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Food allergies and intolerances: an app to simplify daily life, developed by an ISAE-SUPAERO student, will soon be available!

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26 June 2024

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Introducing a promising start-up

Antoine, aged 22, is in his 2nd year of an engineering course at ISAE-SUPAERO, and Lazare, his partner, is studying for a Master’s degree in entrepreneurship at Panthéon Sorbonne University. Two years ago, Lazare’s sister developed severe food allergies, and her life suddenly became complicated. The two boys wanted to help her, so they looked into the tools available.

The idea germinated, and the project was born: to develop a platform enabling people with food allergies and intolerances to eat easily. The aim was to “save time, make things easier and give people the confidence to identify and diversify the products that are right for them”, explains Antoine. Another objective: “To avoid the social isolation that is a problem for these people”.

Allergenius, which is based at lSAE-SUPAERO, benefits from the Institute’s incubation programme, which includes themed workshops (entrepreneurship, marketing, communication, fund-raising assistance, sales negotiation, etc.) and specific coaching sessions (pitch training, networking, etc.).

From 2025, the start-up will be housed in the InnovSpace incubator at the heart of the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. The start-up has also been awarded a €3,500 Jeunes Pousses Entrepreneuriat 2024 grant from the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation.

3-in-1 functionalities

The platform has three functions:

a scanner to identify products that meet individual criteria;
a shopping tab so that you can do your shopping online in line with your dietary restrictions;
a community space for exchanging, sharing and cooking with people who have the same allergies.

“Today, existing applications such as Yuka, Allergobox and Jow don’t offer the full range of services we have in mind,” note Antoine and Lazare. They are advancing the development of a prototype, which should be completed in a few months’ time, and the start-up is in the process of being set up. AllerGenius is the name of this future app that says “no to restrictions, yes to solutions”.

3ᵉ prize at the regional competition for student entrepreneurs

The two co-founders have just been awarded the 3ᵉ prix CRECE 2024, which encourages the most innovative student initiatives in Occitanie. The Jeunes Pousses grant from the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation was recently awarded to Antoine and the support provided by ISAE-SUPAERO’s InnovSpace are a bundle of encouragement and support.

Photos of the CRECE 2024 prize – startup ALLERGENIUS | ISAE-SUPAERO

"Thanks to all this, we had the opportunity to pitch our project, to meet the ecosystem of young companies, particularly at the Toulouse CCI thanks to the CRECE prize, and to benefit from support at ISAE-SUPAERO - real springboards for the future!

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

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14 June 2024

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Meeting with Bertrand Joab-Cornu

You co-founded the start-up Wingly while you were still a student at ISAE-SUPAERO. Tell us about this entrepreneurial adventure...

I studied engineering at ISAE-SUPAERO, graduating in 2016. Passionate about aeronautics and entrepreneurship, I took a double-diploma with École Polytechnique in Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship. At the time, the collaborative economy was exploding with start-ups like BlaBlaCar and Airbnb. On the benches of ISAE-SUPAERO, I already had the idea of a co-piloting platform based on the same principle. At X I met my future partner, Emeric de Waziers, who had also had the idea on his own, and we launched Wingly in 2015. There was a niche to be filled and it worked really, really well!

Wingly is 10 years old and this year marks an important stage in its development. Can you tell us more about it?

We have been able to cope with the crises of recent years and the company is doing well. There are currently 25,000 private pilots registered on the platform, with more than 120,000 passengers in flight. We have also just passed the €40 million mark in sales volume. This year, we opened up to low-carbon aviation through partnerships with seven flying clubs that own an electric aircraft. We also closed a €3.5m fund-raising round with the aim of achieving profitability by 2025 and embarking on new projects. We also opened up our capital through a crowdfunding campaign on the Crowdcube platform, to get our community involved.

Wingly, the BlaBlaCar of the skies.
Europe’s leading flight-sharing platform, Wingly offers shared-cost flights between a private pilot and one or more passengers. 450,000 members are registered on this digital platform. The Paris-based company employs 20 people and offers its services in several European countries, including Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Austria and France.

What is the medium-term outlook?

Currently, use of the platform is focused on leisure flights: 90% of our passengers take local trips and the remaining 10% take day trips. But Wingly has a real role to play in regional mobility, where there is no alternative to the car, especially as companies developing low-carbon aviation are positioning themselves in this niche. We also hope to launch in other countries, notably the United States, if regulations change.

