International Chair in electrical engineering

Expertise

2021 Booklet of Chairs

Published on 7/22/21 | Modified on 5/25/22

In 2012, UPPA launched a distinctive initiative with the creation of research and education chairs.

Several aims were pursued:

to invest into significant scientific projects in accordance with the strategy of the university
to create a task force dedicated to these specific research objectives
to tighten the relationships with private and public partners, placing them within a five-years horizon instead of the traditional three-years partnership format
to provide an increased visibility, thereby promoting the outreach of upcoming results and strengthening our international network.

With E2S UPPA I-site, this framework has been significantly expanded. New chair formats have been launched, in addition to the existing format directed at established researchers.

Junior chairs for young promising researchers, and part-time international chairs hosting researchers with a very high international visibility have been created.

Facts (2020)

34 chairs in 2020

13 Junior Chairs
15 Senior Chairs with partnerships
4 International Academic Guest Chairs
2 International Guest Chairs with partnership

Teams

86 permanent employees
88 PhD
151 Post-doctorate

A considerable increase in the potential of scientific experts for UPPA

Published on 7/22/21 | Modified on 9/13/21

The objective is to drastically increase the scientific power of E2S UPPA, and at the same time, to embed – at the very starting point of the chair – research and education as the scientific team built up around a chair should have also educational responsibilities within the flagship programs of E2S UPPA.

70 doctoral positions and more than 100 one-year post-doctoral fellowships have been offered within these chairs, over a wide variety of scientific topics in line with the ambitions and missions of E2S UPPA.

Private and public partners

This unprecedented effort was made possible due to a wide participation of private and public partners. Their decisive input is acknowledged in the description of each specific chair.

Each project results from the convergence between scientific issues, stakeholders’ needs and, above all, the interest in the mutualisation of concerns and efforts. Our experience shows that it has been beneficial to everyone.

The E2S-UPPA cofunded chairs

International Chair in electrical engineeringInterview with Professor Bucur Novac

Published on 4/26/24 | Modified on 3/26/19

Professor of High Pulsed Power at Loughborough University (Great Britain), at the head of the Plasma and Pulsed Power Group (P3G), Bucur Novac is also the director of the international Chair in electrical engineering of the UPPA.

How did you find out about the UPPA?

The partnership between the P3G group of Loughborough University and the UPPA’s research team on high pulsed powers at the IPRA-SIAME laboratory is a long-standing one and has been very fruitful in the past. We have published many co-authored articles in renowned international reviews and have often given joint presentations of our work at the best conferences in our field.

Tell us about your international Chair in electrical engineering...

The main objective is to help the active team of the UPPA to carry out research work in the two fields related to the possible applications of high pulsed power: first, the treatment of cancer using non-invasive pulsed electric field techniques, and second the electric fracturing of solid rocks in the areas of mining and geology. The team includes UPPA researchers, as well as three PhD students and five postdoctoral fellows I will be supervising. We have great ambitions. Our main goal is to make discoveries and extend knowledge well beyond the current state-of-the-art worldwide.

What are the benefits of the Chair with regard to your own research work?

My group, P3G, has long been in close contact with Laurent Pecastaing's team in Pau. In fact, this is the reason why both teams have been collaborating for several years to study non-invasive pulsed electric field methods applied to agriculture, food industry, and health. In my view, this Chair was created just at the right time. It will enable us to combine our efforts to take developments further and to better integrate the studies of our respective research groups. The PhD students of the UPPA will certainly have the opportunity to come and work at Loughborough University. Likewise, some of my students will also have the chance to come and work in Pau, and perhaps taste some of the incredible food and wine the region has to offer!

Contact :

bucur.novac @ univ-pau.fr (bucur.novac @ univ-pau.fr)