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Seminar with Prof. Stéphane GRANGE – Seismic vulnerability of structures
January 31, 2020
Professor Stéphane Grange of INSA Lyon will give a seminar on the Seismic Vunerability of Structures on Friday 31 January 2020 at 10.30am at Centrale Nantes (Lecture Theatre E). Open to all.
27th STP Days for GdR MACS at Centrale Nantes
February 12, 2020 - February 13, 2020
The LS2N (Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes) is organising the 27th STP (Production Sciences and Techniques) Days for the GdR MACS (CNRS Research Group in modelling, analysis and management of dynamic systems) which will be held at Centrale Nantes on 12-13 February 2020.
4th Nuclear Technologies for Health Symposium - NTHS 2020 - in Nantes
February 13, 2020 - February 14, 2020
IRON LabEx (Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals in Oncology and Neurology Laboratory of Excellence) is pleased to invite you to the fourth edition of the Nuclear Technologies for Health Symposium (NTHS 2020), the international meeting on nuclear medicine and related topics, to be held in Nantes from 13 to 14 February 2020.
The GeM is organising the ECCM19 2020 Conference in Nantes
June 22, 2020 - June 26, 2020
The Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) is taking the lead in organising the ECCM19 conference (19th European Conference on Composite Materials) which will be held from 22 to 26 June 2020 at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes.

Latest News

Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest opens
January 20, 2020
The Sea-GRID Call for Expression of Interest aims to develop concrete and innovative solutions, based on energy produced by marine renewable energy technologies (MRE) at the SEM-REV test site, run by Centrale Nantes.
XSun receives European recognition of excellence and signs its first contracts
January 13, 2020
Deep Tech startup XSun designs and produces innovative drones, which are autonomous in energy and decision-making. It is one of seven French companies selected by the European Research Council as part of the support programme for researchers recognized in their field (H2020). This strong support from Europe comes with total available funding of 5.3 million euros.
Ocean DEMO Access: 2nd Call for Applications
January 2, 2020
The main objective of Ocean DEMO (Demonstration Programme for Ocean Energy Pilot Farms and Supporting Technologies) is to help North West Europe enterprises working in low carbon technology to accelerate their transition from single prototype to multi-device farms by providing free access to world-leading test centres.
Christophe BINETRUY appointed Affiliated Faculty in the Department Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware
December 19, 2019
Christophe Binetruy, Professor at École Centrale de Nantes and member of the GeM Laboratory (PMM team), was appointed Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Delaware, in September 2019 for a period of 3 years.
EDYCEM and Centrale Nantes renew their research chair on sustainable concrete
December 5, 2019
Building on twenty years of research collaboration, EDYCEM and CENTRALE NANTES have renewed their research chair for another five-year term to focus on environmentally responsible concrete.
Seminar: Impact of mesh adaptation for turbulent flows in aeronautics.
November 18, 2019
Dr. Frédéric Alauzet, Senior Researcher and head of the Gamma team at INRIA Saclay, will speak on the topic "Impact of mesh adaptation for turbulent flows in aeronautics. On the way towards the certification of digital solutions?"
GeM / GDRI GEOMECH Workshop: "Advanced methods for the characterization of the durability of porous media"
November 18, 2019 - November 20, 2019
In line with GDRI GEOMECH's research activities, the GeM is organising a workshop at Centrale Nantes from 18 to 20 November 2019 on: "Advanced methods for the characterization of the durability of porous media".
Conference with Camille Jeunet: Brain-Computer Interfaces - Learning how to use them, using them to learn
November 15, 2019
A presentation by Camille Jeunet, CNRS research fellow at the CLLE laboratory, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès.
EIT Manufacturing inauguration event on 7 November
November 7, 2019
Centrale Nantes is a member of EIT Manufacturing, which will hold its inauguration event in Paris Saclay on 7 November.
Disruptive Innovation: take part in the Deeptech tour
November 6, 2019
Calling all researchers, engineers, other faculty members, PhD and Master students ...if you've developed a technology in the research lab that has the potential for transfer into a start-up, the Deeptech Tour is designed for you!
Join us on 6 November on the premises of the University of Nantes in the Quartier de la Création.
A conference with Dr. Maria Miteva: combining artifical intelligence and health for better medicines
October 17, 2019
Dr Maria Miteva (CiTCoM Cnrs/Inserm, Paris) will give a conference at Centrale Nantes for bioinformatics students and biologists on structural bioinformatics and drug metabolism. Objective: Harnessing structural bioinformatics to predict drug /metabolizing enzyme interactions.
A new LiDAR - innovative measuring device to characterize wind and atmosphere - for the LHEEA Laboratory
October 9, 2019
The LHEEA has recently acquired a scanning LiDAR, an innovative measuring device to characterize wind and atmosphere. It will be used for marine renewable energy (MRE), urban atmosphere and air quality applications.
Tank testing for the Blue Growth Farm Project
September 24, 2019 - October 25, 2019
The "Blue Growth Farm" project involves the development of a multi-purpose offshore platform which will accommodate an aquaculture system, a wind turbine and wave-power systems.
The IHES Consortium led by GEPS Techno installs the wave energy recovery prototype WAVEGEM® on the Centrale Nantes offshore test site
August 26, 2019
On Wednesday 21 August 2019, the WAVEGEM wave energy recovery platform was installed on Centrale Nantes' SEM-REV site, kicking off 18 months of offshore testing.
3 Centrale Nantes conferences during the "Mer XXL" exhibition
June 29, 2019 - July 10, 2019
Centrale Nantes is taking part in the "Mer XXL" exhibition in July 2019 - as an exhibitor in the "Carré des Sciences" - but also as the organiser of 3 conferences.