The University of Lille has accredited 50 platforms, which are organised around 10 themes and made accessible to the academic and private sectors to accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries.

National and international platforms

The platforms are key to positioning the Lille site at the highest international level and strengthening research partnerships with the socio-economic and cultural sectors. They cover all research topic areas in Lille. Many are recognised as facilities of excellence and are involved in national and international networks.

Expertise for the public and private sectors

The platforms provide the expertise of researchers, engineers and technicians in the use of cutting-edge equipment and the provision of services. They also provide access to databases and the computing resources needed to process them.

 

Observation et environnement

  • Carmin
    Mineralogical, granulometric, organic, physical and optical characterisation of natural materials (sediments, soils and rocks) and industrial materials

    Competencies: 

    • Mineralogical analysis of whole rock or clay fraction
    • Laser particle size analysis
    • Organic analysis (CHNS and COT)
    • Calcimetry
    • Magnetic fraction separation
    • Optical characterisation (SEM, optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy) 

    Scientific director: Viviane Bout-Roumazeilles
    Technical director: Marion Delattre

    Under the administrative supervision of: University of Lille, CNRS, ULCO, IRD

    Contact 
    CARMIN platform
    LOG - Building SN5
    Cité Scientifique - University of Lille
    59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq
    demande-carmin[at]univ-lille[point]fr

    Website

  • CARS ACTRIS
    Centre for Aerosol Remote Sensing

    Competencies

    • Passive and active atmospheric aerosol metrology using remote sensing
    • AERONET photometric network operator
    • National lidar network operator
    • Operator of solar calibration platforms at Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii, USA) and Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP, France) and radiometric platforms (LOA, Lille).
    • In-house instrument development and industrial partnership (AGORA-Lab joint laboratory)
    • Support for scientific campaigns, including implementation of mobile systems
    • Algorithm development for photometric and lidar data processing

    Contact

    Scientific director: Philippe Goloub
    Technical directors: Luc Blarel and Thierry Podvin

    Under the administrative supervision of:

    University of Lille, CNRS

    Website

  • CERLA
    Lasers and applications study and research centre

    Competencies 

    • Surface chemical analysis by mass spectrometry/laser desorption
    • Analysis and measurement of environmental trace species using laser diagnostics
    • Photonics
    • Non-linear optics
    • Methodological developments for healthcare / chemometrics

    Scientific director: Xavier Mercier
    Technical director: Marc Le Parquier

    Contact:
    University of Lille
    Avenue Paul Langevin
    Cité scientifique
    59655 Villeneuve d’ascq Cedex
    Phone: +33(0)320 337 718
    Under the administrative supervision of: University of Lille

    Website

  • Greenhouses
    Greenhouse, Cultivation and Experimental Site Platform

    Competencies

    • Production and maintenance of research and teaching materials.
    • Experimentation with different levels of climate control (cold and hot greenhouses, grow rooms and chambers).
    • Experimentation in semi-natural conditions on landscaped outdoor areas (experimental sites).
    • Monitoring instrumented devices in natural sites.

    Contact

    Scientific director: Hélène Frérot
    Technical director: Nathalie Faure

    Under the administrative supervision of:

    University of Lille, CNRS

    Website

  • ICARE
    Data Centre and Services – Earth Observation Space Data

    Competencies
    Exploitation of ‘aerosols, clouds, radiation and the atmospheric water cycle’ data from Earth observation space missions and atmospheric observation networks.

    For further details, please consult the detailed information sheet.

    Contact
    Scientific director: Nicolas Pascal
    Technical director: Fabrice Ducos

    Under the administrative supervision of:
    University of Lille, CNRS, CNES

    Website

  • MéOL
    Lille Optical Metrology

    Competencies

    • Laser diagnostics in reactive media (Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS))
    • Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII)
    • Infrared Absorption by Tunable Diode Laser (TDLAS) or Quantum Cascade Laser (QCLAS)
    • High-Speed Fluorescence after Gas Expansion (FAGE)
    • Optical metrology of fluid flows (Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV))
    • StereoPIV (3 velocity components in a plane)
    • TomoPIV (visualisation of 3 velocity components in a volume) with or without time resolution
    • Training academic and industrial staff in optical metrology

    Contact

    Scientific directors: Nathalie Lamoureux and Christophe Cuvier
    Technical directors: Amaury Lahccen and Pierre Bragança

    Under the administrative supervision of:

    University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale de Lille

    Website