To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations in 2015, research plays a key role. Centrale Lyon is developing excellent multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research, and intends to strengthen the commitment of its teacher-researchers to the SDGs.
Developing research expertise in support of 9 SDGs:
- Sustainable and sober energy production and transport, renewable energy and system efficiency: bio-cells, smartgrid, hydrogen... ;
- Eco-design and low-carbon industrial production: sustainable materials and the environmental impacts of materials, additive manufacturing, predictive maintenance, life cycle analysis...
- Adaptability and resilience of mobility and urban systems: sustainable housing, sustainability of space, air and ground transport, air pollution... ;
- Environmental protection and health: bioengineering, biomimicry, sensory engineering... ;
- Computing, analysis and monitoring of massive data: artificial intelligence, big data, quantum computing, nanotechnologies...
Research at Centrale Lyon in figures:
- 6 UMR CNRS laboratories
- 2 international laboratories
- 5 industrial chairs
- 120 research contracts signed with companies each year
- 267 patents in portfolio
- Nearly 100 annual publications (articles and conferences)