Academics4Rail

Academics4Rail

Building a scientific community of excellence of European researchers on innovative rail topics

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The Europe's Rail  program (ERJU: Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking) is the successor to Shit2Rail. It supports rail research and innovation to make the EU's rail network more integrated, sustainable and reliable.

The Academics4Rail project is a contribution to this. It aims to create a network of excellence of researchers for the large-scale exchange of scientific knowledge in order to strengthen, extend and optimize the research and innovation capabilities of the railway sector. Building on the existing EURNEX scientific community, an enlarged network is proposed with the ambition of focusing on the specific scientific needs of Europe's Rail program. This network will seek to develop a holistic, multi-level approach to measuring the impact of a substantive research program and its individual components. In this environment, the Acédemics4Rail project's research focuses on 6 themes associated with 6 doctoral projects:

  • Aerodynamics of high-speed freight trains
  • Electromagnetic compatibility on different AC electrification systems
  • Additive manufacturing (AM) for reprofiling rail wheels worn by use
  • Digital communications for virtual coupling
  • Pronostics and condition management for rail maintenance
  • Driving assistance

 

Department(s) Partner(s) Overall amount
Automatique

EURNEX e. V.
UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL, France
VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE, Czechia
ZAVOD ZA GRADBENISTVO SLOVENIJE, Slovenia
UNIVERZITA PARDUBICE, Czechia
VILNIAUS GEDIMIN, Slovenia VILNIAUS GEDIMINO TECHNIKOS UNIVERSITETAS, Lithuania
LULEA TEKNISKA LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET, Sweden
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA, Italy
ZILINSKA UNIVERZA, Zagreb ZILINSKA UNIVERZITA V ZILINE, Slovakia
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, Greece
UNIVERSIDAD POLITICAL DECNICA DE LA ZILINE UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, Spain
UNIVERSITE POLYTECHNIQUE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE, Fance
KUNGLIGA TEKNIS, France KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, Sweden
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN, Germany
POLITECNICO DI MILANO POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Italy
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, Italy
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV, Germany
RAILENIUM, France RAILENIUM, France
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, United Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA (SUPSI), Switzerland

2200 k€
Main support Rayout Date(s)
EU-FP7 (Call HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-EXPLR-04)
European
2023 - 2027

Correspondent

Frederic Vanderhaegen