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A National Prize for Open Science Awarded to Paul Saves

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15 December 2025

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On December 1, 2025, at Université Paris-Saclay, our PhD candidate Paul Saves was honored at the Open Science Thesis Award Ceremony – 2025 edition, organized by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space (MESRI)

There, he received the Open Science Thesis Prize – Science and Technology Category, a national award that promotes and highlights exemplary open science practices among early-career researchers.
This recognition comes with a trophy as well as a €2,500 grant.

A Major Contribution to the Decarbonization of Aviation

Paul Saves’ PhD, conducted at ISAE-SUPAERO, focuses on high-dimensional multidisciplinary optimization for early-stage aircraft eco-design.
His work is fully aligned with the challenges of aviation decarbonization: better understanding, modeling, and optimizing aeronautical performance to design the low-carbon aircraft of tomorrow.

“This prize is a strong validation of the Open Science approach we adopted from the very beginning of this PhD at ISAE-SUPAERO and ONERA. It demonstrates that sharing code and ensuring transparency in methods are not constraints, but essential accelerators for innovation, especially in the face of the urgent need to decarbonize aviation.

On a personal level, this recognition provides valuable visibility to the open-source library SMT (Surrogate Modeling Toolbox) that we developed. It is a major encouragement to continue pursuing collaborative and accessible research, a philosophy I still apply today in my work on green computing, particularly through supervising the ISAE-SUPAERO PhD of Gaston Plat.”

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Open-source tools that have become references

The prize recognizes the open-source development of:

SMT — Surrogate Modeling Toolbox 2.0
A software toolbox for surrogate modeling, widely used by the scientific and industrial communities for optimization and simulation.
smt-design-space
An innovative extension enabling the management of heterogeneous data in modeling processes.
smt-explainability
A module dedicated to explainable AI (XAI), facilitating the analysis, reproducibility, and understanding of data-driven models.

Published as open-source, these tools promote transparency, sharing, reproducibility, and the dissemination of methods — all essential pillars of modern research. They have become foundational components for numerous academic studies and international collaborations.

Research Guided by a Multidisciplinary Team

This PhD research is the result of a collaboration between ISAE-SUPAERO and ONERA. It was supervised by Dr. Youssef Diouane at ISAE-SUPAERO and by Prof. Nathalie Bartoli at ONERA.
It was also co-supervised by Prof. Joseph Morlier (CNRS, Institut Clément Ader) and Thierry Lefebvre (ONERA).

This collaborative dynamic made it possible to combine scientific expertise, software innovation, and open practices.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Paul Saves for this prestigious recognition, which highlights the quality of his research, the impact of his open-source contributions, and our institution’s commitment to an ambitious Open Science approach.

About the Open Science Thesis Prize
Established in 2024 as part of the Second National Plan for Open Science, this prize aims to promote open science practices within doctoral research.
It complements the Open Science Prizes dedicated to research data and open-source research software, which were introduced in 2022.
The goal is to encourage research that is more transparent, collaborative, and accessible, serving both society and innovation.

Testimony from Alexandre Bouraoui, engineering student by apprenticeship and IAC 2025 Award Winner

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01 December 2025

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Can you present yourself and speak about your acadmic path?

I was born in France and grown in Tunisia.

Before joining ISAE-SUPAERO, I graduated from a BUT in Physical Measurements (Mesures Physiques) at the University of Toulouse.

I am currently a final-year student of the “Diplôme d’ingénieur” by Apprenticeship (‘Industrialisation and Methods for Aeronautics and Space’) at ISAE-SUPAERO. I am also doing an apprenticeship at Thales Alenia Space as a payload architect apprentice for communication satellites, where I develop simulation and analysis tools for other architects.

You were awarded the Hermann Oberth Gold Medal at IAC 2025 in Sydney. Why did you receive this prize?

I received this award after being selected by the Aeronautics and Astronautics Association of France (3AF) to represent France in the student competition at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025) in Sydney.

There, I presented a paper entitled “Characterization of the Stationarity of an ICP Plasma”. This work focuses on studying plasma stability and was carried out within the PAMPA team of the Electronics, Optronics, and Signal Department (DEOS) at ISAE-SUPAERO, under the supervision of Romain Pascaud and Valentin Mazières. The project began during my second year as part of an introductory research module: I had personally contacted Dr. Pascaud to work on this topic, driven by my strong interest in plasma physics and electric propulsion—two of my passions.

