www.instituts-carnot.eu

Ifremer

Centre de Brest 

CS 10070

29 280 Plouzané

France

Lionel LEMOINE 
+33 (0)2 98 22 41 50  
lionel.lemoine@ifremer.fr 

CONTACTS

Research personnel  
(full-time equivalent): 

280

including PhD students: 

40

Partnership  
research incomes: 

11 445 k

Global budget: 

15 865 k

Equipment and test facilities unique  

and of scope

 

Access to the oceanographic  fleet, teleoperated robots, 

manned submersible (6000 meters), autonomous vehicles

 

Bottom seismometers (OBS), micrOBS, high-resolution 

seismics, flexible penetrometer, piezometer

 

Coring and sediment analysis (multi-parameters and 

geotechnical laboratory, scanner)

 

Sonar imaging, very -high -resolution bathymetry, 

gravimeter, magnetometer

 

Geophysical data processing software (Geocluster, SPW, 

Kingdom suite

®

, Caraïbes

®

, Sonarscope

®

…)

 

Results of oceanographic cruises, lithography library, 

strain bank databases

 

Physico-chemical, optical and metrology laboratories, 

ICP-MS, Raman and infrared spectroscopy, microprobe

 

Microbiology techniques

 

Prototype facilities

 

Marine environment testing pool

 

Circulation tank

 

Fully equipped hyperbaric chambers

 

Mechanical and climatic test benches

 

Structure specific software: Adina

®

, Aqua+

®

, Hydrostar

®

 

Deeplines

®

, Procor

®

, etc.

 

in situ marine testing station

What we offer 

 Research partnerships :

•  

Scientific and technological 

research

•  

Technology demonstrator

•  

Prototype 

 Services:

• 

Studies

• 

Expertise 

• 

Availability of test facilities

 Transfer of expertise and 

technology:

• 

Patent transfer

• 

Patent licensing

•  

Technology and/or  

know-how transfer

• 

Software

© Ifremer-Victor 6000/Momareto 2006

© Ifremer - Michel GOUILLOU 

© Ifremer-Victor 6000/Bicose 2014

© Ifremer - Victor 6000/Serpentine 2007