Centrale Nantes news - 2022

CFM (French Mechanics Congress) brings together the French and French-speaking community in the field of mechanics under the aegis of the Association Française de Mécanique (AFM). The 2022 edition will be hosted in Nantes, from 29 August to 2 September. It is organised by Centrale Nantes, the CNRS, alongside Nantes University, the University of La Rochelle and the École Navale.

Low-rank and sparse approximations for contact mechanics

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In this edition we meet assistant professor Vincent Leroy in the LHEEA Laboratory - a young researcher working on offshore wind.

Are you a student, researcher, doctor, nurse, physiotherapist or psychologist? LUNG O2 is holding a summer school to raise your awareness of precision medicine applied to respiratory disease.

Longitudinal monitoring of metastatic breast cancer through PET image registration and segmentation methods based on trained and untrained neural networks.

Come along to the next TEDxRennes to meet Rebecca Fribourg, Associate Professor at Centrale Nantes, Luciano Vidal, researcher in the GeM Institute and Emma Biard, a recent Centrale Nantes graduate. All three will be speaking at the next edition on 25 June.

Development of a fast and reliable solver based on simplified formulae for ship grounding analyses

Successful entrepreneurs are showing deeper commitment to society nowadays. We know about Bill Gates or Sara Blakely, but France also has more and more of them. Why do they get involved? How do they do it? What do they think about the role of entrepreneurs for the future of our societies? Sciences Po Alumni Ouest Atlantique is holding a conference (in French) on this subject at Centrale Nantes with the testimony of two well-known figures, Yann Rolland and Denis Metzger.

Centrale Nantes is fully committed to actions to combat violence and discrimination. The school appointed Marta Herrera Equality & Diversity Coordinator at Centrale Nantes on 1 June 2022.

Topology optimization of reactionless robots

Design and analysis of a five degrees of freedom parallel robot for fast pick and place operations

The LiftWEC European project aims to develop a novel and commercially attractive wave energy converter whose working principle is based on the hydrodynamic lift of rotating hydrofoils around a horizontal axis. Discover the whole project and the series of tests carried out in the LHEEA Ocean Tank on the Centrale Nantes campus in 2021.

As part of Centrale Nantes' participation in Seanergy 2022, join us on June 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pavillon des Pays de la Loire (Stand EF1 Hall 2).

Centrale Nantes will be present at Seanergy, the Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) event from June 15 to 17 in Le Havre.

Join us online at the Choose France - Education Fair Indonesia 2022 for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of the forming of tailored fibre placement preforms: a mixed embedded-ALE finite element formulation

As part of its work on innovation in healthcare, the ARS des Pays de la Loire is organising a two-day workshop to discuss future healthcare on 9 and 10 June. Several faculty members from Centrale Nantes will be attending.

Centrale Nantes has signed an agreement with the jeveuxaider platform. This partnership means that the school's students can access civic engagement or volunteering opportunities by theme or location, and also discover projects in other fields to expand their horizons.

Locked in a laboratory with a team of scientists, you have to save one of the team suffering from kidney failure. Only you can help him!

Identification of material properties and phase distribution of heterogeneous materials through data-driven computational methods: Towards an enhanced constitutive space

Thermal modelling and simulation of different vehicle hybrid powertrain architectures

This conference is being held as part of the "Journées Scientifiques" of Nantes University on Friday 03 June 2022 at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes.

Centrale Nantes and Stellantis (formerly PSA Groupe) have been working together since 2018 on an R&D programme focusing on digital simulation for powertrain design. A budget of €4M was specifically allocated to digital simulation for powertrain design with a view to bringing low-emission vehicles to market faster. Read on for a programme update.

Experimental and theoretical contributions to multiaxial fatigue of elastomers - Towards a kinematic criterion

Centrale Nantes, represented by Linda Sérandour of the International Relations Department, attended the Annual General Assembly of the Franco-German University network hosted by University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès on 2-3 June 2022.

On 24 March 2022, a first-ever evacuation exercise by helicopter from a floating wind turbine (FLOATGEN) took place on the SEM-REV offshore test site in France. This exercise in real conditions required cooperation between CROSS Etel, the Sécurité Civile, the SNSM, BW Ideol and Centrale Nantes.

Join us online in China and learn more about our study opportunities starting September 2022 and 2023!

Congratulations to Soukaina Riad, PhD student at the GeM and winner of the CSMA 2022 Poster Award for her paper in the category "Lifetime of structures" at the 15th National Conference on Structural Computations - CSMA 2022.

Development of a creep assessment protocol for underwater structures: design of a multi-scale model and a chemo-mechanical experimental device

Kymatio offers a new methodological perspective on AI by combining deep learning and wavelet theory.

One of the major challenges in the maritime field today is to take extreme sea conditions into account when designing marine structures. The WASANO project, which brings together 10 international universities and 3 companies, is addressing these issues through several disciplines. Read on to learn more about the first series of tests carried out in March in the Centrale Nantes towing tank.

Are you a project leader or entrepreneur looking to develop your startup in a dynamic ecosystem? The Centrale Audencia ensa incubator is recruiting its September intake. Apply before 17 June 2022.

Combination of direct and indirect visual SLAM in an industrial environment

Centrale Nantes is hosting the research school "High-dimensional approximation and Deep Learning" from 16 to 20 May.

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In our fourth edition of 2022, we meet Myriam Servières, Deputy Director of the Ambiances, Architectures, Urbanités Laboratory

Analysis and design of an intrinsically safe underactuated parallel robot

A long-term working relationship between Mann+Hummel and Centrale Nantes, via the LHEEA, began over 13 years ago with several collaborative projects. These joint research activities led to the creation of two chairs led by David Chalet. The first between 2014 and 2018 was on "Innovative intake manifolds and thermal management". A new chair is underway, until 2023, on a different topic: "Filtration systems: fluid dynamics and reduced energy consumption". Read on for an update on this chair!

Maritime transport is currently experiencing rapid growth and it is also the most efficient form of transport in terms of GHG emissions (gCO2/Tonne/km). Centrale Nantes, via the LHEEA, and MAN Energy Solutions have been working together on this subject since 2018, as part of an industrial chair on the gradual decarbonisation of marine propulsion and electricity production. Read on for an update on this chair.

Centrale Nantes features in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for the fourth consecutive year and is ranked in 8th place among the French institutions in the ranking.

Learn more about studying at Centrale Nantes during the Choose France! Education fair ASIA 2022.

The cast iron shells of the IBOCS project developed by FMGC to ballast submarine electrical cables have been successfully removed from the SEM-REV test site! They were immersed on site for 3½ years, with regular monitoring throughout the experiment within the European FORESEA and OCEAN DEMO programmes. We take a look back at this experiment!

Jean-Jacques Ingremeau, an expert in nuclear physics and accidents at the IRSN (Institut de Radioprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire) will give a conference on the safety of nuclear reactors from 5 to 7 pm in Lecture Theatre S on 14 April. Also broadcast live on Zoom.

Study of hydro-mechanical instabilities in geomaterials

Are you a high school student in Indonesia interested in pursuing a bachelor programme combining engineering and management in France? Join us online for a Campus France Indonesia webinar presenting the BBA Big Data and Management at Centrale Nantes and Audencia on Thursday 14 April.

Enedis has already connected more than 536,000 renewable energy installations in the Pays de la Loire region and is committed to playing an active role in renewable energy development across France. The power grid operator has thus responded positively to the requested increase in power capacity on Centrale Nantes' offshore test site, SEM-REV.

