PETER — Pan-European Training, research and education network on Electromagnetic Risk management

Results in brief

Pan-European Training, research and education network on Electromagnetic Riskmanagement

Sophisticated electronic technologies are increasingly used in mission- and safety-critical systems where electromagnetic interference (EMI) can result in substantial risks to people and the environment. Traditionally, EMI engineering have been following a rule-based approach, which is unable to cope with complex modern situations. With this rule-based approach, during the design stage, guidelines are prescribed, which result in the application of a set of mitigation techniques, which are verified in the finished product against existing standards. This rule-based approach is costly, but with no guarantee of the required performance. What is needed is a truly interdisciplinary – but also revolutionary – approach to this very serious problem. More specifically, one needs to bring together expertise from 4 key areas – electromagnetic compatibility, reliability engineering, functional safety and risk management – and implement a risk-based EMC approach, which was the goal of the PETER project. Why is it important for society? The shift from the traditional "rule-based" approach to the innovative "risk-based" approach in EMI management is crucial for ensuring the safety and reliability of modern high-tech systems, especially in critical applications such as medical systems and electric/autonomous vehicles. The inherent flaws in the rule-based approach, such as uncertainties about the adequacy of mitigation strategies and standards lagging behind technological advancements, pose serious risks to system dependability. The interdisciplinary and revolutionary nature of the risk-based approach proposed by the PETER consortium aims to comprehensively address EMI issues throughout a system's entire lifecycle, providing safer and more systems through hazard-and-risk analysis, risk reduction, and robust verification and validation processes. What were the overall objectives? PETER, the Pan-European Training, research and education network on ElectroMagnetic Risk Management, played a crucial role in facilitating an interdisciplinary and revolutionary approach to address the significant shortcomings of the rule-based approach with respect to EMI. In order to achieve this objective a group of 15 highly skilled early-stage researchers (ESRs) investigated and developed hazard-and-risk analysis techniques (WP1), effective EMI risk-reduction methods (WP2), improved verification-and-validation approaches (WP3), and applied the EMI risk-management methodology in industry-driven case studies across various sectors and design levels (WP4).

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Project objective

Sophisticated electronic technologies are increasingly used in mission- and safety-critical systems where electromagnetic interference (EMI) can result in substantial risks to people and the environment. Currently, EMI engineering follows a rule-based approach, which is unable to cope with complex modern situations. With this rules-based approach, during the design stage, guidelines are prescribed, which result in the application of a set of mitigation techniques, which are verified in the finished product against standards. This rule-based approach is costly, but with no guarantee of the required performance. This is particularly so for sensitive medical applications or the full-autonomous systems that are becoming ever-more common in our society. What we need is a risk-based approach, which is what PETER, the Pan-European Training, Research & Education Network on Electromagnetic Risk Management, will provide. PETER will train 15 young engineers in topics related to the development of high-tech systems that maintain reliability and safety over their full life-cycle, despite complex EMI, such as in hospitals or transport systems. This will be achieved using best practices and state-of-the-art EM engineering, reliability engineering, functional safety, risk management and system engineering, to create the risk-based EMC approach. The multidisciplinary, multinational doctoral training program will provide the researchers with experience and allow them to develop and in time lead their own area of research. PETER is closely aligned with the high-priority areas of the EU, addressing many Horizon 2020 thematics, e.g., Industrial Leadership (Advanced manufacturing and processing), Societal Challenges (Smart, green and integrated transport; Secure, clean and efficient energy) and Excellent Science. But the most important output of PETER will be 15 highly qualified people who have been trained to tackle many of the problems now being faced by European industry.

Original text from CORDIS.

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KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · LeuvenCoordinatorBelgium
BARCO NV · KortrijkBelgium
BUNDESMINISTERIUM DER VERTEIDIGUNG · BonnGermany
Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd · OldhamUnited Kingdom
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY · LeicesterUnited Kingdom
FCS FLIGHT CALIBRATION SERVICES GMB · BraunschweigGermany
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · MunchenGermany
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER · HannoverGermany
HORIBA MIRA LIMITED · NuneatonUnited Kingdom
L'ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE L'ELECTRONIQUE DE L'OUEST · AngersFrance
LLOYD'S REGISTER EMEA · LONDONUnited Kingdom
MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES · TESSENDERLO-HAMBelgium
NV NEDERLANDSCHE APPARATENFABRIEK NEDAP · GroenloNetherlands
RH MARINE NETHERLANDS BV · SchiedamNetherlands
STICHTING MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE · EnschedeNetherlands
THALES NEDERLAND BV · Hengelo OvNetherlands
UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · EnschedeNetherlands
UNIVERSITY OF YORK · YORK NORTH YORKSHIREUnited Kingdom
VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE · CRETEILFrance

PETER · Pan-European Training, research and education network on Electromagnetic Risk management

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Pan-European Training, research and education network on Electromagnetic Riskmanagement

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