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“Défi Aérospatial Étudiant 2025”: Dassault Aviation Prize awarded to an ISAE-SUPAERO student team

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31 July 2025

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As part of the integrated team project of the Institute's TAS ASTRO master's program, a team of student engineers developed the OSIRIS space shuttle, taking part in the Student Aerospace Challenge, an international competition. The team was awarded the Dassault Aviation Prize for the technical quality of its project.

Context and organisation of the project

The ability of private companies and government agencies to carry out manned space flights is an essential lever for future industrial, scientific and exploration missions.

The growth of commercial spaceflight is increasing the demands for safety and comfort, increasing the need for high-lift re-entry vehicles capable of landing on conventional runways. Designed to meet this challenge, OSIRIS adopts an innovative, modular architecture enabling it to carry seven passengers or five tonnes of freight for a week in orbit, or up to six months docked to a space station, while guaranteeing a safe return with moderate g-forces.

The development of this complex system was a challenge for the team, who worked on propulsion, thermal, electronics, mechanics, structures, life support systems, data processing, software, orbital mechanics and mission analysis.

The project took five months to develop, followed by a presentation at ISAE-SUPAERO, then at the Suborbital Day at the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Le Bourget). The design covered most of the sub-systems of a manned space shuttle, exploring the technical details with rigour.

Presentation of the Dassault Aviation Prize

The project culminated at Suborbital Day at Le Bourget, in front of a panel made up of representatives from ESA, Dassault Aviation, ArianeGroup and the European Astronaut Club, the event’s sponsor.

The team attended presentations by twenty other European teams and had the opportunity to discuss the projects they had developed. John McFall, Paralympic sprinter, surgeon and ESA astronaut, took the opportunity to share his experiences and the importance of taking on challenges.

The ceremony concluded with the presentation of the Dassault Aviation Prize, awarded to the OSIRIS team for the technical quality of its project.

ISAE-SUPAERO congratulates the team on this success and expresses its gratitude to Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez, professor of space systems engineering at ISAE-SUPAERO, for her advice and support throughout the project.

Team: Lucas Alba, Louis Brocca, Luca Danet-Garbarini, Benoît Fila, Louis-Victor Gautier, Nils Joanne, Grigorios Papadas

Programme : TAS ASTRO 2024-2025

Theme : Mission profile and concept - OSIRIS space shuttle

Duration: 6 months

Mattéo Gouzien: itinerary of an award-winning engineer and PhD student committed to decarbonized aviation!

Publication Date

28 July 2025

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Passionate about science since childhood

Mattéo, who grew up in Lorient, where his passion for science was born: ” I ‘ ve had a passion for science ever since I was a little boy,” he confides. Choosing to do a BAC SSI was ” an obvious choice and an opportunity to take my passion a little further “. His academic career then took another turn, when he was admitted to the Ginette preparatory school (Lycée Sainte-Geneviève), following an application he had made ” without really believing in it “, he admits.

These two years of preparatory classes were a real challenge for him: “I was faced with a difficulty that was quite unprecedented for me. But, buoyed by the spirit of the class and the mutual support between students, I was able to enjoy those years”.

“ The discovery of new disciplines, approached in a very rigorous way, was an essential part of those years “, he adds. He remembers being amazed to unravel the equations explaining how a microwave works, or to discover the Venturi effect.

ISAE-SUPAERO: living your passion

At the end of his two years of preparatory classes and fascinated by the world of aerospace, Mattéo chose ISAE-SUPAERO, attracted by its technical side, its team spirit and its sporting activities (surfing, mountaineering, parachuting): “his preferred choice”, he stresses.

” At ISAE-SUPAERO, my passion for science only grew,” he says. ” I didn’t know where to turn, between fluid mechanics, signal processing, structural dynamics and applied maths. It was there that I finally understood what all those obscure prep school theorems were for – it was a revelation for me.

A gap year rich in knowledge and adventure

In the middle of his second year on the general engineering course at ISAE-SUPAERO, Mattéo began his gap year in two parts, “after three years with his head in the handlebars, to find out in practical terms how the theoretical knowledge he had acquired was being applied “.

He began with a 6-month placement at DGA TA in the Fleet Monitoring department. ” The idea of my placement was to use artificial intelligence algorithms to predict the damage suffered by Mirages 2000 during different flight sequences, and to understand how this damage affected the aircraft’s lifespan “.

Mattéo then went on an academic exchange to Toronto, where he was able to explore new scientific subjects such as robotics, structural dynamics in civil engineering and artificial intelligence, as well as discovering the country. ” I was also able to venture out, during the roaring of the caribou, into vast landscapes that were completely untouched by man ,” he explains.

A trip to South America before returning... by sailboat!

For the remaining six months of his gap year, Mattéo chose to go travelling in South America: ” I think that during these years, travelling, discovering and meeting new people are excellent ways of growing internally, taking a step back and, above all, confronting our way of thinking with reality.

It was an opportunity for him to let himself be carried along by the unexpected, between trekking at high altitude, cycling in the Andes and surfing on the Pacific coast, mostly on his own, “at first with only a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish “.

When it came time to return to France, and considering that his carbon footprint had already been greatly exceeded for his first Atlantic crossing, Mattéo chose to return by sailboat to Lorient.

” I’ve managed to find a sailboat so that I can return to port with three other sailors, heading for Lorient. Here I am, on a voyage lasting more than a month, buffeted by the waves, cut off from the world, in the middle of the ocean“.

It was a hugely formative experience for him, leading him to ” question the notions of progress and the race for profit, and to criticise our Western lifestyle where everything moves at 100 km/h!

A natural choice in^3rd year: “simulations of complex systems” and “signals and systems”.

Back at ISAE-SUPAERO for his 3rdᵉ year, it was natural for Mattéo to choose the “signals and systems” field of expertise and the “simulations of complex systems” field of application.

” It was a natural choice for me. Digital simulation and automatic control are at the crossroads of most of the engineering fields I’m passionate about, ” confides Mattéo.

An award-winning end-of-studies internship

His end-of-studies internship, carried out between ONERA and ISAE-SUPAERO, was a great success.

Mattéo won the regional and then the national André Blanc-Lapierre prize from the SEE for his work on data-based structured identification of the 2D Maxwell equations as a port-Hamiltonian system. His internship also enabled him to take part in the PEGASUS student conference, where he came second. This work also led to participation in an international conference and the publication of a journal article in the COMPEL journal (‘Port-Hamiltonian reduced order modelling of the 2D Maxwell equations’).

Under the supervision of Charles Poussot-Vassal (ONERA) and Denis Matignon (ISAE-SUPAERO), this internship enabled him to discover two fascinating theories: Hamiltonian port systems and the Loewner framework, applied to the 2D Maxwell equations.

” In aerospace engineering, solving Maxwell’s equations is essential for the design and analysis of numerous systems such as antennas, radars and the design of stealth technologies. However, these equations often result in very large models. The calculation time required to solve these systems can be very long (sometimes up to several months of simulation). These models are therefore unusable for iterative design processes.

Model reduction offers a solution for simplifying their complexity while retaining their critical characteristics. To illustrate the capabilities of the method used, the figure shows a snapshot of the results of the time simulations (of the magnetic field H and the electric field E) of the full-order model (FOM) compared with the reduced model, which is 13 times smaller and 100 times faster,” explains Mattéo.

Mattéo was then selected by ISAE-SUPAERO to take part in the PEGASUS student conference, held this year in Prague. This annual event brings together students from Europe’s leading aerospace schools. It was an opportunity for him to meet many students from all over Europe, giving rise to extremely enriching exchanges, both on a scientific and social level.

The conference also included a student competition, based on the evaluation of submitted scientific papers and oral presentations.

Mattéo came second, again in recognition of the work he had carried out during his final year internship.

The award was doubly well deserved, as Mattéo decided to make the return journey from Prague by bike, just as he did when he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing boat!

” Always with a view to reducing my carbon footprint, and given the price of the outward train ticket, I decided to make the return journey by bike. I’d also like to thank the Alumni Association for the grant they awarded me to finance the outward journey.

A thesis to reduce emissions from the aviation sector

A recent graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO, Mattéo has started a thesis between IMS in Bordeaux and ONERA in Toulouse on fault-tolerant active control of the flutter phenomenon.

” The aim is to design commercial aircraft with high aspect ratios in order to reduce fuel consumption and hence carbon emissions in the aviation sector “, he explains.

Mattéo sees this thesis as a new personal challenge, a way of “questioning the differences in expectations and opinions that sometimes arise between the worlds of research and industry”.

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Testimony from Mathis Putegnat, student (class of 2025) of the APM Advanced Master's programme

Aerospace

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Testimonial

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Our "Diplômes d'ingénieur"

At ISAE-SUPAERO, our two engineering diploma programmes embody academic excellence and a commitment to addressing the major challenges of tomorrow. Our ISAE-SUPAERO General Engineering programme trains high-potential general engineers, combining scientific expertise, innovative capacity, and an international outlook. Our Specialized Engineering programme in Industrial Engineering for Aeronautics and Space offers professional training, rooted in industrial realities and driven by project-based learning. Our two programmes offer a solid scientific education, enriched by a strong synergy with research and a strong commitment to sustainable, responsible, and forward-looking engineering.

