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French-Korean workshop: “Cryogenic hydrogen for aviation”.

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13 Oct 2025

14 Oct 2025

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  • from 13 to 14 October 2025
  • in the ISAE-SUPAERO thesis room

Hydrogen is a breakthrough technology for decarbonizing aviation. Given its high energy content and its ability to propel aircraft without emitting carbon, it represents a key avenue that ISAE-SUPAERO has been exploring for several years.

Given South Korea’s technological lead in this field, the organization of a Franco-Korean workshop on hydrogen for aeronautics represents an opportunity to share best practice and the latest research into the use of hydrogen on board, particularly cryogenic hydrogen”.

Rather than being a forum for discussing the future of air transport, this scientific workshop aims to tackle the technological challenges associated with hydrogen propulsion, by giving the floor to those who are actually doing it, rather than those who are putting forward hypotheses or definitive opinions without any experimental proof.

This is why Korean speakers from the best industrial and research centres, as well as French speakers from the academic and industrial worlds, will come together to share their discoveries.

For ISAE-SUPAERO, committed to training our future engineers in environmentally-friendly techniques, this workshop is a springboard for strengthening our scientific exchanges with Korea and federating the French ecosystem committed to the decarbonization of aviation.

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We have all demonstrated the importance of interdisciplinary coupling through intense and productive discussions. Taking these couplings into account will help to change attitudes within the aerospace industry: the problem is no longer to optimise aerospace vehicles or their trajectories, but mainly to enable a traveller to get from point A to point B while minimising the impact on the planet”, pointed out Joseph Morlier, “and this trend was demonstrated during the very interesting poster sessions presented by numerous international doctoral students “.

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Finally, as Nathalie Bartoli summed up: ” This event was both technically and humanly rich, marked by the quality of the exchanges, a warm atmosphere, and a great dynamic of collaboration within the European MDO community “.

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The Structures and Materials Mechanics research department (DMSM) focuses its research on damage to composite structures, fatigue of metallic materials and structures, vibration dynamics and numerical methods for mechanics. Within the department, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) is a methodological approach that aims to optimize the design of complex systems by simultaneously taking into account several engineering disciplines.

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ISAE-SUPAERO's mechanical materials characterization platform

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DMSM at the Clément Ader Institute (ICA)

The Clément Ader Institute (UMR CNRS 5312) is the solid mechanics research laboratory for Toulouse and its region, under the aegis of the CNRS. It brings together research teams from four institutions and three ministries: the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (National Education), INSA (National Education), ISAE-SUPAERO (Defense), and the École des Mines d'Albi (Industry). These institutions are located in three cities in Midi-Pyrénées: Toulouse, Albi, and Tarbes.

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Our Short Modules

Derived from the Institute's Advanced Master programmes, our short modules are aimed at professionals wishing to develop specific skills in Aeronautics, Space, Project Management, Systems Engineering, or Digital Systems.

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ISAE-SUPAERO hosts the first in-person Inter-Agency GNC V&V Workshop

On July 9–10, 2025, ISAE-SUPAERO had the honor of hosting the very first in-person edition of the Inter-Agency GNC V&V Workshop, bringing together more than 150 participants from academia, industry, and major international space agencies.

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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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French-Korean workshop: “Cryogenic hydrogen for aviation”.

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ISAE-SUPAERO organizes the second workshop of the GNC V inter-agency working group from July 7 to 10, 2025

The second GNC V&V inter-agency workshop will take place from July 7 to 10, 2025 on the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. The workshop is aimed at PhD students, research experts, industry practitioners and space agency experts from multidisciplinary backgrounds.

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Discover... the BeAM machine at ISAE-SUPAERO

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 BeAM machine! The additive manufacturing machine, which uses metal powder deposition and laser fusion, enables the Department of Structural Mechanics and Materials (DMSM) to size and qualify parts obtained through these processes. The department is implementing instrumentation to improve part quality and process reliability. This year saw the start of research, supported by the Occitanie region, on process instrumentation and monitoring. Activity will ramp up in 2023 with the start of research on the repair of high value-added aerospace parts and the development of multi-materials.

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ISAE-SUPAERO organizes the second workshop of the GNC V inter-agency working group from July 7 to 10, 2025

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Two Master's students will participate in the world's most prestigious robotics conference

Krishna Murali and Elena Ponce Moreno are second-year students in the Master of Aerospace Engineering programme at ISAE-SUPAERO. They are conducting research on the Mavion, a drone developed at the Institute that takes off vertically and can then fly like an aeroplane.

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ISAE-SUPAERO hosts the first in-person Inter-Agency GNC V&V Workshop

On July 9–10, 2025, ISAE-SUPAERO had the honor of hosting the very first in-person edition of the Inter-Agency GNC V&V Workshop, bringing together more than 150 participants from academia, industry, and major international space agencies.

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5th edition of the "Defense and Innovation" Forum

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French-Korean workshop: “Cryogenic hydrogen for aviation”.

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From modeling to decarbonation: MDO as a driver of transformation at the 4th European workshop

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

Several DMSM researchers received the best poster award at the 14ᵉ EASN (European Aeronautic Science Network) conference dedicated this year to the theme “Innovation in Aviation & Sace towards sustainability today & tomorrow”!

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Les Assises du New Space 2025: discussions and debates on NewSpace!

The 2025 edition of the Assises du New Space will be held this year on July 8-9, 2025 at the Centre des congrès de la Villette - Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in Paris. Aimed at all players in the French space ecosystem, this event is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and debate around NewSpace, and to discover the latest technological innovations and project financing opportunities. Registration is now open!

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Les Assises du New Space: update of the “Ambition NewSpace 2027” report

In 2022, the Assises du NewSpace collective - a group of players representing the French space industry - published the report “Ambition NewSpace 2027”. Today, the collective is launching another major national consultation to update this report and shape the future of French space!

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ISAE-SUPAERO hosts ICCAS, an international conference on cognitive airborne systems

• The ICCAS international conference will be held on 16 and 17 May on the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. • It brings together world-renowned scientists working on cognitive airborne systems, the virtual assistants that will help pilots in the cockpits of the future. • The Institute has been involved in the development of these research topics for many years.

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