Research at IPSA

A lever for innovation in education and society

Under the direction of Karim Liviu TRABELSI, PhD in applied mathematics and a graduate of Sorbonne University, research at IPSA, a benchmark aeronautics and space school, is driven by a clear ambition: to produce research of excellence, focused on innovation and in direct contact with the major challenges of aeronautics and space.

Our research department, guided by a Scientific Advisory Board of experts, outlines the science of tomorrow while enriching your training today.

Key figures for research at IPSA

80 A- and B-rated scientific publications per year

24 permanent teacher-researchers

4 major research themes

7 PhD students currently supervised by IPSA

19 doctoral students co-supervised with external laboratories

2 post-doctoral researchers

7 IPSA graduates go on to earn a doctorate each year

1 unique system for promoting research in student associations: the Student Lab

Research at IPSA is organized around 4 themes:

Control, Optimization & Decision (COD)

Learn more about this theme

Signals & AI (SIA)

Learn more about this theme

Physics & AstroPhysics (PAP)

Learn more about this theme

Materials, Mechanics, Fluids & Energy (2MFE)

Learn more about this theme

When you join IPSA, you become part of a scientific and industrial ecosystem where the technologies that will revolutionize the way we fly and explore space are taking shape. You don’t just become an engineer: you become an innovator at this aeronautics and space school, training the pioneers of tomorrow.

Student Lab :
R&D by IPSA students

Set up in 2017 by the Research Department, this scheme aims to promote R&D-oriented projects in technical associations. Highlighting involves publishing their results, from experiments or numerical simulations, in conferences, popular or peer-reviewed journals.

Main events/conferences
where Student Lab associations perform

EUCASS
(European Conference of Astronautics and Space Science)

French Astrophysics Days
(SF2A Société Française d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique)

SAF Commissions Days
(Société Astronomique de France)

C’Space
(Planète Sciences & CNES)

EUROC

Flying Wales Contest, Safran Droneload Contest & UAV Dassault Challenge

Technical associations monitored by the Student Lab
Two campuses, two Student Labs.

Paris Campus

In Paris, all technical associations that have research or development projects and wish to publish their results are likely to join the scheme (ISS, AéroIPSA, IPSA One, IPL, IPSA Véga are among the recurring associations in the scheme).

Toulouse Campus

In Toulouse, the Student Lab system is gradually being rolled out on campus in close collaboration with Anica Lekic and Roxana Perrier.

Total number of publications per year
for this area of expertise

Every year, students from IPSA’s technical associations take part in national (e.g. SF2A French Astrophysics Days) and international (e.g. IEPC, EUCASS) conferences. Papers are either oral or written (posters), and give rise to between 2 and 5 conference proceedings per year.