I had the tremendous honor of winning the Hermann Oberth Gold Medal for the best student paper in the main category (“Graduate”) during the closing ceremony, in front of more than a thousand people.

The IAC was an exceptional opportunity for networking, learning about the space sector, and experiencing such a magnificent environment as Sydney.

Can you tell us about your current studies at ISAE-SUPAERO? Why did you choose this programme?

I chose the “Diplôme d’ingénieur” by Apprenticeship (‘Industrialisation and Methods for Aeronautics and Space’) programme because it provides a better understanding of the professional world through hands-on experience.

I particularly appreciate the alternating schedule (two months at school, two months in the company), which I find very suitable: it allows us to fully focus either on the academic side or on our professional assignments. Moreover, this format has helped ease the financial burden on my parents. They supported me a lot during my undergraduate studies, but it would have been difficult for them to continue assisting me throughout the additional three years of the engineering programme.

What are your career plans after graduation?

After graduation, I plan to focus on research in satellite electric propulsion, either as an engineer or by starting a PhD, as this is what I am most passionate about. However, I am not closing the door to aerospace engineering in all its aspects, a field I greatly enjoy through my current experience at Thales Alenia Space.

Learn more about the "Diplôme d'ingénieur" by Apprenticeship ('Industrialisation and Methods for Aeronautics and Space')

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Discover... CMOS image sensors at ISAE-SUPAERO

ISAE-SUPAERO - as a center for training through research, research training and innovation - has a wide range of research equipment used in its 6 research departments. Today, we present CMOS image sensors! CMOS image sensors are playing an increasingly important role in our everyday lives. For several years now, our team at ISAE-SUPAERO has been developing CMOS image sensors with a number of players in the field, and innovating by proposing new architectures and conditions of use requiring studies of both elementary components and more complex structures. Measurements are carried out on transistors and diodes with the help of an under-tip tester and a parametric analyzer enabling very low current measurements (10 aA). Similarly, simple structures containing innovative pixels can be operated with the tester using spike cards coupled to a word generator specially designed for image sensors. All these studies not only contribute to our understanding of the physics of photodetection, but also provide models for our simulators. They are also used to monitor manufacturing processes during the various production phases.

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Feedback: a Latecoere engineer in the ISAE-SUPAERO laboratories

To strengthen the links between industry and research, more than 10 industrial R&D engineers have been made available to ISAE-SUPAERO as part of the France Relance plan! Cyril Geneste, research engineer at Latecoere, is one of them. Together with Miguel Charlotte, Associate Professor at the Institute, he looks back on this fruitful two-year collaboration. Their work, carried out in the ISAE-SUPAERO laboratories, focused on the behavior of aircraft door seals, which ensure cabin airtightness. Thanks to the Institute's cutting-edge equipment and academic expertise, Cyril Geneste was able in particular to carry out numerical modeling of seals in order to test their behavior. Students in their 3rdᵉ year of engineering studies were also involved in this work.

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Alexandre Bouraoui Takes Gold at the 2025 International Astronautical Congress

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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.

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Chair for Eco-Design of AiRcraft – Airbus

The CEDAR Chair, a response to environmental issues in the aeronautics sector.

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Testimonial of Baptiste Sigal, Advanced Master® TAS ASTRO student (class) 2025

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Scientific and research integrity

ISAE-SUPAERO is one of the signatories of the National Charter of Ethics for Research Professions, adopted in January 2015 by the Conference of University Presidents (CPU) and all national research organizations, and incorporated into the Institute's internal regulations.

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The first Franco-Korean workshop dedicated to the challenges of cryogenic hydrogen

The global aviation industry is facing an urgent challenge: significantly reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen, thanks to its unique properties and considerable energy potential, appears to be a promising solution and could play a key role in the aviation sector's energy transition.

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From classroom to cockpit: flying activities at ISAE-SUPAERO

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

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Discover... the ISAE-SUPAERO radio anechoic chamber

ISAE-SUPAERO – as a centre for training through research, research training and innovation – has a wide range of research equipment used within its six research departments. Today, we present the radio anechoic chamber! Drones and nanosatellites have many applications in the media, industry, agriculture and telecommunications sectors. These two types of platforms share the common constraint of having to carry complex systems in a small space. One of the key elements of on-board communication systems is the antenna, which must also be compact and lightweight. ISAE-SUPAERO, in collaboration with ENAC and ANYWAVES, is currently developing dielectric antennas made by 3D printing ceramics that meet the demanding criteria for integration on drones and nanosatellites. Thanks to the anechoic chamber available at ISAE-SUPAERO, researchers involved in the development of these original antennas can accurately characterise their radiation properties and thus validate the new technological solutions proposed.

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ISAE-SUPAERO will be at the Paris Air Show from June 16 to 22, 2025!

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ISAE-SUPAERO back on mission with Hera

The Hera mission, an international planetary defence mission, is on its way to study the asteroid Dimorphos, which will be struck by DART in 2022. ISAE-SUPAERO is actively collaborating in this international planetary defence programme through the research work of Naomi Murdoch and the SSPA team.

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Decarbonization of the aviation sector training

ISAE-SUPAERO and GIFAS open new training sessions dedicated to decarbonizing the aviation sector.

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"Tu Masteria en Francia" Peru & Chile edition - online fair

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Meteorite impact reveals new insights into Mars

In September 2021, NASA's InSight mission recorded a meteorite impact. Analysis of the data by scientists has revolutionised our understanding of the internal structure of Mars and its evolution. Its mantle is not homogeneous, as previously assumed, but composed of a layer of molten silicates overlying the core. Press release from the IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris: ‘The InSight mission reveals a molten layer at the base of the Martian mantle’.

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

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Testimonial from Maëlle Joseph, student (class of 2025) of the Advanced Master® IEM

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Testimonial from Harshavardhan Narakatla, student (class of 2025) of the AMS E&M Advanced Master®

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Perseverance collects first Martian sounds: explanation by Dr. Naomi Murdoch & Dr. Alexander Stott

Dr Naomi Murdoch, researcher in space instrumentation and planetary science, and Dr Alexander Stott, post-doctoral fellow, tell us more about the physical characteristics of Mars' atmosphere, in particular the speed of sound and its attenuation. These analyses were published in Nature on April 1, 2022 by an international team led by a teacher-researcher from Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University, and including scientists from CNRS and ISAE-SUPAERO.

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Our online post Master degree in Sustainable Aviation

Our TRANSITIONS project aims to implement the Master's degree programme entitled "Online post Master's degree in Sustainable Aviation" offered 100% online and essentially asynchronously.

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Our Key Figures

Find out the key figures for ISAE-SUPAERO, a Graduate school of engineering with a multidisciplinary curriculum at the global forefront of higher education and research in aerospace engineering.

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

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CIME 2025: where science and adventure meet to explore extreme worlds

First Interdisciplinary Conference on Extreme Worlds at ISAE-SUPAERO: from hostile environments to collaborative research

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Envision responsible air transport

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ISAE-SUPAERO contributes to the Artemis IV mission with the SPSS seismology instrument

NASA selects the JPL/CNES instrument suite for the Artemis IV mission, paving the way for unprecedented exploration of the Moon’s internal structure at the South Pole.

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Aerospace Summer Programme

Enjoy a unique experience at the heart of aeronautics and space technology with intensive courses, exclusive industrial visits, and an international immersion in Paris, Poitiers and Toulouse.

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SILOE, an experimental drop tower project selected by ESA and an ESPACE grant for Alexia Duchêne

The SILOE experimental drop tower project aims to study the cohesion of planetary surfaces. This student project is supported by ESA as part of its European ‘Academy Experiments’ program. Alexia Duchêne, SILOE project leader, has been awarded a scholarship of excellence from the Fondation des Ailes de France.

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ISAE-SUPAERO acquires an innovative new additive manufacturing equipment

ISAE-SUPAERO and the Institut Clément Ader (ICA) have just acquired a new Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) machine. This cutting-edge equipment opens up new prospects for research, teaching and innovation in the aeronautical field.

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

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

The AeroMAPS tool, developed by researchers at ISAE-SUPAERO, makes it possible to assess the environmental impacts of air transport and the effectiveness or limitations of levers for decarbonising the sector.

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World Alumni Day: 3 questions for Florian DELPECH, Engineering Cycle – Data and Decision Sciences Track Class of 2022

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University of Toulouse

Since 1 January 2025, our Institute has been an associate member of the new Université de Toulouse, formerly the Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and heir to the Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - COMUE de Toulouse. The University of Toulouse is an experimental public institution that has embarked on a collective drive to build a future major institution that will be attractive and visible on the international stage.