« Ingénieur ISAE-SUPAERO » by apprenticeship

Ingénieur généraliste (MSc)

News

AeroMAPS: the go-to tool for exploring the possible futures of aviation

Aeronautics

DCAS

Decarbonization

Testimonials

Testimony of Giuseppe Cataldo, alumnus of the 2010 Engineer ISAE-SUPAERO programme

Alumni

Space

Testimonial

News

A portrait of Alexandre Lemaitre: MS MGPIE alumni and consultant in financing and innovation management

We meet Alexandre Lemaitre, a 2020 graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO's Advanced Master® in MGPIE and a consultant in financing and innovation management at FI Group. He talks to us about his career path and his job, and explains why he decided to pursue an Advanced Master®, specifically the MGPIE.

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Research

At ISAE-SUPAERO, we conduct cutting-edge research in the service of innovation, technological sovereignty and the ecological transition of the aerospace sector, thereby affirming our role as a leading player in the scientific and industrial community.

DAEP

DCAS

DEOS

Videos

ISAE-SUPAERO Engineering Graduation Class of 2023

Congratulations to our ISAE-SUPAERO Engineering Graduates Class of 2023! We're proud of you and your achievements and commitments throughout your studies. We wish you a successful start to your professional lives!

Ingénieur généraliste (MSc)

Programme

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Brochures

« Ingénieur ISAE-SUPAERO » by apprenticeship

Advanced Master®

Brochure

News

Campus au féminin: raising girls' awareness of scientific careers

Career

Diversity program

Equal opportunities

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Design and Operation of Aerospace Vehicles Department (DCAS)

At ISAE-SUPAERO, the Design and Operation of Aerospace Vehicles Department (DCAS) develops methods, simulation tools and experimental platforms for the design and operation of aerospace vehicles.

DCAS

PhD

Researcher

Testimonials

Testimony of Matthieu Guilhem, student in the "Ingénieur généraliste" programme

Application

Eligibles

Ingénieur généraliste (MSc)

News

AeroSCOPE, the first open-source database for exploring CO2 emissions from air transport

Aeronautics

Decarbonization

Sustainability

News

ISAE-SUPAERO Environmental Engineering Certificate: training engineers in the challenges of environmental and energy transitions

Aeronautics

Certification

Sustainability

Testimonials

Testimony of Ernest Chi Tse, alumni class of 2018 of the Advanced Master® ASAA

Advanced Master®

Alumni

Testimonial

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Lasbordes Air Operations Center (COAL)

The Department of Design and Operation of Aeronautical and Space Vehicles (DCAS) is part of the Lasbordes Air Operations Center (COAL), located on an airfield a few kilometers from the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. As part of its aeronautical training and research activities, COAL operates a fleet of 8 light aircraft.

DCAS

Doctoral student

PhD

News

Pierre Damien Vaujour, alumni and founder of Loft Orbital

Pierre Damien Vaujour graduated from ISAE-SUPAERO in 2008. Passionate about space, he looks back on his career and the founding of his company, Loft Orbital.

Portrait

Testimonials

Testimony of Yannick Lepage, student (class of 2025) of the AMS E&M Advanced Master®

Advanced Master®

Testimonial

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Spring Semester in Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautics

Aerospace

Aerospace summer program

News

Focus on subsonic wind tunnels, aerodynamics in practice

Aeronautics

DAEP

News

Hera probe captures exceptional images of Mars and its moon Deimos

DEOS

Researcher

Science

News

Envision responsible air transport

Aeronautics

Sustainability

Testimonials

Testimony of Jorys Collard Casanova, student (class of 2025) of the TAS AERO FTE Advanced Master®

Advanced Master®

Testimonial

News

Noémie Martin, E2018 engineer, receives €1 million prize from the Jean-Jacques and Félicia Lopez-Loreta Foundation for her FASTE project

Diversity program

Prize

Science

News

Corentin Lefloch, an engineering student, wins first prize at the USAIRE STUDENT AWARDS for his ideas on the future of aviation

Prize

Sustainability

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Prior Experience Accreditation

Advanced Master®

Aeronautics

Aerospace

Pages

Our Short Modules

Advanced Master®

Aeronautics

Aerospace

Videos

Orbit Your Thesis: ISAE-SUPAERO in zero gravity with the AIM experiment

Prize

Space

Testimonials

Testimony of Jonathan Andrieu, student (class of 2025) of the AIBT Advanced Master®

Advanced Master®

Testimonial

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“Integrated Image Sensors” (CIMI) scientific group

The “Integrated Image Sensors” (CIMI) scientific group, develops and characterizes active-pixel image sensors (CMOS Image Sensors (CIS)) on silicon for visible and infrared radiation.

