DRIVE RESEARCH LABORATORY

ISAT hosts a research laboratory named LRMA 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 LRMA-DRIVE members are part of the following competence teams :
•    Composite materials  (Pr Stéphane Fontaine)

•    Vibrations & acoustics (Pr Philippe Leclaire)
•    Energy Propulsion Electronics and Environment (Pr L Le Moyne)


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.

PhD subjects for 2009 :
•    Study of high pressure automobile injectors
•    Thermal coupling Stirling/Erickson/Thermoelectric for exhaust gases
•    Optimisation power fluxes on hybrid motor propulsion groups

ISAT hosts the research Masters Programme  Master (M2) : Mechanics, Materials, Structures, Processes on the following topics :
- Composite materials
- Acoustics and vibration
- Mechanical behaviors
- Experimental methods
- Scientific calculations.

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A large range of equipments are 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),…