PLASMAERO gathers more than 50 Researchers coming from 11 Organisations located in 7 Countries.
ONERA
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES
ONERA (Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales) is a public, scientific and technical establishment with both industrial and commercial responsibilities. The expertise of ONERA covers all the scientific disciplines involved in aircraft, spacecraft and missile design. It makes ONERA an essential partner in the French and European aeronautics and space community. Since its creation in 1946, it has worked on all the major French and European aeronautical and space programmes, including Mirage, Concorde, Airbus, Ariane, Rafale, etc.
Role in project: Project Coordinator; WP0, WP3 & WP5 leader. Participant in WP1, WP2, and WP4.
Key skills: Plasma actuators performance studies; Advanced modelling of plasma discharges; Science of plasmas; Coupling plasma and aerodynamic Research and integration wind tunnel tests; flow control.
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ARTTIC
ARTTIC
Created in 1987, ARTTIC provides management services for collaborative R&D projects. With about 50 persons, ARTTIC is a SME with offices in France, Belgium, Germany, UK and Israel. ARTTIC provides specific and practical support for all aspects of international R&D projects (includes establishing project feasibility and consortia; finding international partners; managing proposal development activities; helping negotiate contracts; taking charge of all management aspects of projects and helping to disseminate and exploit project results.
Role in project: Participant in WP0 and WP5.
Key skills: Project administration and coordination support; Web-based collaborative tools and public web site.
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CIRA
CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA
CIRA, the Italian Aerospace Research Centre, is a limited consortium company founded in July 1984. The Italian government has entrusted CIRA to manage the PRORA (Italian Aerospace Research Program).
As a member of EREA, CIRA works in close co-operation with European Aerospace Research Establishments.
Role in project: Participant in WP2 and WP4.
Key skills: CFD coupling work and testing; Integrate wind tunnel tests.
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CNRS- LEA, CNRS- LAP, CNRS- EPEE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (including Joint Research Units LEA-LAPLACE-EPEE)
The “French National Centre for Scientific Research” (CNRS as « Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ») is a publicly-funded organization that defines its missions as producing knowledge and making it available to society. CNRS has 26,000 employees (among which 11,600 researchers and 14,400 engineers and staff). Its budget amounts to about three billions for the year 2007. The 1,260 CNRS service and research units are spread throughout the country and cover all fields of reseach. CNRS is involved in the project as the responsible institution of three Joint Research Units (JRU): CNRS-LEA, CNRS-LAPLACE and CNRS-EPEE. The EPEE federation is represented by two laboratories namely iPRISME and GREMI.
Role in project: CNRS-LAPLACE: WP2 Leader; Participant in WP1 and WP4.
For more information about the JRU's and labs, please visit the following websites:
- CNRS-LAPLACE www.laplace.univ-tlse.fr/
- CNRS-LEA labo.univ-poitiers.fr/lea/
- CNRS-EPEE www.cnrs-orleans.fr/~webepee/
- iPRISME www.univ-orleans.fr/prisme
- GREMI www.univ-orleans.fr/gremi/
Key skills: Plasma modelling and fluid flow simulations; Science of plasmas. CNRS-LEA: Participates in WP1, WP3 and WP4. Developing of DBD; Investigations of device geometries; Research wind tunnel tests; Science of plasmas. CNRS-EPEE: Participates in WP1, WP3 and WP4. Development of DBD and plasma diagnostic work.
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EPFL
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology. 7,500 students and 4,000 collaborators (research, development, teaching) work within 5 faculties of Fundamental Sciences (SB), Engineering (STI), Communication and Computer Science (IC), Environmental Sciences, Civil Engineering, Architecture (ENAC) and Life sciences (SV). The EPFL laboratories participating in PLASMAERO are the Laboratory of turbomachinery (LTT - Laboratoire de Thermique appliquée et de Turbomachines), the Plasma Physics Research Center (CRPP - Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas) and the Interdisciplinary Aerodynamics Group.
Role in project: WP1 Leader; Participant in WP2, WP3 and WP4.
