SMARTI ETN

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The SMARTI ETN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme under the Marie Curie-Skłodowska actions for research, technological development and demonstration,

under grant n.721493.

INTRODUCTION1The Sustainable Multi-functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructures European Training Network (SMARTI ETN), will bring together a stimulating platform where key stakeholders of the transport infrastructure sector will work alongside world-wide experts in smartening of systems (de-velopers of high-tech sensors, advanced monitoring equipment, automated structures, etc.,) with direct support from the roads, railways and airports managers.

This environment will enable talented graduates to conceive the transport infrastructure network of the future and will provide them with world-wide extended and globally-leading training in each of the four pillars supporting the SMARTI vision:

• designed by using improved decision frameworks aimed at improving durabili-ty, maximising recycling and minimizing environmental, economic and social impacts

• conceived not for transport purposes only but also towards optimization of land use by adding energy harvesting capabilities

• equipped with low-cost, wireless sensors to allow pro-active communication aiming for a more intuitive use and a simplified management

• conceived to self-repair and be adaptable to changes due to natural and an-thropogenic hazards

The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre at the University of Nottingham is responsible for coordinating the SMARTI ITN, to lead and shape the training of all recruited researchers. The project includes a high level four-year training programme which is international, multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral, and is tailored to 15 early stage researchers who will be developing individual research projects with the cooperation of partners from both public (research centres) and private sector (industries/companies). All the early stage researchers will be given the opportunity to be enrolled in a PhD programme and in many cases to apply for a European PhD certificate.

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training fellows in developing:

-TI components’pro-totypes of Sustain-able Multi-Functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructure

-novel decision making frame-works, asset managment methodologies and sensing technologies -SMARTI guidelines for ex-ploitation in EU and develop-ing countries

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SMARTI: low impact structures de-signed-to-last, being self-re-pairing and adaptable to extreme change, furthermore they will harvest energy to be self-sustaining and eventually provide energy to the surround-ing buildings

WHO CAN I WORK WITH IN SMARTI ETN? 2

Beneficiaries

A3IP (A3IP)Senceive ltd (SNCV)Piezonix llc (PZNX)GHT Photonics Srl (GHT)ELAB Srl (ELAB)

Polytechnic University of Hong Kong (HKPU)

FIP Industriale (FIP)REPSOL (REPSOL)University College Dublin (UCD)

University of California, Davis (UCDAVIS)

University of NewCastle (UONAUS)Highways England Company Ltd (HE)

Società per l’aeroporto civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio (SACBO)

Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)Smart Transport Alliance (STA)

Cardno IT Transport (CIIT)Cognitive Media (CGNTV)

Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (LPICM)

GreenDelta GmbH (GD)

Comune di Palermo (MUNPA)Research Driven Solutions (RDS)

Our network of public and private sector partners provide outstanding expertise and state-of the-art facilities, and complement each other, bringing together the necessary scientific and professional power needed to provide high quality training and cutting edge research in the field of smartening of transport infrastructures.

Partner Organisations

HOW IS THE PROGRAMME STRUCTURED?3

This unique consortium of excellence will be driving the researchers into 15 individual research proj-ects (IRPs) clustered in two highly linked and multidisciplinary Work Packages (WP2, WP3) con-sisting in training-through-research paths, leading to the formation of a new generation of academy industry-ready graduate, in the “development of Prototype of infrastructure’s components” and in the redaction of “Guidelines for the SMARtening of design, construction and management practices for Road, Railways and Airports Infrastructure” written with collaborations amongst the fellows and stakeholders and that will be disseminated in Europe and beyond.

The consortium will combine and share expertise to offer advanced scientific training structured into network-wide thematic taught modules combined with original research supported by secondments that will expose fellows to both academia and industry and will also allow them with the possibility of being awarded with Doctoratus Europeus. The training programme will be enriched by specific modules to support job creation by enabling the fellows with business, entrepreneurship, commu-nication, project management and other transferrable skills. Furthermore, a tailored Dissemination strategy will evaluate the variety of channels and means appropriate to allow the fellows to be pre-pared and successful in reaching both scientific and larger public audiences. As a result, SMARTI ETN will create a new generation of highly-skilled and appealing professionals that will be in great demand in this rapidly expanding field and will benefit Europe and developing countries.

