Panther project

AUT was a partner of the PANTHER project which was awarded under Erasmus Mundus Action II. The project managed scholarship programmes funded by the European Commission. It was a co-operation and mobility scheme in the area of higher education co-operation launched by the Europe Aid Cooperation Office and implemented by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA). The project offered PhD, postdoc and staff scholarships for citizens of the European Union, Australia and New Zealand. The main objective of the project was to develop research collaborations between European Union, Australian and New Zealand universities with a focus on engineering and technology. The programme was open for European Union, Australian and New Zealand citizens only.

The 8 universities involved in this programme were:

• Warsaw University of Technology (programme coordinator - Poland)
• Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
• University of the Basque Country (Spain)
• Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
• Griffith University (Australia)
• University of New South Wales (Australia)
• Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)

The programme was focused on exchange in four research areas:

• Aeronautics and astronautics
• Power, renewable energy and new energy sources
• Sensing technologies
• Automation and control systems

Flyer for Panther project

Scholarship recipients

• Associate Professor Josu Maiora Oria from the University of The Basque Country, Spain (May-June 2018)
• Dr Teresa Guray from the University of The Basque Country, Spain (July-September 2017)
• Dr Milán Magdics from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (December 2017 - June 2018)
• Unai Zalabarria Pena from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (September 2017 - June 2018)
• Dr Eloy Irigoyen from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (December 2017 - May 2018)
• Jesús López Lobo from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (November 2017 - April 2018)
• Ibai Laña Aurrekoetxea from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (November 2017 - April 2018)
• Bálint Petró from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (November 2017 - June 2018)
• Imanol Bilbao-Quintana from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (October 2017 - April 2018)
• Urtats Etxegarai Susaeta from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (October 2017 - April 2018)
• Alaitz Etxabide Etxeberria from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (September 2017 - July 2018)
• David Berke from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (July-December 2017)
• Piotr Maciag from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (September 2015 - July 2018)
• Aleksy Barcz from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (October 2016 - July 2017)
• Magdalena Górska from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (September 2016 - March 2017)
• Gianni Goretti from the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (September 2016 - March 2017)
• Dr Piotr Grzybowski from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (September 2016 - February 2017)
• Associate Professor Eva Portillo from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (June-July 2016)
• Associate Professor Maciej Ławryńczuk from the Warsaw University a f Technology, Poland (February-March 2016)
• Associate Professor Grzegorz Borowik from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (December 2015 - September 2016)
• Ander Arriandiaga from the University of the Basque Country, Spain (October 2015 - April 2016)
• Jakub Weclawski from the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (October 2015 - August 2016)
• Professor Aidan Duffy, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (May-August 2016)