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Focus on... quantum physics at ISAE-SUPAERO: a student journey

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Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory - Airbus DS & ArianeGroup

Created in 2017 and renewed until 2027, this sponsorship partnership brings together Airbus Defense & Space and Ariane Group.

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Discover... the ISAE-SUPAERO irradiator

ISAE-SUPAERO – as a centre for training through research, research training and innovation – has a wide range of research equipment used within its six research departments. Today, we present the irradiator! As part of its research activities, ISAE-SUPAERO develops electronic components and systems for scientific and space applications. Space is a very aggressive environment, particularly because high-energy particles emitted by the sun or trapped in radiation belts threaten the health of astronauts, the properties of materials and the proper functioning of electronic chips. In order to reproduce the effects of this ionising radiation on electronic technologies in the laboratory, ISAE-SUPAERO has acquired an X-ray irradiation chamber with an energy of up to 320 keV. This video shows a typical use of this equipment: an electronic component to be tested is placed in the irradiation chamber, the X-ray tube is switched on, and the effects on the component's operation (in this case, an image sensor) are observed and measured in real time.

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

"Les Entretiens de Toulouse" has become a must-attend event for the aerospace industry. A forum for the exchange and transmission of skills, this training through debate provides an opening onto subjects with high industrial stakes. The 2025 edition of the Entretiens de Toulouse will take place on April 9 & 10, 2025, in person, at ISAE-SUPAERO!

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Meet Camille, an engineering student selected for the Young Pilots Air Tour

Camille Delesalle, 20, has just completed her first year of the General Engineering programme at ISAE-SUPAERO. She is one of 45 pilots aged 18 to 24 selected by the French Aeronautical Federation to take part in the Young Pilots Air Tour.

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MBDA – Excellence scholarships

MBDA, a European leader in missile and missile system design, wishes to support the training of engineers and managers for the aerospace and defense industry through the award of excellence scholarships.

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Photonics Antenna Microwave PlasmaA (PAMPA) Scientific Group

The “Photonics Antenna Microwave PlasmaA” (PAMPA) scientific group is interested in electromagnetism in the fields of microwaves and photonics, as well as wave-plasma interactions.

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Launch of the new ISAE-SUPAERO website: our showcase for excellence!

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The Jupiter system: a unique laboratory for a major scientific breakthrough

Nicolas André, teacher-researcher at ISAE-SUPAERO, co-authors a major discovery in Nature Communications.

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"EEFT 2025" trade fair in Taiwan

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ISAE-SUPAERO announces new partnership with ESA Academy to support future Master in Aerospace Engineering students

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ICCAS 2026, jointly organized by ISAE-SUPAERO, the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation, and Dassault Aviation, will take place on June 11-12, 2026.

Following the success of the 2022 and 2024 editions, we are delighted to announce 𝐈𝐂𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, organized jointly by ISAE-SUPAERO, the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation, and Dassault Aviation!

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Created in 2011, the ISAE Group now brings together all the leading engineering schools in the Aeronautics, Space and Defence sector. It represents a scientific and educational community that shares the values of excellence, openness and innovation. Every year, the ISAE Group's schools train almost half of the young engineers hired by companies and institutions in the sector.

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Prior Experience Accreditation

The validation of prior experience is an individual right enshrined in the French Labor Code and Education Code. It enables candidates to obtain all - or part - of a professional certification (Diploma, Professional Title, Certificate of Professional Qualification), based on their professional, salaried or non-salaried and/or voluntary experience. This scheme can be used if the candidate is seeking personal recognition, or more generally to support a professional project that he or she wishes to put into practice.

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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.

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ISAE-SUPAERO renews cooperation agreements with ITA and São Paulo institutions

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Bertrand Joab-Cornu, co-founder of Wingly: "I already had the idea for a flight-sharing platform at ISAE-SUPAERO."

A graduate of the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering programme, Bertrand Joab-Cornu co-founded Wingly a year before graduating in 2015. This start-up, which brings aviation into the collaborative economy, quickly became the European leader in flight sharing.

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DART: ISAE-SUPAERO students publish new scientific findings in Nature Communications

Naomi Murdoch, a planetary science researcher at ISAE-SUPAERO, is actively involved in scientific analysis and data interpretation for NASA's DART mission.

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Our specialised studies certificates are designed for professionals. They enable you to develop skills and expertise in the fields of digital, aeronautics, space, project management, systems engineering, and artificial intelligence.

