SPLEEN Training – Training sessions for doctoral and postdoctoral students in the program
Second edition of the SPLEEN training course on CCS in 2026
The PEPR SPLEEN is offering a new training session in French focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, aimed at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers involved in the projects.
The training will take place at IFP School, located in Rueil-Malmaison, a center renowned for its expertise in the fields of energy and industrial processes.
Over the course of three days, participants will take part in a program structured around the CCS’s key themes:
– Monday, November 23, afternoon: Half-day introductory session
– Tuesday, November 24: Presentation on the topic of steel, led by Denis Bossanne and Jean-Pierre Deflandre
– Wednesday, November 25: CO₂ Capture, with Denis Bossanne
– Thursday, November 26: CO₂ Storage, with Jean-Pierre Deflandre
Reserve your spot now. Only 20 spots available!
Eligibility requirements: You must be a doctoral or postdoctoral student involved in a PEPR SPLEEN project.
Denis Bossanne
Denis Bossanne has been a faculty member at the Energy and Chemical Processes Center at IFP School since 2016. He teaches instrumentation and control, distillation, CO₂ capture, energy efficiency, and crude oil processing, enabling students to design a refinery for a specific market.
Denis worked for nearly twenty years in the refining sector at Shell before joining the industrial equipment manufacturer for the chemical industry, De Dietrich Process Systems.
Jean-Pierre Deflandre
Jean-Pierre Deflandre is a former professor at IFP School and has taught in various master’s programs since 2008 in the field of CO₂ management and unconventional hydrocarbons.
He has co-directed the IFP School chair “Carbon Management and Negative CO₂ Emission Technologies: Toward a Low-Carbon Future ” (CarMa) since its creation in 2019.
He has also participated in several projects addressing societal issues related to the energy transition and previously led European research projects on geological CO₂ storage for the Georesources & Energy business unit at IFP Énergies nouvelles.
In 2025, several initiatives were launched to support doctoral and postdoctoral students in developing their scientific skills and deepening their understanding of the industrial challenges of the low-carbon transition.
First edition of the SPLEEN training course on CCS and the decarbonization of steel by 2025
The first edition of this workshop was held in March 2025 at INSA Lyon, bringing together sixteen doctoral students involved in the program’s projects.
Through an interactive board game, participants were invited to explore and evaluate existing and emerging solutions aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of steel production. This exercise allowed them to apply their knowledge to the technological, economic, and environmental challenges of decarbonizing the steel industry.
Axis 1 Summer School on Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment
To raise awareness among researchers about systemic approaches to industrial transition, Workstream 1 of the PEPR SPLEEN project organized a summer school focused on industrial ecology and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) at ENSIACET in Toulouse.
Led by Marianne Boix of the CNRS Chemical Engineering Laboratory and Sibylle Duval-Dachary of IFP Energies nouvelles, this research track aims to develop new tools for predicting and managing industrial processes that incorporate Life Cycle Assessment indicators.
Over the course of a week, researchers, doctoral students, and experts shared methods, feedback, and perspectives on industrial and territorial ecology approaches. The presentations provided an opportunity to explore LCA methodologies, environmental assessment tools, and the systemic approaches necessary for the sustainable transformation of industrial processes.
