News from the E2S UPPA project

Corinne Parat, research engineer, in her laboratory.

Towards an ultra-sensitive electrode to detect glyphosate in water continuously

End of the E2S “CAPTAIN Ad Hoc” research project

Four years of work have resulted in the creation of a functional electrode, even though it still needs to be improved before it can be used on a day-to-day basis by local authorities.

Scientific Projects Call for Proposals 2025

Until 14 Apr 2025 at 12:00PM

The I-SITE E2S is launching a new call for Scientific Challenges projects (exploratory projects), open from February 17 to April 14, 2025 and aimed at researchers.

A joint PhD thesis to manufacture rubber using 3D printers

End of the E2S “Elastomer 3D Printing” partnership project

Théo Rebière's CIFRE thesis with rubber compound manufacturer EMAC, in collaboration with 3D printing startup Lynxter, was defended in December 2024.

Minister of Ecological Transition visits the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour

17 Mar 2025

During her visit to Béarn on Monday March 17, 2025, Agnès Pannier-Runacher visited the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, recognized both nationally and internationally for its excellence in the field of energy and environmental transition.

New algorithms for optimizing helicopter mechanical parts

The E2S RODAM research project, for Robust Optimal Design under Additive Manufacturing constraints, came to an end in December 2024. Led by Marc Dambrine...

Les FT-ICR-MS installés à l’Université de Rouen Normandie (à gauche) et à l’UPPA (à droite) utilisent la technologie Magnetic Resonance Mass Spectrometry (MRMS) de Bruker, qui permet une extrême résolution (XR). Celui de Rouen utilise en plus la technique de séparation TIMS (Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry).

Pau University is part of the world’s most powerful mass spectrometer network

Equipped with an 18 Tesla superconducting magnet, Rouen's ion cyclotron resonance and Fourier transform mass spectrometer is the most powerful in Europe. The MagLab in Tallahassee has the world's most powerful FT-ICR-MS (21 Tesla), while UPPA and TotalEnergies received their “little brothers”, each with a power of 12 Tesla, at the beginning of 2025. They are all part of the iC2MC international joint research laboratory.

UPPA, CNRS and TotalEnergies win first industrial chair in social sciences co-financed by the French National Research Agency

The official launch of the “Renewable Energy Age: Social Notices” (REASONS) industrial research chair took place on Thursday April 4, 2024, on the Pau campus. It is supported by the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), with total funding of 1 million euros over 4 years.

Talents’ Academy 2023-2024: Honoring the Excellence of Master’s Students

7 Dec 2023

The laureates of UPPA’s Académie des Talents 2023-2024, currently enrolled in Master’s programs (year 1 or 2), were honored on Thursday December 7, 2023 on the Pau campus. This class is made up of 16 students from the GREEN university research school and 6 students from international Master’s programs.

2022-2023 “Talents’ Academy” Booklet of Resumes is Out

The Talents’ Academy is dedicated to attracting and retaining the most promising students, who receive a stipend enabling them to devote themselves entirely to their studies.

UPPA Participates in “Regions4Climate” EU Project

Testing new solutions to address the risks of flooding and erosion on the Basque coast

Through its joint research laboratory Kostarisk, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour is participating in a major project to monitor and protect the coastline of St-Jean-de-Luz, in partnership with the Basque Country Agglomeration Community, for 5 years starting in January 2023.

UPPA Celebrates the Perpetuation of its I-SITE Label

6 Jul 2022

After a 5-year probationary period, the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour obtained in March 2022 the perpetuation of its label of excellence "Initiative Science, Innovation, Territory, Economy" (I-SITE). An informative and festive meeting was organized at the beginning of July for all staff.

French National Label of Excellence I-SITE Definitively Awarded to UPPA

On March 10, 2022, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the definitive approval of 8 university initiatives of excellence, including that of the University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour (UPPA), joining the 9 already confirmed.

Talents’ Academy: The 75 2021-2022 Recipients Congratulated

The ceremony was attended by 90 people via videoconference on Monday 14 February 2022, including some 15 external partners. It was followed by about ten professional meetings.

A Zero Gravity Flight to Study Carbon Dioxide Storage

CO₂ EX Project | CO₂ ES Research Chair

In the fall of 2021, the CO₂ EX project team embarked on a parabolic flight to study chemical dissolution behaviors that cannot be reproduced on Earth due to gravity.

Launch of the Interdisciplinary and Bio-inspired Hub EnSuITe

Kick-off Meeting

6 Oct 2021

The "ENergy SUstainable Independent TErritories" hub was launched in 2021 for 5 years. It brings together chemists, mathematicians, lawyers, geographers, sociologists and economists to work on the energy independence of a territory.

International Forum on Transitions

From 22 Sep to 24 Sep 2021

The University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour is organizing its first international forum on Transitions, which aims to measure the transformations of the university through the 5 themes that are at the heart of its research missions.

MIT Chemistry Professor Mircea Dinca to give talk about MOFs at IPREM

“Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks”

1 Jul 2021

“Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks”

UPPA participates in new international lab “MacLife” dedicated to climate impacts on freshwater ecosystems

France-Spain-USA

On June 10, 2021, Philippe Mauguin, President and CEO of INRAE, Noam Pines, Associate Director at the University of California at Berkeley, Laurent Bordes...

A New Visual Identity for E2S UPPA

After three years of development, the I-SITE project team has worked for several months on the positioning of its brand E2S UPPA. The new E2S graphic corporate identity and guidelines have been implemented in the spring and new communication tools have been designed.

October 2020: I-SITE Three-Year Report

Heading for the evaluation

The presentation of new calls for projects that took place on October 8, 2020 allowed to take a closer look at the E2S UPPA project as a whole, after 3 years of official existence.

Students pull an all-nighter with the first E2S UPPA Challenge

Imagining tomorrow's campus

42 UPPA students, coming from the Anglet, Mont-de-Marsan, Pau and Tarbes campuses, worked on the “campus of tomorrow” in Pau, during the night of November 7 to 8, 2019.

E2S UPPA Talks

Within the framework of the E2S-UPPA (Solutions for Energy and the Environment) project, monthly conferences are offered. They are currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Partners are the Heart of E2S UPPA’s Ambitions

The E2S UPPA project, led by the consortium composed of UPPA, Inria and INRAe, relies on the quality of partnerships around the energy and environmental transition. A strategy that rises to the challenge.

Mid-term Review of the E2 UPPA Project

On May 9, 2019, E2S UPPA held its annual general meeting, which was an opportunity to assess the project’s mid-term progress.

I-SITE Laureates Meet in Biarritz

On March 6, 2019, UPPA gathered for the first time the 9 French initiatives of excellence I-SITE, around the theme “Partnerships and R&D Strategies - Innovation-Valorization-Transfer within the Universities labeled I-SITE.”

Signature of the I-SITE consortium agreement with INRA and Inria

On September 12, 2018, INRA, Inria and UPPA signed the consortium agreement of the I-SITE E2S UPPA in Paris.

First E2S Projects Launched

Since May 2017, seven calls for projects have been launched, covering research, training and support for outstanding students. They have attracted more than 250 responses, testifying to the international attractiveness of E2S UPPA.

UPPA obtains I-SITE national label with the E2S project - Energy and Environment Solutions

Mohamed Amara, President of UPPA, and members of the E2S project, were invited by France's President of the Republic to a reception in honor of the IDEX-ISITE laureates at the Élysée Palace.

UPPA Associated Professor Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grant

6 months of Research in Chicago

Marie-Pierre Isaure, Associate Professor at IPREM Laboratory in Pau, worked at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago from March to September 2022.

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