Position
- Research Engineer
Aurélien BABARIT
Contact
- Phone :
- +33 (0)2 40 37 15 28
- Email :
- Aurelien.Babaritfab67826-08e3-411f-9f89-287264a0e568@ec-nantes.fr
- Office :
- D208
Profile
Research institute
Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA)
Research group
Interfaces & Interactions in Numerical & Experimental Hydrodynamics - IIHNE
Research
- Decarbonization: marine renewable energies & wind propulsion, mathematical and numerical modeling, performance prediction
- Ocean engineering, wave-structure interactions, numerical and experimental modeling
CIFRE Farwind Energy, CIFRE EVER, MerVent (Corimer 2022), TNTM, PropVelBa (Carnot Mers)
Completed research projects:
FARWIND (BPI), FARWIND (Sandia National Laboratories), Manta Innovation, GRRIP (EU), MEA (EU), Seaturns, AUTOFLEET (WeAMEC), Naval Group, S3 (ADEME), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CIFRE GEPS Techno, CIFRE INNOSEA, CIFRE IFPEN, TurbHo (SATT Ouest Valorisation), SEASTORAGE (Région Pays de la Loire), Sener, LABEX Mer (PIA), MONACOREV (ANR), MARINA Platform (EU), NumWEC (Statkraft), Bosch, Wavetrain2 (EU)
Keywords
- Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment
- BAckground
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BAckground
Since 2023: Research engineer - HDR, LHEEA, Centrale Nantes - CNRS
2020 - 2023: Co-founder and CTO, Farwind Energy
2016 - 2020: Director of GDR "Energies Marines Renouvables" du CNRS
2016: Accreditation to supervise research, Université de Nantes
2016: Visiting researcher, NREL, USA
2012 - 2020: Head of marine renewable energies group, LHEEA, Centrale Nantes - CNRS
2010 - 2011: Visiting researcher,, NTNU, Norvège
2006 - 2010: Project engineer, SEAREV, Centrale Nantes
2005: PhD in Fluid dynamics, Centrale Nantes and Université de Nantes
2002: Engineering degree, Ocean engineering, Centrale Nantes - Teaching activities
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Teaching activities
- Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2019-2023) Potential of renewable energies for energy transition
- Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2019) Wave energy conversion
- Ecole Centrale de nantes (2011, 2013 - 2017) Introduction to marine renewable energies, wave energy conversion, Wave-to-Wire modeling
- Ecole Centrale de Nantes (2012-2013) Renewable energies technologies
- Supervision
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Supervision
PhD students (current):
F. Bickert, F. Pili, F. Elefant, M. Charlou, Y. Poirier
PhD students (completed):
R. Abd-Jamil, G. Clodic, J. Ercolanelli, C. Xie, V. Leroy, P-Y. Wuillaume, H. Clémot, F. Fabregas, B. Gendron, C. Chauvigné, L. Letournel, R. Genest, M. Philippe, M. Bhinder, B. Borgarino - Publications
- Publications
- Awards and distinctions
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Awards and distinctions
- Best paper presentation award at 2011 European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC2011) for the paper On the maximum and actual capture width ratio of wave energy converters
- Renewable Energy (Elsevier journal) Top Paper Award (2014 Impact Factor) for the 24 Web of Science citations during 2014 for the paper Numerical benchmarking study of a selection of wave energy converters
- Innovation award at ‘Trophées de l’Innovation Océan’ for the FARWIND project for renewable fuel production from far-offshore wind energy