Database providing access to the High Technology Network's industrial research offering: research competences, type of analyses and tests available at the Laboratories. Companies can consult the Catalogue to find Laboratories and researchers that match their needs.
Competence
Acquisition and pre-processing of signals for model identification
Biomarker identification to assess the effects of bioactive components in humans
Biosensors (enzymes, cells, antibodies,analyte and ions)
Chemical, gas, indoor air quality sensors, Lab-on-Chip
Continuous-time and discrete-time mathematical modeling of systems and processes
Detectors of ionizing radiation (X-rays, gamma, radon)
Discrete events mathematical modeling of systems and processes
Effects of industrial processes on the nutritional qualities of foods
Electrical, power and magnetic sensors
Energy harvesting
Evaluation of dietary habits of the population in order to identify risk behaviours and prevention strategies
Evaluation of the interactions between food matrix and bioactive components
Evaluation of the organoleptic characteristics of food bioactive components and related food
Evaluation of the physical, chemical, and microbial characteristics of products
Extraction of bioactive components from food waste (polyphenols, omega3 and omega6 fatty acids)
Finite element simulation (FEM)
Formal languages for systems modeling (Unified Modeling Language-UML and SysML-System Modeling Language)
Functional compounds characterization from raw materials, ingredients, food and food industry left-overs
Human studies for the validation of nutritional/health claims (including analysis of biological samples and statistical analysis of the results)
Identification of models and parameters estimation
Infinite-dimensional mathematical modeling of systems
Integrated electronics of control and front-end, with analysis of the accuracy of the acquisition chain
Market survey and consumer trends towards functional foods
Mathematical modelling for product/process optimization
Mechanical sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, strain gauges, microphones); Tactile , force, torque sensors. Doppler laser sensors
Modeling of the collision of bodies in mechanical systems
Non-parametric modeling (neural networks, etc.)
Optical sensors, waveguides and photonic structures, optics fibers
Optimization of raw material selection for food processing/products
Packaging integration
Packaging, designing and testing: choice of the proper materials for the desired product
Packaging, designing and testing: shelf-life evaluation of food products and bioactive components
Preparation of the nutritional/health claims application
Satellite sensors (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo ....)
Selection of nutritional/health claims according to EU Regulation
Sensors for flow, flow rate and pressure of liquids and gases, and for microfluidics
Sensors for thermodynamic parameters (temperature and heat flow)
Set up of in vitro methods and animal models for the evaluation of the health effects of food bioactive components
Signal interface integration, wireless systems and wireless sensor networks
Simulation for discrete events models