WED 2024: when science meets sport

This year, all eyes are on Paris, which will be hosting the Olympic Games, which will be sustainable and responsible. To mark the occasion, the schools in the ParisTech network wanted to highlight sport and, more specifically, the synergies that exist between the worlds of sport and engineering.  Through the portraits of engineering students Juliette, Simon, Paul and Clara and the portrait of Rémi, a teacher-researcher and member of the Sciences2024 programme working on the physics of water sports, discover what influence sport can have on a career in engineering and what role engineers play in the constant evolution of sport, particularly in terms of optimising athletes' performance.

Juliette Ferlay is a second-year engineering student at AgroParisTech and a top-level dance athlete. In the future, she would like to combine her two passions by working in the health sector while using her dance skills. Her atypical and inspiring career path proves that it is possible to pursue a career in engineering and be a top-level sportswoman.

Find out more about her career here (interview in French)

Simon and Paul, two engineering students at Arts et Métiers, chose to undertake their international mobility by bicycle in partnership with the Talents For Future association, whose aim is to raise awareness of climate issues among future talent in French schools around the world. They taught more than 428 pupils, from nursery to final year, about climate and biodiversity issues.

Discover their adventure here (in French)

Clara Haddouche, a student engineer at Chimie ParisTech-PSL, is president of the school's Sports Office. A sportswoman since she was a child, her aim is to make sport accessible to all students.

Find out more about her interview here (in French)

Rémi Carmignani is a teacher at École des Ponts ParisTech and a researcher at the LHSV, the hydraulics laboratory of the school and EDF R&D. Since 2018, he has been involved in the Sciences2024 project, which aims to help France's top athletes improve their performance in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rémi and his team are studying the physics of swimming and the speed-cadence relationship of swimmers.

Discover the NePTUNE project on video (video in French)

Lola Deygout, a second-year student at Institut d'Optique Graduate School, is president of the GOST (Girls Only SupOptique Trophy), an all-women's sports tournament organised by the school's students every year for the past 10 years. With her strong and committed team, she is preparing an ambitious and joyful tenth edition, always based on sharing.

Find out more about her background and motivations (in French)