Morning session: Sustainability of composites: visit to the CESAM testing platform and conferences

Morning session: Sustainability of composites
October 13
TECHNOCAMPUS OCEAN - Bouguenais (44)
Research

The Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Angers and CEA Tech Grand Ouest are organizing a morning event to discover new industrial prospects thanks to the equipment of the CESAM technology platform, designed to study the aging of metallic and composite materials under stress.

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Whether you are a composite processor or user, come and visit the CESAM collaborative platform, which combines fatigue testing, aggressive environments, and X-ray imaging to study material resistance. Discover this new testing equipment, co-developed byCEA Tech Grand Ouest and the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers !

On the agenda: 

8:30 a.m.: Welcome - Coffee

9:00 a.m. : Tour of the CESAM platform

9:45 a.m. : Presentation Arts et Métiers CEA Tech

Tony PREZEAU, Department Head, CEA Tech Grand Ouest

Franck MOREL, Director of the LAMPA laboratory, Arts et Métiers Campus

10:15 a.m. : Lecture 1 "Feedback on fatigue/corrosion on metals," Pierre MEROT, CEA Tech Grand Ouest

10:35 a.m. : Lecture 2 "Feedback on non-destructive testing using X-ray tomography on composites," Jérôme LE SAINT, CEA Tech Grand Ouest

11:00 a.m. : Lecture 3 "Hygrothermal aging of composite materials," by Frédéric JACQUEMIN, Vice President of Innovation and Partnerships at GeM, University of Nantes

11:30 a.m. : Lecture 4 "Composite aging and latest advances in kinetic modeling," Xavier COLIN, Professor at the PIMM Laboratory, Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Paris

12:00 p.m. : Lecture 5 "Sustainability of biocomposites: review and prospects," Laurent GUILLAUMAT, Professor at the LAMPA laboratory, Arts et Métiers Campus

12:30 p.m. : Cocktail lunch

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2:00 p.m. : B2B session on request (via the registration link)

 

Registration


(Registration is limited to 40 people, free of charge, and mandatory.)

Practical information

  • Tuesday, October 13
  • From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Technocampus Ocean - Rue de l'Halbrane, 44340 Bouguenais

An event organized as part of the Pays de la Loire Innovation Spring

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