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Real-Time Data-Driven Modeling of Road Traffic Pollutant Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations at an Urban Scale

The importance of air quality cannot be underestimated as it represents a major public health issue: today, nearly 91% of the global population is exposed to air pollution levels exceeding the exposure thresholds set by the WHO. This thesis lies at the intersection of three scientific domains: numerical modeling, air quality, and deep learning.

Computer and Information Science Digital Science and Technology Lyon
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Réduction de modèle pour un problème non-linéaire avec interfaces multiples : application à la modélisation de câbles d'ancrage

The employment of high fidelity simulators in industrial application still remain nowadays limited by their computational cost, in particular for the optimization of structure design and reliability assessment. To overcome this situation, several reduced order modeling (ROM) techniques have been developed.

Mechanical Engineering Applied Physico-chemistry and Mechanics Lyon
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Development of a PTV technique for 3D3C characterization of liquid films in direct liquid cooling of electrical systems

Increasing our scientific and technical knowledge is a vital lever for improving energy systems and reducing our environmental footprint. With this in mind, we propose to develop a technique for simultaneously characterizing the thickness of a liquid film, the flow velocity field within it and that in the surrounding air.

Physical Sciences and Physico-chemistry Mobility and Systems Rueil-Malmaison
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Machine learning applied to the characterization of fluids used in electric propulsion chains.

This thesis is part of the field of the evolution of thermal management of electric propulsion chains, a key element for improving the performance of electric vehicles in terms of power density. Automobile manufacturers are moving towards the use of a “single fluid” for managing the cooling and lubrication of the propulsion chain.

Chemical Sciences Mobility and Systems Lyon
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Second Harmonic Generation characterizations of waste plastic solubility

Plastic recycling is a major challenge to combat environmental impact of human activity. IFPEn provides industrial solutions for ecological transition, devising and designing new processes such as plastic chemical recycling process.

Physical Sciences and Physico-chemistry Physics and Analysis Lyon
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Climatic, environmental changes and human impacts in Central Africa over the last 28,000 Years inferred from organic biomarkers

Understanding and forecasting climate variability is a major scientific challenge, particularly in Africa, which has been recognized by the IPCC as one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change. Of key interest is how temperatures, rainfall, fire activity and soil erosion will evolve with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.

Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences and Environmental Technologies Rueil-Malmaison