SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS

Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers.

An STSM specifically contributes to the scientific objectives of CONTEXT, whilst allowing participants to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments or methods not available in their own institutions/organisations.

The 13th call for STSM grants will be open in the 4th quarter of 2022

Approved STSMs:

• Self-shaping curved origami and kirigami textiles for interior

Host: Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Science University of Edinburgh, Insitute for Infrastructure and Environment (UK)
Dates:16/05/2022 to 15/06/2022

• Electrospinning of Biopolymers Solutions with Antimicrobial Agent

Host: Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Science (Slovakia)
Dates: 31/05/2022 to 30/06/2022

• Characterization of electrospun composite textile for biomedical application

Host: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physic, Department of Macromolecular Physics (Czech Republic)
Dates: 16/05/2022 to 27/05/2022

• Evaluation of the antibacterial properties of electrospun fibers enriched with TiO2 particles

Host: University of Birmingham (UK)
Dates: 25/04/2022 to 13/05/2022

• Low-temperature Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ultra-thin ZnO film as an active Gas Sensing layer on flexible Gas Sensor for textile application

Host: University College London (UK)
Dates: 25/04/2022 to 20/05/2022

• Smart textiles functionalized with photocatalytic biocarbon for indoor air purification

Host: Università Politecnica delle Marche: Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning (Italy)
Dates: 15/03/2022 to 08/04/2022

• Plasma treatment of textile surfaces to improve adhesion of printed flexible electronics

Host: University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Dates: 01/03/2022 to 31/03/2022

• Smart textiles for sustainable water collection from fog

Host: University of Borås (Sweden)
Dates: 29/08/2021 to 20/10/2021

• Fabrication of novel biodegradable composite fibers for drug delivery systems

Host: University of Novi Sad. Faculty of Technology (Serbia)
Dates: 13/09/2021 to 30/09/2021

• Regenerated cellulosic fibers with conductive properties for the healthcare sector

Host: University of Borås (Sweden)
Dates: 26/09/2021 to 02/10/2021

• Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of chlorinated polyimide membranes

Host: University of Birmingham (UK)
Dates: 13/09/2021 to 1/10/2021

• Carbon Nanotube /Polybutadiene based stretchable electrospun fibrous composite membranes for advanced textile application

Host: Erich Schmid Institute (Austria)
Dates: 20/09/2021 to 29/09/2021

• Flexible Graphene-Based Wearable Gas and Chemical Sensors, Fabrication, Characterization and testing of gas sensors employing nanoparticle-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (NP-rGO) sensors

Host: Universitat Rovira i Virgili MINOS-EMaS (Spain)
Dates: 21/06/2021 to 21/07/2021

• Training for the heat transfer measurement devices including thermal manikin

Host: Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Dates: 14/07/2021 to 18/07/2021

• Analysisng the thermal protection of firefighter/high functional clothing

Host: Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Dates: 14/07/2021 to 18/07/2021

• Electrospinning and characterization of polyurethane composite smart textile for medical application

Host: Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (North Macedonia)
Dates: 10/05/2021 to 28/05/2021

• Smart textiles for fog and dew harvesting

Host: Nieblagua S.L. (Spain)
Dates: 12/04/2021 to 31/05/2021

• Effect of anti bacterial finish on the performance and durability of medical compression socks

Host: Jordan University of Science &Technology (Jordan)
Dates: 24/05/2021 – 31/05/2021

• Optimising the car seat’s breathability according to the driver’s weight

Host: Mimar Sinan University (Turkey)
Dates: 22/05/2021 – 31/05/2021

• Laser welded textile integrated electro-mechanical systems for assistive devices in medical Applications

Host: EMPA (Switzerland)
Dates: 01/04/2021 – 30/04/2021

• Flame-Retardant Cotton Fabric via Surface-Initiated PhotoATRP of Dimethyl(methacryloyloxymethyl) Phosphonate

Host: Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Ss. cyril and methodius university (North Macedonia)
Dates: 01/04/2021 – 30/04/2021

• Sustainable UV stabilizer for textile protection

Host: CIRAD (France)
Dates: 11/01/2021 – 22/01/2021

• Advancements in smart textile reinforced concrete, geotextiles and lighting

Host: University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Dates: 4/12/2020 – 24/12/2020

• Analysis and development of e-textile interconnection techniques in woven and knit fabrics

Host: University of West Attika (Greece)
Dates: 20/11/2020 – 20/12/2020

• Enhancement of electrical conductivity of reduced graphene oxide synthesized by thermal reduction

Host: Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
Dates: 15/11/2020 – 15/12/2020

• Efficiency of improved Flax Textile Reinforced Mortar (FlaxTRM)composite systems

Host: University of Salerno, Department of Civil Engineering (Italy)
Dates: 16/11/2020 – 13/12/2020

• Smart textiles with optical fibre implementation for in-situ measurement of friction, compression, deformation

Host: EMPA, Switzerland
Dates: 20/01/2020 – 8/02/2020

• Melt Spinning and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposite Filament Yarns.

RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), Germany
Dates: 13/01/2020 – 14/02/2020

• Smart textiles with integrated PV’s for improving the buildings’ energy performance.

Sinergija University (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dates: 11/12/2019 – 28/12/2019

• Characterization of different moisturizers mixture and their behavior on PVB electrospun patches for skin treatment.

Institute of Hydrodynamics of The Czech Academy of Science (Czec Republic)
Dates: 22/09/2019 – 12/10/2019

• Scientific Mission to from Hogent (Ghent) to Niederrhein (Mönchengladbach) to streamline Smartseam, a joint research proposal.

Hochschule Niederrhein (Germany)
Dates: 29/09/2019 – 05/10/2019

• Developing and integrating pressure sensors into karate body protector.

Host: University of Minho (Portugal)
Dates: 8/07/2019 – 6/08/2019

• Development of hybrid solid-state supercapacitors based on AC/TiO2 cotton fabric electrodes as potential wearable energy storage devices for smart textiles.

Host: CNR-ITAE (Italy)
Dates: 09/09/2019 – 27/09/2019

• Investigation on the potential of smart textiles for the creation of smart, nZEB and sustainable buildings.

Host: University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Dates: 01/03/2019 – 23/03/2019

• Development of a smart textile reinforcement of concrete within buildings

Host: Fraunhofer WKI. Braunschweig (Germany)
Dates: 1/03/2019 – 31/03/2019

• Characterization of piezoelectric responses of electrospun polymer fibers for smart textiles application.

Host: University of Cambridge. Cambridge (UK)
Dates: 1/03/2019 – 31/03/2019

• Numerical analysis of the thermo-mechanical performance of smart textiles and coatings in building skins and facades

Host: University of Zagreb. Zagreb (Croatia)
Dates: 7/04/2019 – 17/04/2019

• Feasibility study of the integration of printed circuits in composites for the automotive and aeronautics

Host: AMADEMA. Lefkosia (Cyprus)
Dates: 6/04/2019 – 12/04/2019

 

Coordinators:

Dr. Mònica Ardanuy (Spain)

Dr. Barbara Simončič (Slovenia)