Information science and technology research
ENSTA Bretagne’s academic and applied research in information science and technology is particularly renowned in the fields of marine science and defense technology.
Research themes
- Safety and security of systems: A global and tooled approach to the security analysis of network systems (material, software, systems)
- Wave physics (electromagnetic, acoustic), interaction with the environment and associated sensing systems (RADAR, SAR, SONAR, PASSIVE ACOUSTICS…)
- Robotic sensing, drone systems
- Information processing, decision theory and artificial intelligence
Extensive experimental facilities
On campus, the lecturers, PhD students and research engineers have access to many facilities : drone systems, hydrographic vessels, an amphibious vehicle, a test tank, sensors, an anechoic chamber, a software-defined radio platform (SDR).
Abuilding dedicated to cybersecurity activities was entirely renovated in 2019. There is now 850 m² of floor space including a secure access area dedicated to these activities.
5 strategic research projects led to 5,6 M€ of new equipment from 2015 to 2020 (financed by the CPER1)
Joint laboratories and chairs
"Lateral", "WAVES", and since 2019 "Transnum", "SENI", "Cyberdefense of Naval Systems Chair": these joint initiatives have enabled excellent research projects to be developed in close collaboration with industries in response to their strategic requirements.
The Lab-STICC Laboratory
The information science and technology research activities are led within the Lab-STICC : a research pole which strongly interacts with its socio-economic environment. The Lab-STICC is a concentration of multiple extremely high level skills in digital and communicating systems. Its excellence and important scientific production have earned it a solid international reputation.
The laboratory is organized in 11 teams divided among 3 scientific poles to which ENSTA Bretagne contributes.
Labex CominLabs
On 1 January 2020, ENSTA Bretagne joined the CominLabs Center of Excellence Laboratory. This unites the Breton and Ligerian teams on questions concerning telecommunications, networks, cybersecurity, communication, imagery and big data
Mechanical Science Research
ENSTA Bretagne’s mechanical science research activities on campus answer concrete civilian and military issues put forward by industrial companies or the DGA*.
Our mechanical science research themes are:
- Sizing tools for adhesively-bonded assemblies
- Dynamic behavior of materials and structures
- Naval hydrodynamics and loading
- Explosions and shocks in complex environments (including the marine environment)
- Material fatigue behavior
- Assembly lifespan: fatigue
- Marine and thermal aging
- Marine aging and organic materials
- Assembly procedures (adhesives, welding)
© Julien Ogor, Studio Lambé / ENSTA Bretagne
Exceptional test facilities
The campus boasts extensive test facilities. They aim to characterize the mechanical properties of all types of material, assemblies and structures on different scales. In 2019, a new 1600 m² building enabled the mechanical research center to expand. New experimental facilities have gradually been added.
Joint laboratories with industry
There are three joint laboratories, "Gustave Zédé", "Computational Mechanics", "CENSTA Bzh", which match ENSTA Bretagne’s mechanical science researchers to industrialists. They aim to further R&D work on specific themes and pass on technologies.
The IRDL Laboratory
These research activities are carried out within the Dupuy de Lôme Research Institute, a mixed research unit of the CNRS.
ENSTA Bretagne is the 2nd largest contributor to this laboratory which unites the teams of two universities (UBO and UBS) and two engineering schools (ENSTA Bretagne and ENIB).
The research work is led in close collaboration with industry : IRDL is the leading Breton laboratory in terms of the volume of theses associated with industry (CIFRE theses).
Carnot ARTS Institute
On 1 January 2020, the IRDL joined the Carnot ARTS Institute (Research Activities for Technology and Society). Since 2006, the Carnot ARTS Institute figures among the leading institutes certified Carnot by the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research. It aims to develop cutting edge research directly linked to the major industrial issues of the future.
Research projects: examples
contact
Sylvain Calloch
Full Professor
Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL, UMR CNRS 6027)
+33 (0)2 98 34 87 23
