Launch of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PSIA2

The Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PSIA2

The Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (PSIA2), created in January 2022, aims to promote scientific activities related to aerospace and its impacts within the perimeter of the Paris-Saclay institutions.
It has three components: training, research, and promotion/communication with companies.

Pierre-Alain Boucard, director of the Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay (LMPS) shares the coordination of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics with Anne Tanguy, scientific director of the "Materials and Structures Domain" at ONERA and Sébastien Ducruix, director of the EM2C laboratory.

Scientific axes of the Institute

• Axis 1: Propulsion/Energy which concerns the modes of propulsion of aeronautics and astronautics;
• Axis 2: Fluids/Structures/Materials, which includes studies in fluid and solid mechanics for aircraft and in materials science for the architecture of all types of aeronautical and space vehicles;
•  Axis 3: Control/Systems, which concerns the management and control of flight commands, the optimisation of isolated or swarmed trajectories, or the man/machine interface.

The common concern for the environmental and societal impacts of air mobility and space activities will be present in these three research axes.

The Institute is a partner of several of the University's Graduate Schools: GS Engineering Sciences and Systems - to which the Institute is directly attached -; GS Chemistry; GS Geosciences, Climate, Environment, Planets; GS Computer Science and Digital Sciences; GS Research and Higher Education. The Institute is also linked to GS Economics & Management, GS Mathematics and GS Physics.

Kick-Off Meeting

Program

• 14:00 : opening by the representatives of the ONERA management and the University of Paris-Saclay - Jacques Lafaye, Michel Guidal, Philippe Maître, Paul-Henry Cournède
• 2.30 pm: presentation of the Paris-Saclay Aeronautics and Astronautics Institute - Genesis, scope, objectives - Executive Board - Pierre-Alain Boucard, Sébastien Ducruix, Anne Tanguy - and representatives of the steering committee
• 15h : presentation of the AsTech competitiveness cluster by Séverine Coupé
•  3.15pm: presentation of the Ile de France Aerospace Trades and Qualifications Campus by Sophie Uhl
• 3.30 pm: coffee break & partners' forum
• 16:00 : Conference by Sandra Bour-Schaeffer, CEO of Airbus UpNext and head of Airbus demonstrators, "The challenges of aerospace today
• 16:30: lecture by Christophe Laux, University Professor and ERC 2020 researcher & EM2C laboratory (CentraleSupélec & CNRS), Specialist in plasmas for aerospace, "Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric pollutants thanks to plasma-assisted hydrogen combustion
• 5pm: cocktail (to be confirmed) & partners' forum

Calls for projects

Two calls for internship funding have been launched since 28 February 2022:

•     One for the University's laboratories,
•     the other for students in training at the University.

Applications must be submitted before 21 March 2022.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR THE LAUNCH SEMINAR Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022 between 2:00 and 6:00 pm (welcome from 1:45 pm)
Place: Michelin amphitheatre of CentraleSupélec: 3 rue Joliot Curie - 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
Registration required before March 21, 2022 Call for projects Application before March 21, 2022.