News at Centrale Nantes

Upcoming events

  • Support Ediz Önen for the Mini Transat 2021
    July 9, 2020 - September 1, 2021
    Ediz Önen, Master's student at Centrale Nantes is a keen skipper and Turkish sailing champion in 2017. In August, he is taking part in the single-handed ocean race Les Sables - Les Açores en Baie de Morlaix (SAS). Through this race he will accumulate more than 1,500 miles, the minimum required to qualify for the Mini Transat 2021.
  • Fifth & final MaRINET2 call opens
    September 1, 2020 - October 16, 2020
    The final call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project opens today, targeted at offshore energy technology developers who are looking to test their device or components. The project offers fully-funded access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures in Europe.
  • PhD Defense - Marianne BOU LEBA BASSIL - ED SPI
    September 29, 2020
    "Étude des mécanismes aérodynamiques à l'origine du bruit de contact pneumatique/chaussée."
    (Study of the aerodynamic mechanisms behind tyre/road contact noise).
  • National Science Fair 2020: Centrale Nantes invites visitors to a 100% virtual tour
    October 2, 2020 - October 12, 2020
    This year, Centrale Nantes is taking part in the National Science Fair (Fête de la Science) with a 100% virtual tour of the campus. Immerse yourself in a fun and informative way to discover Centrale Nantes!
  • Graduation Ceremony 2020
    December 4, 2020
    In light of the current public health crisis, we are unable to say whether the graduation ceremony will or will not be held on 4 December as planned.

Latest news

  • PhD Defense - Marianne BOU LEBA BASSIL - ED SPI
    September 29, 2020
    "Étude des mécanismes aérodynamiques à l'origine du bruit de contact pneumatique/chaussée."
    (Study of the aerodynamic mechanisms behind tyre/road contact noise).
  • Sustainable Development: Tools and governance at Centrale Nantes
    September 28, 2020
    Second focus on Centrale Nantes' commitments in favour of sustainable development, as part of the week of the same name: tools and governance at Centrale Nantes
  • Accreditation to supervise research: Guillaume Ducrozet
    September 28, 2020
    Guillaume Ducrozet, Lecturer at Centrale Nantes in the LHEEA, will present his defense for his accreditation to supervise research (HDR) on Monday 28 September 2020.
  • PhD Defense - George JACITE - ED SPI
    September 28, 2020
    "Analysis of Slamming Induced Whipping Effects over the Ultimate Strength of Ships".
  • PhD Defense - Marie-Antoinette ALHAJJ - ED SPI
    September 25, 2020
    "Inversion conjointe de mesures non destructives pour l'évaluation des gradients de degré de saturation dans le béton d'enrobage des structures"
    "Joint reversal of non-destructive measurements for the evaluation of saturation degree gradients in structural embedding concrete".
  • Degree apprenticeships - workshops
    September 24, 2020
    Centrale Nantes strongly believes our students should have maximum exposure to industry. We were one of the first general engineering schools to open degree apprenticeship programmes.Would you like to be part of the adventure and recruit a degree apprenticeship student?We propose workshops to help you get involved with our students keen to undertake a degree apprenticeship and recruit them.
  • Sustainable Development: "Grand Baromètre" survey results
    September 23, 2020
    First focus on Centrale Nantes' commitment to Sustainable Development, as part of the week of the same name: the school's responses to the 'Manifesto for an Ecological Awakening' survey.
  • FARWIND receives an award at Start West 2020
    September 23, 2020
    Farwind – a startup in the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator - is developing a solution for converting offshore hydroelectric energy into renewable fuel, a project that won the In Extenso prize at the 20th edition of Start West.
  • PhD Defense - Renald GABORIAU
    September 23, 2020
    Les ateliers Rob'Autisme : le robot extension comme médiation thérapeutique auprès des personnes présentant un trouble du spectre autistique
    (The Rob'Autisme workshops: the robot extension as therapeutic mediation for people with an autistic spectrum disorder)
  • Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest - Five innovative projects selected to advance offshore energy production on the SEM-REV site
    September 22, 2020
    The partners of the Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest unveiled today the five winning projects! Enthusiastic responses were received across the board to this call, which aims to develop concrete and innovative solutions for the smart management of electricity produced offshore on the Centrale Nantes test site, SEM-REV. The selected projects focus on new energy storage solutions, multi-use offshore platforms, onshore uses and the development of an underwater hub...
  • Centrale Nantes Executive Education taking part in a 'job safari' at Nantes DIGITAL WEEK
    September 22, 2020
    Centrale Nantes' Executive Education is taking part in two conferences at the "Safari des Métiers" (Job Safari), to be held during Nantes Digital Week. The conferences will focus on invisible handicaps and the importance of soft skills in the digital sector.
  • Centrale Nantes online at the 19th European Education Fair Taiwan
    September 22, 2020
    Interested in studying engineering in France?
    Meet us online during the European Education Fair Taiwan on 22 September 2020 for all you need to know about our programmes.
  • A Centrale Nantes professor takes to the stage at TEDxRennes!
    September 19, 2020
    Eight speakers will take to the floor to deliver a message at TEDxRennes on 19 September. Among them will be Ioannis Stefanou, professor at Centrale Nantes.
  • Centrale Nantes at DIGITAL WEEK
    September 17, 2020
    Second edition of the event celebrating art, culture and digital heritage in Nantes."Culture and Digital Heritage in Nantes #2" conferences and debates as part of Nantes Digital Week will be held partly online, partly in person.
  • Rogue waves form from random waves - tests in the towing tank
    September 15, 2020
    Rogue waves are very powerful ocean waves, which can form on both calm and rough seas. This sudden and unpredictable phenomenon may be rare, but it needs to be studied. It has recently been the subject of joint collaboration between researchers from Centrale Nantes - via the LHEEA - the CNRS and the universities of Paris and Lille. Tests in wave tanks have shown that a set of random waves can also provoke the formation of rogue waves, thus providing better understanding.
  • An award for Joseph Al Khoury, Centrale Nantes student
    September 14, 2020
    Congratulations to Joseph Al Khoury who received the best presenter award in the Energy Efficiency category at the 16th International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers held in June 2020.
  • Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes renew their Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology
    September 9, 2020
    On 4 September, Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes signed an agreement to continue their co-operation within their joint research laboratory, the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology.
  • Centrale Nantes is taking part in MathICTs, a new Erasmus + project
    September 7, 2020
    Centrale Nantes is taking part in a new Erasmus + project, named MathICTs, recently approved by the EACEA at the European Commission.

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Published on March 21, 2017 Updated on July 1, 2020