Radiative Transfer in Semi-Transparent Media
International CNRS Thematic School
“Radiative Transfer in Semi-Transparent Media”
Thematic school organised by the French Research Network TAMARYS
Village vacances Azureva Hendaye, France
3-9 October 2026
there is still one month left to pre-register for the international thematic school “Radiative Transfer in Semi-Transparent Media” which be held in Hendaye, France (3-9 octobre). Only 65 places are available: pre-register now! We have bringing together an exceptional line-up of lecturers for both the courses and practical sessions:
- Basics of thermal radiation, 6 hours (Prof. F. Enguehard, University of Poitiers, France)
- Methods for solving the RTE, 3 hours (Prof. P. Coelho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
- Physics of gas radiation, 3 hours (Dr A. Soufiani, CNRS, France)
- Approximate gas radiation models, 3 hours (Prof. F. Liu, NRCC, Canada)
- Radiation scattering in particulate media, 1 hour 30 mins. (Prof. R. Carminati, ESPCI Paris – PSL, France)
- Radiation physics of solids, 1 hour 30 mins. (Dr B. Rousseau, CNRS, France)
- Near-field radiative transfer, 1 hour 30 mins. (Prof. M. Francoeur, University of Utah, USA)
- Identification of the radiative properties of semi-transparent media, 1 hour 30 mins. (Prof. K. Daun, University of Waterloo, Canada)
- A history of radiative transfer, 2 hours (Prof. P. Menguc, Ozyeğin University, Turkey)
- Advanced Monte Carlo methods, 3 sessions of 3 hours each (Prof. R. Fournier, University of Toulouse & Prof. M. El Hafi, IMT Mines Albi, France)
- Infrared thermography and spectroscopy, 3 sessions of 3 hours each (Prof. G. Parent, University of Lorraine, France)
- Modelling the radiative properties of gases, 3 sessions of 3 hours each (Dr F. André, CNRS, France)
Three evening seminars will be also given:
- atmospheric re-entry with ArianeGroup
- modelling of high-temperature industrial furnaces with Saint-Gobain
- atmospheric thermal modelling
All practical details are available on the following website : https://rtstm.sciencesconf.org/
We look forward to welcoming you in Hendaye for this exciting event.



