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The joint research conducted at the Cemagref is supported by a powerful experimental potential that complements the entire body of work of its research teams. Technological platforms, heavy equipment and cutting-edge technologies, operated by specialized scientists. Instrumented catchment basins, wind tunnels, a bacteriological platform, test banks and a computer center batch farm are just a few of the examples. The fruit of a partnership that is both scientific and economic, these facilities are located in laboratories or in the field, federating multiple collaborations with universities and research institutes, with industry and the economic world.

A few examples:

Laboratory facilities

• Minéa, the House of equipment engineering for agro-processes in Montpellier.

• Three wind tunnels:
  - Low-speed aeronautic wind tunnel in Rennes. Unique experimental facilities to control air purity and temperature.
  - Diphasic wind tunnel for the study of snow transport by wind.
  - Large-scale wind tunnel to study drift (agro-processes).

• Two testing grounds unique in Europe at the Fertilizer Pole in Clermont-Ferrand, one for mineral fertilizers and the other for organic fertilizers. These test banks are completed by new mud rheology laboratories.

• Test tracks and testing grounds located in Antony for tractors, agricultural, forestry, and open space maintenance machinery.

• Soil Mechanics and Geomaterials Laboratory studying the behavior of hydraulic works in Aix-en-Provence.

• Testing and research laboratory for irrigation materials (LERMI).

• Chemistry laboratories situated in Antony, Bordeaux and Lyon:
  - Water chemistry laboratory
  - Ecotoxicology laboratory
  - Quantitative hydroecology laboratory
  - Aquatic environments physical-chemical laboratory
  - Aquatic systems diagnosis laboratory

• Cemafroid: a technical center competent in the field of refrigeration equipements and the cold chain of perishable products.  Three Cemafroid test tunnels, one in Antony and two in Bordeaux.

• Phèdre hydraulic platform implanted in Antony for experimenting drainage and watertightness, laboratory for testing in geosynthetics and in the fields of water, soils, and materials, the Metrology-Instrumentation laboratory, the MIMOSE platform (a unique platform for molecular microbiology).

• A laboratory lorry at the Lyon Cemagref for studying water quality.
  

Facilities in the field

• Experimental site at the Col du Lautaret (Hautes-Alpes) made available to research organizations throughout the world.

• Experimental site at the Col du Lac Blanc (Isère), a laboratory shared by the Cemagref and the CEN (Center for snow studies and Météo France).

• Draix Research Observatory on the Environment in the Hautes-Alpes department for the study of avalanches, snow transport by wind and bed load transport.

• Orgeval watershed: a Cemagref hydrological base in the Seine-et-Marne department managed by the Antony Cemagref.

• Réal Collobrier research and experimental watershed in the Maures massif (Var department).

• The Barres domain: the Arboretum, a seed orchard situated at the heart of the forestry pole in the Barres Domain in Nogent-sur-Vernisson.

• L’Esturial research ship, 12-m catamaran (research in coastal and estuary zones) and estuary boat. Port of registry: Royan.

• A fish research station at Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle

Computer and software facilities

• Software developed by Cemagref researchers

• Simulation and calculator software

• Remote Sensing Center of Languedoc-Roussillon  : This site groups research personnel and facilities used in the analysis and processing of georeferenced data (geomatics) .

In addition, the Cemagref takes part in several partnerships that share resources:

> Pôle Envirhonalp: Rhône-Alpes Pole for Environmental Research for Sustainable Development coordinates all of the research facilities, including 28 technological platforms and 16 observatories

> GIS RNVO: Interorganization Platform for Research on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure Vulnerability, which makes the following facilities available to researchers:
- computer resources (software and intensive calculation tools);
- experimental resources (a simulator project for flows and interactions, tools for description, measurement, analysis, etc.).
- access to large centrifugal installations, rockfall and avalanche sites, seismic table, reaction wall, etc.

For more information in the centres’ facilities, click on the map.

     

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