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Institute for Sustainable Aviation

Created in 2021 on the initiative of internationally renowned academic institutions with longstanding academic expertise in aeronautics and air transport, the ISA is an institute dedicated to the challenges of aviation's transition to sustainability.

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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.

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Design and Architecture of Cognitive Air Systems Research Chair - Dassault Aviation

The CASAC Chair, supported by the Neuroergonomics Centre at ISAE-SUPAERO, is backed by Dassault Aviation, which is affirming its commitment to the mastery of complex systems.

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ISAE-SUPAERO and GIFAS offer training to accelerate the decarbonization of air transport

Faced with the challenges of climate change and the imperatives of energy transition, ISAE-SUPAERO and GIFAS have joined forces to offer a unique training program dedicated to decarbonizing the aviation sector.

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Discover... ISAE-SUPAERO's cryogenic equipment for electrical testing

ISAE-SUPAERO - as a center for training through research, research training and innovation - has a wide range of research equipment used by its 6 research departments. Today, we present our cryogenic equipment for electrical testing! ISAE-SUPAERO's image sensor research group (CIMI) studies sensors in the visible wavelength range, but also sensors in different spectral ranges such as infrared. Detection of these longer wavelengths requires materials other than silicon for detection, combined with a silicon readout circuit for information processing, all operating at cryogenic temperature. In this context, ISAE-SUPAERO has developed electrical and electro-optical characterization benches for low-temperature microelectronic circuits, in order to extract and model their behavior and performance. These characterization benches can address both very simple circuits, such as transistors, and complex components (complete sensors) with up to 120 inputs/outputs.

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Integrated Air Transport System - Thalès

This sponsorship, research and teaching chair draws on ISAE-SUPAERO's expertise in flight operations optimisation and systems approach, and on the Thalès Group's expertise in flight avionics, connectivity and air traffic control.

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ISAE-SUPAERO and ENAC invite you to the “Rendez-vous Aéro de l'Innovation” on Thursday, February 5, 2026!

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Innovating in a World of Transition - Safran

The challenges facing the aerospace industry (energy transition, New Space, digitalization) are driving a growing need for professionals with the ability to innovate. Against this backdrop, Safran and ISAE-SUPAERO are creating the Innovating in a World in Transition Chair.

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MMX, Idefix® and cameras to understand Mars' moon

Studying the formation and origin of Mars' moons and bringing back samples: this is the extraordinary, ambitious international mission led by JAXA, in which ISAE-SUPAERO is participating alongside CNES.

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The Institute is involved in the ecological transition of the aerospace ecosystem

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

Design and certification of CS-23 category aircraft ✈ In collaboration with our sponsor #daher and with the support of the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation, discover the latest advances in the work of the #ISAAR Chair (Innovative Solutions for Aviation Architecture & Regulation). Aircraft design is inherently multidisciplinary. It relies on a systemic approach to understanding certification needs and requirements and on a comprehensive analysis of possible vehicle architectures. Current and future environmental, societal and mobility challenges further reinforce this need to integrate disciplines in order to better optimise aircraft and to better reconcile safety, performance, environmental protection, market economics and the needs of passengers and crew. For more information: https://www.isae-supaero.fr/fr/isae-s... FAST-OAD: https://github.com/supaero-aircraft-d...

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From classroom to cockpit: flying activities at ISAE-SUPAERO

Take a video tour of the school's Lasbordes Air Operations Center (COAL). With a fleet of 9 light aircraft, the COAL offers 3 types of activities: - Pilot training to obtain the Private Pilot's License (PPL), which enables students to fly single-engine aircraft. - Practical work directly linked to the school's teaching programs, from flight mechanics to an introduction to flight test techniques for continuing education. - Research into human factors and pilot cognitive mechanisms in real time during flight. At ISAE-SUPAERO, engineering and Master's students are lucky enough to be able to take their pilot's license just a few kilometers from the campus. Several instructors accompany them and train them to fly. All are members of the Aerospace Vehicle Design and Operation Research Department, headed by Valérie Budinger.

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RAMSES: ISAE-SUPAERO at the heart of a historic planetary defense mission

Le sismomètre SIA développé par l'ISAE-SUPAERO est une première mondiale pour explorer l'astéroïde Apophis

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An Illustrated History of our School

Hisis will enable you to follow the many transformations that the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering school has undergone. ISAE-SUPAERO was created in October 2007 from the merger of two engineering schools in Toulouse, the École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques (ENSICA) and the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO), both under the supervision of the French Ministry of Defence.

