In June, Engage 2, the SESAR 3 JU’s Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) officially kicked off. Over the next four years, the network will organise an array of activities aimed at fostering closer ties between academia and industry in the field of ATM research and innovation.
The focus of the KTN will be feeding the findings from the Digital European Sky research and innovation programme into future fundamental and application-oriented research. Supporting this objective will be the Engage WIKI, which will provide a one-stop repository on ATM research, hosting data on from completed SESAR projects.
The KTN will carry out an array of activities to prepare the future aviation workforce, including open days, summer schools, calls for PhD students as well as mentorships for master’s students.
Fostering collaboration between industry and academia will also be the focus of the KTN, which will organise thematic workshops, matchmaking opportunities, and will make available “catalyst” funding to advance concepts towards higher levels of technical readiness levels.
Building upon the achievements of its predecessor, the Engage 2 KTN aims to support the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking in many initiatives, such as SESAR Innovation Days (SIDs) and contribute to the development of the SESAR Digital Academy.
Engage 2 led by Deep Blue can count on the extensive experience in applied research and exploratory research of all its nine partners: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (DE), the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering (RS), Fundacion Instituto de Investigacion Innaxis (ES), Frequentis (AT), EASN Technology Innovation Services (BE), Eurocontrol (BE), the University of Trieste (IT) and the University of Westminster (UK).
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