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Laboratory

M2P2 is a joint research unit attached to the University of Aix-Marseille, to the CNRS Engineering and to Centrale Méditerranée.


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Background and research environment

The originality of M2P2 lies in its research themes in the fields of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Process/Chemical Engineering, as it was formed in 2004 from the merger of the MSNM (Numerical Modélisation and Simulation Numérique in Mechanics laboratory) with the LPPE (Process/Chemical Engineering and Environnement laboratory).

As a research unit in Engineering Sciences, the laboratory's research spectrum is broad and continuous, ranging from fundamental research motivated by the desire to increase knowledge to finalized research linked to economic and societal challenges, in close collaboration with private partners.

Scientific approaches

  • development of theoretical models and analyses describing physical and chemical phenomena under different types of constraints
  • development of predictive numerical simulations of realistic multi-physics flows (based on codes developed in-house)
  • use of experiments to improve our detailed knowledge of processes and procedures at different scales (including their coupling), and ultimately to create interdisciplinary interfaces.

Areas of application :

  • transport (land and air), environment, energy, health, defense... 
A significant proportion of our work is multidisciplinary, at the interface with other major fields of knowledge: biology, medicine, pharmacy, nuclear physics, chemistry and ecology.

Research Organization
3 cross-functional axes supported by 6 teams working in 2 main research areas, on two sites.

3 Axes:

• Energy and Sustainable Mobility -> Scientific focus: Understanding flows to optimize the energy efficiency of systems
• Environmental Engineering  -> Scientific focus: Understanding to protect our environment and better manage resources
• Biomedical Engineering  -> Scientific focus: Understanding and innovating to develop new therapeutic systems

6 Teams:


• ITC (Instabilities, Turbulence and Coupling), Château-Gombert site
• PROMETHEE (Processes and Small Scales Mechanics), Château-Gombert site
• EPM (Membrane Processes Team), Arbois site
• TED (Water and Waste Treatment), Arbois site
• FSC (Processes and Supercritical Fluids), Arbois site
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