News : Research

On November 26, 2015 seven Grenoble-Alpes University (UGA) PhDs received 2015 Dissertation Awards at a ceremony held at the Musée de Grenoble and attended by a number of local offi cials, including the President of the Greater Grenoble Intermunicipal Authority (la Métro). The award-winning PhDs included Antoine Coutrot (Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma) whose dissertation on […] >>

The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $3.8 million grant to the REACT (Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies for the Human Habitat) project, a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), GIANT, and Solvay USA. The grant will be disbursed over fi ve years to fund basic research to develop […] >>

Startup Enerbee, which has its offi ces at MINATEC, is investing €4 million to scale up its fi rst miniature electric generators for industrial manufacturing. The generators are used to harvest energy from objects in motion, i.e. connected consumer electronics. Enerbee plans to brings its manufactured products to market by the end of 2016. Enerbee’s […] >>

Leti is home to an IT security evaluation center (CESTI) approved by France’s national IT security administration. The center continues to expand its range of evaluation services as proven by two recent achievements. First, CESTI Leti granted EAL6+ certification (EAL7 is the highest security level) to a Samsung secure microcontroller. The certifi cation was validated […] >>

In 2015, the CEA successfully implemented sensiNact middleware in four test cities. The middleware brings together data from a host of urban sensors to send information regarding traffi c, weather, pollution, and noise to a single user interface. The interface then powers a variety of apps, from information to risk prevention. The middleware was developed […] >>