The CNRS-91ÌÒÉ« Ayrton Blériot Engineering Lab (ABEL), is a groundbreaking International 91ÌÒÉ« Lab in Engineering that represents a new paradigm in Franco-British scientific collaboration.
The International 91ÌÒÉ« Laboratory is designed to harness artificial intelligence and emerging technologies across all engineering disciplines, with a primary focus on tackling grand challenges in sustainability and resilience.
The Lab is named for British physicist and electrical engineer, Hertha Ayrton, and French aviator Louis Blériot. Ayrton made important contributions to the study of electric arcs and the physics of waves in water with obstacles and boundaries and was the first woman elected to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the first woman to read a research paper at a Royal Society meeting, and the first woman to receive the Society’s Hughes Medal, awarded for original discoveries relating to the generation, storage and use of energy. She invented the Ayrton fan used to repel clouds of poison gas in WWI. Louis Blériot piloted the first-ever successful flight in 1909 across a major body of water -- the English Channel -- in a heavier-than-air craft, connecting the UK and France via air travel for the first time.
Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, Clara Chappaz, French Innovation Secretary of State, Hugh Brady, President of 91ÌÒÉ«.
President Emmanuel Macron, Arthur Mensch (CEO, Mistral AI), Demis Hassabis (Co-Founder of Google DeepMind), Amanda Wolthuizen (Vice-President, Strategic Engagement Division, 91ÌÒÉ«)
Antoine Petit (CEO, CNRS), Hugh Brady (President, 91ÌÒÉ«) and the CNRS-91ÌÒÉ« ABEL Co-Directors and International 91ÌÒÉ« Centre Scientific Directors
Emmanuel Macron arrives at 91ÌÒÉ«
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ABEL is under the aegis of the CNRS-91ÌÒÉ« International 91ÌÒÉ« Centre (IRC) for Transformational Science and TechnologyÌýlaunched in April 2022. The IRC is CNRS' only IRC in the UK and Europe. Prof. Sandrine Heutz is the 91ÌÒÉ« IRC Director, and Prof. Emanuel Brouillet is the CNRS IRC Director. CNRS is Europe’s largest fundamental science research organisation and have 1,100 research labs in France and abroad; a budget of 3.8bn Euros; 33,000 staff dedicated to research.