Project Type: Visiting Student Researcher Fellowships

Louis Reboul, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau

Electric propulsion for satellites is a technology that largely reduces the launch costs and provides reliable orbit control capabilities. Nevertheless, the design and…

Maxime Popoff, INSA, Lyon

Spatial audio refers to various systems and techniques used to diffuse sound sources or sound fields in space. While “surround sound” systems which are present in many homes…

Adnan Mansour, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

Low-temperature plasmas have multiple vital scientific and industrial applications, including plasma processing, electric propulsion, arc discharges, and…

Abdallah Lamane, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

A major health challenge our societies are about to face on the long-term is cancer, as it is already the primary cause of death in France and the second one in the US. As a…

Valentine Chirokoff, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

Substance use disorders are prevalent forms of mental illness that have severe consequences for affected individuals and the broader society. The chronic nature of these…

Théo Saulus, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

The infamous Alzheimer's disease is at the heart of numerous research, because of the number of patients suffering from it, and the lack of known cure at the moment. This is…

Julie Zhu, Department of Music, Stanford University

The musical project Sum and Difference combines acoustic…

Justine Brisson, Sciences Po Paris, CERI, Paris

My research is at the crossroad between literature, philosophy and political theory. More precisely, I study the intertwined relations between politics, literature and…

Guillaume Zuffinetti, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

With Sustainable Development Goal 6, "Clean Water and Sanitation", the United Nations aims for a universal access to safe and affordable drinking water. However, in 2017,…

Paul Pacaud, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

When we hand an object to another human we let go only when we know the recipient has achieved a secure grasp. How do we "know" that the recipient has a secure grasp on the…

Cyril Markovitch, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

I’m going to work in the Stanford Plasma Physics Laboratory (SPPL) with Prof. Mark Cappelli on optical computers. This project aims to overcome current electronic computer…

My dissertation, “The Drama of our World: Spectator and Subject in Medieval Kashmir and Early Modern Europe,” is a comparative study on characterizations of the subject, the…

Suhaila Meera, Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University

Half of the world’s 25.9 million recorded refugees are under eighteen. The past two decades have seen an increase in artistic renditions…

Lazare Lubek, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

“Spectral” music, a contemporary movement initiated in the 70’s, uses the acoustic properties of sound as its main source material. In “…

Emre Daglioglu, Department of History, Stanford University

This project seeks to explore the ways in which capitalism as a social process was re-established, reorganized, and operated in the late Ottoman Empire, especially between…

Ancient philosophers significantly contributed to build a rational discourse on water, which in many ways is still in use today. This new approach would obviously stir questions about the nature of…
The Salisbury Robotics Lab at Stanford is developing a robotic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). After performing visual and verbal inspection its initial responsibility will be to measure the vital…
Conspiracy milieus tend to have a strong interest in science, showing in the constant display of professional qualities - ‘engineers’, ‘scholars’, ‘doctors’ - for many of the individuals involved in…
As machine learning is seeping into all strata of modern societies, it is increasingly used to automate decisions or draw conclusions. However, myriads of recent examples have revealed patent…
Multi-petawatt laser facilities, such as Apollon in Paris, will generate very high light intensities to explore novel strong-field frontiers in plasma- and laboratory astrophysics. Relativistic plasma…
This project investigates the mechanisms of financial exclusion that result in a significant portion of the population becoming unbanked or underbanked. Despite the United States being an ultra…
When a very intense laser collides with a highly energetic electron beam, gamma rays are emitted. Together with the extremely high fields from the laser, they can “break” the quantum vacuum and create…
This project aims to improve accessibility for D/deaf and/or Disabled individuals in online media experiences by: (1) designing and developing new ways to send vibration and haptic information online…
Lydia Kamenoff’s doctoral thesis focuses on the history and memory of the Cossacks in France (1924-1945), an original and central theme to better understand the history of Russian emigration in the…
France has a long history of political involvement in the Middle East, not only at the state level but also at the individual level. Furthermore, such socio-political involvements, international…