Competitive and sustainable growth

8 Network Organisation

8.1 Description of the Consortium

The consortium comprises a total of 34 member institutions from 12 European nations, including 3 accession countries. There are 9 workpackage leaders and 25 members and they represent 6 industrial research institutes, 2 industrial consultants, 2 manufacturers, 5 industrial R&D/test centres, 9 national measurement institutes, 5 universities and 5 institutes of applied research.

Most members of the consortium were approached individually for their particular expertise and recognised eminence in their respective fields. (Meetings were held in Berlin and London with prospective members during formulation of the proposal.) The VI will want to establish a reputation for quality, reliability and impartiality and so careful selection of members is very important. Among the considerations for selection were: knowledge and understanding of customer requirements (e.g. suppliers of equipment or consultancy services will have existing customer bases who pay for their products), quality and outreach of their work (do they have a good reputation and serve a wide Europe customer base?) and a track record of successful international collaborative projects.
Each of the members has an active part in the project, as described in Section 3. Other organisations contacted during formulation of this proposal have also expressed interest in contributing and they are identified in the workpackage descriptions as invited members. In addition, provision has been made to recruit further members and participants, primarily from industry, where the organisations concerned bring in specialist skills, knowledge of industrial requirements or other resources not otherwise available from the project team and for which there is VI customer demand.
The institutes that lead WPs 4 to 9 have been chosen because of their excellence in the respective thermal measurement technologies. Their competencies complement each other and the combined skill base covers the whole field of thermal metrology and its applications.
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

No	Member	Name	Country Code	Empl		Main Mission/Business Activity/Technical Expertise	Role and Contribution
1	NPL	National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK		UK	850	National Metrology Institute, thermal measurements, calibration and standards, research and consultancy, training, knowledge transfer, thermal metrology expertise and knowledge transfer infrastructures	Principal contractor Project co-ordinator WP1 leader
2	ARC	ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH		A	400	Materials science/Thermophysical Characterisation	Principal contractor WP 5 leader
3	CNR-IMGC	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metrologia di "G. Colonnetti "- Torino		I	3000	National Metrology Institute, Research Institution, thermal measurements, calibration and standards, research and training, thermophysical properties	Principal contractor WP 6 leader WP 3 Co-leader
4	IKE	University of Stuttgart Institut fuer Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme		D	75	Education/Research/Thermophysical Properties and radiation thermometry	WP 4 leader
5	LNE	Laboratoire National d'Essais, Paris (France)		F	510	National Metrology Institute	Principal contractor WP 8 leader
6	PLG	PLG Consulting		UK	1	Consultant in thermal technology and semiconductor materials	WP 2 leader
7	PTB	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin		D	1550	National Metrology Institute	Principal contractor WP 9 leader WP 3 Co-leader
8	RGU	Robert Gordon University, UK		UK	1500	Providing thermal measurement and modelling support to the food industry	WP member
9	TC	Thermal Consulting Caluire (France)		F	1	Consultant for several thermal companies; specialist in thermal analysis and calorimetry	WP7 leader
10	AP	Air Productsplc Basingstoke		UK	45	Providing Technical Support to the Chilled and Frozen Food Industry	Member
11	BUTE	Technical University Budapest (Hungary)		HU	350	University. Specialism is analytical chemistry, materials characterisation and structural chemistry	Member
12	CAP	Pyrocontrole Chauvin Arnoux		F	72	Manufacturer of high-technology temperature sensors for industry	Member
13	CEM	Centro Español de Metrologia		E	106	National Metrology Institute	Member
14	CERAM	Ceram ResearchBritish Ceranic Research Ltd		UK	180	Providing Technical Support to the Ceramics Industry	Member
15	CNAM-INM	Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers		F	40	National Metrology Institute	Member
16	CNR-IPCF	Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, University of Pisa		I	3000	Research Institution with activities in thermodynamics, calorimetry and thermal analysis	Member
17	DSM	DSM, Geleen (Nederland)		NL	850	Laboratory for industrial thermal analysis	Member
18	IKTS	Institut fur Keramische Technologien und Sinterwerkstoffe		D	110	Materials science and thermophysical properties characterisation	Member
19	INSA	Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon		F	40	Thermal research laboratory linked to University of Lyon and the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS)	Member
20	IPSAS	Institute of Physiscs, Slovak Academy of Sciences		SK	300	Research/Solid state physics/Heat	Member
21	IQS	Chemical Engineering Dept, Institut Quimic de Saria, Barcelona (Spain)		E	100	University laboratory of Reaction and Adiabatic Calorimetry in the Chemical Engineering Department.	Member
22	LMK	University of Ljubljana, Laboratory of Metrology and Quality		Sl	100	Slovenian national standards laboratory for thermometry, based within the university.	Member
23	NF	Nutrifreeze Ltd York		UK	320	Providing Technical Support to the Food Industry	Member
24	OGI	Osterreichisches Giesserei-Institut		A	26	Foundry Research/Numerical Process Simulation / Thermophysical Measurements	Member
25	NMi-VSL			NL	105	National measurement institute	Member
26	RAYTEK	Raytek GmbH		D	100	Manufacturer of Radiation Thermometers	Member
27	RISOE	Risoe National Laboratory		DK	1000	National laboratory with broad-based research in science and technology	Member
28	SMU	Slovak Metrologicky Ustav		SK	150	National Metrological Institute providing calibration of measuring instruments and training for specialists in metrology and measurements	Member
29	SP	Swedish National Testing and Research Institute		S		Research, testing, certification/fire, building, energy technology, thermal measurements	Member
30	TNO	Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research		NL	1000	Research and Development/Development of knowledge to technology transfer/applied physics, materials and process technology	Member
31	TUG	TU Graz, Institut fur Experimentalphysik		A	20	Foundry Research/Numerical Process Simulation / Thermophysical Measurements	Member
32	UNIMI	Italian Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Milano (Italy)		I	2000	University laboratory of calorimetry and thermal analysis devoted to characterisation of food systems and processes	Member
33	UNITO	Chemistry Department, University of Torino (Italy)		I	2000	University laboratory of calorimetry and thermal analysis applied to the study of materials (metals and alloys), catalysis and solution chemistry	Member
34	ZAE	Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research		D	150	A non-profit association, whose members are industrial enterprises, associations, individuals and public institutions. Develops and investigates materials, components and systems for applications in energy technology	Member