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Partners Organisations:Experts and trainers in SMARtening of systems

Partners Organisations:of Infrastructure managers: Roads, Railways, Airports

BENEFICIARIES:Experts on Research and Education Transport Infrastructure stakeholders

15 Fellows and relative Individual training-thorugh-Research Projects

WP2 Transport Infrastructure Prototypes WP3Transport Infrastructure

Guidelines

SMARTI Protoypes and Guidelines

for early exploitation and dissemiantion

Training-through-Research Platform

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY? 4Our network of public and private sector partners provide outstanding expertise and state-of the-art facilities, and complement each other, bringing together the necessary scientific and professional power.

“REJUCAPHALT”: Encapsulated rejuvenators for asphalt mixture (WP2) ESR1

Host institution: UNOTT

Objectives: The objective of this project will be to develop and analyse the effect of capsules on the durability and performance of asphalt mixture. With this purpose, (1) different triggers to release the capsules content, such as chemical degradation from water or oxygen, and mechanical loading will be computationally anal-ysed in modelled capsules; (2) capsules with the selected properties will be developed and characterised; (3) the effect of capsules on the durability of asphalts will be characterised in small scale experiments. REPSOL will provide expertise from chemistry and bitumen-testing teams together with industrial info for the analysis of the effect of capsules in bitumen, while will provide the ESR with the chance to gain site experience.

Expected Results: Capsules developed and tested under simulated road environment.

ESR1 will register for a PhD at UNOTT

Planned secondment(s) and on-the-job training offered: UNOTT offers state-of-the-art laboratories and expertise in self-healing materials and sustainable engineering to develop the capsules. The secondments will help with REPSOL: investigation, design and modelling all types of bitumen. Effect of capsules in a range of commercial bitumen. (3 months) HE: on-site experience and trial in a real road pavement (2 months)

“Nano Asphalt”: Nanosensor technology for road pavements (WP2) ESR2

Host institution: EIFFAGE

Objectives: The objective is to optimize a novel Weigh-in-Motion nanosensor technology to make it applica-ble and competitive for multi-functional applications in Smart Roads, notably vehicle counting, overloading detection and enforcement, and road damage assessment. The focus will be on the 3 following priorities: 1) Achieve higher precision level than industry standards at competitive cost, via the use of massively distribut-ed, low cost, nano-enabled sensing elements embedded into the road; 2) Ensure sustainability and durability of the system (min 5 years, target 10 years); 3) Develop reliable processes for the whole product lifecycle.

Expected Results: Validated a competitive Weigh in Motion product via the use of massively distributed,

road-embedded nanosensors.ESR2 will register for a PhD at LPICM

Planned secondment(s) and on-the-job training offered: EIFFAGE will offer training in road engi-neering, laboratory tests and will be the environment for the requirements setting, Process development, deployment, field tests. LPICM: Sensor development and optimization; sensor reliability analysis (6 months at M10) SENCEIVE: Electronics-Communication (1 month at M20) IFSTTAR: System architecture, data analytics (2 months at M27)

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY?5“RA2ROAD”: Development of a pavement system able to capture solar energy (WP4)ESR3

Host institution: IFSTTAR

Objectives: Linear transportation infrastructures could be in the future an interesting renewable, not-central-ized, energy production system, without using more land space. This innovative use of the surface pavement could cover the energetic consumption of the infrastructure itself, but could also provide energy to the road users and neighbours. In order that this idea comes into reality, the challenge is 1) to bring together tech-nologic pieces coming from different science domains in order 2) to provide a reliable, efficient and durable system, able to produce and store energy from the sun (RA) through the road pavement.

Expected Results: A low cost demonstrator at full scale able to support traffic and to capture solar energy

ESR3 will register for a PhD at University of Nantes through IFSTTAR

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: IFSTTAR offer state-of-the-art laboratories and expertise in innovative materials and energy harvesting concepts, rheology of binders and mix design oh asphalts. The secondments will help with UNOTT: pavement material design and characterization. (3 months at M17) EIFFAGE: implementation of the solar system in actual infrastructure and economic evaluation of the solution (3 months at M27)

“RaCoMo” Development of a railway system component (earthworks, transitions, trackbed, drainage) remote condition monitoring methodology and analysis tools to

predict future system deterioration (WP4)ESR4

Host institution: AECOM

Objectives: 1) Improve industry understanding of the link between railway asset component deterioration (e.g. earthworks, track transitions, trackbed and drainage) and impact upon track failure; 2) Develop a remote condition monitoring methodology to predict multi asset component deterioration and system per-formance; 3) Develop analysis tools to assist with pro-active prediction of asset component failure; 4) Un-derstand impact of subgrade and trackbed characteristics (e.g. critical velocity) on track quality deterioration and improve methods of measurement/prediction.

Expected Results: Development of a fully automated railway trackbed ESR4 will register for a PhD at UNOTT

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: AECOM will provide expertise with railway trackbed design, monitoring, field trial, site experience. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: UNOTT: design and concept development, synergy with other research initiatives (5 months at M10) SNCV: transfer of current remote condition monitoring RCM practice and technology to novel appli-cations (3 months at M20) EIFFAGE: on-site experience, real “live” infrastructure and problem sites

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY? 6“SHERI”- Sustainable Harvesting of Energy from Rail Infrastructure (WP4) ESR5


Objectives: The overall goal is 1) to develop a technique for energy collection and storage in the rail envi-ronment that could be used for non-motive power (e.g. signal and sign, work-zone lighting, switch heating, station illumination, etc.). As initial steps in such a process, the more limited aim of this project is 2) to find and optimize simple and economic means of abstracting mechanical energy from passing trains and/or solar energy falling on the track, 3) without resorting to material- and energy-intensive PVs and batteries, so that sustainable and readily distributed systems can be implemented by subsequent implementers. The project will receive input from AECOM to assist with design and safety case for railway implementation and to EIFFAGE to have familiarity with real-scale applications, data collection, business and practical aspects.

Expected Results: Demonstration pilot-scale sustain-able energy harvesting technology for rail application


Planned secondment(s) and training offered: : UNOTT will provide expertise with railway trackbed de-sign, sustainable engineering, energy harvesting concepts, materials. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: EIFFAGE: understand the contracting business in the rail sector and make initial plans for a pilot-scale implementation (1 month, M23); on-site experience, implement energy harvesting pilot-scale equipment on site (1 month, M33) AECOM: design and safety case for railway implementation, site visits, constraints on engineering implementation (4 months at M20)

“Smart Damper”: Smart railway and road bridges through novel formu-lation for introducing seismic damper (WP4) ESR6

Host institution: UNIPA

Objectives: The challenge of this project is to propose a theoretical formulation for modelling structural bridges equipped with dampers along the span in such a way to predict the smart bridge response. This project aims to 1) develop a damped bridge model for transport infrastructures (focused on railways) with dampers made of innovative and sustainable materials. 2) Novel formulation and approaches will be used for the implementation of the model, together with better prediction of traffic loading 3) Different materials will be used in order to define the optimum damper for the bridge. The damping technique will may be used in already built bridges and in new constructions.

