The asbestos industry started operation in the late 1870s. The first accounts of severe respiratory disease in its workers were published in England (1898, 1906), France (1907) and Italy (1908). Regulations for exposure to Asbestos were introduced about a hundred of years ago in order to reduce incidence of asbestosis and malignant tumours.The PORPARDET project addressed the exposure of demolition workers to asbestos particles with the aid of two new products. These products were designed, manufactured, distributed and serviced by the SME partners within the project. The SMEs along with the research institute partners were responsible for the manufacture, supply of the optics, filter system, detector system, image capture software and final assembly of the full system. A number of partners used the test equipment to service a range of end users, most of which are also SMEs. The portable detection devices will find a ready market world-wide which will continue to grow as developing countries tackle the asbestos danger.

Duration: 1/12/2008-30/11/2010

Website: http://www.porpardet.org

Funding: EC, FP7 for SMEs

Project CoReflect (Title: Digital support for Inquiry, Collaboration, and Reflection on Socio-Scientific Debates) is a three year (2008-2011) research program, funded by the European Commission, under the FP7 Science in Society program. Bringing together eight diverse and multi-disciplinary teams from seven European states, the project members promoted evidence-based practice in science teaching and learning, by collaborating to iteratively design, enact, critique, and validate problem-based innovative inquiry learning environments. These environments, which are being hosted on the STOCHASMOS web-based teaching and learning platform, couple data-rich scientific rigor with the flexibility and easy modifiability that is needed for widespread adoption and use by teachers.

Partners: Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, U.K.

Duration: 2008-2011

Website: www.coreflect.org

Funding: European Commission, Science-in-Society program, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

The POSEIDON project aim to develop an intelligent cost monitoring system using camera array and sensor networks. It is based on a three level architecture consisting of the following subsystems: (1) a Centralized Monitoring System, (2) an Onshore unit (Autonomous fusion and data processing unit), an (3) an Offshore unit (sensor network on a buoy). Raw data collected from the sensors are used either autonomously (e.g., use of hydrophones) to provide information about any sea craft getting close to the coast or as an additional input to the onshore units (cameras) to efficiently process the video streams irrespectively of weather situations (wind, humidity,  lighting conditions etc). In case of a possible intrusion is detected the onshore units send the video streams of the nearest cameras to the the Centralized Monitoring System for a closer inspection of a human operator and for deciding any actions that are required.

Project Leader: Nicolas Tsapatsoulis (CUT)

Website: http://www.poseidonproject.eu/

CUT Principal Investigator: Nicolas Tsapatsoulis

CUT Co-Investigators: Andreas Lanitis

Duration: 1/7/2011-30/6/2013

Website: http://www.poseidonproject.eu/

Funding: EC, Cross Region Cooperation: Greece-Cyprus 2007-2011

PROFILES is a European project comprised of 22 partners  from 20 countries, among which the Cyprus University of Technology. It is a four year research program (2010-2014). The aim of the PROFILES project is to promote reflection-oriented teaching as a means to enhance students’ scientific literacy. Emphasis is given on raising the self-efficacy of science teachers in order to put into practice more effective ways of teaching students. The project’s innovation is to implement existing, exemplary, context-led, Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) focused, science teaching materials through working with ‘teacher partnerships’. The PROFILES project intends to improve science education by offering innovative scientific learning opportunities to pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators as well as students within school and non-formal education centres.

Project leader at CUT: Eleni A. Kyza

Partners: Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, U.K.

Duration: 2010-2014

Website: www.cut.ac.cy/profiles, www.profiles-project.eu

Funding: European Commission, Science-in-Society program, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

Project leader at CUT: Eleni A. Kyza

Partners: Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, U.K.

Duration: 2013-2017

Website: www.parrise.eu

Funding: € 135.168,00

COHESIFY aims to assess the contribution of Cohesion policy to citizens’ identification with the EU and produce a new strategy to communicate EU Cohesion policy to citizens. The goal is to assess how and to what extent EU Cohesion policy affects citizens’ perceptions of and identification with the European Union. The project focuses on three inter-related issues: (1) the identity(ies)of people in EU regions in EU, national, regional and local contexts; (2) the governance, communication and impacts of Cohesion policy, including citizens’ perceptions of the policy and identification with the EU, and (3) what is needed to make Cohesion policy more effective in terms of people’s perceptions of the policy and the EU more generally. A mixed-methods design is adopted to study the relationship between Cohesion policy, policy performance and attitudes to the EU, distinguishing between different levels of governance and types of actors-from those involved in programme design and implementation to final beneficiaries and the wider public. The communication channels of Cohesion policy influence are examined, distinguishing between public communication and political and social communication.
Call: H2020-REFLECTIVE-SOCIETY-2015

Duration: 01/02/2016-03/04/2018

Website: http://www.cohesify.eu/

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