DEOS

Doctoral student

PhD

Videos

3 questions to Marie Delaroche, 3ᵉ year student and MDRS 293 crew commander

Since February 18, seven ISAE-SUPAERO engineering students have been living a simulated Martian life and carrying out experiments in collaboration with CNES and several research laboratories at The Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in UTAH (USA)! For the second time, the mission is led by a woman: Marie Delaroche, a passionate #spaceexplorer, who was already part of crew 275 departing in 2023. We asked her 3 questions to find out more about the challenges of this mission and her feelings as #flightcommander! Alongside her, three young women and three young men in their 2ᵉ year of #engineering studies have taken on the roles of astronomer, scientist, botanist, journalist, health worker and onboard engineer. They are all members of the Mars Club ISAE-SUPAERO, a student association for the popularization of science focused on the Red Planet and the missions dedicated to its exploration and study. They are currently experimenting with AI4U, the artificial intelligence that assists astronauts in their daily tasks (environmental measurements, voice recognition, emergency exercises). They are also conducting a science popularization experiment in collaboration with secondary school pupils. Inspired by the film The Martian, in which an astronaut grows potatoes on the Red Planet, the aim of this experiment is to compare plant growth in Martian soil with growth in terrestrial soil! To follow their adventure, click here: https://mars.bde-supaero.fr/

Space

Student club

Student life

News

From classroom to cockpit: flying activities at ISAE-SUPAERO

Watch a video of the school's Lasbordes Air Operations Center (COAL).

Aeronautics

Programme

Videos

Testimony of Florian Bonte, S2010 ISAE-SUPAERO alumni: creating opportunities through networking

Creating opportunities through networking: a testimonial from Florian Bonte, S2010 ISAE-SUPAERO alumnus! He tells us about our partnership, and the importance of networking and passing on information, as an alumnus of the school, and Sales Manager at Groupe SII, one of the school's partner companies. Our partner companies recently took part in the Village Entreprises, an event held on the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. This not-to-be-missed annual event enables our students to meet, exchange ideas and make contacts with our partner companies! Thanks to the many training options offered by the Institute, and the diversity of their first professional experiences and nationalities, the professional profiles of our students are perfectly adapted to the needs of companies. For our students, it's a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with professionals to identify internship and job opportunities, to refine their project, or to find ideas to bring their projects to fruition.

Alumni

Career

Company

Videos

ISAE-SUPAERO Engineering 2022 graduation ceremony

Congratulations to our ISAE-SUPAERO graduates in the Engineering 2022 class! We're proud of you, your achievements and your commitment throughout your studies. We wish you a successful start to your professional lives!

Ingénieur généraliste (MSc)

Programme

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Job offers

Aeronautics

Aerospace

Testimonials

Testimony from Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez, elected member of the Air and Space Academy

DCAS

Space

Teacher researcher

Videos

ISAAR DAHER/ ISAE-SUPAERO Chair: presentation of the Chair's work

Aeronautics

Chair

Company

Testimonials

Testimony of Matthieu LP, student (class of 2025) of the IEM Advanced Master®

Aerospace

Alumni

Testimonial

Testimonials

Testimony of Clémentine Lelarge, student in the "Ingénieur généraliste" programme

Education

Eligibles

Ingénieur généraliste (MSc)

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Our Ecosystem

Our Institute operates at the heart of a leading academic, scientific, and technological ecosystem. Driven by the strength of the ISAE SUPAERO ENSICA Alumni Association network, supported by the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation, and enriched by EUROSAE's expertise in executive education, our actions are part of a collective dynamic within the University of Toulouse and the ISAE Group. Committed to the major challenges of tomorrow, we are developing major initiatives within the Institute for Sustainable Aviation for sustainable aviation and the Defense Space Academy to meet the strategic challenges of space.

Aerospace

Partner

Partnership

News

Meeting with Joseph Risson, engineering student and winner of a scholarship for his Viraj H2 project

On Friday, 8 December, the Swiss Jean-Jacques and Felicia Lopez-Loreta Foundation for Academic Excellence awarded a prize to Viraj H2, a project developed at ISAE-SUPAERO. Joseph Risson, a third-year engineering student, is studying a hybridisation between a hydrogen turboprop engine and a fuel cell in order to accelerate the decarbonisation of air transport. The €1 million grant will enable Joseph and his partner Paul de Goÿs to validate the technology behind their innovation.

Entrepreneurship

InnovSpace

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Pierre-Eric Pommellet, CEO of Naval Group: European leader in naval defense and partner of ISAE-SUPAERO

Discover the interview with Pierre-Eric Pommellet, Chairman and CEO of Naval Group and ISAE-SUPAERO alumnus, who talks about cooperation between schools and companies.

Career

Company

Partner

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“Communication and Information Theory” (ComiT) scientific group

The “Communication and Information Theory” (ComiT) scientific group is involved in the disciplines of digital communications, radar, and channel access techniques. Its fields of application include space systems, civil and military aviation, terrestrial cellular networks and the Internet of Things (IoT).

DEOS

Doctoral program

Doctoral student

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Unlocking the secrets of earthquakes with stratospheric balloons

A team of DEOS researchers has achieved a significant milestone in the use of infrasound data captured by stratospheric balloons to understand seismic signals. This breakthrough, published in Earth Planets Space*, opens up new perspectives for the study of earthquakes, both on Earth and on other planets.

