Aurélien BABARIT

Contact

Phone :: +33 (0)2 40 37 15 28
Email :: Aurelien.Babaritab36d728-129f-4207-8601-09b64f9ca4aa@ec-nantes.fr
Office :: D208

Profile

Research institute

Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)

Research group

Interfaces & Interactions in Numerical & Experimental Hydrodynamics - IIHNE

Research

Decarbonization: marine renewable energies & wind propulsion, mathematical and numerical modeling, performance prediction
Ocean engineering, wave-structure interactions, numerical and experimental modeling

Current research projects:
CIFRE Farwind Energy, CIFRE EVER, MerVent (Corimer 2022), TNTM, PropVelBa (Carnot Mers)

Completed research projects:
FARWIND (BPI), FARWIND (Sandia National Laboratories), Manta Innovation, GRRIP (EU), MEA (EU), Seaturns, AUTOFLEET (WeAMEC), Naval Group, S3 (ADEME), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CIFRE GEPS Techno, CIFRE INNOSEA, CIFRE IFPEN, TurbHo (SATT Ouest Valorisation), SEASTORAGE (Région Pays de la Loire), Sener, LABEX Mer (PIA), MONACOREV (ANR), MARINA Platform (EU), NumWEC (Statkraft), Bosch, Wavetrain2 (EU)

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BAckground

BAckground

Since 2023: Research engineer - HDR, LHEEA, Centrale Nantes - CNRS
2020 - 2023: Co-founder and CTO, Farwind Energy
2016 - 2020: Director of GDR "Energies Marines Renouvables" du CNRS
2016: Accreditation to supervise research, Université de Nantes
2016: Visiting researcher, NREL, USA
2012 - 2020: Head of marine renewable energies group, LHEEA, Centrale Nantes - CNRS
2010 - 2011: Visiting researcher,, NTNU, Norvège
2006 - 2010: Project engineer, SEAREV, Centrale Nantes
2005: PhD in Fluid dynamics, Centrale Nantes and Université de Nantes
2002: Engineering degree, Ocean engineering, Centrale Nantes

Teaching activities

Teaching activities

Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2019-2023) Potential of renewable energies for energy transition
Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2019) Wave energy conversion
Ecole Centrale de nantes (2011, 2013 - 2017) Introduction to marine renewable energies, wave energy conversion, Wave-to-Wire modeling
Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2012-2013) Renewable energies technologies

Supervision

Supervision PhD students (current):
F. Bickert, F. Pili, F. Elefant, M. Charlou, Y. Poirier

PhD students (completed):
R. Abd-Jamil, G. Clodic, J. Ercolanelli, C. Xie, V. Leroy, P-Y. Wuillaume, H. Clémot, F. Fabregas, B. Gendron, C. Chauvigné, L. Letournel, R. Genest, M. Philippe, M. Bhinder, B. Borgarino

Publications

Publications

Awards and distinctions

Awards and distinctions

Best paper presentation award at 2011 European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC2011) for the paper On the maximum and actual capture width ratio of wave energy converters
Renewable Energy (Elsevier journal) Top Paper Award (2014 Impact Factor) for the 24 Web of Science citations during 2014 for the paper Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of wave energy converters
Innovation award at ‘Trophées de l’Innovation Océan’ for the FARWIND project for renewable fuel production from far-offshore wind energy

2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR

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