FP7 Transport Information Days 2011

Transport research R&D skills profile

Paul Stewart
Prof Stewart presenting on the School of Engineering's Transport R&D capabilities in Brussels at the EU

The Transport Research open days gave us a great opportunity to present on our capabilities, network, and engage in brokerage activities with potential project collaborators.

We have long-standing, significant research experience in these areas and our capabilities in this area can be summarised:

  • Power optimised systems for aeronautical and automotive applications, including the More Electric Aircraft  and Electric/Hybrid Vehicles
  • Electrical machines, power converters and energy storage
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Electromechanical/Electrohydraulic actuation systems
  • IC and gas turbine combustion, emissions and performance testing, analysis and multi-dimensional (CFD) modelling
  • Fluid-Solid interactions
  • Dual fuel and alternative fuel combustion
  • Advanced, intelligent engine modelling, design and control
  • Artificial Intelligence for low carbon transport operation
Part of the Brokerage area at the event, which was populated with R&D expertise pro-formas, and project proposals

 

This is a selection of some of the EU projects which our staff have worked on:

‘PeakFly’ Flywheel Energy Storage PL95-0904

‘FlyTech’ Flywheel Energy Storage BE-95-1616

‘FPEC’ Free Piston Energy Converter GRD2-2001-51813

‘ELVAS’ Electronic Valve Actuation Systems GRD1-2000-25251

‘MOET’ More Open Electrical Technologies AIP5-CT-2006-030861

MAAT Multi-body Advanced Airship for Transport FP7-AAT-2011-RTD-1 Project:285602 (Sept 2011 start.)

 

Prof Stewart queries the multi-lingual facilities of the conference centre

R&D Keywords:

Power and Energy, Systems Modeling and Optimisation, Electrical Machines and Drives, Advanced Fuels and Combustion, Control and Simulation, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, More Electric Aircraft, Gas Turbines, Internal Combustion Engine, Advanced Powertrains, Electrical Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Low Carbon Operation, CFD

 

EU Framework 7 Aeronautics and Air Transport briefing Brussels 18 July 2011

Paul Stewart
Aeronautics and Air Transport plenary session at the European Commission Charlemagne Building

Profs Chris Bingham and Paul Stewart from the School of Engineering attended the Framework 7 Aeronautics and Air Transport  – 5th Call briefing in Brussels on Monday

The event provided information on the forthcoming calls, and most importantly provided a vital opportunity for networking and project brokerage with potential collaborative partners.

The EU funded project ETNA is organised a networking and brokerage event focussing on the topics covered by the next round of calls to be published in July of 2011. The networking and brokerage events followied the informational sessions carried out by the European Commission in the morning. The event on day 1 (Monday, July 18)  focused on the topics in the sub-programme Aeronautics and Air Transport (AAT). The event took place in the building Charlemagne, rue de la Loi 170 – the same location as the informational sessions in the morning.

The networking and brokerage event participants are contained in this PDF document: ETNA_2011_Brokerage_Participants_FINAL_15_07_2011

Prof Paul Stewart giving a talk on the Aeronautic and Automotive Engineering capabilities of the School of Engineering

FP7 Aeronautics and Air Transport Agenda 18 July 2011

Paul Stewart

 

Airbus A380

FP7 Information Days for Transport (Including Aeronautics) 18 July 2011

Aeronautics and Air Transport Draft Agenda

Brussels (Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170)

Morning: Plenary sessions (Plenary room GASP – second floor) Chairman: Marco Brusati (RTD-H1)

08h00-09h00 Participants registration

Welcome addresses

09h00-09h15 “Research and Innovation for Next Generation Air Transport”

András Siegler, Director for Transport,

Directorate-General Research and Innovation

  • 09h15-09h30 “The Air Transport of Tomorrow”

Matthew Baldwin, Director for Aviation,

Directorate-General Mobility and Transport

Presentation of the Fifth Call for Proposals in Aeronautics and in cross-cutting activities

 

  • “AAT Research in the 7th Framework Programme”

Tiit Jurimae, Head of Unit (RTD-H3)

  • “Aeronautics and Air Transport – 5th call”

Remy Denos (RTD-H3)

  • “Lessons learnt from previous FP7 calls”

Dietrich Knoerzer (RTD-H3)

  • “Transport horizontal call (TPT)”

Frank Smit (RTD-H1)

 

Presentation of the other Aeronautics & Air Transport Activities linked to FP7

How to apply

  • “Opportunities for SMEs”

Michael Kyriakopoulos (RTD-H3)

  • “International Cooperation”

Pablo Perez-Illana (RTD-H3)

  • “How to apply: call, rules, eligibility, e-submission, evaluation overview and contracting” Hans Josef von den Driesch (RTD-H3)

Presentation of Cordis partners services

Magdolna Zsivnovszki & Simon Robinson (Cordis)

“The role of National Contact Points”

David Doerr, ETNA coordinator (TÜV Rheinland PT)

Questions and answers

13h00-14h30 Brokerage/workshops

Opening of the brokerage activities

Tiit Jurimae, Head of Unit (RTD-H3)

Level 2 presentations (4 x 15 min.) EASN presentation

Coffee break

Workshop

Questions and answers

EU FP7 Transport Meetings 2011: Brussels

Paul Stewart
7 Transport Information Days 2011 - 18-19 July 2011

Chris Bingham and Paul Stewart from the UoL School of Engineering will be heading to Brussels on Sunday for a Framework 7 briefing event.

The next round of calls for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) will be published at the end of July 2011.

In order to support the preparation of proposals, the European Commission’s Research Directorate General will hold two ‘Information Days’ on 18 and 19 July 2011 in the Charlemagne building, rue de la Loi 170, in Brussels.

The aim of the two-day event is to inform potential researchers about FP7 and the new Transport Calls for Proposals under the ‘Co-operation’ Programme. Details will also be given on the main legal and procedural conditions and we will respond to your questions. Participants will also have the chance to network with potential project partners by posting information on the main networking boards, and will also be given the opportunity to give a brief Powerpoint presentation at each full day event.