Carnot Icéel
The Carnot Icéel labels 28 components: research laboratories, CRT and CTI. Together they cover a large panel of markets: agrifood, planning and construction, bioeconomy, energy, industry, fashion and luxury, resources and environment, health, transport, etc. Their skills offer is suitable for companies of all sizes: VSEs, SMEs, startups, ETIs and large groups, whatever their R&D issues..
Key figures
| Permanent staff (full-time equivalent) | 520 |
| PhD Students | 470 (60 CIFRE) |
| Global budget | 84 M€ |
| Partnership incomes with industry | €16M |
| Business figure | 8 M€ |
Contact
institut Carnot ICÉEL
1, rue Grandville - BP 20451
54001 Nancy Cedex
Jérôme STERPENICH
Director
Catherine PLESSY
Head of partnerships
+(33) 3 72 74 36 67
jerome.sterpenich[a]univ-lorraine.fr Email contact
catherine.plessy[a]univ-lorraine.fr Email contact
iceel-contact[a]univ-lorraine.fr
Parent institutions
- CENTRALESUPELEC
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
- POLE REGIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE TRANSFERT DE TECHNOLOGIE
- UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE
- UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES
4 thematic R&D axes for our work on our platforms and technical centres
The Industry of the Future
Modular, intensified and clean factories / Additive manufacturing / Intelligent sensors / AI and connected objects / Augmented – Virtual Reality / Intelligent manufacturing and robotics, cobots / Environment, man and machines / Technology management, competitive intelligence, societal support
Materials and Process Engineering, Resources and Recycling
New materials / Assembly / Surface processing and functionalization / Circular economy, recycling, waste processing / Ecodesign, LCA / Process engineering and safety / Innovative processes (development, manufacturing, transformation) / Mineral resources and critical metals
Bioeconomy
Sustainable use of agroresources (food and non-food) / Functional ingredients, biomolecules, biomaterials, biological fibres / Agromining / Integrated biorefinery (chemistry and energy) / Bioenergies / Management and valorization of wood, biomass and territorial sustainability
Energy and Ecological Transition
Energy efficiency for industry and in buildings, smart grids / Energy storage (vectors, regulation, self-supply) / New energy vectors (H2, NH3, biomethane) / CO2 capture, storage and recycling / Maintaining biodiversity / Sustainable resource, water and soil management
Target markets
- Manufacturing
- Transports (Aeronautical, Automobile, Railways)
- Resources & Environment
- Energies
- Health & Bioeconomics
- Development & Construction

Icéel services for you include:
- Leading a network which federates platforms to ensure crucial links between research, transfer and innovation
- A network of scientific and technological correspondents ready to respond to your requests and requirements
- Proposals tailored to meet company requirements (SMEs, Mid-Cap companies and industrial corporations):
- À la carte R&D projects: bilateral projects (CIFRE, exploratory research, etc.) and collaborative programmes (on the regional, national and international scales)
- Sourcing of skills and resources
- Research services: feasibility studies, technology transfer
- Evaluation of innovation capacities
- Technology transfer and innovation workshops (ATIs®)
- Services : characterization, expertise, monitoring
- Continuous training