Improvement of the quantification of yttrium-90 PET images

Numerical and experimental study of flows around a flexible hydrofoil, including cavitating conditions

Development of an automotive testing methodology combining real-time models and engine testbench (HIL approach)

Colin Bonatti, post-doctoral fellow with the Chair of Artificial Intelligence in Mechanics and Manufacturing, MAVT Department at ETH Zurich, will give a conference on Thursday 7 April 2022 at 2 pm at Centrale Nantes.

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In our third edition of 2022, we meet Jean-Yves Hascoët, of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).

Centrale Nantes is ranked among the top French schools and universities for the quality of its research and its reputation in the QS World University Ranking, one of the most respected world rankings. Centrale Nantes is thus positioned in the top 5 in France in mechanics, aeronautics and manufacturing as well as in civil engineering.

Take part in the Audencia Virtual Open House to learn more about the BBA Big Data & Management. This four-year post-secondary programme, created by Centrale Nantes and Audencia, combines engineering and management in the field of data collection, analysis and management.

With 295 applications received, 170 projects selected and the funding of more than 600 weeks of access to the MaRINET2 consortium's test facilities, the outcomes of the MaRINET2 Transnational Access program are extremely positive. This transnational program is a major component of the MaRINET2 project (H2020-INFRAIA, 2017-2021) aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) technologies.

Work began offshore ten years ago on installing the export cable, thereby making SEM-REV - Centrale Nantes' offshore test site - a reality. Since then the site has certainly lived up to its initial promise.

SNCF, Centrale Nantes, VLM Robotics and 4DPioneers are today launching the Additive4Rail consortium with state support. The aim is to speed up the industrialisation of additive manufacturing technologies in order to streamline train maintenance and reduce costs by producing components piecemeal or in small batch runs. The four partners have set up a production line in Saintes to manufacture and repair metal parts, with a view to transforming railway maintenance.

Centrale Nantes, via its Sports Association, is co-organising the French Schools Basketball Championship from 5 to 7 April 2022. The final stages will take place on the Nantes University campus and at Centrale Nantes.

A record number, indicative of the institution's growing international excellence.

The SEM-REV offshore test site is tasked with meeting the R&D challenges of Marine Renewable Energy technologies. To this end, measurements have been made on the offshore site since 2009. SEM-REV has just published a report summarising the meteorological and oceanic data from the site, located off the coast of Le Croisic.

Offshore wind environmental monitoring and impact studies are an important component of the research conducted at the SEM-REV offshore test site. The PIAFF&CO project will improve knowledge of flying fauna - birds and bats - in the vicinity of offshore wind farms. The project is run by Centrale Nantes in conjunction with the Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, the St Nazaire offshore wind farm and BW Ideol.

Centrale Nantes Professor Nicolas Moës, of the Research Institute for Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) and elected member of the Académie des sciences, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liège on 19 March.

The students of the Environment - Mobility - Health project-based specialisation invite you to discover their MINT project through an exhibition from 18 to 25 March at Centrale Nantes.

Are you a researcher and wondering how to give your research more impact? Are you a PhD student with questions about your future and your employability? Take part in the Deeptech Tour!

The Pays de la Loire CSR Awards ceremony will take place on 17 March 2022 at the l'Hôtel de Région des Pays de la Loire. The winners, assessed in particular by the students of the Engineering for Ecological Transition option, will be revealed.

Towards the evolution of the protocol for the qualification of concrete exposed to freeze-thaw in the presence of de-icing salts: contributions of multi-scale modelling in conjunction with an analysis of climate variability

On the interaction of fast traveling Ocean Waves and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: A Mechanistic Approach combining Field Measurements and High-fidelity Simulations.

Join us on 15 March 2022 at 10.15 am for the 18th edition of the Ecological Transition Mornings with Jean-David Zeitoun.

Vérification formelle et apprentissage logique pour la modélisation qualitative à partir de données single-cell
(Formal verification and machine learning for qualitative modelling from single-cell data)

Learn more about studying at Centrale Nantes during the Choose France Tour Online - India.

The webinar presenting the "RESOURCECODE Marine Data Toolbox" and the associated sea state hindcast, organized on Thursday, March 10, 2022 by Ifremer and the project partners, was a great success with the participation of more than a hundred listeners from the research community and industry.

What if we took time out to discuss and understand the career challenges for younger generations at a time of ecological and societal transition? Centrale Nantes and Sens&co are joining forces for an evening of discussion between students and companies.

After a little more than two years of development, Ifremer, Centrale Nantes and the partners of the RESOURCECODE project (Ocean energy Era-Net Cofund project) are launching the "RESOURCECODE Marine Data Toolbox". A presentation webinar will be held on 10 March 2022 from 11:00 to 12:30 (CET) [10AM - 11.30AM GMT].

Amélioration de granulats de béton recyclé par bioprécipitation
(Improvement of recycled concrete aggregates by bioprecipitation)

Effectiveness of arc based processes and deposition strategies on additive manufacture structure for naval and aerospace applications

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In our second edition of 2022, we meet Alain Bernard, Emeritus Professor of the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N).

On 10 March 2022, Prime Minister Jean Castex, following the recommendations of the international panel of the Investments for the Future programme (PIA), confirmed I-site certification for Nantes University's NExT project. This certification, and the funding that comes with it, will allow Nantes University to develop its unique governance model and to accelerate its scientific projects in both health of the future and industry of the future, with the capacity for action of a world-class university.

Applications for the first intake on the European Master in Dynamics of renewables-based power systems (DREAM) are open. Apply by 20 March to be considered for an Erasmus Mundus or Consortium scholarship.

The French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) announced on 21 October 2021 the inclusion of THeoREM on the 2021 National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures. This roadmap was published on 08 March 2022.

Representatives from Centrale Nantes, Keio University, University of Genoa and Warsaw University of Technology will meet online for the third selection meeting for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master JEMARO on 3-4 March.

Didier Lime was appointed to a newly-created post of professor in real-time systems at the beginning of the 2021/22 academic year. This position is designed to develop new teaching and original research activities.

Centrale Nantes is launching a new Mooc on probability and Bayesian estimation. Registration opens on 28 February.

Future students join us on campus for our Open Day on Saturday 26 February 2022 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm for all you need to know about our study programmes.

"Tu maestria en Francia" online fair: the ideal opportunity to learn more about studying at Centrale Nantes!

Take a closer look at our new Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree European Master in Dynamics of renewables-based power systems (DREAM) and join us live to learn more on Tuesday 22 February at 03.00 pm (French time).

Consortium partners came together for the formal kick-off of the new European Master in Dynamics of renewables-based power systems (DREAM) - a very selective Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree.

Applications are still open for the five programmes on offer through the EIT-M Master School at a consortium of European universities, two of which are available at Centrale Nantes. Don't miss the 31 March deadline for applications!

Caractérisation expérimentale de l'impact de la houle sur le comportement aérodynamique des éoliennes flottantes
(Experimental characterisation of the impact of waves on the aerodynamic behaviour of floating wind turbines)

Christelle Morançais, President of the Pays de la Loire Region, visited Centrale Nantes on 8 February and was welcomed on campus by school Director Jean-Baptiste Avrillier to discuss, in particular, energy transition, engineering for health and entrepreneurship.

Passionate about e-mobility? The second E-PiCo Winter School will take place virtually from 7 to 11 February 2022.

Construction d'un Framework de pilotage des collaborations inter-entreprises : application au développement des Systèmes Produit-Service
(Development of a framework for the management of inter-company collaboration: application to the development of Product-Service Systems)

Congratulations to Audrey Somera, 3rd year PhD student at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM), for her Mécamat 2022 "Emilie du Châtelet" poster award.

Calling all graduates from the classes of 2017 to 2021: we need to know how your careers are progressing. The 'Conférence des Grandes Ecoles' is conducting its annual survey on the integration of 'grande école' graduates into the workplace.

