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…
The summer school of Master Mechanics of Sustainable Materials and Structures (MS²) was held at Centrale Nantes from October 13 to 18, 2025 on the theme of “Multiscale approaches to architectural and microstructural materials and metamaterials”. Led by Prof. Angela Madeo and Prof. Jean-François Ganghoffer, the event brought together PhD…
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…
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…
Saba Robinary was awarded the 2nd prize for best poster at the PhotoMechanics – iDICs international conference, held in Clermont-Ferrant from 29 to 31 October 2024. The title of the winning poster is “Characterization of the effect of roughness on dynamic shear ruptures along frictional interfaces”. Saba is currently preparing…
At the ECCM21 (21st European Conference on Composite Materials for Academia and Industry) held in Nantes from July 2 to 5, 2024, Jessy Simon was awarded the 2nd ESCM prize for the best thesis defended in 2022. Jessy prepared his thesis at GeM as part of the IRT Jules Verne…
Imane Bekrine received the Best Student Presentation Award at the 12th ACI/RILEM International Conference held in Toulouse from 23 to 26 June 2024 Among the 60 presentations by PhD students over the three days of the conference, Imane stood out for her presentation entitled “Multiscale Mechanical Investigation of Ternary Binders…
GeM was honored at the latest Rencontres Universitaires du Génie Civil (RUGC) held in Le Havre from May 28 to 31, 2024, where 3 doctoral students received awards for their work. Imane Bekrine was the winner of the René Houpert Young Researchers competition, which brought together 28 candidates at the…
As part of the WAAM Additive Manufacturing Grade2XL project, Antoine Queguineur was awarded the 2023 Jury Prize for a novel chimney concept: the KOTA chimney, which combines an original design with enhanced energy efficiency capabilities. Antoine is currently preparing his thesis at Tampere University (Finland) under the supervision of Prof.…
