The Carnot Network unveils the 2024 winners of the Carnot Partnership Research Awards!


The Carnot Partnership Research Awards, recognising exemplary collaboration between Carnot Network institutes and industry, were presented on 16 October 2024 at the Rendez-vous Carnot. Hydrogen for mobility, massive electricity storage, new materials with remarkable properties, eco-responsible wood construction: these are the fields in which the winners have succeeded in co-constructing innovative solutions with their industrial partners. Each year, the Carnot Network singles out four projects in four different categories and chooses one of them to receive the Carnot Grand Prize.
Well done to the four prizewinners on outstanding partnerships between teams from the Carnot Network's 39 institutes and companies!
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ : David TEIXEIRA, head of the Numerical Physics of Porous Media department within the Carnot IFPEN Energy Resources, was awarded a prize for a large-scale electricity storage solution project, carried out in partnership with the company STOLECT.
The award was presented by Amaury MARTIN, First Vice-President of the Carnot Institutes Association and Director of Carnot Curie Cancer.
๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐งรฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ซ : Lucile CORNU, an R&D engineer at Cerfav and a member of Carnot Icรฉel, was awarded the prize for a project in partnership with Pangolin Dรฉfense, the inventor of bulletproof protection made from tempered glass beads.
The award was presented by Martin GUESPEREAU, Director of EPA Paris Saclay.
๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฌ'๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซรฉ๐ (+ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ): Robert COLLET, head of the Wood team at LaBoMaP (Carnot ARTS) and who died in 2023, was awarded a posthumous prize for a project carried out with Bois Croisรฉs de Bourgogne. Guillaume POT, one of Robert Collet's closest collaborators, received the prize in recognition of a 10-year partnership between LaBoMaP and the Bois Croisรฉs de Bourgogne association, which brings together some fifteen SMEs in the wood industry or from the world of construction and designs cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels from secondary quality oak.
The award was presented by Pierre PASSOT, Head of Strategic Research Partnerships at Airbus.
๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซรฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐'๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ : Olivier DE ALMEIDA, Deputy Director of the Institut Clรฉment Ader Centre at IMT Mines Albi (Carnot M. I.N.E.S), was rewarded for a project ranging from the idea to the mass production of key components for the deployment of hydrogen mobility, carried out in partnership with the start-up Hycco.
The prize was presented by Nelly Garnier, Special Delegate for Research and Education, Ile-de-France Region.
Many thanks to the students at CY Ecole de design for producing these magnificent trophies!