Rethink innovation, think Tudor. CRP Henri Tudor presents its activities and research domains as well as its innovation approach and values. Take a look at our presentation leaflet available in English.

1. As a leader in research and innovation in Luxembourg, the Public
Research Centre Henri Tudor mobilises its competences in advanced
materials, environmental and healthcare technologies, information
and communication technologies, as well as in business organisation
and management, to respond to identified needs in the market and
society.
RETHINK INNOVATION
THINK TUDOR
Innovating together

2. Our approach
towards innovation
The term innovation is difficult to understand, not because innovation covers
a broad range of meaning, but because it is a meeting point between different
“worlds”.
A bridge between science, technology and the market
Applied research at Tudor is characterised by the three pillars which make up our brand: science,
technology and the market. This means that we draw from science
the potential for technological and organisational innovation to
Technological capacity
provide solutions which address the needs of national and international
markets. Thus, we clearly position ourselves as a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO). We have been a member of the European
Association of RTOs (www.earto.org) since 2007.
Essential multidisciplinarity
Our day-to-day experience shows us that in order for a technological
innovation to be sustainable, it cannot be limited to technology alone. It
also has to take into account human, organisational, legal and economic
concerns. As a result, we believe in a largely multidisciplinary approach.
Open innovation and networking
INNOVATION
Organisational
capacity
Human
capacity
At Tudor, we see innovation as a collaborative process of co-conception.
It goes without saying that one of our main concerns is to ensure that you have access to quality technologies and
innovative methods. And rather than limiting ourselves to technology transfer, we also work with you to increase
your capacity for innovation. More and more, the success of an innovation depends on the interaction between
internal and external corporate stakeholders. As a result, we believe that our success is also tied to our relational
skills and openness to networks involving final beneficiaries, service and technology providers, as well as
normative or regulatory institutions and research actors.
Thus, we favour multidisciplinary interactions to generate innovative knowledge and savoir-faire within
networks, while respecting the position and intellectual property of each stakeholder. This suggests an
alignment of our interests with those of all of our stakeholders. Of course, this open approach goes
hand in hand with our capacity to enter into a bilateral partnership with a partner wishing his
own innovations to be subject to a high level of confidentiality.

3. -03Who we are
The Public Research Centre Henri Tudor has been a key player in applied
research in Luxembourg since 1987. It is our understanding that applied
research is the development of useful and sustainable solutions based on
scientifically validated methods and technologies. We position ourselves as
as an essential link between research and society, on a national, regional and
European scale.
We are committed to working with you to achieve common goals. At the
heart of our approach is a spirit of openness, interdisciplinarity and
partnership. It allows us to extend our expertise and stimulate our creativity in close collaboration with national and international stakeholders
of research and innovation. It ensures that we will be able to meet your
expectations thanks to the support of many networks of partners from the
business world and, more generally, society as a whole.
In a nutshell, we INNOVATE for you and with you, in order to:
• increase the economic competitiveness of big businesses, firms and
SMEs;
• strengthen social structure by anticipating and assisting social changes.
OUR VALUES
Scientificity | Openness
Utility | Responsibility
Creativity | Expertise
As a public research centre, we affirm our responsibility to our stakeholders
and we approach innovation with a view towards sustainable development
in economic, social and environmental terms.

