As announced in the previous post, on the 11th of April, the whole SENSOTERIC consortium met in Dresden, hosted by NaMLab and TU Dresden, to kick-off the project activities in a dense-scheduled, full-day meeting.
In the beautiful location of the modern Hermann-Krone-Bau, located at TU Dresden campus, the team had first of all the chance to get to know each other and build the first connections.
After some informal welcome greetings, the participants listened to the words of the European Commission representative, Mr. Rajbenbach, who shared positive comments and encouragements about the project. Right after, Prof. Thomas Mikolajick, scientific director of NaMLab and Head of the Chair of Nanoelectronics at TU Dresden, introduced NaMLab’s history and philosophy to the participants, discussing how the institute’s mission and vision intersect the project activities.
The technical discussion then started, with Dr.-Ing. Jens Trommer (NaMLab), project coordinator, giving a general introduction to the project and discussing the initial status and the foreseen actions for the WP1: RFETs as CMOS Add-On.
The morning went smoothly through with the presentations of Dr.-Ing. Walter Weber (TU Vienna) on WP2: NDR RFETs, Dr. Chhandak Mukherjee (University of Bordeaux) on WP3: Device Modelling, and Prof. Klaus Hofmann (TU Darmstadt) on WP4: Functional Circuit Elements.
A lunch break followed, where all the participants had the chance to refuel while informally discuss about their interactions within the project. A short tour of NaMLab’s state-of-the-art facilities was also offered by the host institute, before heading back to the meeting location.
The afternoon started with the presentations about WP5: Analog Front-End and WP6: Sensor Use-Case Demonstration, given by Prof. Eugenio Cantatore (TU Eindhoven) and Prof. Sandro Carrara (EPFL), respectively. After these last two technical work packages, Giulio Galderisi (NaMLab) and Claudia Hawke (TU Dresden) presented about WP7: Dissemination and Exploitation and WP8: Project Management, respectively.
Excited by the discussion and the preliminary idea and results shared by the project partners, the group moved to the fabulous Old City (Altstadt) of Dresden where everybody got the chance to taste some of the best dishes of the local cuisine while keeping the scientific discussion and interaction informally lively.
Tired, but conscious of the great work achieved during the day, the participants headed back to their accommodation for the night.