Meeting with Stéphanie Lizy-Destrez, elected member of the Air and Space Academy

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At ISAE SUPAERO, the Aerodynamics, Energetics, and Propulsion Department has a staff of 62, 30 research projects including 5 on a European scale, an exceptional fleet of test facilities for teaching and research purposes, and three research groups contributing to a growth strategy focused on 4 themes of current scientific and social-economic challenge, supported by 2 structuring projects: the SAA wind tunnel and the IC3 large-scale simulation code.

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

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The “Navigation, Radar and Remonte Sensing” (NAVIR² eS) scientific group is interested in the theoretical study of information sources and hybridization approaches for autonomous vehicle navigation applications.

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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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Like nine other ISAE-SUPAERO crews before them, seven students took part in a simulation of life on Mars in the Utah desert in the United States this winter.

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

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The European Ariane 6 launcher incorporates major technological innovations such as the Vinci engine, capable of reigniting in space. At ISAE-SUPAERO, researchers are tackling the challenges posed by the rocket engines of tomorrow.

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The Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO entrepreneurship prize has been awarded to Paul Lascombes, a graduate of ISAE-SUPAERO (S2017) and Ecole Polytechnique (X2013), co-founder and Scientific Director of EXOTRAIL created in 2017. Exotrail is a start-up that designs and supplies transportation solutions for the space industry. It markets electric propulsion systems to small satellite manufacturers. It all began for Paul during his studies at the École Polytechnique (X2013), where he carried out a scientific project to develop an instrument for measuring the thrust of an electric microthruster. Thanks to this project, carried out in 2014/2015, he became interested in the space field and the commercialization opportunities for this new type of thruster adapted to nanosatellites. This project will be the seed of the Exotrail adventure launched in 2015. During his studies, first at École polytechnique, then at ISAE-SUPAERO (S2017), Paul Lascombes developed both his scientific and entrepreneurial culture, while starting to work more and more intensively for Exotrail. In 2017, following his end-of-study internship at Airbus Defence and Space, he joined Exotrail full-time to prepare two projects: building the company, from a strategic and technical point of view, to carry out an initial fundraising, but also the technical animation that enables them to capitalize on the knowledge acquired during development with SATT Paris-Saclay, (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies (SATT) facilitates and develops the transfer of innovations from public academic research) ... This was to lay the foundations for the technologies needed for our demonstration mission, all with a small team of 6 people. After this first round of funding and the consequent growth of the team, Paul's work focused on three main areas in line with his role as Scientific Director: - Operational management of the Toulouse-based software development team. - Technical leadership of the whole team and coordination of R&D. His role is to constructively challenge the technical choices made by the development teams. He/she is responsible for ensuring the overall coherence of activities and the technical interactions of the various developments, and for coordinating R&D actions. - The definition of Exotrail's long-term strategy. He leads thinking on the SpaceVan (orbital transport vehicle housing nanosatellites to transport them to their final operational orbit from launch orbit.) and stays connected on launch and in-orbit service issues. The entrepreneurship prize launched by the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation in 2019 aims to encourage entrepreneurship, and is a way of supporting start-ups in their innovative and promising projects, particularly in the field of aeronautics, space and defense.

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Valentin Leloup, R&D engineer at Thales, combines two fields of expertise: quantum physics and space. He holds an engineering degree from ISAE-SUPAERO 2022 and a Master 2 in fundamental physics and applications.

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The Design and Operation of Aeronautical and Space Vehicles Department (DCAS) is part of the Lasbordes Air Operations Center (COAL), located on an airfield a few kilometers from the ISAE-SUPAERO campus. As part of its aeronautical training and research activities, COAL operates a fleet of 9 light aircraft.

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Stanford University recently published an updated list of the world's most influential scientists, which includes eight ISAE-Supaero faculty members.

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Alexandre Le Roch, PhD student in the Electronics, Optronics and Signal Department (DEOS) receives the Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO thesis prize for his work on the Analysis of the increase and discrete fluctuation of the dark current of CMOS imagers in space and nuclear radiative environments. Alexandre graduated from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (INSA Rennes) in 2015, and began his thesis at ISAE-SUPAERO in 2017 after a period spent at STMicroelectronics in Singapore. Vincent Goiffon, professor at ISAE-SUPAERO and Cédric Virmontois from the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) supervised this thesis, which was carried out with the support of CNES and the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA). Her thesis studies the effects of space and nuclear radiation on CMOS image sensors, with the aim of improving space instruments and plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion. More specifically, the study focuses on radiation-induced crystalline defects responsible for increased dark current. This work is helping to improve our understanding of the physical principles at work in silicon when exposed to radiation. Alexandre is author or co-author of 11 publications. He has presented his work at the RADECS 2017, NSREC 2018, IISW 2019 and NSREC 2019 international conferences. During his thesis, he was the recipient of various awards. These include the Paul Phelps Award from the NPSS chapter of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), as well as the Best Student Paper and Best Paper awards at the RADECS 2019 conference. Alexandre also helped open the IEEE student branch at ISAE-SUPAERO in 2017 and chaired it until 2020. Alexandre Le Roch defended his thesis in July 2020, and currently works as a research engineer at ISAE-SUPAERO in collaboration with CNES. His research activities focus on the radiation resistance of CMOS image sensors for future missions exploring the Jovian system (Jupiter), a very severe radiative environment. He will soon be joining NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to continue this work on the radiation resistance of imaging systems. A thesis prize awarded by the ISAE-SUPAERO Foundation for the excellence of the research carried out and the prospects for application of the thesis.

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Twenty engineers from the Peruvian space agency attended a training course in Toulouse, jointly designed by ISAE-SUPAERO and Airbus Defence and Space, to develop their skills in the field of space systems and space missions.

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While last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission, the last manned trip to the Moon, the development of ‘New Space’ has revived the space sector's interest in lunar exploration.

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Two researchers from ISAE-SUPAERO contributed to new discoveries based on data from the seismometer sent to Mars during the InSight mission, one of whose main objectives was to measure seismic activity on the Red Planet.

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The “Applied Mathematics” (AM) scientific group covers a wide range of topics: stochastic processes (especially Markov processes), numerical optimization (especially multidisciplinary optimization) and parallel computing, stabilization, control and numerical solution of partial differential equations, and financial engineering.

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

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The “Design and Analysis of Critical Systems” (CASC) scientific group focuses on methods, processes and tools to support System Engineering and Systems Engineering.

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For four weeks, seven engineering students will experience a simulation of life on Mars in the Utah desert in the United States. From 18th February to 16th March, they will conduct experiments in collaboration with CNES and several research laboratories at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS).

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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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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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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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Our certificates of specialized studies 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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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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Paul Planeix (S2020) has been awarded the Mayoux-Dauriac prize by the ISAE-SUPAERO ENSICA Alumni Association. The prize is awarded to an engineering student in the final year of the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering curriculum for practical achievements during schooling and various internships, in accordance with the wishes of Maurice MAYOUX (S 1924). Maurice MAYOUX - SUPAERO 1924 (ARTS & MÉTIERS Cluny 1920), who died on September 4, 1997, expressed in his will his wish that, with the proceeds of his estate bequeathed to the Société des Ingénieurs Arts et Métiers, French language prizes for Arts et Métiers students and mechanical engineering prizes for SUPAERO students be created, in association with the name of his wife Jeanne Dauriac. “Annual award of a Prize reserved for the student in the last year of study, whatever his or her speciality, but chosen for his or her knowledge of the whole of General Mathematics and its application in ‘practical’ constructions, constructions to be considered on the whole of their qualities: principle, simplicity, efficiency, probable feasibility, cost price as restricted as possible.” L’Association SUPAERO, désormais ISAE SUPAERO ENSICA Alumni, a donc décidé la création du prix Mayoux-Dauriac Aéronautique destiné à récompenser l’utilisation des connaissances acquises à l’Ecole dans l’exercice d’une des différentes facettes du métier d’ingénieur, les réalisations (projets) étant jugées sur leur utilité pour l’industrie (ou les services) et devant présenter un bilan économique positif. Deux prix ont été attribués en 2020 ! Deuxième Prix 2020 pour un montant de 3000 € remis à Paul Planeix pour le projet de drone « Recherche & Sauvetage » Développement d’un environnement de simulation de vol / contributions aux systèmes de Guidage, Navigation et Contrôle chez Zipline International Paul a réalisé de nombreux projets scientifiques et ceci dans de nombreux domaines au cours de son cursus ingénieur. En effet, membre de l’association CubeSat, il a contribué à la construction d’une maquette à échelle 1 :1 du nanosatellite MONA. Sa scolarité au sein de l’ISAE-SUPAERO lui a aussi permis de qualifier un système de navigation de drone et de s’initier à la recherche via un projet de contrôle d’exosquelette. Ce projet de recherche, basé sur des méthodes de Machine Learning, a été effectué dans le cadre de l’association Enorev’ visant à aider les enfants atteints de paralysie cérébrale. Au cours de son double-diplôme au sein de l’université de Stanford, Paul construit un aéronef réalisant un scénario de recherche et sauvetage totalement autonome du décollage à l’atterrissage. Paul then managed to join Zipline, still a young robotics start-up in Silicon Valley. There, he interned with the two-person Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) team. He contributed to the development of a drone simulation environment and GN&C systems. Today, Zipline operates the world's largest and first drone delivery system in Rwanda, Ghana and the USA, providing a solution to the last-mile problem in healthcare. This solution saves lives by maximizing the availability of essential medical products while minimizing waste and guaranteeing the cold chain. Paul continues to contribute to Zipline's mission since 2020 via the skills he acquired as an engineer at ISAE-SUPAERO and Stanford. He received this award for the variety and excellence of his career path and the practical achievements that have led him to evolve in the startup ecosystem. The Mayoux-Dauriac prize is awarded for the use of knowledge acquired at the School in the exercise of one of the various facets of the engineering profession, and for the usefulness of the projects carried out for industry and services with a positive economic balance sheet.