What advice would you give to ISAE-SUPAERO students who would like to become entrepreneurs during their studies as you did?

The first piece of advice I would give is to trust yourself and your idea! And then go out and test it, without wasting too much time working out the perfect business plan or a finished prototype.

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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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16th EASN International Conference

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Envision responsible air transport

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

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

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Dilan PORTELA MOREIRA, winner of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation's Vocation Award

From his passion for ISAE-SUPAERO, through his student career at the Institute, to his end-of-studies internship at NASA JPL: discover Dilan PORTELA MOREIRA, winner of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation's Vocation Award!

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ISAE-SUPAERO

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Testimony from Rémi Caresche, student (class of 2025) of the TAS ASTRO Advanced Master®

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Spring Semester in Aeronautical Engineering

Immerse yourself in the world of aerospace in Toulouse, the European aerospace capital, with a semester taught in English combining excellent courses, cultural immersion, and proximity to major industrial players.

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Elvire Prochilo, management expert & MGPIE® Advanced Master's coach

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Space: Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost will embark on two unprecedented space missions in 2027

France is stepping up its space ambitions. At the Choose France summit, the President of the Republic announced that French astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost will take part in two commercial space missions in 2027, as part of an agreement between France and the American company Vast.

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Bérengère Ferrier, expert in innovation marketing and lecturer in the Advanced Master® MGPIE programme

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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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AASTRA Certificate: Introductory Webinar on July 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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ISAE-SUPAERO's OSE 2024 restitution programme

Students supported by our OSE L'ISAE-SUPAERO program restituted their projects on May 30 at the Grand Marché MIN Toulouse Occitanie! 730 middle and high school students from 6ᵉ to terminale, supported under the social openness and cordée de la réussite program, closed a year of tutoring and projects with nearly 75 achievements presented. Every year, over 120 students from the Institute, the Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III - UPSSITECH engineering school and the École nationale de la Météorologie volunteer to organize and take part in scientific and sports workshops, tutoring programs, visits and outings 🤸‍♀️ This year, a Commitment Award was symbolically presented at the Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO Scholarship Ceremony to all the students involved, via Jules Paindessous and Odile De La Rue, loyal volunteers who have been committed to the program since they joined the Institute. Bravo to them for their support!

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AASTRA Certificate: presentation webinar on March 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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

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

Yves Gourinat is a professor of structural physics in the Structural Mechanics and Materials Department (DMSM) at ISAE-SUPAERO. Already a corresponding member since 2019, he has just been elected a full member of the French Academy of Aeronautics and Space.

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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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AASTRA Certificate: Introductory Webinar on May 26 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Meeting with Edoardo Mariani Placidi, student of the HADA Advanced Master's programme

A motorsport lover, Edoardo Mariani Placidi started his career in the automotive industry in R&D, V&V, quality, manufacturing, and metallurgy.

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

Mattéo Gouzien, a graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO and currently a doctoral student at IMS Bordeaux and ONERA, has been passionate about science from an early age. His remarkable academic and personal career has been guided by a relentless desire for knowledge and a quest for meaning. Winner of the SEE's André Blanc-Lapierre national prize and of the PEGASUS 2025 student conference, Mattéo talks about his rich career path: from preparatory school to his thesis on reducing aviation emissions.

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Our alumni have their say: Vinh Ly, co-founder of Kyanos

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Aviation and Climate: an assessment of transition scenarios for sustainable aviation compatible with the Paris Agreement

In 2021, ISAE-SUPAERO researchers Scott Delbecq, Jérôme Fontane, Nicolas Gourdain, Florian Simatos and Thomas Planès published the ‘Aviation and Climate’ report, summarising international scientific publications in order to provide the scientific information needed to understand the challenges of decarbonising air transport.

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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

Noémie Martin, an ISAE-SUPAERO (ENSICA) engineer who graduated in 2018, was awarded a prize by the Lopez-Loreta Foundation in November 2024 for her project FASTE: Fabrication Additive des Structures performantes multi maTériaux pour utilisation en Environnement sévère.

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Bastien Fabre, from Iris Lab: “Thanks to the innovative ecosystem at ISAE-SUPAERO, we realised that creating a start-up was possible!”

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OSE L'ISAE-SUPAERO: a long-term commitment

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First edition of the Occitanie Talent Marketplace

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« Ingénieur ISAE-SUPAERO » by apprenticeship

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From an Advanced Master® to an innovative start-up: an entrepreneurial success story made at ISAE-SUPAERO

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World Alumni Days 2026: Testimonial from Fabien Dubuc, Vice President of R&D at Biocon

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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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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

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The Origins of SUPAERO: Two Previously Unpublished Archives Offer a Deep Dive into the School’s History

Nous mettons aujourd'hui à la disposition de toute notre communauté deux documents sur Marc Pélegrin d'une valeur historique rare.

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Apply today for a program at ISAE-SUPAERO or ENAC - École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile!

The TSAAE application platform is now open: discover our world-renowned programs and apply online for the 2026 academic year before November 28 at midnight (French time)!

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A surprise from elsewhere... from the ISS...?

Hello earth? Thomas Pesquet speaking! Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut and famous ISAE-SUPAERO alumnus (class of 2001), is currently in the ISS as part of his new Alpha mission. He sent our students a personalized message from the European laboratory Columbus...

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The "Lanceurs d'étoiles" startup support programme

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Ça plane pour elles - OSE program ISAE-SUPAERO

“Ça plane pour elles”: a gliding discovery project run by students from the Institute as part of the ISAE-SUPAERO OSE program. Each year, 14 middle school girls and 14 high school girls are introduced to aeronautics through an educational program and a first flight at the Graulhet airfield.

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

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The “Certificate of Advanced Studies in Human Spaceflight” offered by the Spaceflight Institute in collaboration with ISAE-SUPAERO

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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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Human Factors and Neuroergonomics for Aviation Safety - AXA

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

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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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"World Alumni Day": 3 questions to Muhamad Abdul Aziz, alumni of the class of 2024 of the Master in Aerospace Engineering, specialising in Aerospace Systems and Controls

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Joint testimony from Samuel Falcou, general engineering student at ISAE-SUPAERO, and Tristan Ducéré, high school student at Toulouse-Lautrec

Meet Samuel Falcou, a 20-year-old engineering student in his second year (class of 2024) of the ISAE-SUPAERO general engineering programme, and Tristan Ducéré, a 17-year-old high school student in his final year at Toulouse-Lautrec High School.

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World Alumni Day: 3 Questions for Giuseppe Cataldo, ISAE-SUPAERO Ingénieur Programme Class of 2010

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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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Testimony from Lisa Wong, 2024 graduate of the TAS ASTRO Advanced Master® programme, SEEDS option

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[WEB SERIES] Higher education & Environmental issues: our students have their say!

#HigherEducation & #EnvironmentalIssues: Our students talk to us about their commitment to #SustainableDevelopment. This week, Aurélien Mure, a recent graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO (Class of 2021), tells us about his journey!

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ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation

The ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation works to develop the Institute's influence and global leadership, by proposing and accelerating innovative projects that contribute to a sustainable world.

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"World Alumni Day": Three questions for Aude Vignelles, 1991 graduate of ENSICA's Aeronautical Engineering programme

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

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ISAE-SUPAERO officially becomes an incubator

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[WEB SERIES] Higher Education & Environmental Issues: Our Students Speak Out! (Episode 3)

#HigherEducation & #EnvironmentalIssues: Our students talk to us about their commitment to #SustainableDevelopment. This week, Damien Glattard, a recent graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO (class of 2021), tells us about his journey!

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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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« World alumni Days »: 3 questions to Marie Lambert, alumni 2024 of the Advanced Master APM

On the occasion of World Alumni Day, meet Marie Lambert, alumni 2024 of the Advanced Master APM

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Advanced Master® MGPIE: Introducing the My-Shell group PIE

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Decarbonisation of aviation: ISAE-SUPAERO launches training programme for professionals with GIFAS

This one-day training course aims to help employees in the aeronautics sector play an active and informed role in the decarbonisation of the sector. The first two sessions will be held on Thursday 3 April 2025 in Toulouse and Thursday 10 April 2025 in Paris.

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Ose Ingé programme: Mentor-Mentee interview

OSE InGÉ is ISAE-SUPAERO's Social Inclusion for Students programme. It provides personalised support to female students and scholarship recipients throughout their CPGE studies to help them build their future plans and develop their ambitions. So how does a mentor-mentee duo work? Tristana Bujia, a preparatory class student, and Jean-Baptiste Brun, a 2016 ISAE-SUPAERO graduate, tell us more.

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SUPERCAM Educational Kits / Martian Exploration: Students at the controls of the kits

Follow ISAE-SUPAERO students as they create educational kits, a digital educational tool designed to raise awareness of space exploration that can be used in classrooms from Year 7 to Year 13.

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Star Launcher programme: a new defence boot camp organised at ISAE-SUPAERO

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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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Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist and ISAE-SUPAERO alumnus

Awarded a prize by the Académie des Sciences in 2020, Sylvestre Maurice #astrophysicist at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) in Toulouse witnessed the landing of the #Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18, 2021. A historic moment for this enthusiast, who is also the scientific manager of the onboard SuperCam instrument. A 1990 graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO, Sylvestre Maurice tells us about his career.

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The future of aeronautics is being written today by its engineers!

At the controls of an electric aircraft, the President of ISAE-SUPAERO speaks to us and embodies a new era of pioneers: that of more sustainable, more responsible aviation. This symbolic flight marks the Institute's commitment to the ecological transition of the aviation sector and illustrates the conviction that decarbonization is not only a technological challenge, but also a human and collective adventure. ISAE-SUPAERO, alongside its academic and industrial partners, trains the engineers who will invent the aviation of the future—silent, efficient, and environmentally friendly. ✈️ Discover this exciting moment and join us in transforming the skies.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ISAE-SUPAERO

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21 May 2024

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From an Advanced Master® to an innovative start-up: an entrepreneurial success story made at ISAE-SUPAERO

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27 March 2024

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From an idea to ... an innovative service

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Start with an idea and come up with an innovative service. This is the common thread running through the projects of students in the Advanved Master® in Innovative Project Management and Entrepreneurship (MGPIE, now IEM) at ISAE-SUPAERO. This was also the genesis of ELDA TECHNOLOGY, one of the nine start-ups housed at InnovSpace, the Institute’s incubator. Charlotte Brenac, Julie Aubert and Nicolas Guibal, the three co-founders, are graduates of the Advanced Master MGPIE class of 2022.

In just two years, ELDA TECHNOLOGY has developed a unique technology for mapping the snow cover in ski areas. The aim is to optimise the production of artificial snow and minimise its environmental impact. The Alpine resort of Serre Chevalier Domaine Skiable showed an interest in the technology as soon as it was launched. As a result, the start-up is aiming for sales of €150,000 by the end of 2024, rising to €800,000 by the end of 2025.

“We felt surrounded, supported and supervised!

Evolution

During our programme, we spent a lot of time studying the needs and potential of our project with two coaches involved in our course, Elvire Prochilo and Romain Buquet. This enabled us to adjust our initial idea to meet a real need”, explains Charlotte Brenac, Operations Manager at ELDA TECHNOLOGY. The members of the group also worked well together. “We had the same interests and we complemented each other. We got caught up in our own project”, recalls Julie Aubert, who is now Sales Manager.

The result was that, although neither of them had any initial plans to found a start-up immediately after graduating, entrepreneurship became an obvious choice. “At ISAE-SUPAERO, we felt surrounded, supported and supervised. That was reassuring for us”. Charlotte Brenac has even discovered a real attraction for the entrepreneurial adventure: “I like taking on challenges, and I realised that entrepreneurship made that possible”. For Nicolas Guibal, Operations Manager at the start-up, “this experience confirmed my desire to be an entrepreneur.

A partnership with teachers-researchers

ELDA TECHNOLOGY’s integration into InnovSpace has facilitated the transition from project to start-up. And it has provided its co-founders with a network and support for their guidance, thanks to the Lanceur d’Étoiles scheme and French Tech Toulouse. As a result, they were able to carry out their end-of-studies Advanced Master® internship on the ISAE-SUPAERO campus, within their own start-up!

And their collaboration with the Institute doesn’t stop there. “Today, we are working with Thomas Oberlin and Dennis Wilson, two teachers-researchers in the Complex Systems Engineering (DISC) department, to model snowmelt using artificial intelligence”, notes Charlotte Brenac. For this project, the three graduates have also expanded their team by taking on a student from ISAE-SUPAERO, Manuel Gestal, who is currently doing an Advanced Master® in Artificial Intelligence Business Transformation (AIBT).

Find out more about MGPIE/IEM programme

The Advanced Master® in Innovative Project Management and Entrepreneurship (MS MGPIE) is an ISAE-SUPAERO programme accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) under no. 1188.

In one year, it enables young graduates with 5 years’ higher education and experienced professionals to simultaneously develop their innovative and intrapreneurial or entrepreneurial spirit, while acquiring expertise in the management of technological projects.

The programme will be taught entirely in English by the start of the 2024 academic year. MGPIE has thus become IEM: Advanced Master® Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management, and is in the process of having its accreditation renewed by the CGE.

Charlotte Brenac joined the MGPIE Advanced Masters® programme after completing a DUT in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and an engineering degree from INSA Toulouse through an apprenticeship with Thalès Alenia Space. “MGPIE interested me in specialising in project management. It was there that I discovered entrepreneurship, which was a revelation for me”.
Julie Aubert initially wanted to be an engineer in the automotive sector. After graduating as a general engineer from EIGSI in Nantes, she turned to the MGPIE Advanced Masters® “out of an interest in project management”. “I finally discovered my taste for entrepreneurship and said to myself: why not me?
Nicolas Guibal joined the MGPIE Advanced Master® after a DUT in Mechanical Engineering from the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and an engineering degree in Materials Science from the Université de Technologie de Troyes, with an apprenticeship in a company in the medical sector. “I joined the MGPIE because I was interested in innovation, project management and entrepreneurship. It confirmed what I wanted to do.

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

Publication Date

18 December 2023

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Innovation

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InnovSpace

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Meeting with Joseph Risson

Joseph Risson is in his 3rd year of the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering programme, specialising in Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Design and Operation. And he’s already at the head of an innovative start-up. A keen aeromodeller and concerned by the challenges of tomorrow’s world, he has already led a number of innovative projects during his studies aimed at decarbonising aviation. Viraj H2 is the latest. Spotted by the Lopez-Loreta Foundation in Switzerland, Joseph and his partner Paul de Goÿs have been awarded €1m to continue their research into this innovative propulsion system. We met Joseph Risson at InnovSpace, where he “spends his time” and where the start-up Viraj H2 is based.

What added value is Viraj H2 seeking to bring to the carbon-free propulsion systems already being studied in the aviation sector?

There are two main hydrogen propulsion technologies: direct combustion (turboprop/turbofan) and the fuel cell. Our aim is to combine the advantages of each of the two technologies: the power density of the turboprop and the efficiency of the fuel cell, so as to optimise the propulsion system according to the phase of flight and the mission. The second added value of this hybridisation consists in recovering the steam from the battery and injecting it into the turbine. This will reduce NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions from the turboprop and increase the efficiency and power density of the powertrain.

What did ISAE-SUPAERO offer you in terms of training and support in developing this project?

During my studies, the theoretical courses enabled me to acquire a lot of knowledge and the technical clubs to carry out technical projects, which is a real plus! For these various projects, which led to Viraj H2, we benefited from the Institute’s research facilities. For the purchase of components, we received financial support from the BDE and the Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO. And now that we’re developing our start-up, we’re being looked after by InnovSpace, the Institute’s incubator, which provides us with accommodation and support for our development.

How will the Lopez-Loreta grant help you to bring your innovation to fruition?

It gives us the means to move from a low-power prototype to a structured research and development phase within three partner laboratories: the Laplace laboratory (Plasma and Energy Conversion Laboratory), the IMFT (Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics) and ISAE-SUPAERO. We estimate that this maturation phase will take around four years. Engineers will be recruited and two theses will be prepared. The aim is to evaluate the benefits of this propulsion system and to develop the first prototypes.

ISAE-SUPAERO officially becomes an incubator

Publication Date

11 December 2023

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Over the last few years, ISAE-SUPAERO has developed a range of services and comprehensive support for its project leaders (students, doctoral students, lecturers and alumni), which has earned it the title of incubator.

From now on, the Institute will have privileged access to all the RéSO IP+ events, to the sharing of best practices and to the expertise needed to support start-ups.