Méthodologie de préparation à la fabrication de composants de grandes dimensions à partir de matériaux polymères thermoplastiques fondus
(Preparatory methods for the manufacture of large components from molten thermoplastic polymer materials)

Are you a high school student in India interested in pursuing a bachelor programme combining engineering and management in France? Join us online for a webinar presenting the BBA Big Data and Management at Centrale Nantes on Sunday 30 January.

Nantes University and Stereolux are joining forces for the 6th consecutive year for the "Nuit Blanche des Chercheurs". This evening event on 27 January, from 6pm onwards, is designed for the public to come and meet researchers. With a broad programme for all tastes, everyone can take part.

Modélisations numérique et analytique du comportement mécanique et multiphysique d'une phase haute-tension pour fermes offshores
(Numerical and analytical modelling of the mechanical and multiphysical behaviour of a high-voltage phase for offshore farms.)

Vers une auscultation par acousto-ultrasons des renforcements par composites collés de structures du génie civil
(Towards acousto-ultrasound monitoring of bonded composite reinforcements of civil engineering structures)

On 25 January 2022, Centrale Nantes signed up to the #StOpE Initiative to take action against everyday sexism in the workplace.

Researchers from the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N) successfully established the basic technology for a wireless, battery-free acoustic biosensor. The result of their work was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Second International Workshop on the Internet of Sounds (IWIS 2021), organised in September 2021 by the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Trento (Italy).

Caractérisation thermomécanique du comportement dynamique des métaux via mesures de champs ultra-rapides
(Thermomechanical characterisation of the dynamic behaviour of metals via ultra-fast field measurements)

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In our first edition of 2022, we meet Professor Luisa Silva of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).

The 3rd edition of the Horizons Forum will take place on Thursday 20 January 2022 in the afternoon.

Stimcar, an innovative specialist in the reconditioning of used vehicles and a start-up in the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator, announces a new milestone in its development with the equity investment of Stellantis.

On 26 November 2021, Safran group CEO Olivier Andriès presented Léa Guipouy and Mathieu Robazza with 5th prize in the USAIRE Student Awards for their vision on the future of aviation.

Optimization of the capacity factor of energy ships for far-offshore wind energy conversion using weather-routing

Centrale Nantes Emeritus Professor Alain Bernard, of the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N), was appointed a member of the Scientific and Educational Development Committee of the 'La Main à la Pâte' Foundation on 6 January 2022.

Centrale Nantes has just obtained €2.8 million in CPER funding (French state/regional infrastructure planning and investment programme) to set up the GENIUS project, a test platform for the production, storage and use of green hydrogen.

Caractérisation expérimentale et modélisation phénoménologique de l'apparition du cliquetis dans les moteurs à allumage commandé suralimentés
(experimental characterization and phenomenological modeling of knock occurrence in turbocharged spark-ignition engines)

Join us on 11 January 2022 at 10.15 am for the 18th edition of the Ecological Transition Mornings with François Jarrige.

The 12th edition of the CDEFI (Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering) is underway!
Submit your project or application before 8 March 2022.

Claudia Califano, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, is visiting the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes from 9 to 16 January 2022.

Are you a project leader or entrepreneur looking to develop your startup in a dynamic ecosystem? The Centrale Audencia ensa incubator is recruiting its next intake for the programme starting in February. Applications open until 12 January 2022.

Applications are open for the five programmes on offer through the EIT-M Master School at a consortium of European universities, two of which are available at Centrale Nantes. Don't miss the 1 March deadline for applications!

Passionate about e-mobility?
Applications for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Electric Vehicle Propulsion and Control (E-PiCo) open on 18 October 2021.

Passionate about Robotics and AI?
Applications open for the 2022 intake of JEMARO, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Advanced Robotics co-coordinated by Centrale Nantes (France) and Keio University (Japan).