DEOS

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Science

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“Connected Systems” (SysCo) scientific group

The scientific dynamic of the “Connected Systems” (SysCo) scientific group focuses primarily on network-related issues in aerospace applications, i.e. space communications, embedded networks and certain types of connected systems.

DISC

Doctoral student

PhD

News

A portrait of Chrisy Raharison - Alumni of the MGPIE Advanced Master

Meet Chrisy Raharison, a 2021 graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO's Advanced Master® MGPIE programme, who works at the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Young Graduate Trainee programme in Business Development. She talks to us about her career path and her job, and explains why she decided to pursue an Advanced Master®, specifically the MGPIE.

Portrait

News

Electric aircraft flights to raise awareness of carbon-free aviation

In June, twenty-four students and staff members from ISAE-SUPAERO had the opportunity to fly on the Velis Electro, the world's first certified 100% electric aircraft.

Aeronautics

Decarbonization

Sustainability

News

CASTOR Chair: ISAE-SUPAERO and Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse celebrate 1 year of partnership

Aeronautics

Chair

Partnership

News

Listening to the Martian past: ISAE-SUPAERO at the heart of the ExoMars mission

ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission to explore Mars will carry a unique instrument for recording sound and atmospheric data from the planet. The Institute has been selected by ESA and CNES for this major scientific collaboration.

DEOS

Researcher

Science

Testimonials

Testimony from Nathanaël Lecompte, 2021 alumni of the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering programme

Alumni

Sustainability

Testimonial

News

Researchers at ISAE-SUPAERO have been awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their article ‘Seismic detection of the Martian core’ published in the journal Science!

Prize

Videos

Arnaud Prost, ESA reserve astronaut and ISAE-SUPAERO alumnus: “I was incredibly lucky to be here”

Fighter pilot and reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA), Arnaud Prost returned to his former school on Thursday March 28 to meet 200 secondary school students as part of the ISAE SUPAERO OSE program. It was an opportunity for him to recall the “great memories” of his student experience at ISAE-SUPAERO, his long-standing commitment to the student social outreach program and the “Aquanauts” scheme he set up with OSE l'ISAE-SUPAERO. And in passing, he offers a few words of advice to young people who might dream of following in his footsteps: “Don't let yourself be convinced that one of these paths isn't for you!” A 2017 graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO, Arnaud Prost is among those selected for the ESA Astronaut Class of 2022, alongside Sophie Adenot and Anthea Comellini, both also alumni of the school. They join other illustrious ESA astronauts who have already studied at the school: Thomas Pesquet, Luca Parmitano and Samantha Cristoforetti. Since 1970, ISAE-SUPAERO has contributed to the progress of the space age through its training, research and innovation activities. As the only organization in France to offer degree courses (engineering, master's, specialized master's, doctorate) covering all 22 space-related themes identified by CNES, the Institute offers a royal road to space careers. For Arnaud Prost's full profile: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/A

Alumni

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Space

Events

"Les Entretiens de Toulouse - Training through debate”: April 9 & 10, 2025 on the ISAE-SUPAERO campus

Aeronautics

Artificial intelligence

Defence

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“Space Systems for Planetology and Applications” (SSPA) scientific group

The “Space Systems for Planetology and Applications” (SSPA) scientific group focuses on one main area of research: The development of missions and associated technologies for geophysical exploration of the solar system.

DEOS

Doctoral student

PhD

News

Meeting with Yves Gourinat, elected as a full member of the Air and Space Academy

Aeronautics

Award

Teacher researcher

Testimonials

Testimonial of Elisa Baumgarten, Advanced Master® AES student (class of 2025)

Advanced Master®

Testimonial

Our Rankings

Publication Date

18 February 2025

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Ranking

The 6th Most Chosen School By Preparatory Class Students According to Génération Prépa (2023-2024)

ISAE-SUPAERO is ranked at least 6^th across all tracks, placing 4^th in the PSI track and 6^th in the MP track in the Génération Prépa 2023-2024 ranking of the most chosen schools by undergraduates. The Génération Prépa website is run by students from the Grandes Écoles and is aimed at students in the preparatory classes. Its rankings are based on data provided by the Service du Concours Ecoles d'Ingénieurs (SCEI) using 5 indicators: the competition in which the school is ranked, its average rank, the number of entrants, the number of places, and the number of students who have entered the school.

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5th in the Figaro Étudiant 2025 Ranking of Post-Prépa Engineering Schools (2025)

ISAE-SUPAERO is ranked 5^th in Figaro Étudiant's 2025 ranking of post-prépa engineering schools. Every year, Figaro Étudiant publishes its ranking of the best French post-prépa engineering schools. The characteristics and performances of 87 schools accessible after two years of preparatory classes are studied through various indicators grouped into three categories: academic, international, and employment. With a score of 16.5, our School has moved up 3 places compared to the 2024 ranking (8^th).

