Centrale Nantes and Bureau Veritas create international research Chair for the ship of the future in partnership with HydrOcean and Nextflow Software
A ten year finance package of Euro 7.5 million
marks this as a key investment in research.
The
École Centrale de Nantes (ECN), one
of France’s top engineering universities, and leading classification society
Bureau Veritas have joined forces to create a new International Chair in research on
Hydrodynamics and Marine Structures. The
aim is to improve the safety and performance of vessels of the future. The
ambitious research programme also includes HydrOcean, part of the BV Group, a key provider of CFD-based
optimisation services and Nextflow Software, a start-up dedicated to fluid dynamics software.
The new Chair will make
possible technical innovations for the conception, design, performance, safety
and environmental friendliness of ships and offshore structures.
“This chair is concrete
evidence of the desire of Bureau Veritas to link with the innovation and
research of one of the top engineering faculties to create new services which
will help our clients to improve the safety and environmental friendlessness of
their fleets,” says Philippe Donche-Gay, Head of the Marine and Offshore division, Bureau
Veritas.
“This next step in our long
collaboration in maritime matters allows us to go further together and to harness
the power of numerical simulation to develop better ships,” says Arnaud Poitou,
Director of Centrale Nantes.
David Le
Touzé, Professor at Centrale Nantes, will be the first holder of the new Chair.
He leads a twenty-person research group at ECN hydrodynamics laboratory and is known for his numerical simulation
expertise.
The work of
the Chair will be focussed on three complementary areas: the development of
numerical simulation tools; their validation in the testing facilities of École Centrale de
Nantes which are amongst the best in Europe; and developing efficient methodologies
for dealing with hydrodynamic and hydro–structural problems.
Centrale Nantes
A member of Groupe des Écoles
Centrale, Centrale Nantes is a leading engineering university in France. Centrale
Nantes has a strong competence in numerical and experimental hydrodynamics.
Bureau
Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification
services. Created in 1828, the Group has 66,000 employees located in 1,400
offices and laboratories around the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its clients
improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in
order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet
standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental
protection and social responsibility.
Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20
index.
Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.
For more information, visit www.bureauveritas.com
For more information, visit www.bureauveritas.com
For more
information:
Ecole
Centrale de Nantes
Valérie Chilard - 02 40 37 16 87 /
valerie.chilard@ec-nantes.fr
Bureau Veritas/ HydrOcean:
Philippe Boisson – 01
55 24 71 98 – 06 80 67 66 12 / philippe.boisson@bureauveritas.com
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