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The challenges for automating vehicles in situations other than lane keeping and interdistance regulation require that systems be upgraded to have the necessary skills to control the vehicle in complex cases such as crossroads or roundabouts. But how to make sure that the developments do not last fo

The preservation of built cultural heritage in an urban polluted area is a socio-economic challenge for municipalities. Indeed, stone buildings are continuously exposed to chemical (pollutants such as NOx, CO) and biological (fungi, bacteria, algae) actions that lead to different alteration patterns

At a time when the need for debate and the ability to influence public decisions is being invoked, collaborative practices make it possible to overcome the divisions between civil society, professionals and, to a certain extent, government officials. These practices are sources of social and democra

This project is part of the development of the technique of reinforcement and improvement of soils by rigid inclusions (RI). This technique consists in reinforcing a compressible soil by a vertical RI mesh, all surmounted by a load transfer platform (usually made up of granular material) which allow

The project examines the sustainability of commuting to work and to places of study in two Latin American metropolises (Bogotá and Lima). The latter bring together 10 million inhabitants and are marked by strong socio-residential segregation and a growth model that favours sprawl on the outskirts ra

The PROOF project (Photovoltaic and Green ROOF) aims to compare roofing systems and their energy-environment impacts and performance with contrasting urban development scenarios, linked to the associated territorial challenges. It is particularly interesting to study an innovative combined system, c

Revolution of the transportation systems (evolving toward autonomous cars or trains in a world where digitalization will be everywhere) implies the development of a panel of embedded technologies among which localization and communication are key elements. In this framework, LOCSP (Solution de LOCal

Transport infrastructures play a large part in defining the city of the future, which should be smart, sustainable and resilient. Their management will need to deal with the emergence of novel technologies (i.e. autonomous cars, Internet of Things) and the increase of novel modalities and practices

The energy renovation of buildings is now one of the major challenges of the ecological transition, to which ambitious transformation objectives have been assigned. Designated as a «national priority« at the end of 2017 and provided with new resources and tools, the policy conducted in this area has

Critical questions regarding the thermal behavior of cement-based materials remain unanswered. In particular, the physical origins of the following aspects are still to be addressed: 1. Concerning the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), cement-based materials exhibit at least two non-trivial be

Current approaches in official statistics, urban planning and transportation for measuring the presence of population at a given place in time, their mobility and land use are traditionally based on single-source data, such as census, surveys, traffic counts, etc., possibly integrated with geospatia

The increase of the energy performance of buildings may have an impact on fire safety. The current trend is to increase buildings insulation in order to reduce energy waste. The new products that singly or together may have an impact on fire safety. The renovation market for building insulation is

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the ambitious development strategy adopted by China in 2013, has already received a great deal of attention in the field of economy and political science. In contrast, research concerning its urban implications is still scarce, mainly because the majority of the B

Urban vegetation is a source of ecosystem services, such as reduction of heat island phenomenon via evapotranspiration or support for pollution deposition. Urban trees emit a number Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC), including isoprene, which can react with atmospheric pollutants to form se

GeRTrUD has two main objectives. The first objective is to better understand the practices of actors in terms of diffuse urbanism in cross-border spaces and to provide knowledge on the management and regulation of diffuse urbanism. The second objective is to share the practices of actors, developed

The aim of the project is to develop more rational and scientific approaches for assessing the effect of traffic loads on wearing courses and for the design of these layers. To achieve these goals, the main mechanisms of deterioration of wearing courses under traffic loads, such as raveling, strippi

he challenge of sustainable cities in innovative, integrative and adaptive societies is nowadays driven by reflections and policies promoting users/inhabitants-friendly environments. Among these users, "older people" are increasingly recognized in international discourses and their potential voice i