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A look back at the 7th Journées Jeunes Chercheuses et Chercheurs en éco-composites et composites biosourcés (Young Researchers’ Days on eco-composites and bio-based composites)

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…

InterPore2026 – 18th Annual Meeting and Conference Courses – Nantes -18-23 May 2026

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…

Thematic workshop on Dynamic Fragmentation for solids – November 19 and 20, 2025 at Centrale Nantes

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…

September 30, 2025 : Feedback day for ANR PRCE DEMCOM project – Durable and Environmental design of Monitored COncrete structures in Marine environment

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 :…

JJC25 : 7th Young Researchers’ Days on Eco-composites and Bio-sourced Composites – October 9-10, 2025 in Saint-Nazaire

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…

Mécamat national conference – Aussois 2026 – Images, Mécanique et Matériaux – January 19-23, 2026

The Mécamat association holds its annual national conference at the CNRS Paul Langevin Center in Aussois (Savoie) at the end of January. Each event features a different theme, proposed by a multi-disciplinary team. For its 2026 edition, the conference aims to highlight advances in the use of images in the…

4 PhD offers as part of the ADEME TATTOO collaborative project on the valorization of flax fiber co-products for structural composites

PhD offer – Project ADEME TATTOO – Valorisation of flax co-products for structural composites: experimental study and multi-scale modelling of the residual mechanical properties of composites, taking into account the different physics involved in the transformation of the material PhD offer – Project ADEME TATTOO – Recycling flax co-products for…

NoMaD 2025 Conference – Nouveaux Matériaux et Durabilité (New Materials and Sustainability), Nantes, 13-14 November 2025

After Toulouse (2012), Douai (2015) Liège (2018) Montpellier (2022) the NoMaD conference is being held this year in Nantes in the Halle 6 Ouest by the GeM from 13 to 14 November 2025. This conference will be focusing on experimental, theoretical and numerical research into new civil engineering materials in…

Abdelhamid HAFIDI, 1st price in the competition ‘Je vends mon projet en 180s’ (I sell my project in 180s) during the Semaine du Béton 2025

This success is also the result of international collaboration between the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) and Centrale Nantes. This partnership has enabled the enrichment of methodological approaches and the integration of complementary perspectives, illustrating the importance of collaborative research on an international scale. This thesis is supervised at Centrale Nantes…

Accreditation to Supervise Research of Pierre-Antoine Dubos – Experimental contributions to understand the mechanical behaviour of materials. «Multiscale studies of mechanical properties-microstructure relationships»

Pierre-Antoine Dubos, Associate Professor at GeM, IUT Saint-Nazaire, will present his work for the accreditation to supervise research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) on 10th March 2025 at 2:00 pm at the Heinlex Campus in Saint-Nazaire (Building 17 – Seminar Room) on the following topic: Experimental contributions to understand the…