Key skills: Science of Plasma; Plasma device technology (surface devices); Modelling; Aerodynamic codes; Research wind tunnels and specific plasma measuring techniques.
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SNECMA
SNECMA Safran Group
Snecma is a company of Safran Group. Safran Group is a high technology group, specialised in Propulsion, Communication, Equipment and Defense Security, with annual sales of more than 11.3 billion Euros (2006).
Snecma is one of the world\\\'s leading aerospace propulsion companies, with a wide range of propulsion systems on offer. By drawing on these different propulsion technologies, Snecma leverages its ability to deliver innovative solutions and develop the multidisciplinary synergies which are critical for tomorrow\\\'s air and space powerplants.
Role in project: Participant in WP3 and WP4.
Key skills: Constraints of an industrial integration; Evaluation benefits - potential application of the plasma technology in an industrial environment
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NLR
STICHTING NATIONAAL LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTLABORATORIUM
The National Aerospace Laboratory NLR is the central institute for aerospace research in the Netherlands. Since 1937 NLR is an independent non-profit organisation that provides technological support to aerospace industries, to operators of civil and military aircraft, of airports and of ATC systems, to authorities and to international organisations, all over the world.
NLR is a customer-oriented research organisation, working under national and international contracts in projects concerning aircraft development, aircraft operations, and space technology.
Role in project: Participant in WP2 and WP5.
Key skills: Numerical simulation of coupled engineering model.
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TUD
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
TU Darmstadt is represented by the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics (SLA) and the Center of Smart Interfaces (CSI). These comprise approximately 45 employees (scientific staff including post-doctoral researchers) involved in aerodynamics topics. The research areas pursued include laser measurement techniques for single and multi-phase flows, hydrodynamics and transport phenomena of interfacial flows, unsteady aerodynamics, drag and circulation control, wind tunnel instrumentation, and development and application of turbulence models for complex flow geometries. The institutes are involved in the education and training of early-stage researchers in these areas of research. Short courses on these topics are held as part of a continuing education program.
Role in project: WP4 leader; Participant in WP3 and WP5.
Key skills: plasma device technology (surface devices), integrated power generators, aerodynamic flow control, and flight test platforms.
- Technische Universität Darmstadt : www.tu-darmstadt.de
- Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics : www.sla.tu-darmstadt.de
- Center of Smart Interfaces : www.csi.tu-darmstadt.de
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IMP
INSTYTUT MASZYN PRZEPLYWOWYCH – POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK
The Institute was established in 1956 to conduct fundamental research on the principles of operation, design, construction and development of machinery for energy conversion in fluid flow. At present, the investigations are being carried out in the following fields: fluid mechanics, multiphase flows, thermodynamics and heat transfer, plasma physics and engineering, laser physics and engineering, machine mechanics. The Institute employs about 80 scientific personnel and 50 administrative and technical staff. Having four main departments, the Institute is further divided into15 scientific centres.
Role in project: Participant in WP1, WP3, WP4 and WP5.
Key skills: Investigation of actuators. Wind tunnel measurements
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UNOTT
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
The University of Nottingham is a university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. It is a member of the Russell Group, and of Universitas 21, an international network of research-led universities. The University was ranked among the top ten higher education institutions in the UK by The Telegraph in 2003, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University\\\'s world rankings, and it won the Times Higher Education UK University of the Year Award for 2006/7.
Role in project: Participant in WP1, WP3, WP4 and WP5.
Key skills: Experimental Research
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SOTON
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
The University of Southampton was recently ranked in the top ten UK research based universities. 80% of its research-active staff are based in departments which have been graded as either 5 or 5* - the highest grades – in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). With research projects spanning each and every discipline, embracing the arts, engineering, medicine, health, science, social sciences, law and education, The University of Nottingham attracted research income totalling more than £120m in 2005 - funding world-changing research, state-of-the-art facilities and specialist laboratories.
Role in project: Participant in WP1, WP3, WP4 and WP5.
Key skills: Study of noise control using passive and active means
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