Events
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Events
Shanghai Ranking 2009, ESPCI ParisTech comes out first among the major French engineering schools
As in 2008, the 2009 Shanghai Ranking has placed ESPCI ParisTech at the top of the French engineering schools (3rd quintile, with Ecole Polytechnique). Classified under the name of Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution, the School is a leader in its particular category on the "PCP" criterion (per capita productivity), which measures the number of publications per researcher. To find out more.
Alexander Neimark, professor at Rutgers University (New Jersey), holder of an international Blaise Pascal research chair, guest of the Lecime molecular simulation team at Chimie ParisTech
A. Neimark was welcomed by Chimie ParisTech as the holder of an international Blaise Pascal research chair, in collaboration with the LECIME molecular simulation team. A. Neimark's research focuses on understanding the properties of fluids and biomolecules absorbed into nanoporous materials, using analytical and digital methods. His stay at Chimie ParisTech is an opportunity to work with the team run by Alain Fuchs which looks at the deformation of flexible hybrid organic–inorganic materials, a class of materials that holds great promise for applications such as capturing and storing gas, and in particular greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
"Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation" Workshop at Ecole Polytechnique
This workshop is sponsored by the European NanoCharm project, the objective of which is the promotion within the scientific and industrial communities of the use of polarimetry for the characterisation of materials. The workshop forms a natural part of the Nanocharm project because it aims at creating connections between various people with experience in polarimetric instrumentation, in order to create synergies and look at new projects and research instruments. Six themes were selected: I) polarimetric imaging, II) measurement of optical activity, III) scatterometry and the metrology of small particles, IV) the physical interpretation of Mueller matrices and polarimetric data processing, V) Radar polarimetry and polarimetry in astronomy, and some examples of VI) pioneering instrumental developments. To find out more.
Solar photovoltaic partnership between Ecole Polytechnique and Total
Total and the Laboratory of the Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films (LPICM), a joint research unit of the CNRS and the Ecole Polytechnique, are announcing the creation of a joint research team in the field of thin film solar photovoltaic technology. Dubbed NanoPV, this research team includes a dozen researchers and doctoral students from both Total and the Joint CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique Research Unit. It will be based on the Ecole Polytechnique campus at the heart of the Saclay plateau, an area of French expertise in the field of nanotechnology. The investment made by Total is around €8 million for the first four-year faith. The scientific programme will focus on developing technologies to produce thin layers of silicon and on exploring new concepts using silicon nanowires. The main objective of this research is to reduce the cost of solar energy to accelerate its deployment.
Creation of the website for the mini-symposium on Microfluidics for Physics, Chemistry and Biology at ESPCI ParisTech
The mini-symposium on Microfluidics for Physics, Chemistry & Biology, organised by Denis Bartolo (ESPCI Engineer and Lecturer at the Laboratory of the Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Environments, ESPCI ParisTech), Charlie Gosse (Laboratory of Photonics and Nanostructures, CNRS) and Vincent Studer (ESPCI Engineer and Research Associate at the Laboratory of Neurobiology, ESPCI ParisTech), has launched its website. To find out more.
Creation of an International Associated Franco – Maghreb Laboratory in mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique
The CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, the Universities of Nice Sophia Antipolis, of Pau and Pays de l’Adour and of Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand, with partners from Algeria [1] Morocco [2] and Tunisia [3], have recently created the International Associated Franco-Maghreb Laboratory in mathematics and its interactions. This initiative is the high point of the long-standing cooperation in the field of mathematics between France and the Maghreb. The signing of the creation agreement took place on 7 September 2009 at the headquarters of the CNRS. The Ecole Polytechnique Centre for Applied Mathematics, headed by Kamel Hamdache, is a project partner.
[1] The Directorate General of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Algiers.[2] The National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) of Morocco.[3] The Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology (MHESRT) of Tunisia.
12 scientists, including two from Ecole Polytechnique, to accelerate the transformation of Europe's skies
The SESAR Joint Undertaking programme has set up a new committee to strengthen its innovative scientific approach in the building of future systems and processes for managing air traffic. An astronaut as well as professors and researchers are now part of SESAR, thus demonstrating the strong commitment of the scientific community to ensuring a high level academic contribution to SESAR. The committee is composed of 12 renowned scientists, including Professor Philippe Baptiste, the director of the Computer Laboratory (LIX) at École Polytechnique, and Professor Alain Jeunemaitre, a research director at the Ecole Polytechnique and Oxford University.
Researchers' Night at the Ecole Polytechnique
On 25 September 2009, École Polytechnique celebrated Researchers' Night. A great many people came to discover what it is that scientists get up to. Learning about science while having fun, finding out what maths is useful for, finding out everything you need to know about volcanoes, seeing a hologram, understanding how your intestines work or enjoying an art and science performance, all this and more was possible as European Researchers Night. "The dreams of researchers, feet on the ground and head in the clouds" was the theme of this successful event!
Marion Guillou appointed to the Committee on the national loan
Marion Guillou, the President of the Board of Directors of the Ecole Polytechnique, has been appointed to the Committee on the national loan set up today by Nicolas Sarkozy and chaired by Alain Juppé and Michel Rocard, to work on a common theme: ecology and sustainable development.
Bernard Bobe, Professor in Economics and Innovation Management, has been appointed special project manager for the "Continuous training" project at Chimie ParisTech, with Director Alain Fuchs.
This project is one of the general missions of the school alongside the more traditional activities of training and research. For example, each year the school offers training sessions in capillary electrophoresis and related techniques, or in drug design strategies, and the offer needs to be developed. Thanks to the skills available within the school, it should be possible to meet the needs of alumni and the demands of businesses in a knowledge-based economy.
Appointment of Henri Van Damme as Scientific Director of the Central Laboratory at Ponts & Chaussées
Henri Van Damme, a professor in physical chemistry and materials and a researcher at the Laboratory of the Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Dispersed Environments at ESPCI ParisTech, has been appointed Scientific Director of the Central Laboratory at Ponts et Chaussées.
Publications
Rolling stones: The motion of a sphere down an inclined plane coated with a thin liquid film
An article by José Bico (ESPCI Engineer and Lecturer at the Laboratory of the Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Environments – UMR CNRS 7636) made the cover of Physics of Fluids.
SuperSonic Imagine in the mainstream press
The therapeutic applications of the technology developed by SuperSonic Imagine, a company based on research conducted at the Waves & Acoustics Laboratory at ESPCI ParisTech, made it into that the mainstream press in the article "Ultrasounds to operate on the brain".