Research news and events 2018

Organized by the Urban Architecture Nantes Research Centre (AAU) under the aegis of ARCAN*, the 8th edition of SCAN'18* will take place on our partner Ensa Nantes's premises on 25 and 26 October 2018. On the programme: immersion-emersion and its contributions to the design of architectural and urban projects. You can submit your articles or posters up until January 15th.

The annual "Fête de la Science" (National Science Fair) will be held in October and November. New for this 2018 edition: a national committee of 17 ambassadors has been formed, one of whom is Centrale Nantes lecturer, Florent Laroche.

The High Performance Computing Institute (ICI) at Centrale Nantes invites you to an afterwork event on high performance computing. Used in science and industry, high performance computing is an efficient tool for innovation. Register for the round table and visit on 28th June.

Eric Savory, Associate Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, was invited by Laurent Perret of the LHEEA (Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment) at Centrale Nantes. He will be on campus from 23 June to 2 July.

CRIEC - Inter-Ecoles Centrale Research Symposium, involves young researchers from the Ecoles Centrale group (Centrale Marseille, Centrale Lyon, Centrale Nantes, Centrale Lille and Centrale Supélec) and related laboratories. This year, Centrale Nantes will play host to the event - the 24th edition - from 25 to 28 June 2018. It is organised by PhD students with support from the Research Department at Centrale Nantes.

The CIRP Design conference organized in May by Centrale Nantes and the LS2N brought together a hundred participants from around the world. Several contracts were signed with the event caterer to recycle waste and redistribute surplus food.

A pioneer in the field of upstream and applied research on composite materials in the USA, Prof. Suresh G. Advani is a leading scientist of international stature in this field. A ceremony was held today at Centrale Nantes to mark his appointment as adjunct professor.

Dr Grégory Payne, Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, will be at Centrale Nantes from 4 June to 27 July. He was invited by Aurélien Babarit, member of faculty in the Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA).

Florent LAROCHE, Associate Professor at Centrale Nantes and member of the Laboratory of Numerical Sciences of Nantes (LS2N), is organizing scientific study days dedicated to digital technology as a tool for studying heritage value. Over 20 papers will demonstrate digital practices for the study of heritage value: capitalise, analyze and enhance.

Andrea DI MASCIO, Senior Researcher at IAC-CNR (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Rome, has been invited by David LE TOUZÉ, LHEEA Professor, H2i Teamfrom 23 to 27 April 2018.

Olympic rowing champion, Jérémie Azou, and his coach, Alexis BESANÇON, will visit the campus to give a lecture on the role science plays in preparing for the Olympics. An unprecedented event - not to be missed - organized as part of the new "Scientific Challenge 2024" specialisation.

Centrale Nantes signed, alongside the CNRS, an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras during President Emmanuel Macron's visit to India and in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The CNRS signed a total of three scientific cooperation agreements with its Indian partners.

The RI-ADAPTCLIM project - International Network on Risk Assessment and Climatic Adaptation of Civil Engineering and Building Works - comes to end at the end of November. A closing day bringing together the partners (Centrale Nantes, University of Nantes, IFSTTAR, CSTB), PhD students and master students will be held on campus on 21 February 2018.

See you on Tuesday 20 February on the Centrale Nantes campus for the second edition of the "Matinales de la transition écologique" (Ecological Transition Mornings). On the programme - Yannick ROUDAUT talks about his experience as a speaker, author and former economic and financial journalist, working on the sustainability of our business model.

In a context of heritage digitization and increasing development of digital applications in the heritage sector, professional and public practices are evolving. This study day raises the question of training in this sector and the impact on heritage institutions.