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- 2nd tank test campaign for the FLOATECH project: studying the behaviour of a floating wind turbine in typical West of Scotland sea conditionsMarch 9, 2023The European research project FLOATECH is back at the LHEEA's wave and ocean engineering tank for a second test campaign. The teams involved continue to study the hydrodynamic forces that impact a floating wind turbine in order to improve its performance.
- Construction of the first hybrid sail/synthetic fuel powered container ship: the MERVENT 2025 project kicks offFebruary 27, 2023The Mervent 2025 project led by Zéphyr & Borée and its partners CWS, GTT and Centrale Nantes was selected as part of the CORIMER Call for Expression of Interest 2022. Mervent aims to build the first container ship powered by hybrid sail/synthetic fuel.
- SEM-REV 2.0 preparations: New SEM-REV cables and connectors received in St NazaireFebruary 24, 2023In 2022, the offshore test site SEM-REV began a phase of investment and works to enhance its capacity to host new demonstration and research projects. Following the award of the underwater equipment supply contract launched in 2022, a consortium, led by INYANGA, recently delivered the new submarine cables and connectors.
- Centrale Nantes at the "Nuit Blanche des Chercheurs" 2023February 2, 2023Join us on Thursday 2 February 2023 at Stereolux, Hall 6 West. For this new edition of the "Nuit Blanche des Chercheurs" in Nantes on the theme "Vibrations". Come along and discover the buzzing world of research in Nantes! Centrale Nantes' research teams will give presentations on themes ranging from Marine Renewable Energies to earthquakes and the properties of explosions!
- Ioannis Stefanou receives an ERC Consolidator Grant for his INJECT projectJanuary 31, 2023Preventing human-induced seismicity to fight against climate change is the main thrust of the INJECT project selected in the ERC Consolidator Grant call and led by Professor Ioannis Stefanou at Centrale Nantes and the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
- ILIAD project: the national "integrated cancer research site" (SIRIC) certification is extended for 5 yearsJanuary 31, 2023SIRIC certification of the ILIAD project, in which Centrale Nantes is a partner, has been extended for a further five years! This confirms the excellence of the ILIAD SIRIC as a research site integrating medical, scientific and social research in cancer.
- Meet our Researchers: Elwan HéryJanuary 26, 2023Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In this edition we meet Elwan Héry, a young researcher in the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes.
- Lecture by Hubert Chanson (University of Queensland-Australia) on "Fluid Mechanics applied to Natural Disasters" on at 4 pm on 25 January at Centrale NantesJanuary 25, 2023Hubert Chanson, professor at the University of Queensland (Australia), is at Centrale Nantes on the invitation of the LHEEA - Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics and Atmospheric Environment (Centrale Nantes/CNRS). His lecture "Fluid Mechanics applied to Natural Disasters" will take place in lecture theatre E from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. It will be held in English.
- The 35th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics organized in Nantes by ONR & Centrale NantesJanuary 16, 2023This symposium is the worldwide meeting of specialists in research and development in fluid mechanics as they relate to naval hydrodynamics.
- Meet our Researchers: Tugdual Le NéelDecember 15, 2022Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In this edition we meet Associate Professor Tugdual le Néel in the Research Institute of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
- Rebecca Fribourg and Luciano Vidal at TEDxRennes: watch the replaysDecember 15, 2022Rebecca Fribourg, teacher and researcher at Centrale Nantes, and Luciano Vidal, researcher in the GeM, both gave a talk at TEDxRennes on 25 June 2022.
- Technology Performance Levels (TPL) assessment tool workshop-Dec. 5, 2022December 5, 2022You need to evaluate the techno-economic performance potential of early-stage wave energy converter concepts ? The Technology Performance Level Assessment tool can help you: Join us for this presentation and tutorial for the online Technology Performance Levels (TPL) assessment tool.
- HP_Flow tank test campaign on the hydrodynamic modelling of heave plates for floating wind turbinesNovember 30, 2022Tests for the HP_Flow project took place in June 2022 in the Hydrodynamic and Ocean Engineering Tank at Centrale Nantes. Watch the footage of this test campaign on the hydrodynamics of heave plates which are designed to damp the heave motion of floating wind turbines.
- Launch of the Human Experience in Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 clusterNovember 23, 2022The HEMI cluster aims to bring together researchers, professionals and students from different fields of engineering sciences and humanities and social sciences to improve how human factors and user experience are taken into account in industrial design, manufacturing and production processes.
- Meet our Researchers: Carlo CossuNovember 17, 2022Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In this edition we meet Senior CNRS Researcher Carlo Cossu in the LHEEA Laboratory.
Published on February 5, 2016
Updated on May 25, 2022
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