Expected Results: An innovative model of a damped bridge and definition of ideal dampers

ESR6 will register for a PhD at UNIPA

Planned secondment(s) and training offered: UNIPA will provide expertise with bridge engineering, strcture dynamics, theoretical formulation of problems, computational modelling. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: UCD: traffic loading and modelling (3 month, M26) FIP: smart materials, site visits, constraints on engineering implementation (3 months at M29)

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY?7“SmartEcoPave” – Smart and Sustainable solutions for road and airport

pavements (WP4) ESR7


Objectives: : This project conceives the re-thinking of the “old” asphalt pavements, through the incorporation of sustainability concepts and smart technologies. This will be achieved by 1) developing asphalt mixtures incorporating high amount of secondary materials such as reclaimed asphalt and recycled tyre rubber, and lower energy consumption during manufacturing. 2) Furthermore, the pavement will be equipped with low-cost/High-tech solutions able to harvest energy for cost-effective and pro-active communication with the infrastructure managers, 3) allowing optimization of maintenance operations towards a prolonged infrastruc-ture’s life. In order to make this necessary step, “SmartEcoPave” would need a vast multi-disciplinary exper-tise to be exploited, especially technology providers such as: PZNX and A3IP

Expected Results: Laboratory test results, sustain-ability assessment and feasibility study supporting

the development of Smart and Sustainable asphalts for road and airport asphalt


Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: UNOTT will provide expertise with pavement design, sustainable engineering, and energy harvesting concepts, materials. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: PZNX: sensor development, electronics (3 months, M20) IFSTTAR and A3IP: pavement instrumentation and wireless communication (4 months at M20)

“FASTair”: Fibre Optic Systems for Airport Pavement Monitoring (WP4)ESR8

Host institution: POLIMI

Objectives: The aim of this proposal is to study the adoption of fibre optic systems embedded into asphalt pavements to 1) effectively monitor the pavement condition during its service life and 2) help in the commu-nication and ground traffic surveillance for improving airport safety. The dual function of the system would be capable of assessing the real-time condition of the pavement assets and their maintenance needs as well as the aircraft movements through the airport infrastructures such as runways, taxiways, and aprons. GHT is indeed highly experienced in structures and infrastructures monitoring with worldwide experience in ad-vanced fibre Bragg grating (FBG) transducers – optical sensing elements that are incorporated into optical fibre and integrated in a suitable engineering packaging. UNOTT will provide the ESR with information about the stress-strain state as registered by the fibre optic system depending on the properties of different asphalt mixtures such as aggregate gradation, void content and bitumen content, among others.

Expected Results: Enhance safety on airports through smart pavement monitoring ESR8 will register for a PhD at POLIMI

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: POLIMI will provide expertise with airport pavement design, data analysis and asset management. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: GHT: sensors, optic fibers, electronics (2 months, M20) UNOTT: innovative testing of fibre optic systems embedded into asphalt pavements (4 months at M22)

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY? 8“ResilRoad”: Risk-based Resilience indicators for Roadway networks (WP5) ESR9


Objectives: : The aim is 1) to define a risk based methodology for quantifying the resilience of road networks to extreme events, including weather events and man-made events. For this, 2) a simplified probabilistic characterization of hazards will be defined considering their impact on the network, based on historical data. A network traffic model will be used to 3) define the potential impact of these events on the usability of the network, considering for example the increased travel time. Comparing this with the benefits resulting from the network, a resilience measure can be defined, and sensitivity analysis can be used to identify critical as-sets in the network. Of particular relevance to this project is the structures and asset management teams in AECOM that will provide the ESR info for a particular structure and assistance in its modelling, for use in de-veloping the state diagnostic methodology. UCD in traffic modelling and risk and reliability of infrastructures.

Expected Results: Demonstration pilot-scale sustain-able energy harvesting technology for rail application.


Planned secondment(s) and training offered: : UNOTT will provide expertise with structure design, generate a FE model of the structure, risk and reliability. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: AECOM: investigation, survey, monitoring, design and modelling of highway and railway footbridges and viaducts. (3 months at M19) UCD: traffic loading and modelling (3 month, M22)

“LCSA4TRANSPORT”: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Transport Infrastructures (WP5)

ESR10


Objectives: We live in a time of rapid technological development and significant interest in sustainability. It is therefore imperative to have tools available for the sustainability assessment of existing and new technol-ogies. This is recognized by the European Commission that awarded two projects such as PROSUITE (www.prosuite.org), that developed a 5-pillar framework based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment technique and supported by a freeware Decision Support System developed with the consultancy of GreenDelta. Within LCSA4TRANSPORT the fellow will take advantage of the experience from UNIPA and UNOTT in developing a sustainability assessment rating system for railways and roads infrastructures technologies (www.superitn.eu) and will try 1) broadening this framework by using the outcomes of the PROSUITE project. 2) furthermore the fellow will carry out the sustainability assessment of the technologies developed in other SMARTI projects

Expected Results: Sustainability Assessment frame-work for transport infrastructure technologies and im-plementation in a freeware decision support system.


