Bench for measuring skid resistance and surface characteristics (BMACS)

The bench for measuring skid resistance and surface characteristics (BMACS) was created in 2000. It has a set of test equipment dedicated to the study of surface topography and tribology applied to transport . Its main field of application is the contact between tires and various types of surfaces (road pavements, aeronautical runways, metro rails, etc.).

Environmental chemistry platform

The environmental chemistry platform is open to the academic sector, local authorities and industry. It carries out analyses of metallic and plastic micropollutants present in various environmental matrices.

Immersive movements simulators (Marne-la-Vallée)

SimTeam combines hardware, dedicated software, and expertise. Immersive motion simulators (e.g., driving simulators, virtual reality headsets) are used to study the behavior of pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists in a controlled environment.

Semi-anechoic room for acoustic testing

Located on the Nantes campus of Université Gustave Eiffel, the semi-anechoic room is an acoustic test room, allowing to carry out acoustic measurements in urban models, to develop acoustic measurement devices, to characterize the acoustic emission of noise sources, etc.

Vibration Test Bench - SySIFe - Rail Infrastructure Solicitation System

The vibration bench is used to study the dynamic behavior of structures in the area of railways.

Sense-City

Sense-City is a full-scale experimental space in representative and controllable physical conditions, dedicated to the study of micro urban areas with a high concentration of innovations. As a true open-air laboratory or under controlled conditions, this space integrates a mobile climatic chamber that can cover two 400 m² zones. This platform is open to academics, industry and local authorities and contributes to the positioning of the Cité Descartes as a flagship centre for the city of the future.

ESIEE Paris cleanrooms

120 pieces of equipment dedicated to the technological development of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and other innovative miniaturized sensors.

Laboratory of Simulation and Evaluation of the Environment (LSEE)

The Laboratory for Environmental Simulation and Assessment (LSEE) is a remarkable facility that enables individuals to be immersed in an environment recreated using synthesized or recorded images and sounds. It thus offers the possibility to study how individuals’ perceptions, decisions, and behaviors are influenced by contextual factors. Experiments are carried out by immersing participants in a defined context.

Platform for measuring pollutants from light road vehicles

The platform created in the eighties on the site of Université Gustave Eiffel Bron allows the measurement of pollutant emissions in the exhausts of light vehicles as well as the energy consumption. The measurements are possible on a simulation bench or in real conditions on the road thanks to an on-board system. This platform was co-financed by the Gustave Eiffel University, the AURA region (AAP IRICE) and ADEME.

Annual Kantar surveys and related data bases of the Université Gustave Eiffel, « Parc Auto » Panel

The "Parc Auto" longitudinal survey is carried out each year since 1984 by Kantar and Université Gustave Eiffel. It describes the car equipement and use of cars by housholds. The survey feeds the most complete database on the topic which is used in numerous researches. Data are not public and rights of use are strictly reserved.

ERTMS ( (European Rail Traffic Management System) Simulation Platform

The ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) simulation platform is an equipment composed of 3 systems that can work alone or together: a driving simulator made up of a driving console and to which a 3D restitution on a line can be associated; a traffic simulator serving as a central station for rail traffic control and train management; a test bench for ERTMS on-board equipment.

Photometry and Colorimetry platform dedicated to the characterization of road scenes

The Photometry and Colorimetry Platform enables the characterisation of the photometric and colorimetric properties of road and urban infrastructure, as well as road surfaces and scenes, in order to study their influence on visual perception, visibility, glare and lighting quality.

Platform for Battery Characterisation and Aging Tests

This test platform allows the study of the electrical characteristics of battery cells and the phenomena leading to the degradation of these characteristics.

Geophysical test site

Unique at the European level, the site is intended for the application of methods of locating buried objects under perfectly controlled conditions: the surrounding soils are well identified and carefully compacted for their stability over time, the objects - various pipes, rocks, cavities, masonry - are perfectly located in a local geodetic reference. This makes it possible to reveal the performance of methods and equipment, to develop them, to provide data for testing or calibrating numerical models.