4. -04What we do
At Tudor, we combine exploratory science with the realities of society and the
business and industrial world. Our mission is to conduct scientific research, to
innovate and to provide scientific support to national policies.
Research projects
Our scientific research activity is funded by competitive European programmes,
the National Research Fund (FNR), certain public administrations as well as
industrial and academic partners, particularly within the framework of contractual
research.
Types of activity
We offer integrated services relating
to innovation through the following research
activities in science and technology:
• applied and experimental research, including within the
framework of European programmes;
• PhD research, post-PhD and academic collaborations;
Innovation services
• development of tools, methods, labels, certification and standards;
Faced with the multiplicity of economic needs, industrial challenges and societal
concerns, useful innovation can take many forms. While it appears to be essential
to structure our service offer and limit our scope, we believe in remaining open
and flexible. For us, this is the best way of delivering solutions that you would
rightfully expect from a research and innovation centre like Tudor.
• assistance and transfer of knowledge and technology;
Scientific support of national policies
Finally, our mission is also to act as a support for innovation and research with
respect to defining, implementing and assessing national policies.
• advice and monitoring services via the Technology Watch Centre
(CVT);
• pre-incubation of businesses thanks to our high-tech TECHNOPORT®
incubator.
We also find it particularly important to transfer knowledge via
lifelong learning. Thus, all year long, our Knowledge Transfer
& Training Centre (SITec®) offers dozens of skills training
opportunities tailored to your needs. We also offer several
Master’s Degrees through our national and international
academic partnerships.

5. -05Research domains
Our research departments have developed competencies in:
• advanced materials technologies
• environmental technologies
• healthcare technologies
• information and communication technologies
• business organisation and management
Scientific Domains
Advanced Materials
& Structures (AMS)
ProduCts & Services
• Innovative Polymer-based Materials
• Design of Functional & Intelligent Materials
• Composite Materials
• Material Characterisation
• Modelling & Numerical Simulation
• Smart Coatings
• Mechanical & Thermal Testing
Resource Centre
for Environmental
Technologies (CRTE)
• Environmental Evaluation &
Management
• Environmental Policy Support
• Environmental Systems Engineering
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Environmental Modelling
• Environmental Indicators
• Clean Technologies
• Ecodesign
Resource Centre for
Healthcare Technologies
(SANTEC)
• Biomedical Engineering & Imaging
• Integrated Health Solutions
• Telematics & Home Care
• e-Health
• Bio-mechatronics & Rehabilitation
• Health Technology Assessment
• Advanced Health Informatics
• Knowledge Engineering
• Interoperability
• Data Protection & Security
• Public Health
Service Science
& Innovation (SSI)
• Innovation Economics & Service Valuation
• Open Innovation Management
• Innovation Management:
Organisation & People
• Procurement & Sourcing
• Business Process & Service Engineering
• Service Governance
• Knowledge-Intensive Systems & Services
• Business Service Design & Alignement
• Software-Intensive Services Engineering
• User-centric Design
• Project, Programme & Portfolio Management
• Service Management & Continuous Improvement
• Talent Management
• Security & Continuity

6. -06We innovate for you
We don’t just do research for the sake of research. Our ambition is to contribute to the increased competitiveness of businesses, industries and public
organisations in a practical and measurable way. In order to truly meet your
expectations, we anticipate, identify and clarify the needs of the market, by
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
CONSTRUCTION
ECOTECHNOLOGY
MOBILITY
TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICES
INNOFINANCE
HUMAN CAPITAL
entering into dialogue with professional associations. We took a step further
in this direction by setting up participative governance surrounding priority
innovation markets for Luxembourg in 2011.
New functional and intelligent materials
Eco-design, products life cycle management
Energy optimisation and renewable energies
Process optimisation
New communication tools for construction projects
Process improvement within construction projects
Sustainable construction
New materials for construction
Innovative technologies for wastewater treatment
Renewable energies and technologies with optimised energy performance
Innovative materials for environmental technologies
ICT for sustainable mobility
Clean technologies for mobility
Sectoral strategy for transport and European integration
Innovative and sustainable supply chains
Co-modal transport
Advanced ICT applied to the health care sector, e-Health
Process, semantic and technical interoperability in health care
Biomedical engineering and regulatory affairs
Feasibility studies, development, validation and analysis in public health
New services, e-services and e-infrastructures for the public sector
Innovation in public management and policy support
Organisation and change management in the public sector
Interoperability and European integration of public services
Innovation in the financial services
Impact analysis of public policies and regulations applicable to the financial sector
Operational risk management and performance measurement
ICT applied to learning and evaluation
Anticipatory skills management
Innovation in the strategic management of human capital
Individual and collective excellence of human capital