Planned secondment(s) and training offered: UNIPA will provide expertise with asset manage-ment, life cycle costing and railway engineering. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: GD: LCA software, LCSA methodology (2 months, M20) UNOTT: sustainability assessment and LCA (4 months at M22)

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY?9“DYSER”: Dynamic Structural Evaluation of Runways (WP5)ESR11

Host institution: DYNA

Objectives: : The project proposed here will focus on 1) gaining a better understanding of load-transfer effi-ciency between concrete slabs in runway pavements. Particularly, the project focuses on 2) how to measure and characterize the load-transfer efficiency using equipment such as the HWD (Heavy-Weight Deflectom-eter) and the RWD (Rolling-Wheel Deflectometer) developed by Dynatest. Moreover, the project aims 2) to use the gained knowledge to develop models for predicting the remaining lifetime of runways pavements. UNIPA is responsible for the theoretical part of the project. SACBO and other airports could provide data to test hypothesis and includes investigation of maintenance challenges.

Expected Results: Implementing new dynamic models for the interpretation of load-transfer efficiency.


Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: DYNA will provide expertise with introduction and access to measuring equipment and existing interpretation methods. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: UNOTT: asset management, data analysis, airport pavement design (M10 5 months) SACBO: site evaluation and on-site experience (2 months at M22)

“SuRoMa” - SUstainable ROad MAnagement through Low Cost Tech-niques. (SUROMA through LCT) “FASTair”: Fibre Optic Systems for

Airport Pavement Monitoring (WP4)ESR12


Objectives:: The objective of the PhD research project consists in 1) developing a low cost tool being able to ensure the best resources use for road pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. In the past few years, there has been a drastic increase in the use of Image-Based Modeling (IBM) low cost techniques to create high metric and visual quality, reality-based 3D models. The main innovative aspect lies in the 2) use of a simple and low cost hardware (camera or mobile-phone) and software for the distresses identification and therapy. 3) The other goal is to develop a new metric to evaluate the real pavement condition that does not cover traditional parameters as IRI (International Roughness Index) and Skid Resistance. Rather this metric should directly consider the actual distresses on the pavement by analysing and measuring them with the help of Artificial Intelligence tools as Fuzzy Logic, Neural Network, etc. Following task are forecasted: 1) Review literature on road distresses, photogrammet-ric survey and use of Structure For Motion software 2) Advanced knowledge of camera and drone system; 3) Data acquisition and analysis on road distresses through 3D modelling software; 4) Implementation of interactive 3D catalogue for ready-use from the municipality of Palermo

Expected Results:Innovative and integrated method-ology to evaluate road pavement condition in order to

give better guidance to the decision makerESR12 will register for a PhD at POLIMI

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: UNIPA will provide expertise with image based modelling tech-nique, road engineering, asset management. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: ELAB: Advanced image analysis and use of drones (M26 2 months) UNOTT: Theory and application of fuzzy logic, neural network and genetic algorithm (3 months at M23) MUNICIPALITY OF PALERMO: Implementation of interactive 3D catalogue for the administration of Pal-ermo (3 months at M33)

FOR WHICH PROJECTS CAN I APPLY? 10“Sat-Mon” – Satellite Monitoring of Traffic Loading on Bridges (WP5) ESR13

Host institution: GDG

Objectives: The goal is 1) to use satellite images to quantify the traffic loading on long-span bridges. The critical load condition for these bridges is congestion and the images will be analysed to determine the pat-terns of traffic during congestion – the gaps between trucks and the car/truck mixes. 2) Vehicle length will be found from the images and the correlation between length and weight will be used to estimate the loading on the bridge. The longest bridges in the world are currently designed using very simple approximations that assume long lines of trucks at minimum gaps. This project will revolutionise the way in which the loading on these bridges is considered.