VERT: Vehicle for Experimental Research on Trajectories

The Vehicle for Experimental Research on Trajectories (VERT) is an instrumented vehicle dedicated to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) that is internationally recognised. Thus, it allows the acquisition and replay of GNSS signals, inertial data, digital signals, video frames, etc., for the purposes of scientific research, expertise and demonstration in geolocalization domain.

Emissions measurement platform

The purpose of the emission measurement platform is to characterise the dynamics of emissions as well as their physico-chemical nature. The pollutants considered are regulated and non-regulated compounds (heavy metals, rare earths, hydrocarbons, organic micropollutants) emitted in gaseous or particulate phase. The scientific objective of the measurements is to better understand how emissions evolve according to vehicle driving and use, regulations, and modern emission reduction devices.

Platform for Multiscale analysis of soils, rocks and geotechnical structures (PEME-SRO)

The platform for analyzing the mechanical properties of materials used in geotechnical structures makes it possible to study, among other things, natural soils, treated soils, industrial byproducts, and sediments.

Material and structural testing facilities

The structural testing platform, or test slabis one major facility of Université Gustave Eiffel to lead research activities on the safety and serviceability of bridges and large civil engineering structures.

V-HCD ("Virtual Human-Centred Design")

The "V-HCD" platform (for Virtual Human Centred Design) is an immersive simulation platform aimed at supporting a human-centred virtual design approach for future driver assistance and automation devices.

Onboard Systems Platform

The embedded systems platform is composed of two platforms for the design of distributed real time systems. Various programming tools are available such as programmable digital boards, programming language, etc.

Geotechnical Centrifuge

One of the most active centrifuges in the world, analysing the behaviour of geotechnical structures such as foundations, off-shore anchors, embankments or retaining walls in a scale model.

Fatigue Carousel

The fatigue carousel, a large accelerated test facility on pavements, enables real structures to be tested under the loads of heavy vehicles. Its performance (120 m long track, loading speed of up to 100 km/h) makes it one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world.

Build'in

Build'In is a platform from Ecole des Ponts - Paristech, open to its partners and manages modular robotic equipment that adapts to the needs of training and research in the filrd of contruction.

Nanomaterials and Optofluidics Platform

Synthesis of functional nanomaterials and integration into various devices.

Radiation and Propagation

Located on the Cité Descartes campus in Champs-sur-Marne, the "Radiation and Propagation" platform addresses phenomena related to the propagation of radio waves in free space or in circuits and transmission lines. As an essential support for R&D, it offers trainers, researchers and industrial partners the means for rapid prototyping, simulation and electromagnetic characterisation of materials, antennas and, more generally, communicating systems.

Federative platform of microtomographic imaging for the analysis of materials and structures under multi-physical stresses

The central element of the platform hoded by Ecole des Ponts - Paristech, is a microtomograph that allows three-dimensional imaging of samples by X-ray absorption constrast. Its particular design, unique at the time of its commissioning in 2011, allows to observe on a wide range of scales the microstructures of very diverse materials and their evolution under stress.

TRANSPOLIS

Inaugurated in 2019, TRANSPOLIS is a platform for experimentation in mobility. TRANSPOLIS offers the full-scale urban mobility laboratory, the only site of its kind in Europe; test sites for vehicles and road equipment.

Virtual Reality Room

The immersive virtual reality room has been designs for virtual reality experiences to create environments leading to 3D representations, particularly concerning visual and sound aspects.

LaPEA - Instrumented vehicle for analyzing driving behavior in real-life situations

The instrumented vehicle, exclusive property of Université Gustave Eiffel, allows the anakyse of driving behaviors in real situation.

Immersive movements simulators (Versailles)

The immersive traffic simulation platform in Versailles enables the study of the behaviour and interactions of different road users – pedestrians, cyclists and motorists – in controlled, realistic and reproducible situations. It enables research into urban transformation and new forms of mobility, particularly in the areas of road safety, sustainable mobility, connected and automated vehicles, and the coexistence of humans and robots.

