DRIVE RESEARCH LABORATORY
DRIVE LABORATORY
Département de Recherche en Ingénierie des Véhicules pour l'Environnement
EA 1859
ISAT hosts a research laboratory named DRIVE which groups the majority of Lecturers and Professors of the school. The research projects relate to automobile and transportation systems and focus on two main applications :
• Driving comfort and environnement
• Structures and propulsion
The DRIVE members are part of the following competence teams :
• Transport Materials and Acoustic (Pr Stéphane Fontaine)
• Energy Propulsion Electronics and Environment (Pr Sidi Mohammed Senouci ) ;
The research topics relate to experimental as well as numerical simulation.
The research laboratory offers students the opportunity to pursue PhD studies in the laboratory or in an industrial context. The PhD studies include a minimum 3-year financial support.
High-tech equipment is available :
Engine testing unit, scanning electron microscope, dynamic traction machine, infrared camera, ultrasonic non destructive evaluation system, reverb chamber, numerical computation workstations, tri axes measuring systems, temperature controlled cells, anechoic cells,…
Examples of research partnerships : PSA, Danielson Engineerign, Alstom Transport, Dupont de Nemours, Amorim (Portugal), Artec, EADS-Airbus, RATP, Faurecia, Eurocopter, Renault, CEA, Materials Group (Great Britain),…
