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CUBE ÉTAT Awards Ceremony: ISAE-SUPAERO Takes the Top Spot

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10 March 2026

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From November 2024 to November 2025, ISAE-SUPAERO participated in the second edition of the CUBE État competition. This national challenge pits government buildings against one another with a noble goal: to achieve maximum energy savings by focusing solely on adjustments and usage patterns.

ISAE-SUPAERO takes first place

After 12 months of fierce competition, the results were revealed at the awards ceremony held on 29 January 2026 in Paris.
ISAE-SUPAERO distinguished itself by winning one of the podium places.
ISAE-SUPAERO came first in the national ranking for the “offices from 2,500 to 5,000 m²” category, and was awarded the Golden Cube.

With energy savings of 19.9% and environmental savings of 25.7%, it was also ranked 13ᵉ overall, all categories combined.

A strong commitment to sustainable development

The Institut, which is heavily involved in energy transition and sustainable development, wanted to take part in this competition by entering two office buildings renovated in 2021. The aim is to prove that even in buildings that already consume little energy, it is still possible to go further by optimising technical settings and improving the day-to-day practices of occupants.

A collective success

Above all, this award reflects a collective effort. Pauline Bénard Lironcourt, the Institute’s energy performance officer, led the initiative. To meet this challenge, she mobilised the technical services to optimise and programme the equipment, while involving users in a wide range of fun activities: a kick-off meeting, comfort surveys, quizzes, visits to the technical installations, a day of activities around the cyclotube with the Haute-Garonne Environnement association (see photos below) and regular reminders of eco-actions, particularly before the holidays.

These initiatives have been very well received, and the occupants have participated fully in the process. The Institute was also nominated in the “best technical referent” section.

A big CONGRATULATIONS to everyone for this team effort, and thanks to Pauline for the impetus and dynamism she brought to bear to get everyone on board!

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ISAE-SUPAERO and ENAC train engineers with a high level of scientific expertise, humanistic values and innovative skills to master the complex challenges of tomorrow's world in the fields of aerospace and air transport.

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ISAE-SUPAERO ranked among the top three institutions most committed to ecological and societal transition!

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ISAE-SUPAERO and its talented students are once again showcasing Toulouse’s dynamism on the international stage

At ISAE-SUPAERO, talented students continue to distinguish themselves, both in the academic world and in the realm of innovation: a look back at the Amelia Earhart Award won by Elena Lopez-Contreras, a doctoral student at the Neuroergonomics Center, and at the French final of the ActInSpace hackathon, won by her team Solete for their Satell-EYE project.

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“Futurs Proches” Festival in October 9: tickets are now available!

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11 September 2025

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2nd Futurs Proches Festival

Futurs Proches #2 aims to bring together the entire university community to discuss the challenges of environmental and societal transition: raising awareness, taking action and becoming a player in the transition!

Staff, students and doctoral students, this free festival is for you!

You are warmly encouraged to discover and take part in the activities on offer from among the more than 250 events programmed on all the campuses in Toulouse and those of the 10 University Towns of the Toulouse COMUE.

A variety of formats: Shows, Theatre, Music, Sports activities, Walks and Visits, Workshops and Treasure Hunts, Conferences, Games and Escape Games, Forums, Exhibitions, Villages, etc.

Various themes: Climate, Biodiversity, Sexuality, Health-Wellbeing, Industry-Technology, Food, Water, Mobility, Economy, Aeronautics-Space, Equality, Disability, over 23 different themes.

The Institute's programme on 9 October

Various activities will be taking place on our campus, including a biodiversity walk, an escape game on disability, a conference on sustainable aviation, the screening of a film in competition at the International Environmental Film Festival followed by a discussion, a workshop on gender stereotypes, a debate on space tourism, a “healthy and responsible eating” breakfast workshop, a seminar on space debris, para-escalation, and much more…

Don’t hesitate to sign up!

Capacity is sometimes very limited, so don’t delay!

@Staff: you are encouraged to take part in the activities! Just let your management know.

@Students: call for volunteers: we need volunteers to welcome the public on Thursday 9 October. More detailed information will be sent to you shortly, but if you’re interested in joining the organisation and getting a behind-the-scenes look at the event, don’t hesitate to let us know: remy.dumonteil@isae-supaero.fr

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ISAE-SUPAERO awarded Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (SD&CSR) label

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01 July 2025

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L'ISAE-SUPAERO obtient le label DD&RS

Engagée de longue date dans la transition environnementale et sociétale, l’ISAE-SUPAERO rejoint le cercle des grandes écoles d’ingénieurs reconnues par le label DD&RS. Une distinction qui vient couronner plusieurs années d’initiatives structurantes en matière de développement durable et de responsabilité sociétale.

Le label, qui comporte plusieurs niveaux de maturité, évalue la démarche des établissements sur cinq grands axes : gouvernance, formation, recherche, gestion environnementale et politique sociale. Ce cadre d’analyse systémique couvre l’ensemble des 17 Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD) définis par l’ONU.

Administré par le CIRSES, le label permet aux établissements engagés d’intégrer une dynamique d’amélioration continue de mutualiser les bonnes pratiques et de valoriser leurs actions à l’échelle nationale. L’ISAE-SUPAERO rejoint ainsi une communauté d’une cinquantaine d’établissements labellisés.

Pour l’ISAE‑SUPAERO, il récompense une trajectoire cohérente et ambitieuse, amorcée avec la feuille de route « Horizons » ainsi que ses engagements en matière d’inclusion, diversité et d’ouverture sociale.

Une démarche structurée autour de la feuille de route « Horizons »

L’obtention du label s’inscrit dans la continuité du déploiement de la feuille de route « Horizons », initiée en 2021. Ce document cadre fixait les priorités de l’Institut en matière de transition écologique, qu’il s’agisse de son offre de formation, de sa recherche, de ses pratiques administratives ou de la gestion de son patrimoine. Un groupe de travail multidisciplinaire, mobilisant personnels, enseignants-chercheurs et étudiants, a été chargé du pilotage de la démarche et de la constitution du dossier de labellisation.

L’établissement s’est notamment engagé à renforcer l’intégration des enjeux environnementaux dans les cursus de ses formations, à faire évoluer les critères de soutenabilité dans ses projets de recherche et à réduire son empreinte carbone.

« Ce label acte l’engagement collectif de l’Institut — étudiants, enseignants, chercheurs, personnels — à intégrer les enjeux de durabilité dans toutes nos activités, au sein de notre campus et autour des trois piliers de notre organisation : la formation, la recherche et l’innovation. Cette démarche globale DD&RS nous permet de mettre en avant nos actions, de les poursuivre et de les renforcer, pour progresser sur tous les axes, car c’est un projet d’amélioration continue », déclare Emilie Tota, Directrice adjointe, en charge de la politique de développement durable et sociétale de l’Institut.

Des actions concrètes dans les programmes de formation et sur le campus

Côté formation, notre Institut a structuré une offre avec notamment une refonte complète de sa formation ingénieur pour répondre pleinement à ces enjeux. Intégration d’enseignements en ingénierie environnementale, analyse du cycle de vie, éco-conception, modélisation énergétique : nos parcours intègrent les dimensions sociétales et environnementales pour une ingénierie responsable, engagée et durable.

En parallèle, de nombreux travaux de recherche s’intègrent dans la matrice DD&RS avec des projets liés à la décarbonation tels que le Référentiel Aviation Climat, AéroMAPS, le projet Mermoz, Genhyo, la recherche en Multidisciplinary design optimization – MDO, etc.). L’ISAE-SUPAERO développe également des partenariats de recherche avec des industriels majeurs, tels qu’Airbus via la chaire CEDAR, Daher à travers la chaire ISAAR, et Thales avec la chaire ODYCéE, tous centrés sur les enjeux de la transition écologique et l’innovation technologique. Ces collaborations soutiennent une recherche appliquée visant à réduire l’empreinte carbone et à renforcer la durabilité dans le secteur aéronautique, en répondant aux défis techniques et environnementaux actuels.

Sur le campus, une politique active a été mise en œuvre : audit et rénovation énergétique des bâtiments, rationalisation des mobilités quotidiennes, développement de dispositifs de sensibilisation internes (fresques, ateliers, formation des primo-entrants). Gestion des déchets et alimentation durables accompagnent également ces actions.

Un engagement sociétal affirmé

Parallèlement à sa stratégie durable, l’ISAE SUPAERO poursuit son engagement social à travers le programme OSE l’ISAE‑SUPAERO, initié en 2006. Ce dispositif d’ouverture sociale — labellisé « Cordées de la Réussite » — mobilise chaque année environ 150 étudiants bénévoles pour accompagner plus de 1 100 collégiens et lycéens issus de quartiers prioritaires ou de zones rurales. Le tutorat hebdomadaire, les ateliers scientifiques, techniques et sportifs, ainsi que les journées d’immersion visent à favoriser l’orientation scolaire, renforcer les vocations scientifiques, promouvoir les carrières scientifiques auprès des jeunes filles, et soutenir la réussite des élèves en situation de handicap. Depuis 2022, le dispositif OSE InGÉ étend cet accompagnement aux élèves de classes préparatoires, avec un mentorat individuel assuré par des alumni, stages d’immersion et soutien méthodologique pour près de 91 étudiant·es, majoritairement des femmes et des élèves boursiers.

L’ISAE‑SUPAERO conduit par ailleurs une politique de tolérance zéro en matière de harcèlement, de discrimination et de violences sexistes et sexuelles (HDVS), s’appuyant sur une démarche exigeante de prévention et de traitement des actes de HDVS. Depuis 2019, un plan dédié encadre des actions de sensibilisation auprès des personnels et des apprenants. Il prévoit également un dispositif de signalement, ainsi qu’un accompagnement fondé sur l’écoute active des victimes et des témoins.

L’Institut déploie en parallèle une politique soutenue en faveur de l’égalité femmes-hommes, portée par des référents et des actions structurantes.

Il affirme également son engagement en matière d’inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap à travers, entre autres, une charte et une convention contribuant à l’accompagnement des apprenants dans leurs études et leur insertion professionnelle et la compensation de la situation de handicap au travail des personnels.

Un positionnement en cohérence avec les évolutions du secteur aéronautique

Dans un contexte de mutation accélérée de l’industrie aéronautique, la labellisation DD&RS vient consolider le positionnement de l’ISAE‑SUPAERO. En tant qu’acteur de référence dans la formation des ingénieurs du secteur, l’établissement entend conjuguer exigence scientifique et responsabilité environnementale et sociétale.

Le label DD&RS, constitue à la fois une reconnaissance institutionnelle et un cadre d’amélioration continue.

« Décarboner l'aérien : une industrie en transition »

Un podcast en 5 épisodes par Le Journal de l'Aviation

Nicolas Gourdain, professeur et chercheur au Département d'aérodynamique, d'énergétique et de propulsion de l'ISAE-SUPAERO (dans les domaines de l'aviation, du climat et de l'énergie, y compris l'atténuation et l'adaptation) et à l'Institute for Sustainable Aviation (ISA), intervient dans l'épisode n°4 dédié aux compétences et à la formation.

Intitulé « Décarboner l'aérien, vers un nouveau système de compétences », cet épisode se focalise sur les nouveaux besoins en compétences que la transition écologique de l'aéronautique va susciter, avec la montée des nouvelles filières à hydrogène, l'électrification, le développement du numérique… sur les plans industriels, de l'ingénierie et de l'analyse de données.

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ISAE-SUPAERO is officially a Pro-Vélo Employer!

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04 February 2025

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As part of its Horizons strategy, ISAE-SUPAERO is strongly committed to taking environmental issues into account, in particular by including in the COP a target of a 25% reduction (compared with the reference year 2019) in its CO2 emissions linked to its activities, of which commuting and business travel are a component. And this is reflected in a desire to encourage the transition to and use of soft mobility in general, and cycling in particular.

Our staff and students have benefited from a number of initiatives to encourage, support and promote this mode of transport:

Introduction of the Sustainable Mobility Package,
Loan of electrically-assisted bicycles for business trips,
Safety training (Remise en selle, La route vue du guidon),
Self-service bicycle repair and inflation stations on campus,
Technical inspection workshops for your bikes,
Distribution of safety kits,
Replacing “wheel-clamp” parking spaces with bicycle racks,
Participation in the AYAV Challenge (Allons-y à vélo).
Pro-Vélo Employer Objective

To promote this commitment, in 2022 the Institut launched the Objectif Employeur Pro-Vélo initiative. Following a support programme and an audit based on a set of specifications covering 5 areas (management and strategy, communication and mobilisation, services, safety and equipment), we were awarded SILVER-level certification!

This result is a real recognition of the work carried out by the various departments working under the impetus and coordination of the DDRS section of the RSQMR department to take positive action on the environment, but also on the well-being of staff. In fact, the benefits are as numerous as they are beneficial! (CO2 savings, financial savings, gains in physical and mental health, time savings, gains in autonomy and flexibility, etc.).

ISAE-SUPAERO is determined to support its staff and students in cycling to and from work, and more and more of them are doing so on an occasional or regular basis!

Energy efficiency at ISAE-SUPAERO

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22 October 2024

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Supplier Speed Meeting: another success for ISAE-SUPAERO’s innovative event on public procurement!

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21 June 2024

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This day, organised by ISAE-SUPAERO’s purchasing department in partnership with ENAC and CNRS Toulouse, is a unique opportunity to develop collaborations with suppliers on targeted purchasing projects.

A reverse sourcing approach

Speed Meeting Suppliers 2024 | ISAE-SUPAERO
For the past three years, ISAE-SUPAERO has been offering an innovative reverse sourcing format, organised by the Institute’s purchasing department. The idea? The idea is to bring potential service providers to the Institute to facilitate contacts between suppliers, specifiers and buyers.

The Supplier Speed Meeting provides an opportunity to find out more about companies’ solutions and their specific technical requirements. By adopting an innovative approach to public procurement, ISAE-SUPAERO is emphasising a targeted definition of requirements that is as close as possible to the economic offer, and that is co-constructed by the stakeholders involved in the purchasing process.

“This event is the best way to achieve quality sourcing between buyers and specifiers,” comments Anne Couderc, Head of Purchasing at ISAE-SUPAERO. “This year, we are particularly interested in purchases related to photovoltaic energy to develop our energy at the Institute, digital tools for human resources development and reused furniture”.

60 companies hosted on campus

Speed Meeting Suppliers 2024 | ISAE-SUPAERO
Sixty companies were welcomed to the ISAE-SUPAERO campus by the purchasing department’s organising team, from fields as varied as re-use furniture, photovoltaic shades, scientific equipment hire, events, co-optation schemes, IT intellectual services, etc. Institutional players, including Toulouse Métropole Emploi and the Réseau des achats durables en Occitanie (Rés’OCC), also took part in the event.

Institutional players, including Toulouse Métropole Emploi and the Réseau des achats durables en Occitanie (Rés’OCC), also took part in the event.

A day that confirms its success year after year!

An award-winning approach

In 2021, ISAE-SUPAERO organised an experimental Supplier Speed Meeting. The Conseil National des Achats and Décision Achat Public awarded the Institute a Supplier Relations Trophy in recognition of this reverse sourcing approach.

They make up ISAE-SUPAERO: who are our women in science?

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08 March 2023

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Raphaëlle Roy

Lecturer and Researcher – Human Factors and Neuroergonomics at DCAS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I’m a lecturer and researcher in the Human Factors and Neuroergonomics team in the Aerospace Vehicle Design and Control Department (DCAS). I work mainly on the monitoring of operators interacting with critical systems, using electrophysiology measurements and machine learning tools. Recently, I have also been applying these methods to human-robot interaction. The aim of these studies is twofold: to understand how humans function cognitively when interacting with critical systems, and also to propose solutions for dealing with so-called degraded states, such as fatigue or stress.

What made you choose a scientific career and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

What drew me to this profession was curiosity, the desire to understand, but also the contact with students and the freedom to pursue my own research and organise my day-to-day life in my own way. I came to ISAE-SUPAERO by chance, because after my thesis in Grenoble I was supposed to go to Germany. A combination of circumstances meant that my planned funding was not available in time. A friend told me about this institute and the research group that I then contacted. After a short post-doctorate, a teaching-research position opened up, which I was lucky enough to get!

What needs to be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in these scientific professions?

As in all professions, improving salary transparency would help to expose inequalities and combat them more effectively. What’s more, setting salaries that include a variable component has been shown to penalise women in particular, so I think it’s a method that should be avoided. Perhaps a better distribution of tasks and responsibilities would go some way to addressing these disparities and the self-censorship that may also persist. Institutes implementing such measures would send us a strong message that we will be considered equal to our male colleagues at all levels, both in terms of pay and job content.

Anaïs Chambon

Doctoral student at DAEP/DMSM

Her thesis concerns the experimental and analytical/numerical study of aeroelastic instabilities in flexible blade rotors. In other words, she is studying the instabilities generated by fluid-structure interactions in rotor blades.

