Laurent Pecastaing

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Organisation

SIAME Laboratory

Published on 4/27/23 | Modified on 10/6/23

UR 4581

CNRS Research Federation IPRA FR 2952 (French acronym for Multidisciplinary Institute of Applied Research in Petroleum Engineering)

Contacts

Published on 12/3/19 | Modified on 4/28/23

Laboratory

siame.contact @ univ-pau.fr

 

Director

Laurent PECASTAING

   laurent.pecastaing @ univ-pau.fr

 

Assistant director

Stéphane ABADIE

 stephane.abadie @ univ-pau.fr

Laurent PecastaingFull Professor

  • Director of the joint research laboratory SAGE between CEA and UPPA
  • Deputy Director of the SIAME Laboratory
  • Patrnership Officer E2S UPPA
  • Laboratory SIAME
    Technopole Hélioparc 2 avenue Pierre Angot 64 000 PAU
  • high voltage, pulsed power, electromagnetic compatibility, high power microwaves, electrical discharge
  • laurent.pecastaing @ univ-pau.fr
  • +33622776405
  • siame.univ-pau.fr

Education

2016    Full Professor - UPPA

2010    HDR - UPPA - Topic: High pulsed electric power for the development of microwave pulse devices

 2002    Senior Lecturer - UPPA

 2001    PhD Thesis in Electrical Engineering - UPPA - Topic: Design and development of an ultra-short high voltage pulse generator - Application to wide band radars

Responsabilities

  • Deputy Director oft he SIAME laboratory
  • Head of the High Voltage Processes team of the SIAME laboratory
  • Director of the future joint research laboratory (SAGE) between CEA and UPPA
  • Partnership Officer E2S UPPA

Research interests

  • Pulsed power science and technology
  • High power microwaves
  • High voltage systems
  • High power electronics
  • Electrical discharges in gas and in liquids
  • Wideband metrology

Supervision

Supervision of 11 PhD theses, 1 DRT and 14 MSc degree internships

 

PhD theses in progress:

 

IMBERT Tony, Contribution to the study of electrical discharges in fluids for rock crushing applications, CIFRE ITHPP Grant, Co-direction: T. Reess, Thesis started in May 2016

 BOUDARA Fatima, Study of electromagnetic couplers of high power with reduced emissions, RAPID funding, Co-direction: M. Rivaletto, Thesis started in November 2017

 DUMOLLARD Yannick, Multiphysics simulation methodology for moving towards a virtual design of railway traction chains, CIFRE Alstom, Co-direction: J.M. Diénot, Thesis started in July 2018

 IBRAHIMI Njomza, Design, development and test of a new ultra-wide-band bipolar high pulsed power source for civilian and military applications , E2S UPPA funding, Co-direction : M. Rivaletto, Thesis started in September 2018

MAC REYNOLDS Colin, Valorizing fishing by-products and waste as sources of polymers and biomolecules using electrical discharges or pulsed electric fields in water, Chair MANTA, Co-direction : S. Fernandes, Thesis started in April 2019

Projects

Scientific coordinator of:

  • 30 partnership research contracts (CEA, DGA, ITHPP, THALES, ALSTOM, EFFITECH, HI PULSE ...)
  • 10 academic projects (M-ERA Net, ANR, REI, RAPID, PHC ...)

 

Current academic projects:

  • ANR ASTRID ESCAPADE : High power microwaves for medical and military applications
  • RAPID CEMPER: Electromagnetic power couplers with reduced emissions
  • PHC Van Gogh Purifair: Air purification by nanosecond atmospheric plasmas
  • M-ERA Net : Additive manufacturing with plasma coat integrated equipment

 

Current research contracts:

  • CEA: FLASHDENCE project, Recurrent operation of an energy bench for flash lamps
  • ITHPP: Study of electric discharges in fluids for rock crushing
  • ALSTOM: Multiphysics simulation methodology

Publications

  • 2 book chapters
  • 37 international publications
  • 101 articles in international conferences
  • 19 articles in national congresses, seminars or workshops