Kick-off meeting of the DETMED project

On the 24th of October the Kick-off meeting of the DETMED project took place in the Lusofona University in Lisbon – a project that is funded by the European Commission Executive Research Agency, and Coordinated by Professor Svitlana Lyubchyk* of Lusófona University.

The DETMED main objective is the development of a new generation of highly sensitive gamma detectors and, as a result, the creation of an improved detection device. The aim of the project is to develop a high-precision, more compact prototype gamma probe for surgical operations.

This project counts with the participation of multiple European and international partners (research institutions and universities), that were present at the meeting, such as: Cascatachuva LDA (Portugal), Plzni University (Czechia), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry NASU (Ukraine), Nanomaterials Research & Development (Poland); Technical University of Dortmund (Germany), Elmék Mozgásban Alapítvány (Hungary), Institut Jozef Stefan (Slovenia), SETM Limited Liability Company (Azerbaijan), Institute of Radiation Problems (Azerbaijan).

At the meeting, several conditions inherent to the partnership between the organizations were discussed, as well as future networking events necessary for the continuation of the project. This meeting was also especially important for coordinating the partners and the tasks to be carried out by each one of them to reach the important milestones in the field of research, as well as to discuss the future steps to be taken in the project.

*Svitlana Lyubchyk is a researcher at RCM2+ and a lecturer on the Master's course in Industrial Engineering and Management (MEGI).