Supaero - Research

Research

Students and the faculty are usually involved in long-term projects lasting many years, aiming at promoting a team spirit between the various departments of the school. A notable project is the Petit Canard (the Duckling), a training twin-jet aircraft prototype constructed in the '70s. In the late '90s, SUPAERO provided the primary ground stations at Cayenne for the HETE and HETE 2 satellites . Currently, many of the projects revolve around micro-drones.

However, the bulk of the research is generally performed and published as coming from the ONERA offices of Toulouse (which are located next to the school) and near Paris, or other laboratories such as the LAAS or the INRIA with which SUPAERO has privileged links. This accounts for the serious underestimation of the number of published papers and patents obtained by the school. Indeed, a vast majority of the professors at SUPAERO share their time between the school (for the teaching part) and nearby laboratories (for the research part). Similarly, most PhD students from SUPAERO actually do their research in collaboration with other labs and are likely to publish as members from other institutions. Limiting schools and universities to (mostly) teaching, and doing the research in dedicated labs is a typical French mindset and SUPAERO is no exception to the rule. This is discussed further in the article dedicated to education in France.

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