Awards and Distinctions in 2021
Published on October 26, 2022 – Updated on October 26, 2022
- Rémi Parrot, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the MSR 2021 conferenceDecember 22, 2021Rémi Parrot, a PhD student in the Control and Real-Time Teams at the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes and of the Renault-Centrale Nantes chair received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the MSR 2021 conference.
- Centrale Nantes granted the HR Excellence in Research AwardDecember 1, 2021The European Commission granted the HR Excellence in Research Award to Centrale Nantes on 18 November 2021
- Post-doc Tony Ribeiro receives the best paper award at the 30th International Conference on Inductive Logic ProgrammingNovember 15, 2021Tony Ribeiro, a post-doctoral student in the LS2N Formal Methods for Bioinformatics research group - in the framework of a Franco-Japanese collaborative project co-financed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII, in Tokyo) and the RFI Atlanstic 2020 -, received the "best paper award" at the 30th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP)
- Rebecca Fribourg, faculty member at Centrale Nantes, receives the Séphora Berrebi Women in Advanced Mathematics & Computer Science scholarshipOctober 27, 2021Congratulations to Rebecca Fribourg who received the Séphora Berrebi Women in Advanced Mathematics & Computer Science scholarship at a ceremony held on 4 October.
- Centrale Nantes tops the first ever ranking of engineering schools to change the world, compiled by Les Echos START and ChangeNOWOctober 25, 2021This top spot confirms the school's commitment and leadership in terms of sustainable development, with regard to its own impact, its research and training activities, and its relationships with its partners.
- Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Engineering and TechnologyOctober 6, 2021Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Engineering and Technology, which was published on 6 October 2021.
- Sara Al Haj Sleiman, PhD student in the GeM Institute, receives the Corporate Social Responsibility prize from l'Ecole Française du bétonSeptember 30, 2021Sara Al Haj Sleiman, a PhD student in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) at Centrale Nantes, won the Ecole Française du Béton's Corporate Social Responsibility prize, for her research results presented at the 13th Fib PhD symposium held in Paris on 22 July 2021.
- Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the world's top 500 for Physical Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022September 16, 2021Centrale Nantes maintains its place in the top 500 institutions for Physical Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022, published today.
- Centrale Nantes in the top 600 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022September 2, 2021Centrale Nantes is positioned in the top 600 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings out on 2 September. At the national level, the school is ranked 18th.
- Jessy Simon, GeM PhD student, runner-up in the best thesis prize at the Journées Nationales des CompositesJuly 1, 2021Jessy Simon, a PhD student in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM), received 2nd Prize for the best thesis at the 22nd Journées Nationales des Composites (JNC - National Composites Day), which took place online from 28 to 30 June 2021.
- Congratulations to our engineering programme students on their ecological transition prize in the SoliTudiant ChallengeJune 28, 2021Congratulations to Antonella, Aurélien, Benjamin, Chloé, Etienne and Safae who impressed the SoliTudiant challenge jury during the final on 24 June! They received the "Coup de Coeur de la Transition Ecologique" prize for their P2E project "Feasibility study of an eco-solidarity activity" with a €5,000 prize for the ESAT de la Cholière.
- Centrale Nantes - amongst the world's best young universitiesJune 23, 2021Centrale Nantes is one of the world's best universities aged 50 or younger, according to the criteria of the Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings.
- A LHEEA-based PhD student is awarded the "Libersky Prize" for her work on the SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) method.June 14, 2021Arbia Ben Khodja, a Michelin CIFRE PHD student in the LHEEA Laboratory, received the Libersky Prize for the best work by a student at the 15th International SPHERIC Workshop, which was held virtually from 8 to 11 June 2021 from New York. 24 PhD students were in the running. Arbia's paper was on the "Validation of coupled SPH-FE hydroplaning simulations using PIV measurements".
- Centrale Nantes is awarded the "Bienvenue en France" labelJune 7, 2021Centrale Nantes has been awarded the highest level (three stars) of the "Bienvenue en France' label by Campus France, the public institution tasked with promoting French higher education abroad and welcoming international students and researchers to France.
- Simone Bancora, Centrale Nantes PhD student at JEC WORLDJune 2, 2021Simone BANCORA, PhD student at Centrale Nantes, is one of the finalists at the JEC COMPOSITE CHALLENGE.
- Centrale Nantes in the Shanghai 2021 Ranking - in the world's top 301-400 for Mechanical EngineeringMay 31, 2021The Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects is now out for 2021. Centrale Nantes is ranked between the 301st and 400th place in the world.
- Centrale Innovation PhD Award 2021May 28, 2021Congratulations to Filippo Masi, joint winner of the Centrale Innovation PhD Award 2021.
- Centrale Nantes confirms its commitment to sustainable development in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021April 22, 2021Centrale Nantes features in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for the third consecutive year.
- Centrale Nantes ranks highly in the Best School Experience Happiness BarometerApril 19, 2021Speak & Act's Best School Experience Happiness Barometer is now out for 2021. Centrale Nantes is ranked 5th among engineering schools offering the best student experience.
- Yicha Zhang, former PhD student at LS2N, receives the prestigious CIRP Taylor MedalApril 16, 2021Congratulations to Yicha Zhang, former PhD student at LS2N and post-doc on a European project, who has just been awarded the CIRP Taylor Medal.
- Dr Filippo Masi, post-doc in the GeM Institute, receives the Early Career Researcher (best oral presentation) award at EMMC18April 12, 2021Congratulations to Dr Filippo Masi on his award at EMMC18 for his presentation on “Multiscale modeling of inelastic microstructured materials with Thermodynamics based Artificial Neural Networks (TANN)”.
- Centrale Nantes earns a place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021March 9, 2021Centrale Nantes has been recognized in the recently published QS World University Rankings bySubject 2021 in ‘Engineering and Technology’.
- Filippo Masi, post-doctoral researcher in the GeM Institute, receives CSMA 2020 thesis prizeFebruary 9, 2021Congratulations to Filippo Masi, who receives the award for his thesis ''Fast-dynamic response and failure of masonry structures of non-standard geometry subjected to blast loads".
- 9 Centrale Nantes researchers among the World's Top 2% Scientists named by Stanford University.February 25, 2021Congratulations to our researchers!
- Centrale Nantes certified "Génération 2024"February 2, 2021Centrale Nantes is among the new establishments to be certified "Génération 2024" by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and the Ministry of Sports.
- Centrale Nantes awarded the Erasmus Charter for 2021-2027January 19, 2021Centrale Nantes was awarded the new Erasmus Charter for Higher Education for 2021-2027 with a score of 100%.
