The RESOH Chair’s mission is to address safety and performance issues from a socio-organizational perspective. For its third term, the Chair will have a special focus on the issue of skills and facilitating the use of research results by its partners. This research and teaching project led by IMT Atlantique closely analyzes work activities and the dynamics surrounding “safe performance” in high-risk industries, particularly the nuclear sector.

The COCPIT project’s goal is to develop an advanced and sustainable biofuel solution for the aviation and maritime sectors using microalgae. Sary Awad, Professor in the Energy Systems and Environment Department of IMT Atlantique, coordinates the project. He works on biofuel production processes and characterization. He gives us an inside look at the project along with Julien Prud’homme, head of European projects for the Research and Innovation Department at IMT Atlantique.

Traditional pneumatic and hydraulic actuators are used in all sectors of industry, but they have their limits in terms of energy consumption. Eclore Actuators, a start-up incubated at IMT Atlantique, has redesigned the component using a new…