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I’m in the final year of my PhD at DAEP/DMSM, where my thesis is on the experimental and analytical/digital study of aeroelastic instabilities in flexible-blade rotors. In other words, I’m studying the instabilities generated by the fluid-structure interactions of rotor blades.

What was the deciding factor for you in choosing a scientific career and pursuing it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

At secondary school, you have to do a one-week work placement in a company. At that age I was fascinated by volcanoes, so I was lucky enough to do my placement at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory in Guadeloupe, where I’m from. I then had the opportunity to meet and work with scientists and researchers, which reinforced my decision to pursue a career in science.

What needs to be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in scientific careers?

Encourage young girls to go into scientific fields and to stay on that path, especially around secondary school age when the choice can be altered by the social environment or society. But if we encourage younger people, we need to encourage them by giving women the same career prospects as men in these professions.

Annafederica Urbano

Associate Professor of Launch Vehicles and Space Systems at DCAS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I’m an associate professor in Launch Vehicles and Space Systems in the Aerospace Vehicle Design and Control Department (DCAS) in the SaCLaB research group on advanced space concepts. I teach courses on launch systems and rocket propulsion and carry out research on these subjects. I am interested in the management of cryogenic propellants in rocket engine tanks, combustion phenomena inside liquid rocket engine chambers and their design, and the optimisation of launch systems. The long-term objective of my research is to be able to study a series of physical phenomena linked to two-phase and supercritical flows in rocket engines in order to develop models for their design.

What made you choose a scientific career and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

I chose this profession because I’m passionate about rocket propulsion and the huge diversity of complex physical phenomena that govern its operation and raise a multitude of multidisciplinary scientific questions. Teaching allows me to transfer this knowledge and passion to new generations of researchers and engineers. Being a researcher means continually asking questions and trying to find ways of answering them. It’s a constantly evolving job that is very rewarding. ISAE SUPAERO is the ideal place to pursue this career in aerospace engineering.

What should be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in these scientific professions?

Good question… Do I really need to find an answer to this question? The only thing I can say is that example helps: so I think that the more women there are in these professions, the more young women will want to go into them. So we need to promote the position of women in these professions and communicate with the younger generations from a very early age, from primary school onwards.

Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez

Professor – Advanced Space Concepts at DCAS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I’m a lecturer and researcher in the Aerospace Vehicle Design and Control Department (DCAS), in charge of the Advanced Space Concepts research group (SaCLaB). I am responsible for the Design and Operations of Space Systems (COS) field in the engineering training programme and programme leader for the TAS ASTRO and TAS ASTRO SEEDS Specialised Masters® programmes.

I am also the referent for an ESA-LAB on the theme of “Responsible and sustainable space exploration”. In research, I am interested in robotic and manned space exploration, which can be broken down into three themes:

astrodynamics, and more specifically the optimisation of transfer and rendezvous trajectories in non-Keplerian dynamics (in the Earth-Moon system, Mars and its satellites and asteroids)
changes in crew performance during long-duration space missions (autonomy, man-rover interface, etc.)
space debris: study of long-term behaviour, quantification and propagation of uncertainties, recycling, etc.

With my research group, we want to contribute to future manned and robotic exploration missions: mission analysis, design of space systems (new transport system, fuel depot, habitat, exploration rover) and management of the debris and waste generated by these activities.

What made you choose a scientific career and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

From an early age, I was always amazed by the infinity of Space. When I was seven, I was lucky enough to visit the Nice-Côte d’Azur Observatory. I was fascinated by the telescopes, domes and computers I saw there. My vocation was born, but my project was not clearly defined.

I then immersed myself in the life of Marie Curie and admired her courage and determination. I realised that I wanted to do research.

So I focused my studies on this desire. After the preparatory classes for the grandes écoles, I chose to enter SUPAERO. After graduating as an engineer, I worked for 15 years in the space industry and at CNES, where I was involved in the operations of the ATV, the first European cargo ship to supply the ISS.

This was a decisive step in my career: it confirmed my passion for manned flight and reminded me of my research dreams. That’s when I applied to ISAE-SUPAERO.

What needs to be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in these scientific professions?