Expected Results: A method of quantifying the traffic loading on long-span bridges that is much more accu-

rate than anything currently availableESR13 will register for a PhD at UCD

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: GDG will provide expertise with bridge engineering, bridge loading and soil-structure interactions. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: UCD: image analysis training and research in collaboration with Department of Computer Science (6 months M10) ELAB: Advanced image analysis (3 months M20) HKPU: The field calibration and validation will be done at the Transport Department of the Govern-ment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in association with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (1 month at M33)

“MAB”: Mechanomutable asphalt binders for the construction of smart pavements (WP5)

ESR14

Host institution: UGR

Objectives: This project aims to 1) study asphalt binders with mechanomutable properties to obtain smart materials able to adapt their mechanical performance to the real changing load conditions that occur during their service life; 2) at laboratory scale implementation solutions for smart infrastructures will be defined and assess, trying to test the optimal solution at an industrial scale during the last year of research. 3) A3IP will contribute towards automated infrastructures. It’s a innovative solution that offers a wide range of application in this field.

Expected Results: Implementing new dynamic models for the interpretation of load-transfer efficiency.

ESR14 will register for a PhD at UGR

Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: UGR will provide expertise with mechanomutable properties of the smart asphalt, materials. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: A3IP: sensor embedding and electronics (3 months, M23) UNOTT: lifecycle costing, sustainable engineering (3 months at M33)

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“WirelessBox” - Multi-functional road monitoring system (WP5)ESR15

Host institution: IFSTTAR

Objectives: :The objective of the project is 1) to develop a multi-functional road monitoring system, which can be used to measure continuously traffic and pavement condition, and provide information for road asset management. Based on the previous experience of IFSTTAR, 2) the system will associate measurement of traffic loads and vehicle positions by piezo-electric sensors; pavement layer strains, using strain gage sensors; pavement deflections, using geophones; pavement layer temperatures. 3) A wireless data acquisition system will then be developed, ensuring the processing of the sensor measurements and the calculation of different indicators characterising traffic composition and pavement conditions.

Expected Results: Development of an automated road monitoring system, for evaluation of traffic and

pavement condition


Planned secondment(s) and Training offered: The LAMES laboratory of IFSTTAR, will provide expe-rience in pavement instrumentation, and full scale accelerated pavement testing. The SII laboratory of IFSTTAR is specialized in development of instrumentation and monitoring systems, and data anal-ysis, for roads, railways, bridges and buildings. The partnership with strategic partners will provide: A3IP: sensor embedding and wireless data acquisition solutions. (3 months, M23) UNOTT: road engineering, sustainable pavements (3 months at M26)

WHO CAN APPLY? HOW? WHEN? 12

We are seeking brilliant motivated curious graduates with a multi-disciplinary background (preferably in engineering), holding a degree that can allow them to enroll in a PhD programme and who are keen to spend three years of their life in growing their career in a truly joint academia-industry context at European level. Candidates are expected to speak and write English fluently. Language certification such as IELTS is desirable and for some of the projects it will be necessary in order to be enrolled within the PhD pro-gramme of some of the partner Universities.

Early-stage researchers (ESRs) are in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers, start-ing at the date of obtaining their masters degree (or similar).

Mobility All nationalities can apply, but you can only apply to a project which is hosted in a country in which you did not reside or carry your main activities (such as work or study) for more than 12 months within the last 3 years. This excludes short stays such as holidays or compulsory national service.

SMARTI ETN will perform the recruitment of all the Early stage Researchers (ESR) probably through a unique website (when not specified otherwise). Applications will be analyzed by a selection committee led by the coordinator and formed by both academic and industry partners. Recruitment procedures will be open, effi-cient, transparent and supportive, as well as tailored to the type of positions advertised. All Institutions value diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity.

