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As highlighted by the Ministry of Culture within the adoption of the law on freedom of creation, architecture and heritage (law LCAP), based on the experiences of several territorial communities, the concept of «heritage local urban plan« had however no theoretical or legal status. The project was

The PI-co-modality project is devoted to the design of co-modal chains between preset origins and destinations according to environmental and economic objectives. The project is based on the concept of the physical internet (shortened by PI) that breaks with previous established approaches. The meta

Building retrofitting is crucial to fight against global warming. New high performance projects are only 1% of the total amount of buildings. Then, the main issue consists in providing analysis, methodologies and actions to be able to easily and efficiently improve the performance of existing buildi

Handi'Lib project aims at designing and implementing a technical assistance in the form of a two-seater mobile transport vehicle allowing a person in manual or electric wheelchair and, if needed, a care person easy and safe moves in ecological sites without transfer. The term ecological site refe

The ability of robots to move and navigate autonomously in an unknown environment is directly related to their faculty to extract information surrounding them. Polarization information is used by many animals but remains unused in the fields of robotics. For instance, the sky produces a polarization

The project aims to reduce the mortality (and disabling injuries) due to loss of control in bends through the development of: 1. Knowledge about how motorcyclist effectively take bends and the resulting trajectories. Experiments will objectively measure the motorcyclist behaviour and the rider-vehi

The built heritage in France is wide and aging, and structural strengthening by externally bonded Fiber Reinforced polymers (FRP) composites has become an attractive solution to upgrade/repair existing infrastructures and to increase their life-span. The MICRO Project aimed at removing barriers to

The objective of this project is to bring knowledge in urban geography with an original angle, that of the urban Arctic. In particular, it will be necessary to clarify the question of whether it is legitimate to speak of Arctic towns without plunging into a latitudinal determinism. In other words, c

Electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the most promising technologies to reduce petroleum dependency and greenhouse gas emissions. The latter, is especially true when we consider the potential benefits of using EVs for freight transportation, which is believed to be responsible for as much as 30% of em

Several cities around the world face transport problems. As they become larger, traffic congestion, energy consumption, and carbon emissions are increasing, imposing huge costs on economies and many adverse consequences in terms of environment and quality of life for citizens. Electric vehicles (E

The acoustic behaviour of the acoustical materials in presence of a grazing flow is a challenging subject due to the complexity of the interaction between sound and flow in the boundary layer. Thus, the present project aims to go further inside the understanding of the physical mechanisms that appea

The spreading of wireless sensors has raised the issue of power supply. While chemical batteries are most common solution, they feature severe limitations in confined environments and/or under harsh operating conditions. As an example, Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) usually feature lifespan

The Spark Ignition (SI) engine represents 70% of light duty vehicles worldwide and should still represent 50% in 2030. For this reason, reducing CO2 emissions of SI engines is of primary importance to contribute mitigating the global warming. For this purpose, the technology favored today by engine

The largest potential for energy savings in the building sector lies in the renovation of the existing building stock. As a result, an increasing amount of research is being dedicated to encourage decision makers. Guaranteeing the performance of a building after renovation would be an efficient inci

The objectives are the following : - Carry out a physical study on aerodynamic properties of the wake for square back bluff-bodies under the influence of high-frequency perturbations due to pulsed jets in the vicinity of solid surfaces. - Take advantage of advanced control strategies used in the p

The actual individual exposure is an essential element in the understanding of the impacts of air pollution on the health of populations, including cardiorespiratory diseases that are excessively frequent and severe. Yet, few data exist on individual exposure to air pollution. Currently, air quality

The announced objective of the project is the development of an automatic redistribution system for sharing vehicles in an urban environment. The principle is based on the construction of automated vehicle platoons guided by manually driven vehicles. The collected vehicles are transported to a charg

In the context of reducing pollutant emissions and diversify fuel sources, the CICCO project (Compression Ignition Combustion Controlled by Ozone) aims at studying the potential of modifying air oxidizing properties by ozone addition in compression ignition engine. Indeed thanks to its oxidizing pro