The “Centre Lyonnais d’Acoustique“, CeLyA, has been funded in 2011 as a “Laboratoire d’Excellence” by the French Ministry of Research.

An international jury has selected a total of 170 projects in all disciplines, from pure mathematics to social sciences. CeLyA was awarded a total financial support of 6M€ for a period of nearly 10 years (600k€/year), and it is the only LabEx devoted entirely to acoustics.

CeLyA is an alliance of the main research teams working in acoustics in Lyon in:

- Engineering acoustics: aeroacoustics, vibroacoustics, building acoustics and non-destructive evaluation.

-   Medical applications of acoustics: Ultrasonic imaging and therapy by ultrasound

- Sound perception: Sound quality, psychoacoustics, auditory perception and neurosciences

Eight research teams are participating in CeLyA; around 80 permanent researchers are involved and the total staff, including PhD and Postdoctoral students, amounts to 150 people.

More details on CeLyA and on its main activities can be found in the pdf file below: