Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach Erasmus Project

Project Title

Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

In the last few years, both materials and technologies are becoming one of the leading elements of product design practice as a lever to foster innovation and add value to final products. “Despite the relevance of materials and technologies for advances in many fields, and particularly its importance to the success of the “creative industries”, there is a gap between the creative design of products that meet the needs of the market, and the research and development of new materials and technologies to be used in these products. At the heart of this issue, is the lack of collaboration between researchers and creative industries. (Innovamatnet, February 2013)”In Europe there is a widespread perception of a gap between a high performance in science and a deteriorating industrial competitiveness, labelled as the ‘European paradox’. The decline in competitiveness raises questions as to whether science fails to make the kinds of contributions needed, whether industry lacks the ability to use effectively the knowledge produced in the science sector.”Researchers from University have to develop knowledge that can be transferred and used by industrial worlds, to reason on the no-technological dimension as possibility of the designer and the company to create new experiences and innovation for specific Emerging Materials and Technologies (EM&Ts) and simultaneously to adopt a more entrepreneurial attitude.Based on these ground the project d.EM&Ts (Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach) aims at creating a transnational network among Universities, Research Centres and Organizations in contact with SMEs in order to develop and implement interdisciplinary new methods for both design and engineering students in the field of emerging materials and technologies, and to boost also knowledge and (Emerging Material) technology transfers from academia and research centres to companies and vice-versa.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 994412 Eur

Project Coordinator

POLITECNICO DI MILANO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• FOMENTO DE LAS ARTES Y DEL DISENO ASOCIACIONES
• INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER WEST SWEDEN AB
• CIAPE – CENTRO ITALIANO PER L’APPRENDIMENTO PERMANENTE
• KOBENHAVNS ERHVERVSAKADEMI
• INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE
• FUNDACIO PRIVADA B.C.D. PER LA PROMOCIO DEL DISSENY INDUSTRIAL
• UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA