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Upcoming events
- Photomechanics IDICS ConferenceNovember 3, 2021 - November 5, 2021The GeM (Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering) is organising the 7th Photomechanics IDICS Conference, which will be held from 3 to 5 November 2021 at the Cité des Congrès de Nantes.
Latest News
- Meet our ResearchersJune 3, 2021Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our new series of video interviews. In our first edition we meet Sandrine Aubrun, Professor in the LHEEA Laboratory.
- Offshore green hydrogen production: the partnership between Lhyfe and Centrale Nantes on track for a world firstJune 3, 2021The world's first offshore hydrogen production facility, developed by Lhyfe and powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine, will be operational in 2022, off the coast of Le Croisic, at SEM-REV, Centrale Nantes' offshore test site.
- Simone Bancora, Centrale Nantes PhD student at JEC WORLDJune 2, 2021Simone BANCORA, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, is one of the finalists at the JEC COMPOSITE CHALLENGE.
- CENTRALE inLab Live session: take a live online tour of the SupercomputerApril 15, 2021Students, teachers, high school students, and other interested parties ... discover Centrale Nantes' research platforms live.
- CENTRALE inLab Live session: take a live online tour of the Rapid Manufacturing Platform at Centrale NantesMarch 25, 2021Students, teachers, high school students, and other interested parties ... discover Centrale Nantes' research platforms live.
- 9 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University.February 25, 2021Congratulations to our researchers!
- Ramiro Mena's PhD defenseFebruary 15, 2021ICI is happy to announce the upcoming PhD defense: Fast Simulation – Assisted Shape Correction after Machining by Ramiro Mena Andrade. Supervision: Prof. Antonio Huerta (UPC), Dr. José V. Aguado (ECN) and Dr. Stéphane Guinard (Airbus).
- Centrale Nantes and SNCF produce a train part by additive manufacturing. A real breakthrough.February 11, 2021Within the scope of its national Additive Manufacturing project, the SCNF (Rolling Stock Engineering division) called upon Centrale Nantes’s expertise to study the feasibility of producing certain components. The production of a pivot, an interconnecting part, by additive manufacturing is an achievement that opens up new avenues for the design of metallic components.
- 8 projects selected in the first Institut Carnot MERS callFebruary 11, 2021Applications were open from 15 October to 15 November 2020 in the first Institut Carnot MERS call for projects. The selection committee met on 25 January 2021 and selected 8 projects.
- Discover THeoREM, the network of test facilities for Hydrodynamics and Marine Renewable Energy, on vidéo!February 3, 2021Centrale Nantes, Ifremer and University Gustave Eiffel are bringing together their hydrodynamics and mechanical test facilities, to carry out research activities and collaborative projects with French and international companies.
- Floatgen breaks new records in 2020February 1, 2021Floatgen, the 2 MW floating wind turbine, installed on the Centrale Nantes offshore test site, SEM-REV (off Le Croisic), produced 14% more power in 2020 than in 2019, reaching an annual total of 6.8 GWh.
- Additive manufacturing of a propeller: a world first for the Joint Laboratory of Marine TechnologyJanuary 13, 2021Almost 3 years of R&D work within the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology went into the development of the metal 3D printing process by which this propeller was produced.
- An application to measure concrete wall cladding qualityDecember 18, 2020In 2020, Edycem and Centrale Nantes renewed their research chair on the development of sustainable concrete, headed up by Professor Ahmed Loukili at Centrale Nantes. Today, this collaboration has resulted in the first application on the market to assess the quality of concrete wall cladding.
- EOLINK's latest-generation floating wind turbine to be tested on Centrale Nantes’ SEM-REV offshore test siteDecember 11, 2020On 3 December, the company EOLINK and Centrale Nantes formally agreed to install a 5MW floating wind turbine on the SEM-REV test site, off the coast from Le Croisic. Since hosting FLOATGEN, the first floating wind turbine in France on site from 2018, Centrale Nantes is pushing ahead and is set to welcome EOLINK shortly with its innovative and promising wind turbine prototype.
- AFIS thesis prize for Elaheh MALEKIDecember 11, 2020Congratulations to Elaheh MALEKI who was awarded the thesis prize at the AFIS (French Systems Engineering Association) Forum for her outstanding thesis on work on Systems Engineering.
Published on February 5, 2016
Updated on April 24, 2020
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