Founded in 2008, CEDREM is an innovative company that creates new technologies. Its team of multidisciplinary engineers and researchers specializes in the analysis of complex systems subjected to dynamic phenomena, such as explosions, shocks and impacts.

Since its creation, CEDREM has pushed the limits of digital simulation applied to the physics of ballistics and explosions. In 2013, CEDREM was awarded two prestigious awards for its work in the field.

karine thoral pierre, CEO and founder of CEDREM

Karine Thoral Pierre, holder of a PhD in fluid mechanics applied to physical oceanography, began her career at ECA, a private company specializing in underwater robotics. During this period, she was in charge of the design of small offshore platforms (RDM simulations, fluid structure interaction, design, CAD). At the same time, she was in charge, at CNRS (National Scientific Research Center), of coordinating sea trials for these scientific platforms…

Karine Thoral Pierre, titulaire d'un doctorat en mécanique des fluides appliquée à l'océanographie physique, a débuté sa carrière chez ECA, une société privée spécialisée dans la robotique sous-marine. Pendant cette période, elle était en charge du design de petites plateformes offshore (design, conception, fabrication et développement de l'électronique embarquée). En parallèle, elle était en charge, au CNRS, de la coordination des essais en mer pour ces plateformes scientifiques. Ensuite, elle a rejoint le groupe THALÈS, dans la division armement terrestre (TDA) en 2002. Pendant 6 ans, elle a réalisé des simulations sur les menaces (explosions, fragments) et leurs effets sur les structures cibles. Elle avait en charge les tests en balistique sur les protections des structures. Ses travaux ont permis de déposer un brevet sur la protection balistique ("Ballistic safety device" ref US 7846854 B2).
En 2008, Karine décide de créer sa propre société d'expertise en dynamique rapide pour mettre au point des protections contre les explosions et les impacts en utilisant les nouveaux moyens numériques. Ses clients cibles sont le Ministère de la Défense et les sociétés de sécurité.
Karine est l'auteur de plusieurs articles scientifiques et a participé à de conférences internationales sur les problématiques d'explosions et d'impacts balistiques modélisés par des logiciels de simulation numérique.

  • The annual “Ingénieur Général Chanson” award is given to engineers of the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), army engineers, civil engineers, or research centers for innovative projects in the area of ground military defense and practical applications. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Prof. Paul Chanson, PhD, was one of the founders of the French nuclear weapons program. The association of land armament instituted the Chanson award in 1972 to perpetuate the memory of Prof. Chanson. CEDREM was awarded for its innovative solution for the protection of vehicles as well as for buildings exposed to the effects of explosions and impacts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The new design results in weight savings of around 15 to 20% relative to the prior design.

Winner
JEC Innovation Award
2014

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  • CEDREM and its partner PPE received an “Innovation Award” during JEC 2014 in Atlanta, GA in the category “Ballistics”. They have been rewarded for their work on light high-energy absorbers for the defense and security market. JEC Group, the world’s largest organization exclusively dedicated to composites industry, rewards annually since 1998 the ten most innovative companies for pivotal advances in composites design, manufacturing and application. For further details, please refer to Annex 6 JEC Composites Magazine No. 84 October 2013.

40th Award “Ingénieur Général CHANSON”

2013

JEC Innovation Award

2014

The annual “Ingénieur Général Chanson” award is given to engineers of the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), army engineers, civil engineers, or research centers for innovative projects in the area of ground military defense and practical applications. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Prof. Paul Chanson, PhD, was one of the founders of the French nuclear weapons program. The association of land armament instituted the Chanson award in 1972 to perpetuate the memory of Prof. Chanson. CEDREM was awarded for its innovative solution for the protection of vehicles as well as for buildings exposed to the effects of explosions and impacts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The new design results in weight savings of around 15 to 20% relative to the prior design.

CEDREM and its partner PPE received an “Innovation Award” during JEC 2014 in Atlanta, GA in the category “Ballistics”. They have been rewarded for their work on light high-energy absorbers for the defense and security market. JEC Group, the world’s largest organization exclusively dedicated to composites industry, rewards annually since 1998 the ten most innovative companies for pivotal advances in composites design, manufacturing and application. For further details, please refer to Annex 6 JEC Composites Magazine No. 84 October 2013.

The annual “Ingénieur Général Chanson” award is given to engineers of the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), army engineers, civil engineers, or research centers for innovative projects in the area of ground military defense and practical applications. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Prof. Paul Chanson, PhD, was one of the founders of the French nuclear weapons program. The association of land armament instituted the Chanson award in 1972 to perpetuate the memory of Prof. Chanson. CEDREM was awarded for its innovative solution for the protection of vehicles as well as for buildings exposed to the effects of explosions and impacts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The new design results in weight savings of around 15 to 20% relative to the prior design.

CEDREM and its partner PPE received an “Innovation Award” during JEC 2014 in Atlanta, GA in the category “Ballistics”. They have been rewarded for their work on light high-energy absorbers for the defense and security market. JEC Group, the world’s largest organization exclusively dedicated to composites industry, rewards annually since 1998 the ten most innovative companies for pivotal advances in composites design, manufacturing and application. For further details, please refer to Annex 6 JEC Composites Magazine No. 84 October 2013.