The launch event for FRESC, ,the Research Federation for Ecological Transition and Sustainability in Construction, took place on March 12, 2026, at ENS Paris Saclay. GeM is one of the nine founding laboratories of the federation, which was officially established by the CNRS in January 2026. Founding laboratories UMR UR…
MesoNET, GENCI, the Groupe Calcul, the PEPR NumPEx, the GIS SLICES-FR, the GDR RSD, and IR France Grilles are jointly organizing JCAD 2026, the Journées Calcul Données: Scientific and Technical Conference on Computing and Data. The JCAD conferences are designed for both users and technical experts in the relevant infrastructure…
The “Yvette Cauchois (1908–1999)” Poster Prize was awarded to the winners of the three best posters on January 20, 2026, during the annual Mécamat Aussois 2026 conference, whose theme this year was “Images, Mechanics, Materials.” Lilou Gautier, a Ph.D. student at GeM, received a joint second prize for her poster…
Find out more about Vito’s career and work >> > Composition of the jury Rafael ESTEVEZ, Professeur, Université de Grenoble AlpesJean-François MOLINARI, Professeur, École Polytechnique de LausanneGioacchino VIGGIANI, Professeur, Université de Grenoble AlpesHarsha BHAT, Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, École Normale SupérieureNicolas CHEVAUGEON, Professeur, Nantes UniversitéMichel CORET, Professeur, École Centrale de…
On October 9 and 10, 2025, the GeM hosted the 7ᵉ edition of the Journées Jeunes Chercheuses et Chercheurs en Éco-composites et Composites Biosourcés on the Heinlex Campus in Saint-Nazaire. Over the two days, 26 participants (mainly doctoral and post-doctoral students) attended presentations on the theme of biosourced materials applied…
GeM is taking part in the organization of InterPore2026, which will be held from May 19 to 22, 2026 at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes (Conference courses on May 18 and 23, 2026). From pore scale modelling and imaging to large scale simulations, experiments, and uncertainty analysis—InterPore2026 covers…
On November 19 and 20, 2025, GeM is organizing a thematic workshop at Centrale Nantes on dynamic fragmentation for solids. This event, dedicated to the dynamic case of fragmentation and rapid crack propagation, will bring together French-speaking researchers and specialists in the field. The program includes a dozen presentations, poster…
This dissemination day will provide an opportunity to:– present the main scientific and technical results achieved,– share feedback from the instrumented demonstrators,– discuss potential applications with stakeholders from the maritime and construction sectors. Date : September 30, 2025Location : Seminar room – Bât. 17, GeM laboratory, Heinlex Campus, Saint-NazaireRegistration :…
The GeM will host the 7th edition of the Journées Jeunes Chercheurs en Eco-composites et Composites Bio-sourcés on October 9 and 10, 2025 in Saint-Nazaire. Themes Objectives For whom? These days are specially designed for young researchers, particularly PhD students, post-docs and young lecturers, whose research focuses on bio-sourced materials…
