Url	http://www.cimne.com/webcimne/sigpro/Ficha.aspx?id=674
Acronym	TERRE
Project title	Training Engineers and Researchers to Rethink geotechnical Engineering for a low carbon future
Official Website	http://www.terre-etn.com/
Reference	675762
Principal investigator	Enrique Edgar ROMERO MORALES - enrique.romero-morales@upc.edu
Start date	01/11/2015	End date	31/10/2019
Coordinator	UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Consortium members	CIMNE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT INRA UNINA UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITE DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CASSINO E DEL LAZIO MERIDIONALE ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT LimitState Limited NOBATEK KEMPFERT GEOTECHNIK GMBH
Program	H2020 (2014-2020)	Call	H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015
Subprogram	MSCA-Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions	Category	Europeo
Funding body(ies)	EC	Grant	389.296,57 €
Abstract	TERRE aims to develop novel geo-technologies to address the competitiveness challenge of the European construction industry in a low carbon agenda. It will be delivered through an inter-sectoral and intra-European coordinated PhD programme focused on carbon-efficient design of geotechnical infrastructure. Industry and Research in the construction sector have been investing significantly in recent years to produce innovative low-carbon technologies. However, little innovation has been created in the geo-infrastructure industry, which is lagging behind other construction industry sectors. TERRE aims to close this gap through a network-wide training programme carried out by a close collaboration of eleven Universities and Research Centres and three SMEs. It is structured to provide a balanced combination of fundamental and applied research and will eventually develop operational tools such as software for low-carbon geotechnical design and a Decision Support System for infrastructure project appraisal. The research fellows will be involved in inter-sectoral and intra-European projects via enrolment in 8 ‘Joint-Awards’ and 7 ‘Industrial’ PhDs. The research fellows will be trained in low-carbon design by developing novel design concepts including eco-reinforced geomaterials, ‘engineered’ vegetation, engineered soil-atmosphere interfaces, biofilms, shallow geothermal energy and soil carbon sequestration. Distinctive features of TERRE are the supervision by an inter-sectoral team and the orientation of the research towards technological applications. Training at the Network level includes the development of entrepreneurial skills via a special programme on ‘Pathways to Research Enterprise’ to support the research fellows in establishing and leading spin-out companies after the end of the project.