ISAE-SUPAERO will also be able to benefit from direct access to Créalia (business financing assistance), as well as its financing (without a probationary period). ISAE-SUPAERO is officially a promoter of honorary loans for its start-ups, which will accelerate their development. Créalia thus gives the Institute the authority to select, identify and direct candidates for loans of honour without further ado. Honorary loans enable start-ups to be financed under particularly advantageous conditions (zero-interest personal loan/no equity stake, etc.).

"spark the future": a new label for ISAE-SUPAERO start-ups

A guarantee of excellence and passion, the “We spark the future” label’s primary aim is to create a common identity and unite all the companies founded by the ISAE-SUPAERO community: alumni, students, teacher-researchers and staff.
It also reflects the Institute’s values of excellence and passion.

This label is officially awarded to each new company that emerges from ISAE-SUPAERO and meets the Institute’s own entrepreneurial criteria: it must be in the field of impact deep tech and concern the Aeronautics / Space / Defence domains.

“We spark the future”: a new label for ISAE-SUPAERO startups

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05 October 2023

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“We spark the future”: a new label for ISAE-SUPAERO startups

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02 October 2023

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Innovation

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Enhancing the innovation dynamic

ISAE-SUPAERO aims to develop a spirit of innovation, intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship among its students, and to support the creation of businesses within its community.

A department is mainly dedicated to this activity and is involved in several areas:

Identifying problems to be solved, providing students and lecturers with ideas and identifying potential solutions;
Selecting projects with the potential to create value;
Supporting project leaders from the training stage through to the transformation of the idea into a business, by providing personalised advice, organising visits by technical and business experts, and encouraging local networking with investors, partners, customers, beta testers, etc.
Planning, by teaching innovators to develop a strategic vision for the development of their business.

A few figures:

24 entrepreneurial projects supported per year
10 or so deep-tech start-ups hosted on campus
More than 200 training courses given each year to innovative project leaders
Nearly 1,400 hours/year of “innovation and entrepreneurship” courses in engineering, masters and Specialised Masters® programmes
More than 400 active members in our fablab, InnovSpace
+170 start-ups created by alumni

We spark the future" label

The “We spark the future” label, a guarantee of excellence and passion

The primary purpose of the “We spark the future” label is to create a common identity and unite all the companies founded by the ISAE-SUPAERO community: alumni, students, teachers-researchers and staff.

It also reflects the Institute’s values of excellence and passion.

They have been awarded the “WE SPARK THE FUTURE” label:

ALPHA Impulsion
Hybrid self-destructing launcher capable of destroying 95% of the rocket at its destination.
DYCSYT
Software for modelling/controlling vibrations/oscillations of flexible panels deployed on satellites
ELDA Technology
GIS web platform for processing drone data to optimise snowmaking in ski areas
SNAPACCESS
Software and hardware solution that facilitates infrastructure access management for professionals
SPACEFLIGHT INSTITUTE
Training centre for future commercial astronauts
TACITA Dynamics
Vibration and shock damping strategy
Viraj H2
Development of a hybrid powertrain using fuel cells

Testimonials from our start-ups

The 'We Spark the Future' label gives us much more than just a label; it provides us with valuable support, visibility, networking opportunities and expertise that light our way to success.

Charlotte Brenac COO - ELDA TECHNOLOGY

We Spark the Future' enables us to benefit from ISAE-SUPAERO's reputation for excellence, while making it easier to find partners and integrate into the start-up ecosystem.

Anne-Alice Faure SNAPACCESS

As "new entrants to a market", start-ups sometimes suffer from an image deficit and find it difficult to promote their expertise in the face of competition. For a DeepTech start-up like TACITA Dynamics, the image of ISAE-SUPAERO and its 'We spark the future' start-up label brings a measure of credibility that helps us to convince our contacts: partners, customers or even financial backers.

François Dorgeret CEO - Tacita Dynamics

Alumni & entrepreneurship: a few success stories

Exotec, France’s first industrial unicorn, Verkor, which has just raised a record €2 billion for its electric battery gigafactory, and Beyond Aero, Ascendence Flight and Blue Spirit Aero, which have just been selected as among the first 9 winners of the France 2030 call for projects “Producing low-carbon aircraft in France”.