Centres of Excellence established within the 5th Framework Programme
- CD-1/RT-4/2002, „TRANSMEC”
„Durability and reliability of railway wheel sets”
Project goal – Centre of Excellence TRANSMEC is doing research/education work related to rail transport, and in particular to wheel sets issues. It is proposed to strengthen existing and establish new contacts with leading universities and research centers abroad.
Some of proposed activities are:
- international scientific and educational co-operation,
- organizing conferences and workshops,
- participating in joint European research projects,
- disseminating research results,
- enabling flow of information between research centers from NAS and EU,
- promoting new research management methods,
- providing more attractive educational opportunities (post-graduate studies and training courses for industry workers and junior scientists),
- developing new teaching/research procedures,
- supporting and promoting participation of industrial companies and SME’s in international research projects,
- harmonizing NAS regulations on railway wheel sets with EU standards,
- dissemination of information on the Centre.
Expected project result – initiating and strengthening international co-operation within scope of ERA.
Coordination of the project:dr hab. inż. Marek Sitarz, prof. nzw w Pol. Śl.,
Faculty of Transport,
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Duration time: 01.12.2002 – 30.11.2005 r
Budget: 354.645 Euro
- CD-3/RMF-1/2003, „GADAM”GADAM Centre
“Centre of Excellence Gliwice Absolute Dating Methods”
Through the proposed project we intend to:
- Increase the research potential of the GADAM Centre in fields of luminescence, radiocarbon and other physical dating methods, and their applications in environmental and earth sciences. We will achieve this by increasing networking with absolute dating laboratories in Europe.
- Strengthen an integration of different scientific disciplines by organizing conferences, workshops and interdisciplinary studies in applications of radioisotope and stable isotope methods for natural scientists.
- Enlarge an existing computer database, with a public internet access, containing results of radiocarbon dating and create a new one containing luminescence dating results, and to maintain internet availability of both to general scientific society.
Participant Organization / Country:
LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT / FRANCE
DATING LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI / FINLAND
NORDIC LABORATORY FOR LUMINESCENCE DATING RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY AARHUS UNIVERSITY / DENMARK
MASS SPECTROMETRY LABORATORY MARIA CURIE - SKŁODOWSKA UNIVERSITY / POLAND
INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / POLAND
NERC RADIOCARBON LABORATORY, SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY PARK / SCOTLAND
RESEARCH LABORATORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF ART / UNITED KINGDOM
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY / POLAND
LEIBNITZ-LABOR FOR RADIOMETRIC DATING AND ISOTOPE RESEARCH CHRISTIAN ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITY / GERMANY
RUDER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE, DIVISION OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND LABORATORY FOR MEASUREMENTS OF LOWLEVEL ACTIVITIES / CROATIA
INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / UKRAINE
INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE / RUSSIA
POZNAN RADIOCARBON LABORATORY, FOUNDATION OF THE A, MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY / POLAND
GDANSK TL DATING LABORATORY, GDANSK UNIVERSITY / POLAND
DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND METALLURGY / POLAND
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY UMCS / POLAND
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. Anna Pazdur,
Department of Physics, Silesian University of Technology
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Duration time: 01.01.2004 – 30.06.2008
Budget: 191.755 Euro
- CD-2/RMF-1/2002, „CESIS”
„Centre of Excellence in Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Interfaces and Sensors”.
The specific objectives of the CESIS Centre are:
- To contribute to further development of Centre as the internationally recognised research centre in the field of physics and technology of semiconductor surfaces, interfaces and thin film gas sensors,
- To improve and intensify the links of the Centre with chosen European research centres which can help to transform the R&D potential of the Centre towards advanced fields of physics and technology of semiconductor interfaces and gas sensors.
The activity of CESIS Centre is organised in 9 Work Packages is focused on:
- Organisation of the advanced specialized international workshops, with an attendance of the top level experts from Europe invited to present the wide aspects of their respective field of expertise,
- Advanced research on various aspects of technology and characterisation of the semiconductor surfaces, interfaces and gas sensor thin film structures, in close collaboration with chosen European centres having an access to high level measurement and technological system not available in the Centre,
- Educational tasks aimed at education and training of students and young researchers in the analytical techniques applicable for study of the semiconductor surfaces, interfaces and sensors with participation of the foreign and national experts.
Participant Organization / Country:
CENTRE OF INTERFACE ANALYSIS AND SENSORS AT THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF TUEBINGEN / GERMANY
CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CUST) AT THE B. PASCAL UNIVERSITY / FRANCE
INSTITUE FOR STUDY OF NOVEL MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS / ITALY
RESEARCH CENTER OF INTERFACE QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO / JAPAN
ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON, ECULLY / FRANCE
INSTITUE OF PHYSICS, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CHEMNITZ / GERMANY
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRON TECHNOLOGY / POLAND
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, ACADEMY OF MINING AND METALLURGY / POLAND
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Szuber,
Department of Physics, Silesian University of Technology
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Duration time: 01.12.2002 – 30.11.2005 r.
Budget: 185.799 Euro
- CD-4/RIE-8/2003, „DEMETER”
“Environmental biotechnology research centre”
The Demeter project is to establish twinning arrangements with two leading European centres – LabMET of University of Gent and Environmental Engineering Group of EAWAG and to improve links with other EU partners as well as to re-establish the co-operation with Eastern European partners.
This new co-operation and Ph. D. student exchange will allow enlarging R&D potential of the Centre with co-treatment techniques (combining biological methods with other processes) and ecotoxicological risk assessment knowledge and increasing the participation in FP6 projects. DEMETER project proposes integration of Polish and Eastern European specialists involved in environmental biotechnology with EU partners by creating a platform of knowledge and experience exchange at the periodical conference “Soil and Groundwater bioremediation”.
The Centre will also improve the links with local authorities and industry helping them in the integration process with EU by offering different levels of studies and courses.
Participant Organization / CountrySWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EAWAG / SWITZERLAND
UNIVERSITY OF GENT / BELGIUM
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY / AUSTRIA
UNIVERSITE DE METZ / FRANCE
ATV-DVWK, GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF WATER, WASTEWATER AND WASTE / GERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA / SPAIN
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLAUSTHAL / GERMANY
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL (IHI) / GERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY / CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY / CZECH REPUBLIC
MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY / SLOVAKIA
VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY / LITHUANIA
UNIVERSITY OF VESZPREM / BULGARIA
STATE INSPECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / POLAND
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING / POLAND
INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREA / POLAND
WATER AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT COMPANY / POLAND
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. inż. Korneliusz Miksch,
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,
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Duration time: 01.12.2002 – 30.11.2005 r.
Budget: 231.635 Euro
- CD-5/RIE-1/2003, „ENTER-INDOOR”
„Centre for energy efficient technologies and systems in indoor environmental engineering”
ENTER-INDOOR Centre for Energy Efficient Technologies and Systems in Indoor Environment Engineering affiliated to the Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
The Centre is aimed at stimulating the enlargement of the presence of modern, energy efficient solutions in the field of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning in the design and construction practice and in the research area in Poland. Educational and information measures undertaken to disseminate the knowledge coming from European specialist centers among the professional circles cover the following problems:
a)new concepts implemented in the processes of ventilation, heating, air-conditioning and space cooling (e.g. application of renewable energy sources, energy storage) as well as in building engineering (e.g. modern methods of heat of losses reduction),
b)calculation and design tools for integrated simulation of energy and indoor environment state in buildings,
c)measuring and control techniques for the assessment and maintenance of the parameters of HVAC systems and indoor climate (e.g. human thermal sensation, reduction and estimation of indoor environment exposures).
Participant Organization / CountryTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK IN LYNGBY, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INDOOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY / DENMARK
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN STOCKHOLM / SWEDEN
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN LIEGE / BELGIUM
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AALBORG / DENMARK
FRAUNHOFER INSTITUT FUR SYSTEMTECHNIK UND INNOVATIONSFORSCHUNG / GERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO / JAPAN
CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE / CZECH REPUBLIC
UNIVERSITE LA ROCHELLE LAPTAB / FRANCE
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE / SCOTLAND
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN / GERMANY
UNIVERSITEIT STUTTGART / GERMANY
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN / NETHERLANDS
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN – ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP / IRELAND
SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT / ENGLAND
ASSOCIAAAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA AERODINAMICA INDUSTRIAL / PORTUGAL
UNIVERSIADADE DE PORTO / PORTUGAL
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA / BULGARIA
PLATFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERIA / SPAIN
SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY / SLOVAKIA
CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU BATIMENT / FRANCE
FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAAL HEALTH / FINLAND
TAKE FINNISH DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FOR BUILDING SERVICES LTD. / FINLAND
TRANSSOLAR ENERGIETECHNIK GMBH / GERMANY
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LTD. / ENGLAND
FLOMERICS LTD. / ENGLAND
INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT SCIENCES / NETHERLANDS
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. inż. Zbigniew Popiołek,
Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology
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Duration time: 01.01.2003 – 31.12.2005 r.
Budget: 175.000 Euro
- CD-6/RIE-6/2003, „OPTI-ENERGY”
„Optimization, simulation and environmental impact of energy systems and processes”
Objectives: Intensification of networking with over 20 European Universities, capacity building through attracting young researchers by organizing international PhD studies, extension of research activities of the centre, enhancement of the cooperation with the industry by organizing workshops, cooperation with the local governments in Poland in education of specialists on energy policy for Polish communes. the long term aim is the know-how transfer from Centre to several Polish enterprises and organizations working in the energy sector.
Expected results: The outcome of the activities of the centre comprise the organization of:
- three one week summer schools addressed mainly to the Polish researchers both from the centre itself and other research institutions,
- four international conferences,
- two international workshops for PhD students from Poland and cooperating institutions,
- four seminars for the industry,
- one workshop for the local government,
- two twinning agreements with institutions cooperating in the project,
- mobilties of all categories of the research staff.
Participant Organization / Country
ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH / POLAND
ASSOCIATION OF POLISH CITIES / POLAND
ASSOCIATION OF POLISH COUNTRIES / POLAND
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY / UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERSITY “POLITEHNICA” OF BUCHAREST / ROMANIA
CENTRO POLITECNICO SUPERIOR UNIVERSIDA DE ZARAGOZA / SPAIN
ENERGOPROJEKT KATOWICE S.A. / POLAND
LABORATOIRE D’ENERGETIQUE ET DE MECAIQUE APPLIQUEE UNIVERSITE NANCY / FRANCE
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO / PORTUGAL
NATIONAL METALLURGICAL ACADEMY OF UKRAINE / UKRAINE
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS / GREECE
NOVA GORICA POLYTECHNIC / SLOVENIA
RYBNIK POWER PLANT / POLAND
SOUTHERN ENERGY CONCERN / POLAND
SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY / SWITZERLAND
TEMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY / FINLAND
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KOSICE / SLOVAKIA
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN / GERMANY
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL / GERMANY
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE / ITALY
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN / BELGIUM
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS / UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERSITY OF MAGDEBURG / GERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF ROME LA SAPIENZA / ITALY
MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY / RUSSIA
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER / UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA / UNITED KINGDOM
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. inż Ryszard Białecki,
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,
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Duration time: 01.01.2003 – 31.12.2005 r
Budget: 325.000 Euro
Projects co-financed by the European Commission in the 6 Framework Programme, which have been realized at SilesianUniversity of Technology since 2004.
- UE-15/RMF-1/2004/6.PR„GOSPEL” COMPLETED
„Network of Excellence: General Olfaction and Sensing Projects on a European Level”.
The network of excellence GOSPEL (General Olfaction and Sensing Projects on a European Level) aims to establish Europe as a world leader in science, technology development and subsequent commercial exploitation of artificial olfaction and gas sensing.
GOSPEL will provide a landscape of European capability in artificial olfaction and will identify the barriers to its exploitation and provide measures to overcome them. It will identify services required by industry, develop the offering and put in place the necessary legal and organisational structures to implement them. The network aims to produce a long-term restructuring of European research through the formation of a revenue-generating self-sustaining entity, a European Research Interest Group (ERIG) based on the legal model of an EEIG.
GOSPEL will enable early-stage and established researchers to develop multi-disciplinary approaches to this subject through a comprehensive training and exchange programme.
The scientific goals include (1) thorough understanding of the biological sense of smell and mimic its relevant functions(2) provision of an objective, quantitative assessment of gases and odours, and (3) provision of the means to monitor technically relevant and non-odorant gases even in complex mixtures. The participants' expertise focuses around three main areas of interest is realized within the centres of excellence (CoE), dedicated to microsystem research ("hardware"), the development of algorithms and data processing methods ("software"), and fundamental research in biological olfaction and data processing ("biomimetics"), as well as on Training Centre (TC) responsible for the training and exchange activities, and Application Centre (AC) responsible for the creation the links between academia and industry.
Participant Organization / CountryASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT, DE L'ECONOMIE ET DES RECHERCHE DE MIDI-PYRENEES / FRANCE
TELECOM ITALIA LEARNING SERVICES S.P.A. / ITALY
UMEA UNIVERSITET / SWEDEN
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH / SWITZERLAND
: KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN / SWEDEN
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA" / ITALY
ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS / FRANCE
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. / GERMANY
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE / FRANCE
STEINBEIS GMBH & CO. KG FUER TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER / GERMANY
MAX-PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. / GERMANY
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA / ITALY
UNIVERSITAD DE BARCELONA / SPAIN
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE / FRANCE
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG / GERMANY
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA / ITALY
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE / ITALY
UNIVERSITAET BREMEN / GERMANY
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET / SWEDEN
UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL / SWITZERLAND
LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET / SWEDEN
POLITECHNIKA SLASKA / POLAND
VDI/VDE INNOVATION + TECHNIK GMBH / GERMANY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER / UNITED KINGDOM
Coordination of the project: prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Szuber,
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
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Duration time: 01.01.2004 – 30.06.2008
Budget: 167000 Euro
- UE-16/RIE-5/2004/6.PR„CFD TURBOMACHINERY” COMPLETED
„Marie Curie European Reintegration Grant: Numerical research on the 3-D compressible flow in turbomachinery channels to estimate the losses, to increase the flow efficiency and to minimize the harmful impact on environment”.
Until now the significant part of the world electrical and heat energy is produced by means of steam or gas turbine, which are the main part of the power and on the reduction of the toxins emission. The numerical calculations of the flow through the turbines channels (stages) are very complicated and time consuming, therefore require an efficient numerical code. In these types of flows we have to take into consideration an additional physical phenomena, like condensation in steam turbines or chemical reactions in gas turbines. The first purpose of the research on an improvement of the flow efficiency in turbo machinery is to apply and develop a numerical code elaborated during the two years of the initial Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. This code was related to estimate the losses in the flow of the steam in the stages of LP (low pressure) steam turbine. In this case the numerical simulation was based on the time dependent 3-D Reynolds averaged Nervier-Stokes equations, which were coupled with a two-equation turbulence model (k-o SST model) and additional mass conservation equations for the liquid phase (two for homogeneous and one for heterogeneous condensation). The set of governing equations was closed by a real gas equation of state, so called 'local' gas equation of state. The condensation phenomena were modelled based on the classical nucleation theory of Volume, Freckle and Zeldovich. The Gyarmathy's droplet growth equation was used. The system of governing equations was discredited on a multi-block structured grid using the finite-volume method and integrated in time using an explicit Runge-Kutta method. This numerical code will be developed to the calculations of the flow in gas turbines. The applied 'local' real gas equation of state will be suitable to the calculations of the high temperature gas flow. The second purpose is to create of an internet page devoted to the elaborated CFD software.
Coordination of the project: dr hab. inż. Włodzimierz Wróblewski, prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl.
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering
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Duration time: 20.01.2004 – 19.01.2005
Budget: 14175 Euro
- UE-17/RT-4/2004/6.PR„SPURT”
„Seamless Public Urban Rail Transport”.
Rail mass transit vehicles which are defined as 'trams, light rail, metros' do very often not behave as expected when running on the existing rail infrastructure, although the vehicles may well be fully compatible with the specifications of the buying authorities and they may well have passed the acceptance tests. A particular vehicle may perform well in one particular network and the same vehicle can show important problems in another network. Many operators have different types of vehicles on their infrastructure. Most operators have also different types of track systems in their network. They want the different existing and future vehicles to perform well in their complete existing and future network. This is one of the reasons why most vehicles today are built to local specifications. It is mandatory to first solve some major track related problems before to be able to increase the technical harmonisation for vehicles and hence the potential of these vehicles to be used in other cities. The advantages will be enormous: higher residual value of vehicles, higher scope for vehicle leasing, higher vehicle production series and hence reduction of manufacturing cost and production lead times. The major track related problems which are to be identified and solved are: