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National and international recognition of research performed at Centrale Nantes is reflected in the distinctions awarded to the researchers, faculty, alumni and students.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Centrale Nantes ranked for Engineering, Physical Sciences and Computer Science
January 22, 2025
Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 400 for Engineering, the top 500 for Physical Sciences and the top 600 for Computer Science in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025, out today.
Abdallah Aoude, a GeM PhD student receives the ‘Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation’ 2024 award at EGU24
November 19, 2024
Abdallah Aoude received the ‘Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation’ 2024 award from EGU (European Geosciences Union) in the Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences category.
Jessy Simon received 2nd prize in the ESCM Best Thesis 2022 Award at ECCM21
July 16, 2024
Jessy Simon was awarded 2nd prize by ESCM for the best thesis defended in 2022 at ECCM21 (ECCM21 – 21st European Conference on Composite Materials for Academia and Industry), held in Nantes from 2 to 5 July 2024.
Imane Bekrine receives the Best Student Presentation Award at the ACI/RILEM ICCM2024 international conference
July 4, 2024
Imane Bekrine, a PhD student in the GeM Institute, received the award at the 12th ACI/RILEM International Conference held in Toulouse from 23 to 26 June 2024.
Times Higher Education "Impact Rankings" 2024: Centrale Nantes maintains its place in the world's top 600
June 12, 2024
Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 600 worldwide and in 13th place among the French institutions in the ranking.
Two GeM PhD students at Centrale Nantes awarded research prizes at RUGC (Civil Engineering University Conference) 2024
June 5, 2024
Two PhD students from the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) were awarded research prizes at RUGC (Civil Engineering University Conference) 2024 held in Le Havre from 28 to 30 May 2024.
Centrale Nantes ranked 63rd in the latest Times Higher Education Young University Rankings
May 14, 2024
Centrale Nantes is ranked 63rd in the world according to the criteria of the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024.
Marinelle El Khoury receives the Centrale Innovation 2023 PhD Prize
December 4, 2023
Marinelle El Khoury completed her PhD in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) at Centrale Nantes. She was awarded the Centrale Innovation 2023 PhD Prize on 21 November during the organisation's 30th anniversary celebrations in Ecully.
20 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University in 2023
November 8, 2023
Stanford University has updated its list of the world's most cited researchers by their peers for their scientific work. The list, which represents the world's most influential researchers, is based on an international transdisciplinary database.
Nantes Université, (including Centrale Nantes), first French university to enter Shanghai's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for Marine/Ocean Engineering
October 27, 2023
The Shanghai 2023 "Marine/Ocean Engineering" GRAS ranks Nantes Université, which includes Centrale Nantes, France's leader player in ocean engineering, in 41st place worldwide. This makes it the first and only French institution in this ranking*, which lists the world's 50 best universities per academic subject.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 300 for Engineering
October 26, 2023
Centrale Nantes is ranked in top 300 for Engineering and the top 500 for both Physical Sciences and Computer Science in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024, out today.
Centrale Nantes moves up in the 2024 Figaro étudiant's ranking of French engineering schools
October 16, 2023
Centrale Nantes ranks 11th in the Figaro étudiant ranking published on 16 October 2023.
Siddhartha H. Ommi - award-winning finalist for the Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD prize at the ALERT Geomaterials 2023 Workshop
October 9, 2023
Siddhartha H. Ommi was one of two finalists to receive a Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD prize at the annual ALERT Geomaterials workshop held in Aussois from 25 to 27 September 2023.
Rana Al Nemer wins the Best Poster Award during the ALERT Geomaterials 2023 workshop
October 9, 2023
Rana Al Nemer, postdoctoral researcher at the GeM in the Environmental Geomechanics Research Group, received the Best Poster Award at the ALERT Geomaterials workshop held in Aussois from 25-27 September 2023, for her poster titled “Multiphase Flow through a Granular Material under Hydro-Mechanical Loading.”
Centrale Nantes moves up into the world's top 500 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024
September 27, 2023
Centrale Nantes is ranked in the world's top 500 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings published on 27 September.
Imane Elkhaldi wins the prize for best scientific contribution on concrete at the Congrès Français du Génie Civil
June 13, 2023
Imane Elkhaldi, who holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Centrale Nantes, received the award at the Congrès Français du Génie Civil, held at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in May 2023.
Hannah Franz, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, awarded the René Houpert 1st Prize from the Association Universitaire de Génie Civil (AUGC)
June 6, 2023
The congrès Français du Génie Civil (French Civil Engineering Congress), organized by AFGC, AUGC and École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, was held in Gif sur Yvette from 23 to 25 May 2023.
Emmanuel Rozière wins the 2022 AFGC (French Civil Engineering Association) prize
May 31, 2023
Emmanuel Rozière, Professor and Director of Sustainable Development at Centrale Nantes, won the AFGC 2022 prize. It was presented to him on 3 May 2023 by Emmanuel Ferrier, chairman of the association's Scientific and Technical Committee.
Centrale Nantes ranked 7th French engineering school in 2023 by L'Étudiant
February 10, 2023
Centrale Nantes confirms its excellence with a 7th place in L'Étudiant's ranking of French engineering schools published on 9 February 2023.
Centrale Nantes confirms its standings in the top 600 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023
October 12, 2022
Centrale Nantes is positioned in the top 600 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings out on 12 October. At the national level, the school is the 5th ranked engineering school.
Marinelle EL KHOURY receives a Best Paper award from fib - International Federation for Structural Concrete
September 16, 2022
Congratulations to Marinelle El Khoury, who recently completed her PhD at Centrale Nantes, on her best paper award in the category ''Sustainability and Materials / Sustainable Development and Life Cycle Assessment'' at the 14th fib PhD Symposium.
Ilhame Harbouz awarded the ICT Best presentation prize at the 3rd RILEM conference on Digital Concrete 2022
September 12, 2022
Congratulations to Ilhame Harbouz, Centrale Nantes engineer and PhD student in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
Centrale Nantes in the 3 top performing French institutions according to U-Multirank 2022
August 31, 2022
Centrale Nantes has once again made its mark in the U-Multirank ranking. In the 2022 edition, the school is one of three French institutions with the highest number of overall top scores.
Centrale Nantes ranked 151-200 for Mechanical Engineering and 301-400 for Management in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022
July 19, 2022
The 2022 edition of the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects is now out. Centrale Nantes stands out in Mechanical Engineering, climbing to the top 151-200, and entering the Management ranking in the top 301-400.
16 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University
July 7, 2022
Stanford University has recently published an updated list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists in different disciplines - the World's Top 2% Scientists. 16 researchers from Centrale Nantes are included in the updated list - up from 9 last year.
15th National Conference on Structural Computations: Soukaina Riad, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, receives best poster prize 2022
May 23, 2022
Congratulations to Soukaina Riad, PhD student at the GeM and winner of the CSMA 2022 Poster Award for her paper in the category "Lifetime of structures" at the 15th National Conference on Structural Computations - CSMA 2022.
Centrale Nantes confirms its commitment to sustainable development in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022
April 28, 2022
Centrale Nantes features in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for the fourth consecutive year and is ranked in 8th place among the French institutions in the ranking.
Nicolas Moës awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Liège
March 19, 2022
Centrale Nantes Professor Nicolas Moës, of the Research Institute for Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) and elected member of the Académie des sciences, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Liège on 19 March.
Audrey Somera, PhD student in the GeM Institute, receives the award for the best Mécamat “Emilie du Châtelet” poster
February 1, 2022
Congratulations to Audrey Somera, 3rd year PhD student at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM), for her Mécamat 2022 "Emilie du Châtelet" poster award.
Vincent Lostanlen and his LS2N research team successfully establish the basic technology for a wireless, battery-free acoustic biosensor
January 24, 2022
Researchers from the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N) successfully established the basic technology for a wireless, battery-free acoustic biosensor. The result of their work was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Second International Workshop on the Internet of Sounds (IWIS 2021), organised in September 2021 by the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Trento (Italy).
Centrale Nantes students Léa Guipouy and Mathieu Robazza win 5th prize at the USAIRE Student Awards
January 20, 2022
On 26 November 2021, Safran group CEO Olivier Andriès presented Léa Guipouy and Mathieu Robazza with 5th prize in the USAIRE Student Awards for their vision on the future of aviation.
Rémi Parrot, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the MSR 2021 conference
December 22, 2021
Rémi Parrot, a PhD student in the Control and Real-Time Teams at the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes and of the Renault-Centrale Nantes chair received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the MSR 2021 conference.
Post-doc Tony Ribeiro receives the best paper award at the 30th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming
November 15, 2021
Tony Ribeiro, a post-doctoral student in the LS2N Formal Methods for Bioinformatics research group - in the framework of a Franco-Japanese collaborative project co-financed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII, in Tokyo) and the RFI Atlanstic 2020 -, received the "best paper award" at the 30th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP)
Rebecca Fribourg, faculty member at Centrale Nantes, receives the Séphora Berrebi Women in Advanced Mathematics & Computer Science scholarship
October 27, 2021
Congratulations to Rebecca Fribourg who received the Séphora Berrebi Women in Advanced Mathematics & Computer Science scholarship at a ceremony held on 4 October.
Formal session of the Academy of Sciences
October 12, 2021
Nicolas MOËS, Professor at Centrale Nantes and the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CNRS/Centrale Nantes/University of Nantes) is a newly elected member of the Académie des sciences. Reception ceremony for elected members on Tuesday 12 October.
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Engineering and Technology
October 6, 2021
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Engineering and Technology, which was published on 6 October 2021.
Sara Al Haj Sleiman, PhD student in the GeM Institute, receives the Corporate Social Responsibility prize from l'Ecole Française du béton
September 30, 2021
Sara Al Haj Sleiman, a PhD student in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) at Centrale Nantes, won the Ecole Française du Béton's Corporate Social Responsibility prize, for her research results presented at the 13th Fib PhD symposium held in Paris on 22 July 2021.
Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the world's top 500 for Physical Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022
September 16, 2021
Centrale Nantes maintains its place in the top 500 institutions for Physical Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022, published today.
Centrale Nantes in the top 600 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022
September 2, 2021
Centrale Nantes is positioned in the top 600 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings out on 2 September. At the national level, the school is ranked 18th.
Congratulations to our engineering programme students on their ecological transition prize in the SoliTudiant Challenge
June 28, 2021
Congratulations to Antonella, Aurélien, Benjamin, Chloé, Etienne and Safae who impressed the SoliTudiant challenge jury during the final on 24 June! They received the "Coup de Coeur de la Transition Ecologique" prize for their P2E project "Feasibility study of an eco-solidarity activity" with a €5,000 prize for the ESAT de la Cholière.
Centrale Nantes - amongst the world's best young universities
June 23, 2021
Centrale Nantes is one of the world's best universities aged 50 or younger, according to the criteria of the Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings.
A LHEEA-based PhD student is awarded the "Libersky Prize" for her work on the SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method.
June 14, 2021
Arbia Ben Khodja, a Michelin CIFRE PHD student in the LHEEA Laboratory, received the Libersky Prize for the best work by a student at the 15th International SPHERIC Workshop, which was held virtually from 8 to 11 June 2021 from New York. 24 PhD students were in the running. Arbia's paper was on the "Validation of coupled SPH-FE hydroplaning simulations using PIV measurements".
Centrale Innovation PhD Award 2021
May 28, 2021
Congratulations to Filippo Masi, joint winner of the Centrale Innovation PhD Award 2021.
Yicha Zhang, former PhD student at LS2N, receives the prestigious CIRP Taylor Medal
April 16, 2021
Congratulations to Yicha Zhang, former PhD student at LS2N and post-doc on a European project, who has just been awarded the CIRP Taylor Medal.
Dr Filippo Masi, post-doc in the GeM Institute, receives the Early Career Researcher (best oral presentation) award at EMMC18
April 12, 2021
Congratulations to Dr Filippo Masi on his award at EMMC18 for his presentation on “Multiscale modeling of inelastic microstructured materials with Thermodynamics based Artificial Neural Networks (TANN)”.
9 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University.
February 25, 2021
Congratulations to our researchers!
Filippo Masi, post-doctoral researcher in the GeM Institute, receives CSMA 2020 thesis prize
February 9, 2021
Congratulations to Filippo Masi, who receives the award for his thesis ''Fast-dynamic response and failure of masonry structures of non-standard geometry subjected to blast loads".
AFIS thesis prize for Elaheh MALEKI
December 11, 2020
Congratulations to Elaheh MALEKI who was awarded the thesis prize at the AFIS (French Systems Engineering Association) Forum for her outstanding thesis on work on Systems Engineering.
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Engineering and Technology
October 28, 2020
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Engineering and Technology which was published on 28 October.
An award for Joseph Al Khoury, Centrale Nantes student
September 14, 2020
Congratulations to Joseph Al Khoury who received the best presenter award in the Energy Efficiency category at the 16th International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers held in June 2020.
Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
September 2, 2020
Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the 401-500 grouping of the world’s top universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, which are published today. On industry income Centrale Nantes is ranked 122nd globally.
Aliénor Gauthier-Pouyanne, PhD student within the EDYCEM chair at Centrale Nantes, receives a prize at the Fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering
September 2, 2020
At the 13th edition of the Fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, held online from 26 to 28 August, Aliénor Gauthier-Pouyanne - PhD student at Centrale Nantes within the EDYCEM chair - received the prize for the best presentation in the Durability and Life Assessment category. Congratulations to Aliénor!
Centrale Nantes - amongst the world's best young universities
June 24, 2020
Centrale Nantes is one of the world's best universities aged 50 or younger, according to the criteria of the Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings.
Ginevra Rubino receives the "Fall 2020 NATO AVT Young Contributor Award"
June 19, 2020
The LHEEA is pleased to announce that the "NATO Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel Awards Committee" has awarded Ms. Ginevra Rubino with the "Fall 2020 NATO AVT Young Contributor Award" for her overall research work on NATO AVT collaborative research projects.
Centrale Nantes: 4th global performer on student mobility (U-Multirank 2020)
June 9, 2020
Centrale Nantes in the world's top 300 in the Times Higher Education 2020 "University Impact Rankings"
April 22, 2020
Centrale Nantes recognised for its commitment to sustainable development in the Times Higher Education 2020 "University Impact Rankings".
Récup'Eau Viêtman Association shortlisted in the Capgemini Coup2boost competition
April 20, 2020
Lend your support to Récup'Eau Vietnam for the Capgemini Coup2boost competition
Nicolas MOËS is elected Member of the Académie des sciences
March 19, 2020
Nicolas MOËS, Professor at Centrale Nantes and the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CNRS/Centrale Nantes/University of Nantes) is elected member of the Académie des sciences.
Nicolas Moës, 2019 recipient of the ONERA Award at the Institut de France - Académie des Sciences
November 27, 2019
Professor Nicolas Moës, of Centrale Nantes and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, received the 2019 ONERA Award for Mechanical Sciences for Aeronautics and Aerospace.
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Engineering and Technology
October 16, 2019
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Engineering and Technology which is published today.
Hera-MI wins first prize in the International Pitch Challenge
September 30, 2019
Hera-MI, start-up in the Centrale-Audencia-ense Nantes incubator, has been recognised for its international development. Hera-MI won 1st prize in the International Pitch Challenge on 30 September. The Challenge, organized by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Pays de la Loire region, was held in Laval and rewarded the international development projects of companies in region.
Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
September 11, 2019
Centrale Nantes maintains its place in the 401-500 grouping of the world’s top universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, which are published today. On industry income Centrale Nantes is ranked 93rd globally.
A Centrale Nantes PhD student receives the "René Houpert" young researchers award
June 26, 2019
Maxime Robira received the 'René Houpert' young researchers award at the 'Rencontres Annuelles Universitaires de Génie Civil', (Association Universitaire du Génie Civil), which was held in Sophia Antipolis from 18 to 21 June 2019.
Stéphane Caro article awarded Crossley Best Paper Award.
June 11, 2019
Publisher Elsevier awarded the authors of the article "Discrete reconfiguration planning for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots", published in the 2016 issue of the scientific journal "Mechanism and Machine Theory", with the Crossley Best Paper Award.
Stéphane Caro (LS2N): "Reviewer of the year" of the "Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics"
May 10, 2019
ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) recognises the peer-review contribution of Stéphane Caro of the RoMaS research group and LS2N Laboratory.
Matthieu Furet and Philippe Wenger win best research paper at the MEDER 2018 conference
May 10, 2019
Matthieu Furet, PhD student in the ReV team and Philippe Wenger received the silver best research paper award at the MEDER conference (IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics), which took place in Udine, Italy from 11 to 13 September 2018.
PhD student Etienne Peillard receives the IEEE Virtual Reality 2019 Best Conference Paper award in Osaka!
March 29, 2019
Prof. Alain Bernard at the National Academy of Technologies of France
February 25, 2019
Prof. Alain Bernard, of Centrale Nantes, and head of research at the Laboratory of Digital Science of Nantes (LS2N), has been appointed a Fellow of the National Academy of Technologies of France.
A Centrale Nantes student wins the Jury's special prize at the BTP#LAB hackathon
December 12, 2018
During the BTP # LAB hackathon held in Nancy on 6th and 7th December, a team featuring a Centrale Nantes student won the Jury's special prize with their Op'Them project.
Centrale Nantes ranked in the top 200 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 by Subject: Engineering and Technology
November 29, 2018
Centrale Nantes makes its entrance today into the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Engineering & Technology Ranking – ranked 4th amongst the best French universities and in the 176-200 worldwide grouping for this subject.
Thales PhD Prize 2018 awarded to Yann Briheche, Centrale Nantes PhD graduate
November 29, 2018
Yann Briheche, a PhD graduate from Centrale Nantes and LS2N, received the Thales PhD Prize 2018 on 29th November for his thesis on "Optimization of search patterns for fixed-panel tridimensional scanning radars".
Marie Robert wins the Académie de Marine thesis prize for her PhD at Centrale Nantes
October 30, 2018
Marie Robert has been awarded the Académie de Marine thesis prize. She conducted her thesis on "Numerical modelling of the hydro-elastic behavior of vessels in nonlinear waves" from 2014 to 2017 at Centrale Nantes, in the LHEEA (Laboratory of Hydrodynamics, Energetics and Atmospheric Environment).
Centrale Nantes makes its entry into the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings
September 26, 2018
Centrale Nantes has joined the 401-500 grouping of the world’s top universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, which are published today.
'Trophées de la construction 2018' - award for EDYCEM's connected concrete, developed in collaboration with Centrale Nantes
September 13, 2018
The research collaboration between EDYCEM BPE and Centrale Nantes - within the framework of the "Innovative Concrete for New Applications" Industrial Chair - has led to an award for EDYCEM's SMARTCEM®, connected concrete in the 'Trophées de la Construction 2018' (Construction Awards).
Trophées de la construction 2018: award for EDYCEM's connected concrete, developed within the EDYCEM-Centrale Nantes Chair
September 12, 2018
The “Smartcem®” connected concrete developed as part of the EDYCEM research chair (HERIGE Group), led by Ahmed LOUKILI, Centrale Nantes Professor, was a winner in the 2018 Construction Trophies.
David Le Touzé receives the Joe Monaghan prize for the second time
June 27, 2018
On 27 June, David Le Touzé, Centrale Nantes Professor and LHEEA researcher, received the Joe Monaghan prize, for the second time running, alongside his Italian co-authors from INSEAN, a research institute of the CNR (National Research Council of Italy).
CRIEC - Inter-Ecoles Centrale Research Symposium: thesis prize awarded to Coralie THIEULIN
June 25, 2018
Centrale Nantes is playing host to the 24th edition of the Inter-Ecoles Centrale Research Symposium (CRIEC) for the week commencing Monday 25th June 2018. The four-day event gives 100 PhD students from the five Ecoles Centrale, (Centrale Supélec, Centrale Lyon, Centrale Nantes, Centrale Lille and Centrale Marseille), the opportunity to exchange views and present their research work during plenary sessions and oral presentations dealing with topics ranging from additive manufacturing, to marine renewable energies, or robotics etc.
Additive manufacturing: PhD student Tugdual LE NEEL receives the Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award in the United States
April 24, 2018
Congratulations to the PhD student Tugdual LE NÉEL who, accompanied by Jean-Yves Hascoët, his thesis supervisor, and Pascal Mognol, co-thesis supervisor, received the Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award at the Rapid & TCT Conference on 23rd April 23rd in Texas. The jury considered his work on the combination of different materials to create a very promising binder injection mold to address some of the current challenges in traditional sand casting.
Professor Ahmed Loukili appointed member of the board of directors of the Ecole Française du Béton
December 20, 2017
Prof. Ahmed LOUKILI, Centrale Nantes, was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Ecole Française du Beton on November 27th.
Victor Contreau wins the Eurovia PFE Award
December 5, 2017
Congratulations to Victor Contreau - newly graduated from the Centrale Nantes degree apprenticeship programme in public works and construction - winner of the 2017 Graduation Project Challenge run by Eurovia, a subsidiary of the Vinci group.
Two PhD students receive an award at the 10th European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubbers
September 1, 2017
Congratulations to Marie Dalémat and Thomas Balutch, who received first and second best poster awards at the 10th European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubbers (ECCMR), which was held in Munich from 29 to 31 August 2017.
Manufacturing: Florent Laroche named an "associate member" of CIRP
August 28, 2017
Florent Laroche, lecturer and researcher at Centrale Nantes, has joined a prestigious circle of around 600 international manufacturing academics by becoming an associate member of CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering).
Hermine Tertrais - Student Oral Presentation Winner at the 51st Microwave Power Symposium
July 17, 2017
Hermine TERTRAIS, PhD student at Centrale Nantes in the GeM - Institute for Research in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 51st International Microwave Power Institute (IMPI) Symposium held in Miami, from 20 to 22 June 2017.
A Centrale Nantes PhD student receives the "René Houpert" young researchers award
May 29, 2017
Anass Cherki El Idrissi received the 'René Houpert' young researchers award at the 'Rencontres Annuelles Universitaires de Génie Civil' organised this year by the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from 22 to 24 May in Nantes.
European Research Council: proof of concept grant awarded to two Centrale Nantes researchers
May 24, 2017
Having previously secured major ERC funding to undertake their research, Nicolas Moës (Dean of Research at Centrale Nantes) and researcher Gilles Marckmann have been awarded a grant of €150,000 to develop the industrial applications of their research.
Floatgen - award-recipient at the "Trophées de la Transition énergétique 2017"
May 16, 2017
The Floatgen project for the first offshore wind turbine in France, which is soon to be completed in the Port of Saint-Nazaire, received the “prix Energies Renouvelables” (Renewable Energies Award) for the 2017 Trophées de la Transition Energétique (Energy Transition Trophy) organised by L'Usine Nouvelle during a ceremony on Tuesday 16 May in the presence of Jean Jouzel, climatologist and former vice-president of the IPCC.
Sophie SAKKA appointed a Knight of the French National Order of Merit
May 10, 2017
Sophie Sakka, lecturer at Centrale Nantes, was appointed a Knight of the French National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre national du mérite) at the beginning of May 2017. Congratulations to our outstanding researcher and president of the Robots! association.
The Nantes 1900 digital device receives an award
January 4, 2017
The Nantes-based digital initiative "Nantes 1900", to which Centrale Nantes contributed, has received a ‘Territoires innovants’ (Innovative areas) award from the Interconnectés Association.
ARVO KALDMÄE's THESIS AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
December 16, 2016
Congratulations to Arvo KALDMÄE, former PhD student at Centrale Nantes at the doctoral school STIM, who has just received the first thesis prize from the Estonian Academy of Sciences for his thesis defended in June 2016.
ICER 2016 Malaysia: PhD Student Ali Nour Eddine receives "Best paper award"
December 14, 2016
Congratulations to PhD student Ali Nour Eddine winner of the "Best Paper Award" at the International Conference on Energy Recovery held in Malaysia in early December.
Centrale Nantes Students win the SAMPE 2016 Composite Bridge Competition
November 24, 2016
The 25th SAMPE France Technical Days were held on 17 & 18 November in Montargis and at the HUTCHINSON Research Centre. Congratulations to the team of six Centrale Nantes students, winners of the national Composite Bridge competition. This is the second win for Centrale Nantes since 2013.
Five students at the "Prix de l'ingénierie du futur" awards ceremony
October 21, 2016
A look back at the “Prix de l'ingénierie du futur” (Engineering of the future prize) on 19th October 2016. The “Ma Paille” (My Straw) Centrale Nantes student project team didn’t make it onto the podium, but the experience was very rewarding.
SOPHIE SAKKA, recipient of the Entrepreneurship prize at the DIGITAL Ouest 2016
September 20, 2016
Congratulations to Sophie Sakka, Centrale Nantes researcher and professor, who was awarded the entrepreneurship prize for her Rob’autism project at this year’s edition of Digital Ouest, one of the key events of Nantes Digital Week.
A.Z. Bendimerad recipient of the Best Short-Term Scientific Mission award
September 8, 2016
Dr. Ahmed Z. Bendimerad, research engineer at Centrale Nantes, with the Edycem Industrial Chair, received the Best Short-Term Scientific Mission award on 24 August at the Technical University of Denmark.
EMSHIP student wins first prize at TRA VISIONS 2016
May 12, 2016
The six edition of the bi-annual TRA (Transport Research Arena), dedicated to transport research in Europe, was held in Poland from 18th to 21st April 2016.
Violent Flows 2016 - recognition for a PhD student in Japan
March 9, 2016
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March 11, 2016
Corentin Hermange, PhD student at the LHEEA Laboratory (Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment), received the best student paper award at the "Conference on Violent Flows" held in Osaka, Japan from 9th to 11th March.
10-VINS - NANTES-BASED START-UP - DISTINGUISHED AT CES 2016 IN LAS VEGAS
January 10, 2016
10-vins, a start-up of the Centrale-Audencia-ensa business incubator, receives the "Best Start-up Award" at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Alain Clément, Centrale Nantes researcher, receives a 'Trophées Europe 1 de l'environnement' award
December 21, 2015
The seven winners of the "Trophées Europe 1 de l’Environnement" were announced on Monday 21 December at a ceremony in the presence of Ségolène Royal.
Panagiotis KOTRONIS awarded the AFPS prize
December 3, 2015
Congratulations to Panagiotis KOTRONIS, Professor at Centrale Nantes and member of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM). In recognition of his research, he has been awarded the AFPS (French Association for Earthquake Engineering) prize.
CNRS Silver Medal ceremony for Nicolas MOES
September 23, 2014
Nicolas MOES, Professor at Centrale Nantes, will be awarded the CNRS Silver Medal on September 23, 2014 at Centrale Nantes for the originality, quality and impact of his nationally and internationally recognized work.
Centrale Nantes and its spin-off HydrOcean win the coveted American award: HPC INNOVATION EXCELLENCE 2013
November 19, 2013
Erwan Jacquin, CEO of HydrOcean and graduate of Centrale Nantes, received the HPC Innovation Excellence Award 2013 at the Supercomputing 2013 conference (SC13).
Published on January 28, 2016
Updated on July 5, 2024
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