Laboratory for Auscultation, Modelling and Experimentation of Transport Infrastructures
Transport and civil engineering infrastructures
Institution
Gustave Eiffel University
A French university dedicated to sustainable cities and territories, established in 2020 from the merger of IFSTTAR and the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée.
Parent Department
MAST Department
Materials and Structures — brings together 7 laboratories specialising in applied research on materials, structures and civil engineering infrastructures.
Laboratory · Nantes
LAMES
The reference laboratory for studying infrastructure durability: from design to asset management.
Mission
More durable and resilient infrastructures
LAMES conducts cutting-edge research on transport infrastructures, combining large-scale experimentation, advanced instrumentation and numerical modelling. The goal: improving the durability, performance and resilience of transport and civil engineering infrastructures.
Equipped with facilities unique in France — including the FABAC machines and the fatigue carousel — the laboratory can simulate years of traffic loading in just a few months, producing essential data for the design and maintenance of infrastructures.
Research Themes
Location
Nantes Campus
Gustave Eiffel University — Allée des Ponts et Chaussées, Route de Bouaye, Bouguenais (44). The laboratory benefits from the scientific environment of the Nantes campus, which also hosts the GPEM, MIT and SMC laboratories.
IFSTTAR Heritage
A tradition of applied research
LAMES carries forward the expertise of the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Spatial Planning and Networks (IFSTTAR), integrated into UGE in 2020. Its equipment is the result of more than 30 years of research.
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Parent Department
LAMES within the MAST Department
The Materials and Structures (MAST) department of Gustave Eiffel University brings together seven complementary laboratories around durability, ecological transition and innovation for transport, energy and building infrastructures.
As a laboratory on the Nantes campus, LAMES contributes to MAST's missions on transport infrastructures, working closely with the MIT and GPEM laboratories.
Visit the MAST websiteThe 7 laboratories of the MAST Department — Gustave Eiffel University