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Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux

Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux. Hélène Jacquot-Guimbal January 2011. Decree n°2010-1702. INRETS and LCPC merged on 1 January 2011 Ifsttar: French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks

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Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux

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  1. Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux Hélène Jacquot-Guimbal January 2011

  2. Decree n°2010-1702 • INRETS and LCPC merged on 1 January 2011 • Ifsttar: French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks • French State-owned research Institute under the authority of two ministries: • Ministry for Higher Education and Research • MEDDTL: Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing

  3. A long history of collaboration • INRETS and LCPC have shared several research projects for years: • LCPC was specialised in civil engineering • INRETS was focused on research on transport and transport safety • Road safety in particular was a shared research topic • LIVIC (Vehicles-Infrastructure-Drivers Interaction) was a joint research unit • LEPSIS (Management, perception, simulation and driving simulators) • The new alliance between LCPC and INRETS is a logical step up from these previous collaborations • Through their merger the two research institutes will continue to build on their previous partnerships so as to put their shared knowledge to the use of the cities and roads of tomorrow

  4. Ifsttar’s missions • Conduct, mandate, steer, evaluate... • Research, developpement and innovation activities in the fields of • Urban engineering • Civil engineering and building materials • Natural hazards • Mobility of people and goods • Transport systems and means and transport safety • Infrastructure, their uses and their impacts • Considered from various angles: • Economic, Technology, Society, Health, Energy, Human

  5. Key figures • 1268 staff as of 1 January 2011 • Including 250 PhD students • Average length of a PhD thesis : 3-4 years • 25 research units • Budget: 110 Mios EUR (2010) • 74 patents • 226 publications in international publications (2010)

  6. Lille-Villeneuve d’Ascq Nantes Belfort Marne la Vallée Lyon Bron Paris Grenoble Satory Versailles Marseille Salon de Provence 9 locations

  7. Some outstanding facilities • Geotechnical centrifuge & earthquake simulator • Pavement fatigue carrousel and reference track for characterization of pavement surfaces • Material mixing test facility • Semi-anechoic room • Structures laboratory and cable fatigue testing bench • Magnetic Resonance Imaging device (MRI) • Block Fall Test Facility • Driving simulators • Catapults • Grenoble wheel • Horizontal crash test facility • Etc.

  8. Ifsttar’s strategy • Ifsttar has launched a strategic analysis process • Objectives: • Build a shared vision for our institute between our staff and our partners • Prepare our scientific framework for the next ten years

  9. Ifsttar’s international strategy • Research is necessarily programmed, delivered, published and evaluated internationally • Ifsttar’s aim is to be a key player in transport in terms of international influence and cooperation • Ifsttar’s international strategy is stuctured around several objectives • Contribute to the building of the European Research Area • Contribute to the scientific excellence of the institute • Develop relations with peer institutes especially is OECD countries • Achieve complementarities between research institutes so that Ifsttar can focus on its domains of excellence • Contribute to the French development aid policy • Support French companies in their international activities • Develop cooperation activitie within the Mediterranean Union • Help developing countries develop efficient road safety policies

  10. Methods for international collaboration • Joint articles in international publications • Participation in the European Research instruments and bodies • Students’ and researchers’ mobility • Joint requests for international funds • Look for funding to support our international actions • Scanning tours on selected topics • Long term formal MoUs if needed • Setting up and leadership of European projects, such as FP or NEX projects • Taking part in international associations and bodies • Technical expertise, training • Etc.

  11. Ifsttar is an active member of the European research community... • European transnational networks : • ECTRI (European Conference of Transport research Institutes) • FEHRL (Forum of Europe’s National Highway Research Centres) • FERSI (Forum of European road safety institutes), ERTICO (ITS) • Scientific transnational networks (Networks of Excellence) • HUMANIST (HMI for ITS), NEARCTIS (Advanced traffic management), ISN (integrated safety for road vehicles), VPH (virtual human person), EURNEX (rail research), HYCON2 (hybrid systems approach to the design of networked embedded control systems) • Technological platforms • ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) • ECTP (European Construction Technology Platform) • ERRAC (rail), eSAFETY (ITS), WATERBORNE • As well as • Deufrako (France-Germany collaboration on transport research) • CEDR (Conference of European directors of roads) • « Urban Europe », a Joint Programming Inititiative • Involved in more than 50 European projects

  12. …and of the international research community • Ifsttar takes part in the activities of numerous and diverse scientific or technical bodies • AIPC – IABSEInternational Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering • RILEMInternational Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures • FIBInternational Federation for Structural Concrete • SIMSG – ISSMGEInternational Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering • Etc. • World Road Association (AIPCR – PIARC) • OCDE-FIT (OECD International transport forum)

  13. Ifsttar and the USA • FederalHighways Administration and RITA • Caltrans: PATH (CaliforniaPartners for Advanced Transit and Highways) • Intense cooperationwithseveraluniversities/institutes: • Turner Fairbanks HighwayResearch Institute • Volpe center • National Institute of Standards and Technology • Universities • Berkeley, Columbia, Georgia Institute of Technology MIT, Illinois, Lehigh, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania State, Texas Technical, Standford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), • and manyothers…. • Ifsttarisvery active in TRB: • Ifsttar’s experts are involved in several TRB committees • Numerousdelegates to the 2011 meeting • 8 paperspresentedat the 2011 meeting

  14. Thank you for your attention Ifsttar Cité Descartes Boulevard Newton 77420 Champs-sur-Marne Tél. +33 (0)1 40 43 50 10 Fax. +33 (0)1 40 43 54 98 www.ifsttar.fr helene.jacquot-guimbal@ifsttar.fr

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