em2c laboratory

Name

em2c laboratory

Legal name

Laboratoire EM2C (Laboratoire Énergétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion) - CNRS UPR 288

Website

https://em2c.centralesupelec.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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PRIMARYEDAIABAC

Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships)

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/University/College Exchange Programs & Partnerships

Keywords

• Combustion research
• Plasma physics
• Heat transfer
• Atmospheric entry studies
• Energetics research

Headquarters

HQ city

Gif-sur-Yvette

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Contracts: Government funding from CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay, combined with applied research contracts with major enterprises in transportation and energy sectors. Contract value of 2,000,000 € mentioned excluding chairs.
2. ERC Grants: European Research Council funding including Starting Grant (SOTUF project) and Advanced Grant (GreenBlue project) for fundamental research.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EM2C Laboratory is a CNRS UPR 288 public research laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research in energetics and combustion. Activities are organized around three axes (Combustion, Physics of Transfers, Nonequilibrium Plasmas) and a transversal Applied Mathematics activity. Research is delivered through industrial research contracts, doctoral training, ERC-funded projects, and technology transfer via publications, patents, and spinoff companies.

Product overview

EM2C Laboratory (Laboratoire Énergétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion) is a CNRS UPR 288 research laboratory affiliated with CentraleSupélec and Université Paris-Saclay. The laboratory conducts fundamental and applied research in energy and combustion sciences, organized around three research axes: Combustion, Physics of Transfers, and Nonequilibrium Plasmas, plus a cross-cutting Applied Mathematics activity. The laboratory does not offer commercial products or services—it conducts academic research with industrial partnerships in transportation and energy sectors. Research activities include plasma-assisted combustion, atmospheric entry studies, CO2 dissociation, nitrogen fixation, and nanoparticle production in flames. Funding comes from ERC grants, ANR projects, and industrial collaborations. The laboratory has produced spin-off projects such as Spark-Cleantech for hydrogen production from CO2-CH4 mixtures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Applied Research Contracts in Energetics and Combustion
• SOTUF Project - ERC Starting Grant Research on Soot in Turbulent Flames
• GreenBlue Project - ERC Advanced Grant Research on Plasma-Assisted Combustion
• Spark-Cleantech Spinoff - Hydrogen Production from CO2-CH4 Mixtures
• Atmospheric Entry Research and Radiation Modeling

Quantifiable outcome

• 54 rank A publications (Web of Science)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature7 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• ESA (European Space Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on atmospheric entry research. ESA works with EM2C's plasma torch facility to validate radiation models for spacecraft heat shield design during atmospheric entry missions.
• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA collaborates with EM2C on atmospheric entry physics and radiation modeling for spacecraft returning from space missions.
• JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration on atmospheric entry research and spacecraft design validation.
• ArianeGroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArianeGroup collaborates with EM2C on spacecraft heat shield optimization using plasma torch testing and radiation modeling for European launch vehicles.
• ONERAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on plasma-assisted combustion (GreenBlue project) and BIMER2-PAC demonstration. ONERA provides additional testing facilities for scaled-up combustor validation.
• University of QueenslandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration including cotutelle PhD programs and joint research on atmospheric entry and plasma physics.
• University of MinnesotamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration on plasma physics research and atmospheric entry studies.
• LPGP LaboratorycoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on microwave plasma research including surfatron/strip-line systems development and capillary discharge studies. Co-supervision of PhD theses.
• CNRS (DR04 Ile-de-France Sud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional partner. CNRS is the parent organization of EM2C laboratory (UPR 288) providing fundamental support and funding.
• CentraleSupéleccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution and primary academic partner. EM2C is a joint laboratory between CNRS and CentraleSupélec, part of Université Paris-Saclay.
• DIAGPLAS Research Task ForcemajorTechnology or IntegrationPart of LaSIPS labex, helping laboratories equip with new diagnostics and offering access to tools to partner laboratories. EM2C acquired femtosecond laser through this initiative.
• Stanford UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration including France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (Associate Director: C. Laux). Professor Laux was Research Associate and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford 1993-2002.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ONERA: The French aerospace research lab and existing EM2C partner on the GreenBlue/BIMER2-PAC project. Directly comparable as a French public aerospace research organization running applied research in combustion, plasma, and aerothermodynamics with industrial partners.
• Sandia National Laboratories — Combustion Research Facility: US Department of Energy combustion research facility with comparable experimental infrastructure (shock tubes, plasma torches, optical diagnostics) and a similar mix of fundamental research and applied partnerships with aerospace/defense customers.
• LPGP (Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas): Existing EM2C partner on microwave plasma research and co-supervised PhDs. Comparable in atmospheric-pressure plasma research, and a peer within the Université Paris-Saclay and CNRS ecosystem competing for shared grants and platforms.
• KAUST Clean Combustion Research Center: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's combustion research center. Comparable in its mix of fundamental combustion, plasma and emissions research, large-scale facilities, and high publication output, and a direct competitor for top PhD talent.
• Stanford Center for Turbulence Research: Stanford combustion and turbulence research center where Benedetta Franzelli was a postdoc and Christophe Laux spent a decade. Comparable in combustion modeling/diagnostics, talent pipeline, and industrial partnerships, particularly in aerospace.
• CORIA (Complexe de Recherche Interprofessionnel en Aérothermochimie): CNRS-affiliated French research lab in aero-thermochemistry and combustion. Closely comparable in scale, parent affiliation (CNRS), research axes, and industrial contract model, and competes with EM2C for the same French and EU grant pool.
• DLR Institute of Combustion Technology: Germany's national combustion research institute within DLR. Directly comparable in mission, scope and customer base — fundamental and applied combustion, gas turbines, rocket propulsion, atmospheric entry — and a primary European competitor for ERC and ESA/NASA funding.

Broad incumbents

• Safran: Major French aerospace propulsion OEM with deep R&D investment in combustion and plasma. Comparable industrial customer profile and a likely employer/acquirer of EM2C PhD graduates and licensor of EM2C plasma-combustion IP.
• CNRS: EM2C's parent institution and the largest fundamental research organization in Europe. Comparable as a public research enterprise, governs EM2C's funding and personnel, and is the umbrella for many competing labs in EM2C's research areas.

Emerging players

• Spark-Cleantech: EM2C's own spin-off commercializing plasma-based hydrogen production from CO2-CH4 mixtures. Directly comparable technology lineage, and the most concrete vehicle through which EM2C's research reaches commercial markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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