Research serving Basque Country Technology Park

The Basque Country Community supports about twenty doctoral and post-doctoral researchers every year. Like the research conducted by Camille Vernejoux and Nicolas Duport, thesis subjects are directly linked to innovative technology developed at the Basque Country Technology Park, ‘Technopole’.

Within its University Development Scheme, the Basque Country Conurbation has been supporting doctoral researchers since 2017. Four areas of excellence have been defined: international studies, engineering and digital, sustainable construction and development, environment and ocean. There are currently about twenty doctoral and post-doctoral researchers supported financially for their three-year thesis period. Among the twenty or so research topics, some contribute to the development of technology deployed at the Basque Country Technology Park.

For example, Camille Vernejoux's thesis on the mechanical modeling of the manufacturing process for thermoplastic composites is aimed at developing the Compositadour platform located at Bayonne's Technocité technology park. After a bachelor's degree in architecture and an engineering degree, followed by professional experience in an SME in the aeronautics industry, Camille Vernejoux started her thesis in January 2019 at ESTIA. "A new facility is planned for September at Compositadour with the installation of a machine designed for producing high-performance composite parts. Thanks to the new facility and my thesis conclusions, we're going to be able to take an ecological approach through the possible recycling of already-manufactured carbon-rich materials. I am directly involved in the project and I accepted this thesis because it is in collaboration with industrialists," said Camille Vernejoux. 

At the Arkinova campus in Anglet, Nicolas Duport divides his time between ISA BTP, where he obtained his engineering degree in 2018, and the Nobatek/INEF4 technology center. His thesis focuses on the development of multi-scale urban thermal studies with the Finite Element Method (FEM). It falls within the "Architecture and Urban Physics" Chair directed by Benoit Beckers and supported by the Basque Country Community with 3 PhDs. "I started this thesis in 2018 because the subject fascinates me and rounds out my engineering degree in housing and energy. The urban planning courses given by Benoit Beckers at ISA BTP were very interesting. In terms of future prospects, it's a new field," Nicolas Duport explained. Once his thesis has been validated, he plans to do a post-doc to continue the Chair's research and become a researcher/professor. 

Photo: On January 21st, during the "Morning" for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, Benoit Beckers introduced the Architecture and Urban Physics Chair and nine researchers discussed their work with other researchers funded by the Basque Country Community.

Learn more:
https://www.compositadour.com
https://siame.univ-pau.fr/fr/activites-scientifiques/chaires/chaire-architecture-et-physique-urbaine/presentation.html