SIAME

Name

SIAME

Legal name

Laboratoire des sciences pour l'ingénieur appliquées à la mécanique et au génie électrique (SIAME)

Website

https://siame.univ-pau.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Sciences Research Laboratory

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Reliability, Safety & Risk Engineering (RAMS/PSM) Consulting (BPAHAIAK)

Keywords

• Applied engineering research
• Computational fluid mechanics
• Sustainable construction materials
• Coastal risk modeling
• High voltage plasma research

Headquarters

HQ city

Pau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public research funding: SIAME receives institutional funding from the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), CNRS (as UR 4581, part of IPRA FR 2952 federation), and the Carnot ISIFOR Institute. Core operational funding supports research activities and personnel.
2. Project-based grants: The lab secures competitive research grants from regional, national, and European sources including: Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, ADEME (e.g., T(erre)'Air project), ANR (French National Research Agency), European Interreg programmes (POCTEFA, SUDOE/FEDER), and PSGAR CERENA.
3. Industrial partnership contracts: Contract research with industrial partners including Nobatek, ORANO, ITHPP, I-ROX, AZTI, SUEZ Rivages Pro Tech, Aquitanis, ASMA/Groupe Artzainak, and others through CIFRE doctoral contracts, collaboration agreements, and joint laboratory structures.
4. Training and education services: The laboratory contributes to engineering education at ISA BTP and UPPA, training future engineers and researchers. Doctoral training represents a core activity with ongoing PhD theses and postdoctoral positions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SIAME is a public university research laboratory (UR 4581 at UPPA, affiliated with CNRS IPRA FR 2952) that conducts experimental, modelling, and numerical simulation research across four engineering-science teams (Complex Flows and Energetics; Geomaterials and Structures for Civil Engineering; Wave/Structure Interaction; High-Voltage Processes). It delivers its work through industrial contract research, CIFRE doctoral programmes, three equipment platforms (MATCO, PHT, SCOPE), and three joint industry laboratories (SAGE, KOSTARISK, UPPA-Nobatek), with outcomes spanning sustainable construction materials, coastal risk management, energy efficiency, and plasma-based processes.

Product overview

SIAME is a university research laboratory (UR 4581) at the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour focused on engineering sciences. The laboratory is structured into four research teams: Complex Flows and Energy (EE), Geomaterials and Structures (GS), Wave/Structure Interaction (IVS), and High Voltage Processes (PHT). Research is conducted through experimental expertise, modeling, and numerical simulations. The laboratory operates three technical platforms (MATCO, PHT, SCOPE) and participates in three joint research laboratories (SAGE, KOSTARISK, UPPA-Nobatek). Research activities span multiple interdisciplinary missions including coastal ecosystem resilience, environmental protection, energy subsidiarity, and future territory construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KOSTARISK: Laboratoire Transfrontalier de Recherche sur les Risques Côtiers - Cross-Border Laboratory for Coastal Risk Research, involving SIAME's IVS team, Spanish center AZTI, and SUEZ's Rivages Pro Tech
• UPPA-Nobatek Joint Team

Products and services

• MATCO Platform - Geomechanics, Porous Media and Civil Engineering Research Experimental characterisation platform supporting material testing, geomechanics, and porous media research for industrial and academic partners across construction and civil engineering applications.
• PHT Platform - High-Voltage Processes Research Experimental platform supporting high-voltage research, plasma technology, pulsed electric field treatment, and electrical discharge characterisation for industrial and academic partners.
• SCOPE Platform - Geomechanics and Civil Engineering Characterisation Experimental platform delivering characterisation and material behaviour studies for civil engineering, geomechanics, and porous media applications.
• KOSTARISK - Cross-Border Laboratory for Coastal Risk Research Joint research laboratory combining SIAME's Wave/Structure Interaction team with AZTI (Spain) and SUEZ Rivages Pro Tech to deliver coastal risk observation, modelling, and management tools to public authorities and industrial partners along the French-Spanish Atlantic coast.
• UPPA-Nobatek Sustainable Construction Joint Laboratory Joint research laboratory delivering applied research and technology transfer on low-carbon construction materials, district heating networks, thermal storage, and bio-sourced construction systems to the construction and energy sectors.
• LRC SAGE Joint Research Laboratory Joint industry-academia research laboratory delivering applied research collaboration between SIAME and its industry partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Development of compressed earth blocks with hygrothermal properties superior to conventional masonry, using hypercompaction at up to 100 MPa without chemical binders
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nobatek/INEF4coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Nobatek is a cooperative company (SCIC) specializing in energy transition for buildings and territories, based at the Arkinova technopolis in Anglet. The joint laboratory with UPPA/SIAME was officially created in 2020 (originating from a partnership chair launched in 2017), focusing on developing new technologies for sustainable construction including low-carbon materials, district heating networks, thermal storage, and bio-sourced construction systems. Multiple collaborative projects (Réseau concept, MCPBat, NEXTERRE, TOTEM, PORO, PACO) are conducted through this joint structure.
• CNRScoreOthersSIAME is Unité de Recherche 4581, affiliated with CNRS as part of the IPRA FR 2952 research federation (Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche Appliquée dans le domaine du Génie Pétrolier). CNRS provides institutional recognition, co-funding, and integration into the national French research ecosystem.
• Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIAME is a research unit of UPPA. The university provides institutional framework, infrastructure (Anglet and Pau campuses), teaching integration through ISA BTP engineering school, and access to other UPPA research laboratories for interdisciplinary collaboration (LaTEP, IPREM, LFCR, TREE, LIUPPA).
• Carnot ISIFOR InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIAME is a member of the Carnot ISIFOR Institute, which supports applied research partnerships between public laboratories and industry in the fields of energy transition, environmental engineering, and sustainable development. Carnot status enhances the lab's capacity for industrial partnership and technology transfer.
• IPRA (Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche Appliquée)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIAME is part of the IPRA FR 2952 research federation (alongside MIRA federation), a CNRS-affiliated multi-laboratory structure that coordinates petroleum engineering and applied engineering science research across UPPA.
• AquitanisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAquitanis is a social housing company providing dwellings for the T(erre)'Air project. The partnership enables in-situ monitoring of indoor air quality and hygrothermal performance in occupied raw earth buildings in Biganos (33), supporting research on the contribution of geosourced walls to building comfort and air quality.
• ADEME (Agence de la transition écologique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADEME is a French public agency for ecological transition. It provides funding for the T(erre)'Air project (winner of ADEME financing), supporting research on raw earth materials' contribution to indoor comfort and air quality in buildings.
• AZTIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAZTI is a Spanish marine and food science and technology center. Together with SIAME's Wave/Structure Interaction team and SUEZ Rivages Pro Tech, AZTI co-leads the KOSTARISK joint laboratory for coastal risk research, focusing on observation, modelling, and tools for coastal risk management. The partnership builds on more than 15 years of collaboration.
• SUEZ Rivages Pro Tech (RPT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUEZ Rivages Pro Tech is the monitoring and forecasting center of the SUEZ group, specializing in coastal and marine environmental services. RPT is a partner in the KOSTARISK joint laboratory alongside SIAME and AZTI, contributing to coastal risk observation and modelling with over 15 years of collaborative history.
• I-ROX (iPulse Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerI-ROX is an industrial partner in the TONNERRE project (CIFRE thesis of Alexandre Braga, 2023-2026), investigating the optimization of electric fracturing for mineral comminution. The collaboration aims to demonstrate the industrial competitiveness of electric fracturing compared to conventional mechanical comminution methods.
• ITHPP (Alcen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerITHPP, located in Thégra, France, specializes in plasma blasting technology using electrical breakdown to generate shock waves for material fracturing and pulverization. The partnership with SIAME (PHT team) studied electric discharges in fluids and optimized shock wave generation through a CIFRE doctoral project (Tony Imbert, 2019-2022), nested within the PULPA Chair.
• Eindhoven University of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Electrical Engineering department of TU Eindhoven collaborated with SIAME's PHT team through the Hubert Curien PHC Van Gogh programme on the Purifair project (2017-2019), investigating sub-nanosecond pulsed power air purification to optimize voltage pulse rise times for enhanced plasma-based air cleaning efficiency.
• ASMA / Groupe ArtzainakminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASMA, a company of the Artzainak Group based in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region, collaborates with SIAME (EE and PHT teams) on the MIACE-PEF project (ADEME-funded, 2023), developing a pilot demonstrator for continuous microalgal biomass pretreatment using pulsed electric fields.
• ORANOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerORANO is an industrial partner supporting the SATURNE industrial chair project at SIAME, which studies the effect of electric fields on enhanced in-situ recovery (ISR) of uranium. ANR and ORANO co-fund this doctoral research on electric field applications in mineral extraction.
• E2S (Energy and Environmental Solutions) ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe E2S consortium provides financial support to the KOSTARISK joint laboratory alongside the direct contributions of AZTI and SUEZ RPT partners, enhancing the cross-border coastal risk research capabilities of the SIAME-led team.
• Université de ZaragozaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Zaragoza's Department of Materials and Fluid Science and Technology coordinates the EFHERA Interreg SUDOE project (2025-2028) on post-fire agroforestry recovery. SIAME's IVS team contributes scientific expertise on hydrological and environmental modelling.
• ATARAXIAL S.L.U.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerATARAXIAL S.L.U. is an industrial partner in the BIOAQUAPEF Interreg POCTEFA project (2026-2028), collaborating with SIAME on sustainable biorefinery models using pulsed electric fields for aquatic biomass processing.
• LFCR (UPPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe LFCR (Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Rencontres) at UPPA collaborates with SIAME on the SATURNE industrial chair project studying electric field effects on uranium recovery, with joint doctoral recruitment across the two laboratories.
• Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays BasqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Basque Country Agglomeration Community supports the UPPA-Nobatek joint laboratory and the EZPONDA coastal stability project, aligned with regional priorities for sustainable development and coastal risk management.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cerema: French public agency for expertise on environmental, transport, and territorial risk; comparable to SIAME's coastal risk and sustainable construction work but operating as a national agency rather than a focused research unit.
• BRGM (French Geological Survey): French public reference institution for geoscience and geological hazards; overlaps with SIAME's coastal stability, geomaterials, and subsurface research but with a much broader national mandate.
• Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB): French public industrial and commercial establishment (EPIC) providing building science research, testing, and certification at national scale; overlaps with SIAME's construction materials and building energy research but with broader mandate and commercial testing operations.

Direct peers

• Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions (LMDC): INSA/Université Toulouse III research unit focused on construction materials durability and low-carbon binders; directly comparable to SIAME's GS team in raw earth, biopolymer, and low-carbon construction materials research.
• Laboratoire Navier (UMR 8205, École des Ponts ParisTech): CNRS/École des Ponts joint unit covering mechanics and civil engineering with strong industrial partnership DNA; comparable to SIAME in research breadth and applied mechanics focus.
• Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie (I2M, UMR 5295): CNRS-affiliated mechanics and engineering lab at University of Bordeaux with similar multi-team structure spanning fluids, solids, and civil engineering; operates in adjacent Nouvelle-Aquitaine territory with overlapping research themes.
• GeM (UMR 6183, Nantes Université / Centrale Nantes): UMR CNRS joint research unit covering mechanics and civil engineering with experimental and numerical modelling activities; directly comparable to SIAME's GS and EE teams in scope and operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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