E-NOSE Kick-off Meeting in Novi Sad
On the 7th of October, the Kick-off meeting of E-NOSE took place in Novi Sad, Serbia. E-NOSE is a project funded by the European Commission Executive Research Agency, and coordinated by Tamara Erceg, Dean of the Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad. E-NOSE (Acquisition and Modification of Hierarchically Nanostructured Oxide Active Materials for Advanced Biological Gas Sensor Project) aims to develop next-generation gas sensors using cutting-edge nanotechnology: highly sensitive and fast 'Electronic Nose' devices. But the project goes beyond sensor development — we are envisioning a novel global security system that integrates these sensors into mobile communication devices, enabling highly localized detection of threats like epidemic outbreaks, fires, and terrorist activities. This project counts with the participation of multiple European and international partners (research institutions, enterprises and universities), that were present at the meeting, namely: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad (Serbia), NanoTechCenter (Ukraine), Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University (Turkey), Nanomaterials Research & Development (Poland), Associação DeepTechLab (Portugal), NanoPhoenix (Italy), Institute of Materials Science Of Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences (Uzbekistan), Institute of Radiation Problems (Azerbaijan), and Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Sports Medicine (Uzbekistan). 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.
E-NOSE 1st Workshop at the ODAE 2025 Conference in Turkey
The E-NOSE 1st Workshop was held on September 4, 2025, in Ölüdeniz, Turkey, as part of the international event ODAE – “Open Dialog in Applied Engineering 2025”, co-organized by DeepTechLab (DTL, PT) and Lusófona University. The conference was conducted as an in-person event, with online participation also made available, thereby ensuring broad accessibility and engagement throughout Europe and beyond. The integration of the E-NOSE Workshop into ODAE 2025 created an important opportunity to present and disseminate the project’s results to a wider international and multidisciplinary audience, including representatives of other EU-funded consortia. ODAE 2025 brought together researchers, engineers, and scientists from across the world to exchange insights on recent progress in engineering and its applications to societal and medical challenges. The event also acted as a cross-project platform, offering visibility to results from several other EU initiatives, including INNMEDSCAN (101086178), DETMED (101129879), PhytoAPP (101007642), CATCHER (101046307), EWALD (101086250), and HSAFE (101232577).
The conference addressed recent achievements, established practices, and new directions mainly in applied engineering, while also covering a range of additional and related scientific themes. Its objectives included promoting interdisciplinary dialogue, enabling networking opportunities, and supporting the sustainability of EU-funded projects. Furthermore, the event contributed to capacity-building by involving early- career researchers and PhD students, some of whom presented their work. The E-NOSE Workshop, held on September 4th, was organized in two parts: a Consortium Round Table, chaired by NANOTECHCENTER (NTC, UA), which focused on reviewing overall project progress. Topics included project management, deliverables, mobility activities, as well as communication and dissemination efforts; Scientific Lectures integrated into the ODAE 2025 program, including:
- “E-NOSE: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad”, Prof. Tamara Erceg (FTNS, RS)
- “Assessment of Two-Dimensional Borophene as a Candidate Material for Sensor-Based Applications”, Prof. Dr. Mirac Kamislioglu (BANU, TK)
- “NanoPhoenix Smart Surfaces for Electrochemical Liquid Biopsy Platforms: Toward Scalable Point-of-Care Diagnostics”, Dr. Pietro Capaldi (NPH, IT)
- “The first measurements of human exhalation by a projected nanopowder multisensory”, Prof. Zhanna Mezentseva (IMS, UZ)
- “Nanopowder E-Nose technology: the current state of affairs”, Prof. Alexandr Doroskevich (IMS, UZ)
- “DeepTechLab: Current state of the art. Perspectives for the development”, Prof. Svitlana Lyubchyk (DTL, PT)