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7th in the Ranking of Engineering Schools According to Data Analysis for University Rankings (DAUR) (2024)

This ranking is the result of a study carried out on 185 engineering schools, with a particular focus on student engineering degrees. Classified according to five harmonised criteria depending on the output sectors and the size of the establishment, the data used for each school comes mainly from SCEI statistics, Parcoursup, the CTI's annual certification campaign, and the CDEFI's professional integration survey. With a final score of 73, ISAE-SUPAERO came 7^th out of the 185 schools ranked.

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7th in the Usine Nouvelle Ranking of Engineering Schools (2025)

Having advanced 6 places from 2024, this result underlines the Institute's excellence on the 4 main criteria: professional integration, international activities, proximity to the business world, and research. Today, engineering education is establishing itself as a promising path for the future, and our school embodies this dynamic by investing fully in technological and environmental issues alongside our partners to attract talent from all over the world. Our young graduates enjoy excellent prospects with attractive career opportunities as soon as they graduate. They are destined to play a key role in the challenge of the aerospace transition and are establishing themselves as major players in innovation and the transformation of industries and services.

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'4 stars' awarded by Challenges (2023)

With a 4-star rating, the Institute is one of the best post-prépa engineering schools in the Challenges ranking. The number of stars is awarded on the basis of a number of criteria, including the salary levels of graduates and the proportion of foreign students in each year's intake, reflecting the school's international appeal. The school's presence in the Shanghai Ranking and its alumni network on LinkedIn are also taken into account.

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A Score of 3.79/5 For a Campus That Fosters Positive Student Experiences According to the HappyAtSchool® Ranking (2025)

The HappyAtSchool® 2025 ranking highlights our Institute's ability to offer a dynamic and fulfilling environment where students benefit from solid academic support and harmonious integration into a committed community. For our Institute, this ranking is a key indicator of our attractiveness in a context where the student experience plays a decisive role. The HappyAtSchool^® ranking is based on the direct evaluation of students and measures their well-being within higher education institutions. It takes into account a number of key criteria, such as the quality of life on campus, the atmosphere, teaching support, infrastructure, and career prospects.

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Top 1% for Employability According to CWUR (2024)

With a ranking of 179^th out of nearly 21,000 institutions evaluated worldwide, ISAE-SUPAERO is in the top 1% worldwide for employability! The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) provides advice to governments and universities on education and research. CWUR publishes a world ranking of universities according to the employability of their graduates. Employability is measured by the number of a university's alumni who have held senior positions in the world's largest companies, relative to the size of the university.

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DMSM’s SA-I research team wins best poster award at 14th EASN conference

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18 December 2024

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14ᵉ conférence EASN

Du 8 au 11 octobre 2024, Thessalonique, en Grèce, a accueilli la 14ᵉ Conférence Internationale de l’EASN (European Aeronautics Science Network).

Cet événement, sous le thème « Innovation in Aviation and Space towards sustainability today & tomorrow », a réuni des experts du secteur aéronautique et spatial pour discuter des innovations en matière de durabilité.

C’est dans ce cadre prestigieux qu’une équipe de chercheurs, l’équipe SA-I du Département de Mécanique des Systèmes et Modélisation (DMSM) a remporté le prix du meilleur poster scientifique pour leurs travaux remarquables ! Cette équipe regroupe des chercheurs du groupe MS2M, du groupe MSC, et du groupe SUMO de l’Institut Clément Ader (https://www.ica.cnrs.fr).

Une reconnaissance pour un travail de haute qualité

Le jury de la conférence a salué à la fois la rigueur scientifique et la présentation esthétique du poster. Le travail récompensé se distingue par une approche holistique de la durabilité des assemblages collés dans le domaine des transports, prenant en compte l’interconnexion des modes de transport dans un objectif de développement durable. Il propose une technologie innovante de démontabilité contrôlée d’assemblages collés, peu coûteuse et parfaitement compatible avec toutes les méthodes industrielles actuelles et futures d’assemblage par collage, et tous les adhésifs.

L’approche, qui articule la recherche fondamentale et appliquée, a été jugée particulièrement pertinente et en phase avec les attentes de la société civile.

C’est dans ce contexte que Lorraine Aparecida Silva a réalisé sa thèse, en collaboration internationale avec l’Université de Porto. Cette thèse financée par l’Ecole Doctorale MEGeP, inscrite à l’Université de Toulouse, et co-encadrée par deux laboratoires, l’ICA et l’INGEI, a permis d’aboutir à un brevet international porté par l’ISAE-SUPAERO et l’Université Paul Sabatier.