All the applicants should first check the eligibility criteria. Eligible applicants should indicate three preferenc-es of the 15 projects, indicating their first, second and third choice.

The ESR fellows will be employed according to the employment conditions of LPI Europe SL. The salary follows the Marie Curie-Skłodowska ITN Scheme. On top of the regular compensation, an extra allowance will be available to cover mobility expenses. A career development plan will be prepared for each fellow in accordance with his supervisor and will include training, planned secondments and outreach activities in partner laboratories of the network. The ESR fellows are supposed to complete their PhD thesis by the end of the 3rd year of their employment. For more information please visit the Marie Curie-Skłodowska website http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-mca/quick-guide/index_en.htm

RECRUITMENT PROCESS WILL BE PERFORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND WILL OPEN BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY 2017

ALL THE RESEARCHERS ARE PLANNED TO BE IN PLACE AND START BE-TWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2017

Eligibility Criteria

Recruitment Strategy

Application Procedure

Employment Conditions

IMPORTANT DATES

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SMARTI ETN PEOPLE13

Dr. Davide Lo PrestiSMARTI ETN CoordinatorSenior Research Fellow @ University of Nottingham/NTEChttp://www.davidelopresti.superitn.eu

Coordination address:Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, Pavement Research BuildingUniversity ParkNottinghamNG7 2RDUnited Kingdom

REJUCAPHALT

ENCAPSULATED REJUVENATORS FOR ASPHALT MIXTUREAlvaro Garcia - [email protected]

Nano Asphalt

NANOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR ROAD PAVEMENTS Simon Pouget - [email protected] Olard - [email protected]

RA2ROAD

DEVELOPMENT OF A PAVEMENT SYSTEM ABLE TO CAPTURE SOLAR ENERGYEmmanuel Chailleux - [email protected]

RaCoMo

DEVELOPMENT OF A RAILWAY SYSTEM COMPONEN REMOTE CONDITION MONITORING METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS TOOLS TO PREDICT FUTURE SYSTEM DETERIORATIONMatthew Brough - [email protected]

SHERI

SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING OF ENERGY FROM RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE Andrew Dawson - [email protected]

For information about SMARTI ETN program please contact:

For information about projects please contact:

ESR2

ESR1 UNOTT

EIFFAGE

ESR3 IFSTTAR

ESR4 AECOM

ESR5 UNOTT

Financial Manager

Sandra Winfield - [email protected]

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SmartEcoPave

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR ROAD AND AIRPORT PAVEMENTSDavide Lo Presti - [email protected]

FASTair

FIBRE OPTIC SYSTEMS FOR AIRPORT PAVEMENT MONITORINGFilippo Giustozzi - [email protected]

ResilRoad

RISK-BASED RESILIENCE INDICATORS FOR ROADWAY NETWORKSLuis Neves - [email protected]

LCSA4TRANSPORT

LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURESDavide Lo Presti - [email protected] Gaetano Di Mino - [email protected]

DYSER

DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF RUNWAYS Mathias Bækbo Andersen - [email protected]

SuRoMa

SUSTAINABLE ROAD MANAGEMENT THROUGH LOW COST TECHNIQUESLaura Inzerillo - [email protected]

Sat-Mon

SATELLITE MONITORING OF TRAFFIC LOADING ON BRIDGESPaul Doherty - [email protected]

MAB

MECHANOMUTABLE ASPHALT BINDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMART PAVEMENTSMayca Rubio - [email protected]

WirelessBox

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROAD MONITORING SYSTEMPierre Hornych - [email protected]

ESR7 UNOTT

ESR8 POLIMI

ESR9 UNOTT

ESR10 UNIPA

ESR11 DYNA

ESR12 UNIPA

ESR13 GDG

ESR14 UGR

ESR15 IFSTTAR

Smart Damper

SMART RAILWAY AND ROAD BRIDGES THROUGH NOVEL FORMULATION FOR INTRODUCING SEISMIC DAMPER Antonina Pirrotta - [email protected]

ESR6 UNIPA

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