Description
The project is needed for knowledge transfer and to create strong links in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, control theory, embedded control, computer graphics, virtual reality and nanoscale devices like solar cells. The project will develop and strengthen links and stimulate collaborations, at staff and student levels, for educational and research activities between partners. The expected outcome is improved education of students, knowledge and best practices transfer and scientific research in the indicated areas. The donor and beneficiary universities will complement each others skills in niche fields of the indicated areas and advance quality of education and research through staff visits which will disseminate ideas and initiate research collaborations. We will learn best skills and practices specific to each partner, through student and staff exchange visits. Both donor and partner institutions are expected to benefit. All donor state universities as well as Politehnica University of Bucharest will each share a set of niche expertise (e.g. renewable energy) that will benefit their partners, at staff level (new knowledge, initiation of new research, joint publications, transfer of best practices) as well as student level (improved education, joint student projects, access to larger curricula). The project will support collaborations between the engineering schools which will immediately improve education and research and will continue to expand in the future.
Summary of project results
The project objective was to develop and strengthen links and to stimulate collaborations at staff and student levels at educational and research level between Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Oslo, University of Iceland and POLITEHNICA of Bucharest. In the project outgoing student CRICĂ Livia Elena spent six months at Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, were she used the advanced laboratory and worked in a high academic environment. The incoming student Sverre Kvamme, a numerical optimization algorithms student, was hosted by the Automatic Control and Computer Science Department of POLITEHNICA Bucharest. An Assistant Professor, Runar Unnthorsson, from the University of Iceland taught in UPB about optimization, rapid prototyping, animation and visualization. During the project the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest has experienced an increased interest in numerical optimization algorithms for embedded model predictive control, in biomaterials surgery (human implantation surgeries), micro scanning, reconstruction and analysis, clinical evaluation, implant production and characterization. As a result of the project the University of Oslo and the Chemical Department of POLITEHNICA Bucharest has engaged in new cooperation in the field of biomaterials. The expected outcome was to improve students' education, facilitate knowledge transfer, and establish intercultural skills, while exchanging best practices and scientific research in the indicated areas. The output consist in complementing each others' skills in niche fields of the indicated areas.
Summary of bilateral results
The project has resulted in new cooperation agreements between the University of Oslo and the Chemical Department at POLITEHNICA, in the field of biomaterials. The partners from both the donor and beneficiary states were able to gain new knowledge in the selected mobility areas and the project serve as the initiation of new research projects, resulting in joint publications between the partners. The partners have actively communicated throughout the project, and both staff and students have engaged in mobilities between the partner institutions. The project support collaborations between the engineering schools for to improve education and research in mentioned fields.