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CIMO - Interdisciplinary center seas and ocean

An academic and resaerch interdisciplinary center dedicated to collaborative research projects in marine science and engineering.
CIMO - Interdisciplinary center seas and ocean

Presentation

France holds a leading international position in economic, industrial and scientific fields related to the sea. Bringing together interdisciplinary research teams from IP Paris and Ifremer. CIMO is fully aligned with French initiatives to reduce the ecological footprint or maritime activities and strenghten environmental monitoring of marine environments.

The merger of ENSTA in 2025 within IP Paris, with two campus in Palaiseau and Brest offers a new dynamic in research, training and innovation to meet the major issues facing the maritime sector.

 

Our Missions

The ambition of Seas and Ocean Center is to contribute the major challenges of our time in connection with the ecological transition and the preservation of the ocean, around four pillars:

  • To promote IP Paris's cutting-edge scientific research through maritime applications
  • To expand IP Paris's teaching programs in the maritime field (Master and PhD Track)
  • To increase partnerships with major maritime research institutes  
  • To seek fundings from private companies or public agencies to develop research projects

Key figures

120 
permanent researchers

22 
laboratories

4 
scientific and technological platforms

Research

Their interdisciplinary work covers three areas:

Our collaborating institutions

One of the missions of the CIMO center is to train students, drawing on the expertise and complementarity of the IP Paris's engineering schools.  

Engineering course at ENSTA 

Engineering degree by apprenticeship at ENSTA 

Masters at IP Paris

MSc&T Energy Environment at l'École polytechnique

MSc ENSTA with UBO

Specialised Masters at ENSTA

The CIMO center also supports the mentoring of young scientists at doctoral and post-doctoral levels.

Plateforms

Whether you're a researcher, a student, or working for a start-up or a company, call on the resources (infrastructure, hardware, software, expertise) of the Interdisciplinary center 's platforms to run your marine engineering research projects.

Calls for proposals

CIMO supports maritime engineering projects through : 

Events

01/29/2025Inauguration of the CIMO-  Interdisciplinary center seas and ocean

 

06/4 to 6 

06/7

06/9 to 13

2025, year of the sea with many events:

"Once Ocean Science Congess" organized by Ifremer

"Coalition Ocean Rise and Costal Resilience" organised by the city of Nice 

Thired United Nations Ocean Conference Nice

Governance

  • Laurent Mortier, Chief scientist officer
  • Margot Provost, Chief operations officer

Research topic 1: Marine engineering for sustainable ships

  • Shabnam Arbab Chirani, Researcher at IRDL laboratory at ENSTA
  • Olivier Lemaitre, Researcher at École Polytechnique's CMAP lab
  • Jean-François Mercier, Researcher at  UMA laboratory at ENSTA

Research topic 2: Ocean observing for society

  • Romain Pennel, Researcher at LMD at École Polytechnique
  • Laurent Mortier, Researcher at IMSIA at ENSTA

Research topic 3: Ressource management, coastal development and the environment

  • Marissa Yates, Researcher at LHSV laboratory at École nationale des ponts et chaussées
  • David Touboul, Researcher at LCM laboratory at École Polytechnique
  • David Pai, Researcher at LPP laboratory at École Polytechnique
  • Luc Pastur, Researcher at IMSIA laboratory at ENSTA

Contact

Education

One of the missions of the CIMO center is to train students, drawing on the expertise and complementarity of the IP Paris's engineering schools.  

Engineering course at ENSTA 

Engineering degree by apprenticeship at ENSTA 

Masters at IP Paris

MSc&T Energy Environment at l'École polytechnique

MSc ENSTA with UBO

Specialised Masters at ENSTA

The CIMO center also supports the mentoring of young scientists at doctoral and post-doctoral levels.

Plateforms

Whether you're a researcher, a student, or working for a start-up or a company, call on the resources (infrastructure, hardware, software, expertise) of the Interdisciplinary center 's platforms to run your marine engineering research projects.

Calls for proposals

CIMO supports maritime engineering projects through : 

Events

01/29/2025Inauguration of the CIMO-  Interdisciplinary center seas and ocean

 

06/4 to 6 

06/7

06/9 to 13

2025, year of the sea with many events:

"Once Ocean Science Congess" organized by Ifremer

"Coalition Ocean Rise and Costal Resilience" organised by the city of Nice 

Thired United Nations Ocean Conference Nice

Governance

  • Laurent Mortier, Chief scientist officer
  • Margot Provost, Chief operations officer

Research topic 1: Marine engineering for sustainable ships

  • Shabnam Arbab Chirani, Researcher at IRDL laboratory at ENSTA
  • Olivier Lemaitre, Researcher at École Polytechnique's CMAP lab
  • Jean-François Mercier, Researcher at  UMA laboratory at ENSTA

Research topic 2: Ocean observing for society

  • Romain Pennel, Researcher at LMD at École Polytechnique
  • Laurent Mortier, Researcher at IMSIA at ENSTA

Research topic 3: Ressource management, coastal development and the environment

  • Marissa Yates, Researcher at LHSV laboratory at École nationale des ponts et chaussées
  • David Touboul, Researcher at LCM laboratory at École Polytechnique
  • David Pai, Researcher at LPP laboratory at École Polytechnique
  • Luc Pastur, Researcher at IMSIA laboratory at ENSTA

Contact