Road Reference and Experimentation Tracks (PRER)

PRER is used for research projects (braking tests, experiments on noise, adhesion or rolling resistance, etc.), for the purpose of homologation of measurement systems and qualification of monitoring equipment.

Cable fatigue test bench

Full-scale testing of cables for civil engineering structures and offshore structures, including those for marine renewable energy (MRE).Other associated facilities provide resources that are unique on a European scale: a 200-meter test bed, numerous tension test benches, and a torsion test bench for cables.

Microwave, optical and digital communications platform

Group of benches in very high frequency electronic domain.

Rockfall hasard experimental proving ground

The rockfall hasard experimental proving ground is located in the Chartreuse massif near Chambéry. The site is hidden at the bottom of an unexploited area of a quarry and is particularly well suited to confidential tests.

Bench for Measurement at Ultrasonic Scale - MUSC

Study of the propagation of mechanical waves (seismic waves, ultrasonic waves) to develop non-destructive monitoring techniques for subsoils, engineering structures and pavements.

Cortext Platform

CorTexT is a platform for methodological development, software engineering, and support for textual corpus analysis in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Its most visible output is currently CorTexT Manager: a public web application offering data analysis methods curated and developed by a team of researchers and engineers.

Shippers and transport organisers survey (ECHO)

Longitudinal survey on freight transports.

VICTOR Instrumented vehicle for the study of driver's behavior

Study driving behavior through a simulation on open roads

MRI / NMR

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to characterise civil engineering and environmental materials.

Arabesque

Web application for geovisualisation and thematic mapping of flows and spatial networks

Logicout

Web application for calculating transport and logistics costs for short and local food supply chains

ImPACT 3D

ImPACT 3D is a XiL platform for prototyping, testing, evaluation and validation of Automated and Connected Vehicles combining both a real prototype of a robotic Renault Zoé called ImPACT 3D AV and a dynamic and immersive simulation platform called ImPACT 3D VR&Motion .

PHYSIO

Platform for physiological and neurophysiological data acquisition tools

SIMAX

LESCOT's driving simulator with real cockpit, at the Lyon Campus

SIMDYN

LESCOT's dynamic driving simulator, at the Lyon Campus

multi-adjustable, instrumented experimental seat for the biomechanical study of seating discomfort

Since 2017, the biomechanics and impact mechanics laboratory (LBMC) has had a multi-adjustable experimental seat to study seating comfort. Designed and manufactured according to specifications defined by the laboratory, this experimental seat makes it possible to simulate a wide range of seats used for land and air transport thanks to its motorized adjustments. It notably has a matrix of 52 electric cylinders to simulate the seat and a matrix of 263 hydraulic cylinders for the backrest.

Biomechanical and Medical Research Platform For Virtual Man and its applications

The Biomechanical and Medical Platform for the Virtual Human, located at the Marseille North Hospital-University Campus, is an open innovation hub. It brings together expertise in numerical simulation, health data analysis, and experimentation to develop digital twins of the human body in the fields of health, sports, and transportation.

Fleet of instrumented vehicles

Fleet of instrumented vehicles: a Honda VFR 800 motorbike, one electric scooter and one electric motorbike, 6 electrically-assisted bicycles, one Speedelec bicycle, one electric cargo bike with trailer, 11 electric scooters, 3 electric monowheels.

Accident databases

Accident Databases: Accidenthèque EDA (Detailed Accident Studies), Accident Reports, Global Database IGLAD (Initiative for Global Harmonisation of Accident Data), and BAAC (Traffic Accident Analysis Bulletin).

Platform for the development and characterisation of materials for transport infrastructure

A range of equipment and expertise enabling, from the conceptual stage right through to full-scale road construction, the development and characterisation of innovative materials for sustainable, low-carbon and resilient transport infrastructure

Catapulte horizontale

Hydraulic catapult for the horizontal launching of blocks

Experimental platform for rebars, cables and assembly for civil engineering

The testing platform for civil engineering reinforcement, cables, and assemblies is unique at the national level, enabling the assessment of the mechanical behavior and durability of these civil engineering components. It possesses unique mechanical capabilities, allowing it to support research, certification, and expert assessment activities alike.