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…
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…
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 :…
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…
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…
Nantes Université and Stereolux are joining forces once again to bring you the Nuit Blanche des Chercheur·es, a free event at the crossroads of art and research. This 8th edition promises to be «Sens dessus-dessous» ! GeM will be represented by Awen Bruneau, PhD student in TRU DURPRO for a…
This day stems from a desire to bring together research stakeholders from across the region. The day will focus on biomass (polymers, fibres, assemblies and colloids), processes and characterisation methods, through to the materials and composites used in everyday life. The participation of stakeholders from outside the region aims to…
Junior Tchiotsop, a third-year PhD student at GeM in the IEG team of the University of Nantes, has been awarded a 2021 Palladio grant worth €10,000. The grant rewards his work on the energy performance of raw-earth buildings, carried out under the supervision of Stéphanie Bonnet, with Philippe Poullain and…
