A multidisciplinary vocation at the service of Engineering Sciences and a commitment to energy transition
A joint research unit of the University of Lorraine and the CNRS, the LEMTA (Laboratoire Énergies et Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée, UMR 7563), focuses its research on Mechanics and Energy and is one of the 5 laboratories of the Jacques Villermaux Research Federation for Mechanics, Energy and Processes. Organized in three research groups and a transverse scientific operation on MRI, the Laboratory contributes to create new knowledge in the field of sciences for the engineer. This research is carried out by nearly 70 researchers and teacher-researchers, 31 administrative and technical staff distributed in common research support services (finance & administration, mechanical design and manufacturing, electronics & instrumentation, logistics and projects, computing & computing) and about 79 PhD and post-doctoral students.
Cutting-edge equipment at the service of research
All of our research themes on fluids and energies are based on first-rate technological platforms and the development of particularly innovative measurement techniques. For example, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NMRI) platform, a technique traditionally used in the medical field, is used for the quantitative analysis of flows in opaque media, such as porous media or complex flows in confined environments. A total of nine platforms bring together the Laboratory’s leading experimental resources (thermal characterization of materials, radiative transfers, rheometry, fluid metrology, fires and fires, NMR/MRI, soil mechanics, mechanical characterization, fuel cells). They implement sophisticated non-intrusive commercial techniques (PIV, infrared thermography, laser velocimetry) or those developed in the Laboratory (laser-induced fluorescence, rheo-optics, light scattering, thermography and multispectral imaging for high temperatures). In addition, the use of clusters, shared with other laboratories in Lorraine, helps to strengthen the resources in intensive computing. Modeling, simulation and identification of properties by inverse methods are the other complementary strengths of the laboratory.
A laboratory open to cooperation with the industrial world and internationally
LEMTA is a member of the Institut Carnot ICEEL and collaborates with many institutional partners, research centers and industrials. Among its privileged institutional partners : ONERA, CEA, CSTB, INRS (with this last establishment we share two mixed research themes). LEMTA participates or coordinates many programs of the French National Research Agency (ANR) and collaborates with major names in industry: ArcelorMittal, AIR LIQUIDE, AREVA-Hydrogène, EDF, AIRBUS, SAFRAN, Schlumberger, TOTAL, General Electric, Schneider Electric, SAINT-GOBAIN, Valeo, Vallourec or DANTEC DYNAMICS, …
Open on an international level, the Laboratory is involved in numerous cooperations with European or worldwide laboratories. LEMTA is also active in two joint programs of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), one concerning materials and processes for energy applications (AMPEA), the other fuel cells and hydrogen.