L’équipe SA-I a donc démontré sa capacité à concilier des enjeux complexes, alliant performance scientifique et pragmatisme industriel, tout en abordant des solutions durables, applicables dès aujourd’hui et dans le futur.

Christine Espinosa récompensée

En plus de ce prix prestigieux, Christine Espinosa, membre clé de l’équipe de recherche, a reçu des distinctions supplémentaires. Elle bénéficie d’une inscription individuelle gratuite pour l’année 2025 en tant que membre de l’EASN. De plus, elle recevra une inscription « full path » pour participer à la prochaine conférence EASN de 2025.

Enfin, les travaux de l’équipe seront publiés dans Aerospace Journal, une revue scientifique de renom dans le domaine de l’aéronautique et de l’espace.

Noémie Martin, E2018 engineer, receives €1 million prize from the Jean-Jacques and Félicia Lopez-Loreta Foundation for her FASTE project

Publication Date

13 December 2024

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Research

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Science

The Jean-Jacques and Félicia Lopez-Loreta Foundation encourages the best young graduates from four Swiss and French schools of excellence by awarding an annual prize of one million euros to support innovative and highly promising academic or entrepreneurial research projects.

This year, Noémie Martin, an engineer from ISAE-SUPAERO (ENSICA) and currently a post-doctoral fellow at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Lopez-Loreta prize for her FASTE project: Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Multi-Material Structures for Use in Severe Environments!

After obtaining her engineering degree, Noémie Martin went on to do a PhD at the Institut Clément Ader, which she obtained in 2022 after submitting an excellent CIFRE thesis on the hybridisation of additive manufacturing processes (funded by Segula Technologie), co-directed by Anis Hor, associate professor in the Mechanics, Structures and Materials Department (DMSM) at ISAE-SUPAERO and Philippe Lours, professor at the Institut Clément Ader.

Her work has been published in A-ranked journals (3 articles) and presented at several conferences. Passionate about research and additive manufacturing, she decided to pursue the adventure abroad with a post-doctorate she is currently carrying out at ETH Zurich to develop a new process: ‘High Speed Laser Cladding’.

The FASTE project: revolutionising manufacturing, dimensioning and characterisation methods for multi-material and multi-function parts
Today’s environmental and economic challenges require optimisation of the product life cycle to reduce carbon emissions and limit energy consumption. High-performance metal alloys are both a cause and a solution. They are used in a wide range of sectors, including energy production, transport and construction, and their use helps to optimise the performance of these sectors (durability and efficiency of engines, for example). However, their extraction and production are costly and polluting.

"The use of several materials for a single mechanical part improves the performance of that part during use. This concept is particularly interesting when the part or structure is subjected to multiple stresses (mechanical, thermal, chemical, electromagnetic, etc.), as it enables the performance of each material used to be exploited to the full. This will lead to multi-function mechanical systems that are less complex and more environmentally friendly (lighter structures, no need for cooling circuits, longer service life, repairability). However, the manufacture of multi-material structures using conventional processes is often costly, if not impossible. What's more, the dimensions of such parts are not standardised".

Noémie Martin

The ETH Zurich laboratory, where Noémie Martin is working, will contribute its expertise in micro-structure control in additive manufacturing. ISAE-SUPAERO will also be contributing its skills and technological equipment in the field of materials characterisation.

Overcoming all the scientific and technological hurdles

Thanks to this prize, and the combined expertise and human and material resources available in the laboratories of the two institutes, Noémie Martin’s research project aims to overcome all the scientific hurdles associated with the manufacture of multi-material parts, the dimensioning of these heterogeneous structures and the implementation of experimental and numerical methods for the multi-scale characterisation of such structures.

“Ultimately, the results of this project will be transferable to the energy and aerospace industries, offering additional solutions to designers of structures operating in harsh environments, while meeting new economic and environmental requirements”.

Best Scientific Paper Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2024 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Publication Date

20 November 2024

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Research

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Scientific publication

DeepGeo" article voted best scientific article by the AIAA

As part of an international collaboration between EPFL, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and ISAE-SUPAERO, six researchers have been awarded the best scientific paper prize by the AIAA for their paper: “DeepGeo: Deep Geometric Mapping for Automated and Effective Parameterization in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”.

The DeepGeo model proposes an innovative, fully automated, neural network-based approach to generating the mesh required for complex non-parametric geometries.

This AI model, coupled with a numerical simulation code, considerably reduces the trial and error phases involved in optimising the physical performance of an object. It opens up new prospects for aerodynamic design research and for the development of sustainable aeronautics solutions.

The authors

Zhen Wei, EPFL
Aobo Yang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jichao Li, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Michaël Bauerheim, ISAE-SUPAERO
Rhea P. Liem, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Pascal Fua, EPFL

To read the article: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/b3fd399e-a66f-433d-b066-c44d454ec9bd

Michaël Bauerheim, Associate Professor at DAEP

Michaël Bauerheim is an associate professor at ISAE-SUPAERO, the University of Sherbrooke (Canada) and an AI consultant.

