that whenever possible,
staff might apply to invited professor scheme, whilestill being considered as part of the EM-EASED
programme. This alternative solution shall increase thenumber of overall staff mobility. As all mobilities aredealing with energy- related research, the EM-EASED
programme strongly encourages grant holders to visit
the other institutions of the consortium for a typical
one-day visit and seminar.

The EM-EASED consortium met on March 27th-28thin Busan, South Korea. The main purpose of thismeeting was to select the first candidates for theprogramme.

Selection meeting, Busan,
March 27th-28th 2014

The event was hosted byPusan National University,in the Busan campus.
Delegates of the consortium
visited the host campus andlaboratories.

This was also an opportunity for the coordinator(École Centrale Paris) to remind the objectives of theprogramme in terms of mobility flow and researchorientation. The overall mobility flow shall be 65%
European and 35% Japanese/Korean. The percentageof PhD mobility shall be between 55-65%, postdoctoral grant holder shall be between 10-20%
whereas the remaining 20-30% shall be for staff. For
this first cohort, 9 candidates were selected (5 PhD, 2
post-doctoral, 2 staff); 56% European and 44%
Japanese/Korean.
At the same time, the consortium had discussions on
the actions to be carried out for the promotion of theprogramme, especially for the next call for applications(September - October 2014). It is expected that allmembers will propose both specific research

Dr Sung presented his PhD thesis facility to somedelegates, including therepresentative of Imperial
College. Dr Sung will join
Imperial College as a EMEASED post-doctoral grant
holder for 10 months.

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ONGOING RESEARCHAs the first mobilities of the EM-EASED programme have not started yet, the ongoing research section presents a EM-BEAM grant
holder’s activities. The EM-BEAM (Build on Euro-Asian Mobility, 2010-2014) is the previous Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EuropeJapan/Korea) also coordinated by École Centrale Paris and including most of EM-EASED partners.
have a campus tour and to visit EM2C (Energetics &Combustion Laboratory of CNRS/École Centrale
Paris). This kind of visit will be encouraged in the EMEASED programme.
Active Flow Control over Gö 387 Airfoil Using
Nanosecond Pulse DBD Plasma Actuator(Position: PhD, Duration: 30 Months)
Flow control over Gö 387 airfoil using dielectricbarrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator driven byrepetitive nanosecond pulse voltage wasinvestigated experimentally. The pressure
measurement on the airfoil surface by means ofliquid column manometer shows that the plasma
excitation in wide range of frequency can affectvortex structures with different time scales andincreases the normal force in the post-stallcondition.

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Upon selection, theinitial plan was to workon control of three dimensional vortex. The precise
details were decided after literature surveys anddiscussions at the host institution. His research field
deals with control of leading edge vortex on a deltawing. He has conducted several experiments on flow
control over rectangle and swept wings using
nanosecond pulsed plasma actuation.

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Kato K. and Breitsamter C.: Flow Control on Gö 387 Airfoil by Using Nanosecond Pulse Plasma Actuator,
In: International Conference on Instability and Control of Massively Separated Flows, Prato (2013)

FORTHCOMING EM-EASED MOBILITIESThe mobilities below will start before December 31st, 2014.
K Bergeles, Doctoral from Imperial
to TITech for 6 months.

Experimental investigation of droplet atomisation and air entrapment inan internal combustion engine.

JC Larrieu, Doctoral from ULB to
Okayama for 6 months.

Design, manufacture and experimental characterisation of an actuator
based on piezoelectric polymer and rubber.

H Matsuoka, Doctoral fromOkayama to ULB for 6 months.

Design, manufacture and experimental characterisation of rubber fluidic
actuators.

P Jaen, Doctoral from UPM to
Keio for 6 months.

Wood as sustainable material for dismountable architecture & urban
design.

T Fujiwara, Doctoral from
Okayama to TUM for 8 months.

3D environmental mapping by mobile robots for teleoperation in nuclear
power plants.

H Bottini, Post-doctoral from ECP
to Keio/JAXA for 10 months.

Fundamental study and assessment of skin friction measurement
techniques in wind tunnel environment.

Y Sung, Post-doctoral from PNU toImperial for 10 months.

Development and application of optical experimental methods for mixingof air and fuel in multiphase reacting flow.

S Lee, Staff from KAIST to TUM
for 3 months.

Study of technical and economical potential of geothermal applications forheating and cooling in the urban areas of Munich.

R Mereu, Staff from PoliMi toTITech for 3 months.

Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling approach of thesteam Direct Contact Condensation (DCC) phenomenon.
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AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
The EM-EASED programme has created an audiovisual library.
http://www.dailymotion.com/em-eased
Upon their arrival in the host institution, the EMEASED grant holders will hold seminars or lecturesthat will be shared within the EM-EASED consortium.
The first lecture is now available. Dr. Zimmer (ÉcoleCentrale Paris - CNRS) gave a 45-minute lecture while
visiting Pusan National University. The subject was
dealing with spray combustion issues for aircraft
propulsion. After a general introduction, one new
injection system was presented and issues for nonreacting, ignition and combustion dynamics werediscussed based on high-speed laser diagnostics andadvanced post-processing techniques.

ERASMUS MUNDUS
Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance thequality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures
through cooperation with Third-Countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources andthe international cooperation capacity of Higher education institutions in Third Countries by increasing mobility
between the European Union and these countries.
The Erasmus Mundus programme provides support to:•••higher education institutions that wish to implement joint programmes at postgraduate level or to set-up
inter-institutional cooperation partnerships between universities from Europe and targeted ThirdCountries ;individual students, researchers and university staff who wish to spend a study / research / teaching period
in the context of one of the above mentioned joint programmes or cooperation partnerships ;any organisation active in the field of higher education that wishes to develop projects aimed at enhancing
the attractiveness, profile, visibility and image of European higher education worldwide.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTThe European Commission is responsible for the running of the Erasmus Mundus Programme 2009-2013. It
manages the budget and sets priorities, targets and criteria for the Programme. Furthermore, it guides and monitors
the general implementation, follow-up and evaluation of the Programme at European level.
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for the implementation of theErasmus Mundus Programme.

AGENDAStart of first mobilities : From May 1st to December 31st, 2014.
Call for positions : June 1st to July 31st, 2014.
Call for applications : September 1st to October 30th, 2014.
Second selection meeting : November 20143

About the programme
EM-EASED programme (2013-2017) is mainly dedicated toresearch exchanges and is intended to establish a mobility scheme
for about 72 individuals including doctorates (58%), postdoctorates (17%) and staff (25%). More than 66% of theindividuals will be European. This programme is a follow-up of aprevious mobility scheme EM-BEAM (2010-2014) which wasopened to a wide variety of research fields.
The previous programme helped, especially with the staff mobility,
to build the first bridges between different research centres. Thepresent programme is focused on energy-related research for tworeasons. The first is that this societal problem came to be the main
topic in EM-BEAM and a stronger bilateral cooperation seems beneficial to tackle this worldwide issue. The second
is that the present programme aims at developing not only mobility within the different partners but at developing
international research teams, well-recognised as far as energy research is concerned. Staff mobility will serve not
only as a support of PhD students but also for sharing good practices and for developing long-term cooperation. Itis expected that staff will use this mobility to contribute to the research performed by their students abroad. This
research programme includes Engineering and Technology, as well as Mathematics and Computer Science,
Natural Sciences or Architecture fields.
Kick-off meeting,Paris
October 10th-11th 2013

All of the administrative and research teams involved will benefit a lot from the opportunity to be pooled and towork together during the programme and its events. An effective coordination will set up and organise the necessary
activities for the success of the programme, including the management of the consortium, the call for applications,the selection campaign, the mobility scheme implementation, the financial follow-up. Regular meetings as well as
webminars are planned during the programme in different places. A final conference will be held in spring 2017
gathering all the stakeholders of the programme and providing visibility to it. This conference will show effective
results of this international collaboration and will be broadly opened also to attract industrial partners, having
interests in this Euro-Asian network. Towards the end of the programme, a scientific committee including staff
from each partner and associate institution will be created to co-ordinate all the different aspects of sustainableenergy research, attract new funding and create a Euro-Asianlaboratory on Energy.

Details of the grants

Mobility grants for doctoral, post-doctoral and staff
candidates
Different grants are available according to the mobility typeand open positions. The number of outgoing fellows will be on
average 5 doctoral, 1 post-doctoral and 2 researcher/staff
candidates per European institution and 2 doctoral, 1 postdoctoral and 1 researcher per Japanese/Korean institution for
the entire programme. Priority will be given to staff linked toan outgoing doctoral mobility.
EM-EASED timetableThree different cohorts of mobility are scheduled for thisprogramme, each with its specific call for positions, call forapplications, selection meeting and start of mobility. For allcohorts, the mobility has to end before July 2017.

Doctoral

1500€/month

6 - 36 months

Post-doctoral

1800€/month

6 - 10 months

Staff2500€/month1 - 3 months

CohortApplications

Start

1

06/01/14~28/02/14

01/05/14~31/12/14

2

01/09/14~31/10/14

01/01/15~31/12/15

3

15/09/15~31/10/15

01/01/16~31/12/16

Publication Lavinia Stănescu & Laurent Zimmer
Coordinators : Lavinia Stănescu & Laurent Zimmer
Contact : lavinia.stanescu@ecp.fr & laurent.zimmer@ecp.fr
Webpage : www.ecp.fr/em_eased
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