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Virtual Integrated Units
VIU GM – Gender Mainstreaming unit
The CMA network of excellence is committed to improving the gender balance of its scientific and organisation teams. A gender mainstreaming unit (GMU) has been created as a Virtual Integrated Unit (VIU) and is headed by a female network gender equality officer. The GMU unit will implement a network gender equality action plan and will interact with the gender equality officers in the partner institutions of CMA.
VIU PB – Proceedings & books unit
The VIU PB is designed to assist the other VIL/VIUs in publishing all written material and help disseminate the excellence of the network. Publication may take two forms, on the CMA website on the one hand, with scientific publishers as books and proceedings on the other. Specifically, it is planned to issue one book per session of the EuroSchool. The general appearance of the CMA books (size, cover, fonts, presentation and distribution of sections…) is selected to define an identifiable style for the series and aims at becoming a trade-mark of CMA NoE.
VIU KM – Knowledge Management unit
At the operational level of the network, the execution of the different activities identified at the management level will require the share of information among implied actors distributed in different sites. This information can be pre-existing information or new information co-produced in a collaborative way. A first level of ‘knowledge management’ tools will be make available to support the organisation and access of all this information existing in different formats (documents, slides presentation, web pages, etc.) and stored at different locations. Those tools will support general search facilities on heterogeneous information resources as well as the possibility for each actor of managing its relevant information according to its proper view (management of viewpoints) and accessing it in a secure way.
VIU IT - Innovation transfer & dissemination unit
CMA is engaged in spanning the whole band-width from basic science to technology. Therefore an integrated professional contacting and technology transfer structure is part of the project. It has a strong integration function since its capacity goes well beyond that which can be afforded locally by most of the participating institutes (therefore providing a strong argument for the institutions to participate and stay in the Network).
The Virtual Integrated Laboratory VIL F Technological Applications will play the role of an application laboratory also producing demonstrators. This will collaborate with the Innovation transfer & dissemination unit for industry contacts, presentations, and exhibitions. This unit will be in charge of permanent active industry contacting, activities to sell or license the R&D products of CMA, to organize presentations and exhibitions and to acquire projects. This unit is directed by an French experienced professional in the field of technology transfer. Together with his German (head of the FZJ technology transfer unit for information technology and materials), French and Swiss deputy directors he will follow an active marketing and transfer policy.
The Network, after extended discussion with industrial companies and technology transfer groups, will follow the policy of Innovation Marketing.
VIU ES – Euroschool
The current situation in science and technology of metals is characterised by two opposing tendencies: The development of new materials of superior performance requires an intelligent use of today’s scientific and technological knowledge. The consequence is an urgent need for high-level education. Unfortunately, this is contrasted with a reduction of the research and teaching capacity in the field of metals at universities world-wide and it has become increasingly difficult to motivate students for a career in metals related fields. This has become a limiting factor in Europe for both science and industry. Therefore an important part of CMA and IDEA will be a European School in Materials Science (Euroschool) for integrated education and training in materials science with an emphasis on metallic materials. The field of Complex Metallic Alloys will provide a unique, very stimulating new domain of research, ideally suited to the training of students. It is attractive to young scientists since, typical for cutting edge science, progress will depend on the interplay between demanding basic research, advanced materials processing as well as modern sophisticated techniques for characterisation and property optimisation down to the atomic level.
The goal of the School is to offer top-quality two-week courses on materials science (once or twice a year and in a structure reacting to demand). Although there will be an emphasis on metallic materials, the education programme of the School will be based on the fact that the engineer must have available knowledge of modern materials science and modern materials technology in order to arrive at optimised solutions. The teaching will integrate advanced in-depth basic science knowledge and industrial expertise on materials production and use. This School will offer the special feature to involve as lecturers experts from European universities and science institutions as well as experts from industry. The lecturing programme will be chosen and supervised by an advisory board consisting of high-reputation personalities from science and industry. The School will have as fixed location the Jozef Stefan Institute at Ljubljana, Slovenia. Among the advantages of this solution is the spreading of excellence and dissemination of results into Eastern European Countries.
A significant number of highly performing young scientists will become available this way. Transferring the know-how on the new materials to application they will effectively bridge the gap from “knowledge production” to “knowledge use”.
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