Vollaire Christian

Christian Vollaire obtained his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994 and his PhD thesis from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1997. He carries out his research at the Ampère Laboratory (CNRS 5005) of which he has been director since January 2021. His research activities focus on the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of power systems and on non-contact energy transfer by high-frequency electromagnetic waves or induction.

He is a member of the editorial board of several international journals, a member of the organizing committee of international congresses and the scientific manager of numerous industrial and institutional contracts. He is the author of over 75 international journals, 160 publications in international congresses, several book chapters and four patents.

Research projects

• FUI - S2E2 and Elopsys competitiveness clusters: "Remote Wake Up"project in collaboration with LEGRAND (project leader), ST microelectronics, SOREC, Xlim (UMR CNRS), Pôle capteur (University of Orléans), 3 years, scientific manager for Ampère (203 k€ for Ampère).
• FUI - MOV'EO Competitiveness Cluster: Project "O2M phase 2: Mechatronics Modeling Tools - Mechatronics Systems Elemental Electronic Component Modeling (EMC), October 2009, 18 months, scientific manager for Ampère (180 k€ for Ampère).
• FUI - competitiveness clusters ASTECH, Minologic and Aérospace Cluster région RA, SIMUCEDO (FUI 16), Simulation numérique CEM basée sur la norme RTCA DO 160 dédiée à l'Aéronautique, Avnir Ingénierie (coordinator), Thales, Cedrat, Adeneo, ESI Group, G2ELab, Ampère. Scientific manager for Ampère (250k€ for Ampère out of 1.4 M€ total).
• ECOCES (ANR PRCE 2019 call), Electromagnetic compatibility Co-simulation Of Complex Electrical Systems. Laboratories: Ampère (editor, coordinator), Institut Pascal, GEEPS, IETR. Industrialists: PSA, ESI Group, (180 k€ for Ampère, 650 k€ total).

Training activities

Electrical Energy (2010-present) : 1A Common Core course of the Generalist Engineering curriculum, UE Electrical Energy and Systems Control (ECS). The objectives of this course are to identify the various sub-assemblies of common electrical power systems to analyze the constraints of association between these sub-assemblies, and know their functional aspects and acquire and master the main concepts implemented, models and methods. Starting with a functional approach to systems characteristic of the field, the aim is to identify and analyze each subsystem present, from the energy source to the control of the transformation process, in order to highlight the main technological fields and the underlying physical phenomena. Since 2020, it has introduced new energy-related concepts to situate the "electrical" energy vector in a global context linked to the energy transition. Each year, this content (2 h out of 14 h of class time) evolves in line with new issues and criteria in this fast-changing field.