In February 2014 a severe icing storm hit Slovenia, and caused damage in order of 8.5 million € only on the power transmission network. In cooperation with Milan Vidmar Electric Power Research Institute (EIMV) and Slovenian Environment Agency (SEA) we developed and validated a DTRi model (Dynamic Thermal Rating - icing), which was implemented as a prototype system for operative forecasting and prevention of icing on high voltage transmission lines. We have validated the prototype system with measurements on an experimental site and through reconstruction of two real cases, on 1.2.2014 and 5.1.2016 on Beričevo-Divača line. The results of the study are promising, and therefore the customer decided to promote the system into the operative SUMO environment. For this purpose we also obtained additional founding from EU FP7 TETRACOM project. Both projects are led by members of our program group, while the customer is the company ELES.
F.09 Development of a new technological process or technology
A FWO project "Multi-analysis of fretting fatigue using physical and virtual experiments" ("Multifaceted analysis of fretting fatigue with physical and virtual experiments"), submitted in cooperation with the University of Ghent and the University of Luxembourg, was granted. Our team is responsible for an important work package dedicated to the design and implementation of methodologies based on the local mesh free methods. Applying these methods, we simulate crack propagation in realistic situations, which enable a closer link between optimization and simulation, which may lead to a more reliable and efficient simulation of cracks propagation due to the fatigue. With such an approach, we introduce a new research methodology that promises to outperform the currently known methods.
F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology
Jožef Stefan Institute has registered the technological innovation "System for mobile monitoring of vital physiological parameters and environmental context". Such a system offers solutions for the optimization of health and medical service budgets of Slovenia and EU. The innovation comprises a small wireless body gadget with the corresponding firmware, the software on a personal digital terminal, the software on a computer server or computer cloud, and innovative algorithms and procedures that are enabling the whole system. This innovation was successfully sold to the company SIMED d.o.o., with which we have signed also the intention to continue the cooperation in the area of research, development, and marketing of body sensor gadgets and computer systems that connect them.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
In 2015, we have received the Technology Transfer Award from HiPEAC (European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation). We have been awarded for the transfer of research results into industry in the scope of the TETRACOM project - Wearable Multifunctional Body Sensor (MedSens). The project demonstrated an extraordinary collaboration between an academic partner – JSI and an industrial partner – SIMED. The academic partner has developed an advanced technology and software for a multifunctional unobtrusive wireless body sensor. The industrial partner established a spin-off company, Saving d.o.o, for taking over the production, marketing and selling of the body sensors and all related services and applications in medicine, veterinary, sport and eldercare. The final outcome of the technology transfer is a medically certified device ready for mass production and further industrialization.
E.02 International awards
Organisation of an International conference “DC VIS/Distributed Computinf, Visualization and Biomedical Engineering” under the roof of the international multi-conference MIPRO 2015, May 25-29 2015, Opatija, Croatia. DC VIS conference has a history of more than 10 years. It has been expanded with biomedical focus, two years ago. In 2015, the conference gathered a critical mass of accepted contributions (30), which enable it to be recognised as an engineering event that brings together the researchers from Central Europe and beyond. Its recognition has been affirmed by inclusion of accepted contributions into the IEEE Xplore database.
B.02 Presiding over the programming board of a conference