7. -07Collaborate with us
Are you interested in collaborating with us? You can count on our commitment to a co-constructive and interdisciplinary approach. Your satisfaction is a fundamental aspect of our success. We aim to foster lasting partnerships based on trust, honesty and communication, thanks to structured project management
and continual improvements.
To ensure efficient collaboration, we aim to be attentive and provide a tailored approach. We offer you five types of collaboration.
1. Collaborative research
• Identification of common interests,
joint design and implementation
• Joint financial participation
and risk-taking
• Possible national or European cofinancing
• Sharing of results and profits
2. Research services
• A customised offer and Tudor’s innovation
capacity dedicated to meeting your R&D needs
• Company investments
• Possible national or European co-financing
5. Researchers available or welcomed
• Highly-qualified staff (PhDs, postdocs, research
engineers) at your disposal or your personnel
interested in training welcomed at Tudor
• You hold the material rights to the results and
profits of the collaboration
• Calculation of your investment on a commercial
ratebase
• Identification of common interests, joint design and
implementation
• Joint financial participation and risk-taking
• Possible national or European co-financing
• Sharing of results and profits
3. Innovative services delivery
• Services with an innovative impact for your activity
and defined in a commercial offer established at
the beginning of the collaboration
• Possible national co-financing
4. Networking
• Joint participation in innovation
networks
• Possible national or European
co-financing
• Sharing of results
• You hold the material rights to the results and
profits of the collaboration
• Calculation of your investment on a commercial
ratebase
• Possibility to work at cost or at a fixed price

8. -08-
Our motivation
Applied research is a doubly demanding discipline.
On the one hand, there is the scientific requirement of the tools and
the method, and on the other hand, the requirement to produce
results that can be exploited by the market and society.
Our commitment lies precisely in our capacity to meet this double
requirement for your satisfaction.
Over our 25 years of activity, our interdisciplinary approach and the quality
of our research have contributed to Tudor’s international influence
and more generally that of the Luxembourg scientific community.
Over the same period, we have developed a wide variety of innovative
solutions for a large number of sectors of society and the economy. The
commitment and skills of our collaborators have allowed us to establish
ourselves as a leading player in innovation in Luxembourg and the Greater
Region. Some projects in particular have had a decisive impact for businesses
and public organisations.
Our capacity for innovation and the recognized utility of the solutions we
develop represent the driving force behind our work. We are all the more
proud that the relevance of our work has been regularly acclaimed by our
clients and partners.
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9. -09A few flagship projects
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4
Tudor has developed a patented telemedicine system for cardiac
deficiency which has the distinctive feature of measuring Pulse Transit Time
(PTT). Set up at home, the MONICARD device sends data to the doctor
who, noticing an anomaly, can contact the patient to adapt their medication. This technology, which has been transferred to the spin-off Monitor-it,
may result in fewer hospital stays and reduced medical costs.
Upon request of the Superior Council for Sustainable Development
(www.csdd.lu), Tudor calculated the ecological footprint of Luxembourg
and its inhabitants. An ecological footprint is a consumption indicator
calculated for a given country or nation and expressed in terms of the virtual
surface (global hectares) needed to cover these consumption needs, including CO 2 emissions. Tudor’s calculation of this footprint was based on the
Global Footprint Network methodology, while adapting it to the specificities
of a small country (e.g. workers from neighbouring countries, fuel exports).
The results show that Luxembourg’s inhabitants consume 12 global hectares
on average while only 2 are available on a world scale. If every inhabitant
consumed the way Luxembourg’s inhabitants do, we would need 6 planet
Earths to meet all of their needs.
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The TAO ® computer-assisted testing platform, developed with the
University of Luxembourg, is used by more than 130,000 users in over
36 countries for various OECD surveys such as the PIACC (Programme of
International Assessment of Adult Competencies) and the PISA (Programme
for International Student Assessment).
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The DeStenEE project, undertaken in collaboration with the National
Institute of Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology of Luxembourg,
focuses on biocompatible metal implants knowns as stents. They are used,
for example, to keep arteries open in the event of angioplasty and to reduce
the frequency of artery constrictions (stenosis). This project aims to improve
the design of such implants in order to optimise these procedures and
reduce complications caused by unexpected ruptures. Computer-assisted
prototyping and virtual testing of stents will make it possible to considerably reduce their production cost and shorten their time to market. (Image:
modelled stent)
Created by Tudor, CRTI-B and professional representatives of the
construction sector (project owners, project managers, construction
companies), CRTI-weB ® optimises cooperation with respect to construction projects. It includes a module for the management of construction site
reports as well as a module for the exchange of documents which are useful
to the construction project.
Discover all of our projects at
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2
2,5
4
4,5
4,5
5
5
9
12
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Africa
China
Latin America & Pacific Islands
Germany
European Union
Portugal
France
Belgium
North America
Luxembourg
Ecological footprint in global hectares
Ecological footprint in global hectares per inhabitant
per inhabitant
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10. -10How we go forward
Quality applied research presupposes access to
adequate tools and technology. Far more fundamentally, our performance and reputation rely
on the skills, experience and motivation of our
collaborators. They are the central pillar of all our
activity.
values which constitute our identity and which
positions our institution as a SOURCE OF
INNOVATION for you, for the market and for
society as a whole.
A healthy work environment
We attach great importance to our collaborators’
well-being within their work environment. While
we hold them to a high standard in view of
meeting your expectations, we also seek to find
a balance between the organisation’s needs and
every individual’s own career goals and personal
growth.
We encourage them to get involved, be professionally rigorous and use their critical faculties
via an efficient ISO 9001 certified organisation.
Moreover, we value their interdisciplinary spirit,
but also the fact that they are autonomous and
take responsibility.
Shared business values
A partnership’s quality is not only measured by
the efficient delivery of solutions, but also by the
quality of the relationship throughout the entire
period of collaboration.
At Tudor, we are not only committed to delivering
quality work, we are also devoted to a set of
This balance is maintained by a human resources
management that has due regard for equal
opportunities and is based on mutual respect.
It adopts a collective approach, values individual
commitment and places its hopes on the diversity
of talents to support the organisation’s performance and creativity.
Employees representing 34 nationalities
Portugal
France
Tunisia
Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Moldavia
Lebanon
Belgium
Burkina Faso
Netherlands
Poland
Brazil
Germany
Estonia
Romania
Italy
Togo
Algeria
Greece
Serbia
We encourage our collaborators’ intellectual
growth and ongoing development by investing
in knowledge sharing via training, mobility and
interdisciplinarity on an ongoing basis. Our
collaborators benefit from support and have
the opportunity to be regularly assessed, which
enable them to develop their skills and apply
them when new career opportunities arise.
The mission of Tudor is to be a “talent incubator”.
It offers a dynamic and innovative environment
which contributes to the permanent broadening
of its collaborators’ knowledge base. The professional challenges they handle on a daily basis give
them opportunities to evolve and improve their
employability.
Main nationalities
United States
Finland
Personal growth, Tudor’s efficiency
guarantee
Austria
Morocco
Mexico
Russia
Benin
Spain
India
Vietnam
China
Iran
Venezuela
Czech Republic

11. -11Domains of expertise of Tudor’s researchers and innovation specialists
IT - Electronics
31% Telecommunications
22%
Materials engineering - Mechanics
Industrial systems
22%
Economics
Management - Organisation
Environmental sciences
12% and engineering
9%
4%
Physics - Chemistry
Mathematics
Nearly 450 collaborators, of
whom 85% are researchers
or innovation specialists
Health engineering
Medical imaging - Biotechnologies
Qualification levels
PhD
Master’s degree
Graduates
Experience of Tudor’s staff
0-4 years
5-9 years
10-14 years
Average
age 35
15-19 years
20-24 years
Tudor’s staff not including
PhD students and Postdocs
25-29 years
PhD students
and Postdocs
≥ 30 years
Men/Women rate
Men
Women
Figures valid on 31.12.2010

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