Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Walter Salvatore - Dip. di Ingegneria civile e industriale

The main objective of LASTEICON is to eliminate the use of excessive amount of stiffener plates and welding in steel joints, using laser cutting technology (LCT). The project will notably enhance the economy and sustainability of the fabrication as well as the aesthetic of any type of steel joints. Major focus is given to I-beam-to-CHS-column connections to promote hollow sections, since their excellent structural properties combined with their aesthetic appeal will lead decision makers (architects, building owners) to use more steel products in the building construction sector. Extendibility of the solution to other construction applications will be investigated with reference to steel truss girders.

Project consortium is covering five EU countries namely, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Portugal, composed of five research centres (RWTH Aachen, University of Pisa, Hasselt University, Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon and INSA Rennes), a design office specialized in steel and composite structural design (FINCON) a world-wide company specialised in the production of laser cutting machines (ADIGE SYS), a steel construction company with more than 50 years experience in the sector (OCAM), and one of the largest tubular solution provider of the world (VALLOUREC).

Coordinator
FINCON CONSULTING ITALIA SRL (Italy)

Other participants

• UNIVERSITA DI PISA (Italy)
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE RENNES (France)
• INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO (Portugal)
• RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (Denmark)
• UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT (Belgium)
• ADIGE-SYS SPA (Italy)
• OCAM S.r.l. (Italy)
• VALLOUREC DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Denmark)

Start date: 1/07/2016
End date: 31/01/2020
Duration: 42 months
Project cost:  1.927.669,30 euro
Project funding:  1.156.601,58,00 euro
Unipi quota:  267.375,30 euro
Call title: RFCS-2015
Unipi role: Partner

Project website http://www.lasteicon.eu/

Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Walter Salvatore - Dip. di Ingegneria civile e industriale

Valorization actions for 12 innovative anti-seismic devices will be undertaken. The devices were recently developed in the frame of RFCS, EU and national research projects by the partners involved in the project. Information documents for all devices will be produced for dissemination to all partners of the construction sector such as Architects, structural Engineers, construction companies, steel producers and all potential decision makers of the construction sector. These documents will be bundled in a volume for dissemination. The volume will be translated in several European languages.

Criteria will be set on which it may be decided which of the devices are subject to CE marking in accordance with EN 15129 and which may be considered as innovative systems that require a code approval in EN 1998-1. For the latter pre-normative design recommendations will be drafted that will allow them to receive the status of code-approved systems. A reliability based methodological procedure to define values of behavior factors (q-factors) for building structures will be established.

This procedure will be applied in turn to determine q-factors for structural systems with the anticipated devices. Case studies with application examples in which the devices are employed will be worked out. The case studies refer to new single story steel buildings, new multi-story steel-concrete composite buildings and to interventions for seismic upgrading of existing buildings.

Seminars and Workshops will be organized in large parts of Europe. In addition, Seminars will ne organized in non-European Mediterranean high seismicity countries to promote technologies and codes developed in Europe. A web site with free access to the users will be created and promoted to practice. Printed and electronic material will be produced and disseminated to all involved in the construction sector.

Coordinator
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA (Greece)

Other participants

• UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA (Romania)
• POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Italy)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II. (Italy)
• UNIVERSITA DI PISA (Italy)
• INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO (Portugal)
• UNIVERSITET PO ARCHITEKTURA STROITELSTVO I GEODEZIJA (Bulgaria)
• UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT (Belgium)
• MAURER SOHNE ENGINEERING GmbH & CO KG (Germany)
• CONVENTION EUROPEENNE DE LA CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE ASBL (Belgium)

Start date: 1/07/2016
End date: 31/12/2017
Duration: 18 months
Project cost:  995.660,35 euro
Project funding:  597.392,00 euro
Unipi quota:  76.675,05 euro
Call title: RFCS-2015
Unipi role: Partner

Project website http://innoseis.ntua.gr/

Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Gianluca Fiori, Dip. di Ingegneria dell'informazione

This project is the second in the series of EC-financed parts of the Graphene Flagship. The Graphene Flagship is a 10 year research and innovation endeavour with a total project cost of 1,000,000,000 euros, funded jointly by the European Commission and member states and associated countries. The first part of the Flagship was a 30-month Collaborative Project, Coordination and Support Action (CP-CSA) under the 7th framework program (2013-2016), while this and the following parts are implemented as Core Projects under the Horizon 2020 framework.

