Research & innovation

In PhD research, the School’s policy is to foster access to excellence through Doctoral Schools (ED) affiliated with the laboratories. In this context, an École nationale des ponts et chaussées PhD candidate (ENPC candidate) is registered with one of the...

Have you ever taken the time to watch the rain? Not just to endure it or wait for it, but to observe it – beneath the clouds, on damp paths, or on the surface of rivers or the sea? Have you ever wondered whether you should run or walk in the rain? Or...

From 8 to 10 November 2026, ZHAW – Zurich University of Applied Sciences will host the second edition of the EELISA Student-led Bootcamp in Winterthur, Switzerland. Organised as an international hackathon, the event will bring together 30 students from...

Every year, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées Thesis Prize recognises young PhD graduates whose work contributes to the scientific, economic and social standing of the School. This year, the jury has decided to award the 2026 Prize, sponsored by...

CEREA - Atmospheric Environment Education and Research Center Themes: air quality, pollution dispersal and transportation, atmospheric modeling on an urban and regional scale, data assimilation. CEREA is committed to an ambitious scientific policy to...

At Viva Technology 2026, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées (ENPC) and Bouygues Construction (BYCN), two leading French and international players in the fields of construction, engineering and innovation, signed a collaboration agreement aimed at...

How can we build a sustainable and resilient world for everyone? This is one of the major challenges of the 21st century facing the academic world, businesses, local authorities and society as a whole. To remain at the forefront of innovative research...

Towards a Low Demand Economy – Policies, transformation pathways, macroeconomic reconfigurations and high well-being within planetary boundaries An international conference organized by the CIRED and the LoDEEP research group with the support of the Chair...

Jérémy Bleyer, a researcher at the Navier Laboratory, has been awarded the 2026 Young Researcher Award by the Computational Structural Mechanics Association, the French association for computational structural mechanics. It was awarded to him unanimously...

Aurore Wurtz, project manager at the Co-Innovation Lab, received the Ecological Transition Award at the 2026 Civil Engineering University Conference. Aurore was recognised for her work on developing a new circularity indicator, carried out in...

Alice Gribonval, doctoral researcher at Navier Laboratory, was awarded the first place at the Prix René Houpert, by AUGC - Association Universitaire de Génie Civil (University Civil Engineering Society), for her thesis presentation: "Multi-scale analysis...

École nationale des ponts et chaussées has been pursuing a strategy of long-term partnerships with companies through industrial chairs. Structured around themes that are strategic for the School, they aim to create scientific and educational value for the...