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Erwan Lecarpentier, a doctoral student at the Department of Complex System Engineering (DISC), has received the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation thesis prize for his work on Reinforcement Learning in a Non-stationary Environment. A 2016 ISAE-SUPAERO graduate with ENSICA engineering training, Erwan prepared his doctoral thesis at ISAE-SUPAERO and ONERA under the supervision of Emmanuel Rachelson, Professor of Automatic Learning and Optimization at ISAE-SUPAERO, and Guillaume Infantes, researcher at JoliBrain (an artificial intelligence software and service company).
After defending his thesis in 2020, Erwan continued his work with Emmanuel Rachelson and is now looking for a postdoctoral position to pursue his career in academics. Reinforcement learning is a sub-branch of automatic learning that deals with solving the problem of sequential decision-making in discrete time. It is a question of automatically learning the optimum behavior for an agent interacting with an uncertain environment.
How do you teach machines to control complex problems? Erwan sums up his thesis for you in 3 minutes flat! This thesis prize was presented by the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation for the excellence of the research carried out and the outlook for the thesis’ applications.

Discover Eric Nguyen Van’s thesis, which he defended at ISAE-SUPAERO on October 23rd. Eric is now a research engineer in aeronautical design with the Multidisciplinary Methods and Integrated Design team at ONERA’s Department of Data Processing and Systems (DTIS).
Eric worked on his thesis at the Department of Aerospace Vehicle Design and Control (DCAS), in the Decisions and Commands research group.
The title of his thesis is “Stability and lateral control of an aircraft with small vertical stabilizers through differential use of propulsion systems or actuators such as crocodile flaps . Use of co-design methods”. The goal is to offer a co-design method for designing the engine command laws and sizing the vertical stabilizer while complying with the constraints of flight quality and security, as well as to provide a benchmark with a solution that has been flight tested on a demonstrator. It was useful to create a demonstrator to study electric propulsion and lateral flight mechanics both for the CEDAR Chair and for the thesis.
Eric works with the CSDV – Systems Command and Flight Dynamics – doctoral host team and at the Systems Doctoral School (EDSYS), which includes researchers from ISAE-SUPAERO and ONERA. His work was co-supervised by Daniel Alazard and Philippe Pastor, research professors at ISAE-SUPAERO, and by Carsten Döll at ONERA.
His thesis was also financed under the CEDAR Chair (Chair for Eco-Design of AiRcraft) in a partnership with AIRBUS, whose purpose is to provide answers to the environmental issues facing the aeronautical sector by defining disruptive concepts in air transport through the inclusion of innovative technologies starting in the aircraft design stage. In 2019, this partnership was renewed, taking up the main orientations from the previous years and integrating a more comprehensive approach to environmental engineering.
ISAE-SUPAERO welcomes doctoral students to six teams at ISAE-SUPAERO, ONERA and the Clément Ader Institute, covering a wide range of scientific disciplines in relation to aeronautics and space: aerodynamics and propulsion, structures and materials, embedded systems, networks and telecommunications, systems command and control, human factors, electronics, and signals. ISAE-SUPAERO proposes a rich, diverse PhD training program, leading to a doctorate, the highest level degree awarded by the Institute and recognized internationally.

The subject of his thesis is: "Plasma-based electrically small antenna"
He is affiliated with OLIMPES doctoral research team - Optronics, laser, physical imagery and space environment. His thesis is funded by The Defense Innovation Agency (AID) and DGA, the French Defence Procurement Agency and the Occitan region. He has two thesis director, Romain Pascaud (ISAE-SUPAERO) and Olivier Pascal (LAPLACE).
ISAE-SUPAERO welcomes its doctoral students in six ISAE-SUPAERO, ONERA teams and Clément Ader Institute, covering a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines related to aeronautics and space: aerodynamics and propulsion, structures and materials, embedded systems, networks and telecommunications, control and management of systems, human factors, electronics, signal.
ISAE-SUPAERO offers a rich and diversified program of doctoral training, leading to the PhD, the highest degree awarded by the institute, and recognized internationally.

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Every year, many students coming from the entire wold are coming to study at ISAE SUPAERO. Thanks to the reputation and the attraction of the Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, our school has received brilliant student with different background.
This two years Master program, highly regarded as an innovative program in science and technologies, fully taught in English, is designed to prepare engineering students to find and develop solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges facing the world and the aerospace industry.
With a strong and a large spectrum of knowledge it offers a tailored curriculum with a research project, several specializations and a master thesis.
We have recorded several testimonies of our Master of Science graduates students, where they have shared their different experiences at ISAE SUPAERO.
Meet Olivia Drayson from United Kingdom, major Space Systems.

This two years Master program, highly regarded as an innovative program in science and technologies, fully taught in English, is designed to prepare engineering students to find and develop solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges facing the world and the aerospace industry.
With a strong and a large spectrum of knowledge it offers a tailored curriculum with a research project, several specializations and a master thesis.
We have recorded several testimonies of our Master of Science graduates students, where they have shared their different experiences at ISAE SUPAERO.
Meet Ahmed Reda from Egypt, major Aerospace Structures major.

The Engineering graduation ceremony took place on December 7th. The 2019 ISAE-SUPAERO promotion had the honor of benefiting from the presence and expert advice of: Guillaume Faury, Grand Témoin & CEO of Airbus, Commandant Sophie, helicopter test pilot, and Vincent Lecrubier, CEO of Sterblue, godmother and sponsor of the 2019 promotion & Antoine Tournet, CEO of DIODON.