The mission of the Graphene Flagship is to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionise multiple industries. This will bring a new dimension to future technology – a faster, thinner, stronger, flexible, and broadband revolution. Our program will put Europe firmly at the heart of the process, with a manifold return on the EU investment, both in terms of technological innovation and economic growth.

To realise this vision, we have brought together a larger European consortium with about 150 partners in 23 countries. The partners represent academia, research institutes and industries, which work closely together in 15 technical work packages and five supporting work packages covering the entire value chain from materials to components and systems. As time progresses, the centre of gravity of the Flagship moves towards applications, which is reflected in the increasing importance of the higher - system - levels of the value chain. In this first core project the main focus is on components and initial system level tasks.

The first core project is divided into 4 divisions, which in turn comprise 3 to 5 work packages on related topics. A fifth, external division acts as a link to the parts of the Flagship that are funded by the member states and associated countries, or by other funding sources. This creates a collaborative framework for the entire Flagship.

Coordinator
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB (Sweden)

Other participants

• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italy)
• RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (Netherlands)
• AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAT BASEL (Switzerland)
• THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (United Kingdom)
• FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOCIENCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA (Spain)
• UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (Belgium)
• UNIVERSITAET REGENSBURG (Germany)
• RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (Germany)
• COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France)
• AIXTRON LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MIKRO UND OPTOELEKTRONIK MIT BESCHRANKTERHAFTUNG AMO GMBH (Germany)
• ALCATEL-LUCENT DEUTSCHLAND AG (Germany)
• AALTO-KORKEAKOULUSAATIO (Finland)
• POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Italy)
• UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE - LILLE I (France)
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (France)
• THALES SA (France)
• UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA (Spain)
• DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (Denmark)
• NOKIA OYJ (Finland)
• STMICROELECTRONICS SRL (Italy)
• Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Finland)
• VARTA MICRO INNOVATION GMBH (Austria)
• GRAPHENEA SA (Spain)
• UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (France)
• THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (United Kingdom)
• MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV (Germany)
• FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS (Greece)
• AVANZARE INNOVACION TECNOLOGICA SL(Spain)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG-HARBURG (Germany)
• POLITECNICO DI TORINO (Italy)
• ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG (Germany)
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS SL (Spain)
• TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE (Greece)
• THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (United Kingdom)
• FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA (Italy)
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVADE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS FUNDACION (Spain)
• REPSOL SA (Spain)
• SABANCI UNIVERSITESI (Turkey)
• UMEA UNIVERSITET (Sweden)
• FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER (Italy)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN (Germany)
• STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT (Netherlands)
• THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN (Ireland)
• LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET (Sweden)
• UNIVERSITAT ZURICH (Switzerland)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ (Germany)
• FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN NUERNBERG (Germany
• INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII MATERIALOW ELEKTRONICZNYCH (Poland)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE (Italy)
• UNIVERSITAET BREMEN (Germanyv)
• UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA (Spainv)
• KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET (Sweden)
• EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT (Switzerland)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN (Ireland)
• UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE (Switzerland)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (Netherlands)
• EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH (Switzerland)
• NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• LANCASTER UNIVERSITY (United Kingdom)
• UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG (Germany)
• NOKIA R&D (UK) LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• STIFTELSEN CHALMERS INDUSTRITEKNIK (Sweden)
• GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA SA (Spain)
• FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES (Spain)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN (Austria)
• Asociacion - Centro de Investigacion Cooperativa en Nanociencias - CIC NANOGUNE (Spain)
• UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO (Portugal)
• PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON (Greece)
• CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL (Germany)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN (Germany)
• FUNDACION IMDEA NANOCIENCIA (Spain)
• FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE (France)
• SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE SUPERIORE DI STUDI AVANZATI DI TRIESTE (Italy)
• UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER (France)
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA (Spain)
• LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE METROLOGIE ET D'ESSAIS (France)
• HORIBA FRANCE SAS (France)
• UNIVERSITE DE NAMUR ASBL (Belgium)
• KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE (Germany)
• FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAT JENA (Germany)
• PIXIUM VISION (France)
• UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6 (France)
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION BIOMEDICA EN RED (Spain)
• GUGER TECHNOLOGIES OG (Austria)
• CONSORCI INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIONS BIOMEDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD (Germany)
• UNIVERSITAET ULM (Germany)
• BASF SE (Germany)
• CNM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Germany)
• FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (Spain)
• POLYMEM S.A. (France)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (United Kingdom)
• IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (United Kingdom)
• AMALYST LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (Italy)
• UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI (Poland)
• BRETON SPA (Italy)
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN (Netherlands)
• DSM AHEAD BV (Netherlands)
• ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (Switzerland)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA (Italy)
• USTAV FYZIKALNI CHEMIE J. HEYROVSKEHO AV CR, v. v. i. (Czech Republic)
• G24 POWER LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• ITALCEMENTI FABBRICHE RIUNITE CEMENTO SPA (Italy)
• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (Italy)
• TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Israel)
• ATHERM (France)
• UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (Belgium)
• SELEX ES SPA (Italy)
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Germany)
• EPCOS AG (Germany)
• THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (United Kingdom)
• THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (United Kingdom)
• ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN BIOMATERIALES (Spain)
• UNIVERSITA DI PISA (Italy)
• ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE (Italy)
• MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA ENERGIATUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT (Hungary)
• PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS (Greece)
• Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
• BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (Belarus)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO (Italy)
• ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO (Finland)
• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY NANO TECHLAB LTD (Bulgaria)
• QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (United Kingdom)
• PROGNOMICS LTD (United Kingdom)
• INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICACENTRUM IMEC VZW (Belgium)
• ERICSSON AB (Sweden)
• CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (Italy)
• LIBRE SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA (Italy)
• GRINP SRL(Italy)
• DYESOL ITALIA SRL (Italy)
• TARTU ULIKOOL (Estonia)
• N VISION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES SL (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAET AUGSBURG (Germany)
• UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND (United Kingdom)
• CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA (Italy)
• INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIAS EMERGENTES DE LA RIOJA (Spain)
• NANESA SRL (Italy)
• DELTA TECH SPA (Italy)
• ABB AB (Sweden)
• INTERNACIONAL DE COMPOSITES SA (Spain)
• ALCATEL-LUCENT ITALIA S.P.A. (Italy)
• FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION, DESARROLLO Y APLICACION DE MATERIALES COMPUESTOS (Spain)
• FLEXENABLE LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG (Germany)
• M-SOLV LTD (United Kingdom)
• NANOSC AB (Sweden)
• NOVALIA LIMITED (United Kingdom)
• GLAXOSMITHKLINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD (United Kingdom)
• LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI (Italy)
• INSTITUT FUR KORROSIONSSCHUTZ DRESDEN GMBH (Germany)
• ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Germany)
• EMBERION OY (Finland)
• Emberion Ltd (United Kingdom)
• NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS UK LIMITED (United Kingdomv)

Start date 01/04/2016
End date 31/03/2018
Duration 24 months
Project cost 89.000.000,10 €
Project funding 89.000.000,00 €
Unipi quota 177.510 €
Call title H2020-Adhoc-2014-20
Unipi role partner

Flagship initiative website: https://graphene-flagship.eu/

Unipi Team Leader: Prof.ssa Maria Letizia Gualandi - Dip. Civiltà e forme del sapere

The objectives of ArchAIDE are to support the classification and interpretation work of archaeologists with innovative computer-based tools, able to provide the user with features for the semi-automatic description and matching of potsherds over the huge existing ceramic catalogues. Pottery classification is of fundamental importance for the comprehension and dating of the archaeological contexts, and for understanding production, trade flows and social interactions, but it requires complex skills and it is a very time consuming activity, both for researchers and professionals.

This tool would revolutionise archaeologists habits, behaviours and expectations, would meet real user needs and generate economic benefits, reducing time and costs, would create societal benefits from cultural heritage, improving access, re-use and exploitation of the digital cultural heritage in a sustainable way.

These objectives will be achieved through the development of:
- An as-automatic-as-possible procedure to transform the paper catalogues in a digital description, to be used as a data pool for search and retrieval process;
- A tool (mainly designed for mobile devices) that will support archaeologists in recognising and classifying potsherds during excavation and post-excavation analysis, through an easy-to-use interface and efficient algorithms for characterization, search and retrieval of the visual/geometrical correspondences;
- An automatic procedure to derive a complete potsherd’s identity card by transforming the data collected into a formatted electronic document, printable or visual;
- A web-based real-time data visualization to improve access to archaeological heritage and generate new understanding;
- An open archive to allow the archival and re-use of archaeological data, transforming them into common heritage and permitting economic sustainability.

Those instruments will be tested and assessed on real-cases scenarios, paving the way to future exploitation.

Coordinator
UNIVERSITA' DI PISA (Italy)

Other participants

• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italy)
• TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (Israel)
• UNIVERSITY OF YORK (United Kingdom)
• UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN (Germany)
• BARAKA ARQUEOLOGOS S.L.(Spain)
• ELEMENTS CENTRO DE GESTIO I DIFUSIO DE PATRIMONI CULTURAL (Spain)
• INERA SRL (Italy)

Start date: 1/06/2016
End date: 31/05/2019
Duration: 36 months
Project cost:  2.635.266,99 euro
Project funding:  2.460.376,75 euro
Unipi quota:  611.250,00 euro
Call title: H2020-REFLECTIVE-6-2015
Unipi role: Coordinator

Project website: http://www.archaide.eu/

Progetti congiunti di ricerca per l’anno 2018 tra Italia e Israele (“Bando Industriale”)
Scadenze: 30 novembre 2017 per la parte italiana, 28 dicembre 2017 per la parte israeliana
Il Bando Industriale 2018 tra Italia e Israele, emanato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, sostiene fino al 50% dei costi di progetti di Ricerca e Sviluppo congiunti italo-israeliani volti allo sviluppo di un nuovo prodotto, processo industriale o servizio con caratteristiche di innovazione tecnologica, nelle seguenti aree: medicina, biotecnologie, salute pubblica e organizzazione ospedaliera, agricoltura e scienze dell’alimentazione, applicazioni dell’informatica nella formazione e nella ricerca scientifica, ambiente e trattamento delle acque, nuove fonti di energia, alternative al petrolio e sfruttamento delle risorse naturali, innovazioni dei processi produttivi, tecnologie dell’informazione, comunicazioni di dati, software, sicurezza cibernetica, spazio e osservazioni della terra, qualunque altro settore di reciproco interesse.

Scadenza 2 novembre 2017
Il Settimo Bando per la raccolta di progetti congiunti di ricerca per la Cooperazione Scientifica e Tecnologica tra Italia e Israele, (“Track Scientifico 2018”), emanato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, finanzia progetti congiunti di ricerca italo-israeliani nei seguenti settori:

• Aspetti applicativi della biologia marina e maricultura;
• Applicazioni della fisica dei sistemi complessi.

Finanziamenti fino a 100.000 euro per parte, per circa 8 progetti, con copertura fino al 50% dei costi italiani e fino al 100% dei costi israeliani.

Scadenza 15 settembre 2017
Bind 4.0 è un programma dei Paesi Baschi per start-up nei primi 8 anni di vita, di qualsiasi paese del mondo, interessate a stabilirsi nei Paesi Baschi, che si occupino di: big data, produzione additiva, visione artificiale, cloud computing, realtà aumentata, cybersecurity, sistemi ciberfisici e robotica collaborativa.
Tra le forme di supporto, possibilità di contratti fino a 75.000 euro con grandi industrie basche.

Scadenza: 15 settembre 2017

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Il CONI ha indetto anche per quest’anno il premio intitolato alla memoria del Prof. Madella e rivolto ai seguenti campi di ricerca:

• Metodi, mezzi e valutazione dell’allenamento e dell’insegnamento nello sport
• Le scienze sociali applicate al contesto sportivo
• La gestione, l’organizzazione e la valutazione delle organizzazioni sportive

Entro il 30 settembre è possibile presentare domanda per ottenere una delle tre borse in palio e partecipare a uno dei seminari offerti dalla Scuola dello Sport. Per ulteriori dettagli si prega di consultare la pagina:
http://www.coni.it/it/news/primo-piano/13724-sesta-edizione-del-premio-alberto-madella.html