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ISAE-SUPAERO will be present at the 55ᵉ Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace at Le Bourget from June 16 to 22, 2025!

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Within ISAE-SUPAERO, the Complex Systems Engineering Department (DISC) develops skills in mathematics and computer science for aeronautical and space engineering. In both teaching and research, it focuses on the models, methods, and tools needed to control the behavior and performance of complex systems. This complexity may be induced by the multi-physics or multi-scale nature of the systems studied, their dynamic behavior, or their distributed and communicating structure.

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The InSight lander deployed by NASA recorded two earthquakes that occurred on Mars in 2021, providing scientists with exceptional data, the first direct observations ever made of a planet's core.

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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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Located 80 meters from the rover at the moment of take-off, the small helicopter rose to 5 meters above the ground before covering a distance of 133 meters before returning to land where it had taken off from. SuperCam's scientific microphone, developed by ISAE-SUPAERO, recorded the sound emitted by the rotation of the Martian drone's blades during its flight. This sound has a characteristic frequency of 84 Hz, equivalent to the low “E” of a piano or the bass voice of a human being. “This is a big surprise for the whole scientific team,” says Naomi Murdoch, a researcher at ISAE-SUPAERO who is studying the data from the microphone. "Tests carried out in a Martian atmosphere simulator to design this instrument, and our theories of sound propagation, indicated that the microphone would have great difficulty picking up the sounds of the helicopter. Indeed, Mars' thin atmosphere strongly attenuates sound transmission. We needed a bit of luck to record the helicopter from such a distance. We're very pleased to have succeeded in obtaining this recording, which is proving to be a goldmine for our understanding of the Martian atmosphere". Developed jointly by ISAE-SUPAERO and a consortium of CNRS laboratories and its partners, coordinated by CNES, SuperCam's microphone is derived from a consumer model adapted to withstand the Martian environment. It pursues 3 substantial scientific and technical objectives of the Mars 2020 mission: Study the sound associated with laser impacts on Martian rocks, to gain a better understanding of their mechanical properties. Improving our understanding of atmospheric phenomena (wind turbulence, dust eddies, wind interactions with the rover, and now with the helicopter). Understanding the sound signature of the rover's various movements (robotic arm and mast operations, driving on normal or uneven ground, pump monitoring, etc.). The microphone was first switched on a few hours after Perseverance landed. It recorded the first Martian sounds generated by turbulence in the atmosphere. It is used daily in conjunction with laser rock ablation for chemical analysis of Mars. ABOUT THE MARS 2020 MISSION: NASA is relying on Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the development of the Mars 2020 mission. SuperCam was developed jointly by LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) and a consortium of laboratories attached to the CNRS, French universities and research establishments. Several Spanish universities, led by the University of Valladolid, are also contributing to the instrument. CNES is responsible to NASA for the French contribution to SuperCam. The instrument is operated alternately from LANL and the French Operations Center for Science and Exploration (FOCSE) at CNES in Toulouse.

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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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Find out more about our courses and #information in the field of space! The space dimension is strongly developed within our various training courses, whether in specific streams or dedicated programs. French and international students alike are showing a keen interest in our educational programs in Earth observation and the sciences of the Universe, as well as in the design and operation of space systems. Space research and industry employ many ISAE-SUPAERO engineers. Explore the world of space!

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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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Seven ISAE-SUPAERO students have been selected to join the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the United States. This replica of a Martian base will host the crew for four weeks, during which they will live in conditions similar to those found on Mars. The objective is to conduct experiments in situ in collaboration with research partners.

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Pablo Caron receives the Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO thesis prize for his work on the study of electron-induced singular events in integrated technologies. A graduate of the Technique Spatial et Instrumentation master's program at Université III Paul Sabatier (Toulouse), Pablo Caron prepared his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Christophe Inguimbert (ONERA), Laurent Artola (ONERA) and Robert Ecoffet (CNES) in ONERA's DPHY (Physics Instrumentation Environment Space Department) in Toulouse. His work, funded by ONERA and CNES, focused on the study of electron-induced singular events in embedded technologies. On-board electronics and, in particular, on-board memories, are sensitive to the radiative environments in which they operate. These sensitivities can take many forms, from the loss of data to the destruction of a component. In 2014, the first measurements of errors (SEU) in an SRAM memory were carried out. Pablo Caron's work is part of this effort to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the errors observed. Pablo Caron is an engineer- Researcher at ONERA Toulouse in the DPHY/ERS unit (Spatial Radiative Environment) whose main missions are the measurement of particles inhabiting radiation belts and the development of models dedicated to the specifying environments associated with future space missions. A thesis prize awarded by the Fondation ISAE-SUPAERO for the excellence of the research carried out and the prospects for application of the thesis.

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"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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The “Theory, Modeling and Systems Engineering” (ThéMIS) scientific group is dedicated to the study and development of advanced methods for the design, modeling and validation of complex systems.

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

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At the Languages, Arts, Cultures, and Societies Department (LACS), we teach languages, interculturality, geopolitics, general culture, economics, sports, etc. Multidimensional skills that bring out knowledge, interpersonal skills, know-how and interpersonal skills.

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Eloa Guillotin and Hugo Tarlé (S2020) have been awarded the Mayoux-Dauriac prize by the ISAE-SUPAERO ENSICA Alumni Association. The prize is awarded to an engineering student in the final year of the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering curriculum for practical achievements during schooling and various internships, in accordance with the wishes of Maurice MAYOUX (S 1924). Eloa and Hugo form a true binomial. They are both engineers from ISAE-SUPAERO (S2020), and have followed the same training path, at the École Polytechnique, HEC Paris and the University of California at Berkeley (USA). They are passionate about space, and launchers in particular. Since they met in their first year, they have also been involved in entrepreneurship, heading up the school's entrepreneurship association and organizing Europe's first space startup weekend in partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, CNES and ESA. During their engineering studies, they set up Attom, a company developing instant recharging products for smartphones. Their project received two notable entrepreneurial awards in Toulouse. Their subsequent career path also taught them the basics of setting up a technology company. Following their Master's degree in X-HEC Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris, and a semester at the University of California at Berkeley, they set up Beyond Aerospace. Eloa takes a long-term view of the goals to be achieved, and her natural organization enables her to set precise, realistic milestones. Her ambition and managerial good humor make her the CEO of Beyond Aerospace. Hugo has strong technical skills, particularly in fluid mechanics and data science. A true do-it-yourselfer, he has built a bi-liquid H2O2/ethanol engine, solid propulsion boosters and experimental rockets in his garden. His rigor and exacting standards make him the CTO of Beyond Aerospace. Their company is part of an economic system they learned about through their Master's thesis supervised by Sandy Tirtey, Launch Director of Rocket Lab - the world's first and only operational commercial micro-launch vehicle to date. Their curiosity and passion for space and technological entrepreneurship, through their technical experiments now applied with Beyond Aerospace and their overall achievements, demonstrate a real industrial and economic interest in the micro-launch vehicle market, which has enabled them to win this prize, the result of their excellence.

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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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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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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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