Objective Improving engine efficiency is a key technological enabler to address future sustainability challenges in Europe, permitting greater energy output from the use of resources, applicable to renewable and non-renewable fuels alike. Concomitant improvements in fuels and lubricants can both increase the efficiency of existing engines and enable the introduction of new, yet more efficient engine concepts to meet future local emissions targets as defined in the recently drafted 'Euro 5' emissions standards.This proposed industry-academia interchange tackles fundamental challenges in understanding mechanisms that will be key to unlocking future improvements in engine efficiency. Long-term collaborative relationships will be established between Shell, the coordinating host organisation and five partner universities - Dublin, Imperial College London, Leeds, Lund, and Stockholm. This will link their collective combustion and lubrication scientific knowledge directly with Shell's longstanding RandD capability in fuel and lubricant formulation. In the first three years, university researchers will participate in multi-disciplinary RandD projects carried out at Shell. An annual one-week workshop will bring together all the participants (researchers, industrial and university supervisors, and an advisory board), enabling new technical synergies to be established. Industry approaches to the commercialisation of knowledge will be conveyed to each university via visits by a senior Shell researcher. To demonstrate commitment to a durable collaboration, Shell will pay for the cost of the researchers' reintegration year. This will assist the universities in the provision of future research services in this field to Shell and to industry as a whole.The project will advance the research capabilities of Shell and a well-established product development pipeline is available to exploit the knowledge as innovative, sustainable, energy efficient products. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuelsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologylubricationnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Keywords EGR NOx reduction additive films auto-ignition mixture preparation particulates rough contacts Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-1.3.2 - Marie Curie Host Fellowships - Transfer of knowledge (TOK) - Industry-Academia Strategic Partnership Scheme Call for proposal FP6-2005-MOBILITY-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme TOK - Marie Curie actions-Transfer of Knowledge Coordinator SHELL RESEARCH LTD. EU contribution No data Address Shell Centre LONDON United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN (ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) Sweden EU contribution No data Address Valhallav 79 STOCKHOLM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LUND UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address Ole Romers v. 1 LUND See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Netherlands EU contribution No data Address EINDHOVEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE PROVOST FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution No data Address College Green DUBLIN 2 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LEEDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITäT KARLSRUHE Germany EU contribution No data Address Kaiserstrasse 12 KARLSRUHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data