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Science and Technology for Research Applications

The Carnot Star institute brings together 11 academic research laboratories located in Marseille. Spanning from basic research to technological innovation, its scope of activity covers 5 scientific thematics related to several fields of application.
Given the extent of its expertise and its multi-disciplinary approach, the Carnot Star institute offers its R&D potential to meet the challenges of the socioeconomic world.

Presentation

This multidisciplinary approach is carried out by 5 operational groups

  • Materials and processes
  • Electronic Components and Photonic Systems
  • Security of Systems and Hazards
  • Fluid mechanics and heat and mass transfers
  • Imaging and Diagnosis

Fields of application

  • Aeronautics and Aerospace
  • Energy
  • Micro and Nanotechnologies
  • Natural and Industrial Hazards
  • Health
  • ICTs
  • Transport

Scientific expertise

  • Design, development and  characterisation of materials
  • Development of innovative processes
  • Optical and electronic components
  • Sensors and biosensors, RFID systems
  • Security and monitoring of systems
  • Complex optical systems
  • Photonic processes, lasers
  • Instability, turbulence, plasmas
  • Acoustics and vibrations
  • Complex fluids
  • Signal treatment, biomedical imaging
  • IT systems and data analysis
  • Modelling, digital simulation and control of complex systems

A non exhaustive list of the major equipment available  
                                                                                          
 

  • Wind tunnels and shock tubes
  • Anechoic chambers
  • High performance laser sources
  • Material deposit technologies, clean rooms
  • Material and component characterisation platforms
  • Space/hostile environment test platform
  • Large aspheric optics polishing platform
  • Multi-purpose  production platform
  • Supercomputers

Carnot Star Institute laboratories

- IF, UMR 6133
Fresnel Institute

- IM2NP, UMR 6242
Institute of Materials, Microelectronics and Nano-sciences of Provence

- IRPHE, UMR 6594
Out of equilibrium Phenomena Research Institute

- IUSTI, UMR 6595
Industrial Thermal System Institute

- LAM, UMR 6110
Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory

- LCP, UMR 6264
Laboratory of Chemistry of Provence

- LMA, UPR 7051
Mechanics and Acoustics Laboratory

- LP3, UMR 6182
Lasers, Plasmas and Photonic Processes

- LSIS, UMR 6168
Information Sciences and Systems Laboratory

- M2P2, UMR 6181
Mechanics, Modelling & Chemical Engineering

- PIIM, UMR 6633
Ionic and Molecular Interaction Physics Laboratory

Competences
    Core business
    • chemistry
    • Energy & environment
    • Materials, mechanics and Processes
    • Microelectronics
    • Micro & nanotechnologies
    • Information and communication technologies
    Key figures
    Permanent of research  : 400
    PhD Students: 250
    Global budget: 29400 k€
    Contractual incomes   : 12800 k€
    Contact
    Institut Carnot STAR
    Case Institut Carnot Campus de Saint Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen
    13397  MARSEILLE Cedex 20

    Direction : +33 (0)6 38 37 53 89