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Research and development
at the heart of our innovation strategy
Since its creation, SHERPA Engineering has had a sustained R&D activity investing each year over 15% of its turnover. This activity is structured by areas of expertise and is based on a set of academic and industrial partnerships with regular participation in national and European partnership R&D projects supported by competitiveness centers.
Furthermore, we are perfectly integrated into a scientific and technical ecosystem with privileged partnerships with research institutes and laboratories.
SHERPA Engineering is a private research organisation approved by the “CIR”
> See our CIR Approval
R&D BY SHERPA ENGINEERING
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Model-Based Design
SHERPA Engineering has developed a tool-based methodology based on numerical modelling for the design and evaluation of complex systems and their control systems.
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Energy and heat
management
Thanks to its strong expertise in this field, SHERPA Engineering is developing a digital simulation platform dedicated to the design, evaluation and optimisation of heat and energy systems.
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ADAS & autonomous vehicles
SHERPA Engineering has invested heavily in the development of algorithms for driver assistance systems with a perception, localisation, control and planning platform.
OUR R&D PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS
ARCHIMEDES
Trusted Lifetime in Operation for a Circular Economy.
CanvAAS
Connected assets interoperability framework via AAS.
Comp4Drones
Framework of key enabling technologies for safe and autonomous drones’ applications.
CP4SEU
Methods, tools and Pre Integrated Architecture for Cyber-Physical Systems.
FiSyPaC
Reliability of a Fuel Cell System.
H2 Academy
A training HUB of excellence addressing the entire value chain of the hydrogen industry.
IBIS
Intelligent Battery Integrated System.
MELiSSA
The Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative is a European Space Agency initiative with the aim to develop the technology for a future regenerative life support system for long-term human space missions.
MODRIO
Model Driven Physical Systems Operation.
openCPS
Open source tools for efficient development of Cyber-Physical Systems.
SESNA
Supervision and Safety of the Operation of an Autonomous Shuttle Service on sensitive sites.
OUR R&D ECOSYSTEM
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Competitiveness centers
SHERPA Engineering is a member of several competitiveness centers:
- Systematic for digital,
- ASTECH for the aerospace business,
- NextMove, Id4Car et CARA for mobility, cars and ground transport.
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Research institutes
- SHERPA Engineering is a founding member of IRT SystemX and regularly participates in partnership projects.
- With CEA-LIST, we have built a long-term partnership with a joint innovation laboratory in the field of Model-Based System Engineering (2012-18) and numerous collaborative projects.
- In 2021, with INRAE, we started a partnership laboratory for the development of methods and tools for agricultural robotics.
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Research laboratories
Since 2015, we have started an average of one thesis per year with the research laboratories.
- Centrale Supélec’s L2S for the control of complex systems
- The Pascal Institute of the UCA and the UTC for driver assistance systems
- The L2EP in Lille for the modelling and control of electrical systems
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