His research work at DAEP is in the fields of aeroacoustics and high-performance learning for the physics of aeronautical flows. In this field, he is exploring the potential of AI techniques (deep learning and/or reinforcement learning) to solve fluid mechanics problems for which conventional methods fail or have shown their limitations.

He is also working on fluid-structure interactions, bio-inspired aerodynamics and Lattice-Boltzmann methods as part of various projects.

For more information on his work: https://pagespro.isae-supaero.fr/michael-bauerheim/

Researchers at ISAE-SUPAERO have been awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their article ‘Seismic detection of the Martian core’ published in the journal Science!

Publication Date

14 March 2023

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Research

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Prize

The Newcomb Cleveland Prize is awarded once a year to an “outstanding” article published in the journal Science during the previous year. The winning article is chosen on the basis of the quality of the research, innovation, the likelihood of influencing the field of research and the interdisciplinary importance of the article.

"From the reflections of seismic waves on the boundary between the core and mantle of Mars, the team was able to determine that Mars has a large core. A large core implies a mantle that is mineralogically similar to Earth's upper mantle and transition zone. However, Mars differs from Earth in terms of its core. The Martian core is much less dense, implying that a number of light elements such as oxygen and sulphur are dissolved in the iron and nickel core. This observation is difficult to reconcile with conventional models of planet formation.

"We will receive 25,000 dollars, which we have decided to donate to Médecins sans Frontières, to help the victims of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria."

Mélanie Drilleau, Raphaël Garcia

Direct access to the article for subscribers: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi7730

To download the article (link expires on 11 April 2023): https://jirafeau.isae-supaero.fr/f.php?h=1q62giG-&d=1

Orbit Your Thesis: ISAE-SUPAERO in zero gravity with the AIM experiment

Publication Date

28 November 2022

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Space

Corentin Lefloch, an engineering student, wins first prize at the USAIRE STUDENT AWARDS for his ideas on the future of aviation

Publication Date

11 December 2020

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Institute

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Prize

Sustainability

“We set out to consider air transport as a whole, to take stock of this complex industry with its incredible variety of players, and to research the current prospects for air transport in order to propose an implementable solution to meet the climate challenges”, Corentin points out.

Their report, entitled “Innovating and renewing: a flight plan for a sustainable aviation industry”, presents a technological analysis of the sector and develops proposals for innovative economic, institutional and legal reforms to meet the climate challenge from a new angle.

In it, they discuss an overhaul of the way the aeronautics industry is organised, based on sustainable technological innovation, international cooperation and a fair distribution of intellectual property and economic and social benefits across the value chain.

Reform on an international scale

In their view, the industry needs to focus not only on new technologies, but also on its institutions, in order to meet the commitments of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) to halve its CO2 emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.
Improving aircraft structures and engines, or using drop-in alternative fuels, will not be enough. The students suggest the creation of an “International Council for Sustainable Aviation” to set guidelines for airlines on a global scale, or the introduction of “transition bonds”, systems for financing innovative low-CO2 emission projects, which are just as important in establishing sustainable aviation.

In concluding their manifesto, they state that the success of air transport in the future cannot be summed up in a simple technological solution, and that international institutions will also have to be reinvented to enable the emergence and development of fully sustainable aviation.

“I am convinced that the collective awareness of the climate challenges is a tremendous opportunity to rethink the world of tomorrow. The aviation industry has a lot to do to integrate environmental issues and reinvent itself. I’d like to be part of these changes and be able to propose solutions”, explains Corentin.

A clear path

With a lifelong passion for aeronautics, Corentin Lefloch joined ISAE-SUPAERO after a preparatory class for the “Grandes Écoles”. He then went on to do a double-diploma with Sciences Po Paris, in a Masters in Finance and Strategy. He is convinced of the need to combine this knowledge with engineering to develop a detailed understanding of the aeronautics industry, in order to play an active part in its future development. He is currently in his final year of the engineering curriculum, specialising in decision data sciences.

It was during this double degree at Sciences Po Paris that he met Florian Gandon, a glider pilot and aviation enthusiast, who is convinced that finance and public affairs are two pillars of this strategic and capital-intensive industry. After completing his Master’s degree and gaining experience at Airbus and other companies, he became a trainee private equity analyst at Ace Management, the company that manages the €1 billion recovery fund for the aerospace industry, financed by Airbus, Safran, Dassault Aviation, Thales, Tikehau Capital and the French government.

This USAIRE jury-awarded pair got involved very early on to develop their own thinking on the future of air transport and its ecological transition, “be green, keep flying”, in the midst of the health crisis, at a time when the vast majority of aircraft were grounded, while aid to support the sector was conditional on environmental commitments.
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