Currents projects
EUBURN-RISK: Improving the capacity to prevent direct and indirect risks linked to forest fires
Principal Researcher UPC: Ronan Paugam
Funding organisation: European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) via the Interreg SUDOE (South-West Europe) transnational cooperation programme (2021–2027). Interreg Sudoe
Researchers: Ronan Paugam, Eulàlia Planas, Adriana Enache
Entities: Météo-France, Direction de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (DESR), Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM – UMR 3589) - Cyrielle Denjean, Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Agencia de Seguridad y Gestión Integral de Emergencias de Andalucía, Subdirección General de INFOCA, Universidade de Évora, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada (IIFA), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Escuela de Ingeniería de Barcelona Este, Departamento de Ingenieria Química, Universidad de Valladolid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física Teórica, Atómica y Óptica, Centre national de la recherche scientifique - Délégation Rhône Auvergne, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermond-Ferrand, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Instituto de Ciencias Forestales (ICIFOR) - Departamento de Dinámica y Gestión Forestal
Period: June 2025 – March 2028
Webpage: https://euburn.aeris-data.fr/
Desarrollo de un Nuevo Marco de Evaluación de Riesgos Inteligente y Dinámico mediante el uso de IA y CFD
Principal Researcher: Eulàlia Planas
Funding organisation: Spanish State Research Agency
Researchers: Eulàlia Planas, Elsa Pastor, Pascale Vacca, Alba Àgueda, Ronan Paugam, Jaime Folch, Agustin Corruchaga, Artemis Papadaki
Entities: CERTEC, CER-H2
Period: September 2024 – December 2026
FIREPRIME - European Program for Wildfire-Prepared Communities
Coordinator: Elsa Pastor
Funding organisations: European Commission, DG ECHO (European Civil Protection Authority)
Researchers: Eulàlia Planas, Pascale Vacca, Simona Dossi, Alba Àgueda, Xavier Franch, Marc Oriol, Lídia López
Entities: CERTEC-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (COO), Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Period: February 2024 – January 2026
Webpage: https://fireprime.eu/
VERA - Vulnerable elements and risk assessment
Principal Researcher : Alba Àgueda
Funding organisation: European Commission
Researchers: Eulàlia Planas, Elsa Pastor, Pascale Vacca, Simona Dossi
Entities: Meteogrid (COO), CERTEC-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI - Portugal), Universidade de Aveiro, Protecció Civil, Vost.PT, Entente pour la fôret Méditerranéenne (EPLFM)
Period: February 2024 – January 2026
Webpage: https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/projects/vera
PROSAFE - Smart Integration of Process Systems Engineering & Machine Learning for Improved Process Safety in Process Industries
Principal Researcher: Eulàlia Planas
Funding organisation: European Commission
Researchers: Elsa Pastor, Alba Àgueda
Entities: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU, COO), CERTEC-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NOVOTEC, Koç Üniversitesi, KAIROS, RISKTEC, Port de Barcelona, Columbia Engineering, Imperial College London
Period: January 2024 - December 2027
Webpage: https://prosafe.dtu.dk/





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