[8 March] Portrait of Christel Métivier, researcher at LEMTA

On the occasion of 8 March, International Women’s Rights Day, we zoom in on Christel Métivier, head of the Fluids and complex flows in industry and nature team at LEMTA, and lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology. What is your background ? “I have always been attracted to the sciences, particularly mathematics. My …

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Justine Noël awarded an AFFDU Lorraine doctoral grant

Congratulations to Justine Noël, 3rd year PhD student, winner of a PhD scholarship for the quality of her research project and the exemplary nature of her career. In the Fluids and Complex Flows in Industry and Nature team, Justine studies natural convection in phase change materials : “One of the ways of storing energy is …

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LEMTA contributes to the Priority Research Programmes & Equipment – Decarbonated Hydrogen (PEPR-H2)

The PEPR-H2 is a tool for structuring national research in scientific fields considered as priorities. It meets the objectives of reducing CO2 emissions from industry through the establishment of a decarbonised hydrogen sector using several types of complementary projects and funding instruments. LEMTA contributes to PEPR-H2 through EquipPEX+ DurabilitHy and the PEMFC95 project. The main …

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Smart autonomous microgrids to modernise North Africa’s agricultural sector

LEAP-RE, the research and innovation partnership between the European Union and the African Union in renewable energy, has just announced the 13 winners of its call for collaborative projects. LEMTA is one of the selected proposals with its MG-FARM project “Intelligent autonomous microgrids as a solution for the electrification of farms”, led by Serge Pierfederici, …

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Return on the Hydrogen Federation Training Day: the academic vision

The first meeting of the CNRS “hydrogen” research federation on “training” was held on December 16, 2021 at the Hôtel de l’industrie in Paris. Objective: to establish a cartography, a tour of France of the various existing training courses in the field of hydrogen, but also of the projects in progress. The federation’s objective is …

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International research partnership formalized with Thailand

Initiated nearly 20 years ago by GREEN(1) researchers, the scientific cooperation with the Thai University “King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok” involves LEMTA since 2018. If the initial scientific theme is electrical energy in general, the cooperation particularly concerns power electronics, fuel cells, electrical machines and is currently turning to electric drives for electric …

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[Research project] ActiMic: High speed actuators connected to microgrids

This project focuses on the control of high speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM). These electric motors have a high power density and are frequently used in embedded applications such as cars or aircrafts. Supported by GREEN, ActiMic project is based on the complementarity of two research teams: The “high-speed motor control” theme for various …

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Europe Day on Sunday 9 May: focus on the European project PowderReg

For the Europe Day on May 9th, discover the European project PowderReg: Federating cross-border expertise to better understand the behavior of powder flows in industry. How to characterize powders and granular media under different conditions? Actors from the Greater Region have joined their expertise to improve their knowledge and define the behavior laws that govern …

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