Through my involvement with OSE l’ISAE-SUPAERO and ISAELLES, I’ve been able to observe that the biggest obstacle is young women’s lack of confidence in their abilities. Some have great ambitions and dreams of a career in science. But in most cases, and from a very early age, they are told that these professions are supposedly not for women, because they are too difficult, too competitive, require autonomy, risk-taking and assertiveness…

It’s these limitations that we need to focus our efforts on, by reassuring them, encouraging them and listening to them, in particular by making women scientists more visible in society!

Mélanie Drilleau

Research Engineer – Space systems for planetology and its applications at DEOS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I am a Research Engineer in the Electronics, Optronics and Signals Department (DEOS), in the Space Systems for Planetology and Applications (SSPA) team. My main area of research is to use seismology to constrain the internal structure of planetary bodies, such as the Earth, Moon, Mars and asteroids, in order to gain a better understanding of the formation and evolution of our solar system.

What made you choose a career in science and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

There were of course a number of factors that triggered my choice, but I think I’ve always been fascinated by explaining natural phenomena that go beyond the human scale, both spatially and temporally. During my time at university, I also met a number of inspiring lecturers who helped me to make this choice.

What needs to be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in these scientific professions?

I think the key lies mainly in the education of girls and/or boys. The traditional binary images of the girl as the “good, obedient pupil at school” and the boy as the “transgressor and leader” are still with us today. At home and at school, let’s encourage all children, girls and boys alike, to take the initiative. Let’s encourage them to speak up, while listening attentively and sympathetically to what others have to say.

Naomi Murdoch

Researcher – Planetology and space instrumentation at DEOS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I am a researcher in planetology and space instrumentation in the Space Systems for Planetology and Applications (SSPA) team at ISAE-SUPAERO.

My research interests lie in understanding the physical properties and geophysical evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets. I study the interaction between space instrumentation and the surface environment of planetary bodies in order to prepare interplanetary space missions and to enable the data to be interpreted as accurately as possible.

I am currently analysing data from three space missions (InSight, Mars2020 Perseverance and DART) and am also helping to prepare two future space missions. The Hera probe that will visit the asteroid Didymos, which will be the follow-up to the DART mission, and the MMX rover that will visit the surface of Phobos, a moon of Mars.

What made you choose a career in science and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)?

I’ve always loved physics, but I’ve been able to pursue a scientific career largely thanks to meeting colleagues who have always pulled me up by my bootstraps!

What needs to be improved or demanded to increase the proportion of women in these scientific professions?

Equal pay.

Compulsory paternity leave of the same duration as maternity leave. This would reduce the barriers to recruitment, promotion and so on, because employers would no longer feel they were taking a ‘maternity risk’ by hiring a woman.

Valérie Budinger

Professor – Aircraft Systems Control and Electrification at DCAS

What do you do at ISAE-SUPAERO (position held, missions, department, etc.), what are you working on in general and more specifically at the moment, and what are the prospects for your research?

I’m a professor in the Aerospace Vehicle Design and Control Department (DCAS). I teach and do research in the field of systems control and aircraft electrification, which is a strategy being considered to help decarbonise air transport.

For the past 5 years, I have also been in charge of the department, which has 36 permanent staff and 45 doctoral and post-doctoral students.

What made you choose a scientific career and pursue it (at ISAE-SUPAERO)? Why a career in science?

The choice of a scientific career is linked to the ability to create through this type of work. Obviously, there are several forms of creation. My source of motivation is the creation of technological objects that can be useful to society.

The choice of a career as a teacher-researcher was guided by my taste for sharing knowledge and by the scientific challenge provided by research projects. These projects generally last 2 or 3 years and regularly raise questions about current technological or methodological issues, which is very stimulating. What’s more, doing research means that you can continue to train yourself to better train your students. So, in my opinion, the job is very complete.

Why ISAE-SUPAERO?

My first motivation for joining ISAE-SUPAERO was to teach in a high-level institute offering a wide range of courses. I am in contact with students of several nationalities on a variety of training courses (engineering training in French or English and sandwich courses). The exchanges are very rewarding.

My second motivation is linked to the conditions offered at ISAE-SUPAERO for carrying out research activities. In addition to industrial contacts for working on research projects with concrete problems, ISAE-SUPAERO has high-performance testing and manufacturing facilities managed by technical teams who work with researchers to produce demonstrators to test and validate concepts. These are rare and precious working conditions for a researcher.