New project making Intelligentsia dizzy!

25 September 2018 

Intelligentsia Consultants is proud to announce the official launch of project SPINTECH, which has been awarded a total funding of 1 million € in the framework of the Twinning call of the EU H2020 Widening work programme. Together with the D. Ghiţu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies (IEEN) in Moldova, Intelligentsia Consultants led the preparation of the proposal.

The kick-off meeting for the project was held on September 20th, 2018 on the premises of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research in Chișinău. The meeting saw the participation of Moldovan representatives of the project’s Advisory Board as well as of the Moldovan Minister of Education, Culture and Research Monica Babuc and the Secretary of State Elena Belei.

The project, which will have a total duration of 3 years (01.09.18 - 31.08.21), aims at boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in spintronics of the D. Ghiţu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies (IEEN) through collaboration and staff exchange with two highly experienced partners: the University of Stockholm in Sweden and the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Spintronics is a new field of research and engineering exploiting the influence of intrinsic electron spin on electrical transport. It is a rapidly developing area that allows insight into fundamental spin-dependent physical properties and exponentially expanding practical applications — such as the read head sensors for hard drives and memory elements for computers.