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An exceptional scholarship for an innovative project

Naomi Murdoch, a researcher in physics and planetology at ISAE-SUPAERO, has just been awarded the prestigious Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her planetary body study project called GRAVITE. This ambitious scientific project aims to design a variable gravity machine that will enable the simulation and study of extraterrestrial soils.

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The AXA Chair aims to advance research into human factors and, more specifically, human-machine interfaces, with a view to improving air safety.

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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!

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The 2025 Edmond Brun Prize from the French Academy of Sciences awarded to Annafederica Urbano, professor at ISAE-SUPAERO

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29 October 2025

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Recognition of scientific expertise

Annafederica Urbano carries out her research activities in the Advanced Space Concepts team (SaCLaB) of the Aerospace and Space Vehicle Design and Control Department (DCAS). An expert in space propulsion, she has developed a research area at ISAE-SUPAERO dedicated to access to space and propulsion.

Her work focuses in particular on the management of cryogenic propellants in weightlessness and their combustion in rocket engines.

She is developing advanced numerical methods for modelling new-generation rocket engines using methane as a fuel, and is interested in the use of artificial intelligence algorithms and data from numerical simulations for rocket engine injector and combustion chamber design models. It is also studying the behaviour of fluids stored at very low temperatures in launcher tanks.

A remarkable career

She obtained her PhD in 2012 from La Sapienza University in Rome on the cooling system of rocket engines and moved to France in 2013 to specialise in numerical combustion and two-phase flows. Her research at ISAE-SUPAERO is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and the French National Research Agency (ANR).

Its activities are also supported by Ariane Group and Airbus Defense and Space through the SaCLaB sponsorship chair on advanced space concepts, for which it is responsible. Since 2022, Annafederica has been a member of the Space Propulsion Committee of the International Astronautical Federation. She also leads the ESA topical team on propellant management physics.

"From a personal point of view, this recognition is an immense source of satisfaction and fully rewards my commitment to research. On a professional level, this prize is a fantastic opportunity to highlight my work in the field of space propulsion, a strategic sector for the future of space exploration.

Annafederica Urbano Professor of space launchers

The Edmond Brun Prize

Created in 1984 by the Suzanne Brun Foundation of the Académie des Sciences, this prize is awarded alternately for work in the field of astronautics (2025) and fluid mechanics and thermics (2027).

The Académie des Sciences, founded in 1666, is responsible for scientific expertise, the transmission and dissemination of knowledge, and the international promotion of French science. It encourages, supports and protects the spirit of scientific research, thereby contributing to the progress of science and its applications.

This award is further proof of the excellence of the research carried out at ISAE-SUPAERO and its major contribution to the scientific and technological challenges of access to space.

“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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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!

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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”.

Our Rankings

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18 February 2025

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49th in the 2025 Shanghai Ranking (ARWU) for Aerospace Engineering

The Shanghai Ranking is internationally recognized for the rigor of its methodology, which relies primarily on the objective evaluation of scientific output (volume, quality, and impact) and international visibility.

ISAE-SUPAERO’s 49th place highlights the quality and intensity of the research conducted within our School.

This result is driven by several key indicators in which our Institute achieved particularly strong performance in 2025:

the volume and quality of scientific publications in top-tier (A-rank) journals;
academic impact (number of citations by peers);
international collaboration in research projects.

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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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Ranked 9th among engineering schools according to L'Usine Nouvelle (2026)

ISAE-SUPAERO has confirmed its place among France's elite engineering schools. This result reflects the recognition our Institute has earned across all evaluation criteria: professional integration, international outlook, proximity to industry, and research.

Our 9th place ranking is particularly significant in a classification that has reinforced the importance of research, a dimension that is central to ISAE-SUPAERO's identity.

At a time when engineering education is more than ever a path to the future, this ranking illustrates our commitment to technological, industrial, and environmental issues, in close collaboration with our academic and economic partners in France and abroad.

Our engineering programs shape talented individuals who are capable of playing a key role in the major transformations taking place in aeronautics, space, and complex systems, and of establishing themselves as major players in innovation and industrial transition.

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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

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13 December 2024

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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

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20 November 2024

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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!

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14 March 2023

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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