The Institut Clément Ader () is a research laboratory under the supervision of the

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(INSA Toulouse), the

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(UPS), the

École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux The École des Mines d'Albi (officially ''École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux'', also known as ''EMAC'' or ''Mines Albi'', ex-''ENSTIMAC'') was created in 1993. It is a French engineering school (i.e. Grandes écoles) part of ...

(IMT Mines Albi), the

Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace The Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (, ISAE-SUPAERO; ) is a French ''grande école'' of engineering, founded in 1909. It is the world's first dedicated institute of aerospace engineering. ISAE-SUPAERO is part of University ...

(ISAE-SUPAERO) and the

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(CNRS). Created in 2009, it is a

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(UMR CNRS no. 5312) based in

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and with branches in

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and

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History

The Institut Clément Ader has been created on June 30, 2009, following the merger of the tools, materials and processes research center of IMT Mines Albi (CROMeP), the mechanical structures and materials department of ISAE-SUPAERO ( DMSM) and the Toulouse mechanical engineering laboratory of INSA Toulouse and UPS (LGMT). Its name refers to

Clément Ader Clément Ader (; 2 April 1841 – 3 May 1925) was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one o ...

, French engineer and

aviation pioneer Aviation pioneers are people directly and indirectly responsible for the creation and advancement of human flight capability, including people who worked to achieve manned flight before the invention of aircraft, as well as others who achieved si ...

. Initially recognized as a Host Team (EA no. 814) by the

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(MESR) and the High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCÉRES), it becomes an evolving research training from the CNRS (FRE CNRS no 3687) on January 1, 2015, then a

from the CNRS (UMR CNRS no 5312) on January 1, 2016. It is located in 3 cities: Toulouse, Tarbes and Albi (IMT Mines Albi).

Themes and research teams

The laboratory's research is in the field of

solid mechanics Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation (mechanics), deformation under the action of forces, temperature chang ...

materials A material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their ge ...

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

, mechanical structures,

mechanical systems A machine is a physical system that uses Power (physics), power to apply forces and control Motion, movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natura ...

, processes, measurements, metrology, modeling, durability, machining, etc. It brings together around 90 teacher-researchers, 10 temporary researchers, 30 BIATSS, 115 doctoral students divided into 4 research groups.RÉSUMÉ FINAL DE L’ÉVALUATION DE L’UNITÉ : Institut Clément Ader - ICA
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History

Themes and research teams

References

See also