New year, new international focus on our School’s successes beyond French borders.
Reflections on a France-Vietnam international Master’s degree
Jean-Michel HERRI, professor-researcher at the SPIN center (Department of Processes for the Environment and Geo-resources) and Baptiste Bouillot, Head of the department, traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam.
Mines Saint-Etienne and the Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG) have been partners for 15 years. The two schools maintain a relationship of trust that allows for the hosting of many Vietnamese professors who complete their PhDs in France. In Vietnam, Mines Saint-Etienne and Mines Hanoi have co-constructed a joint laboratory on the theme of clathrate hydrates. This collaboration results in numerous scientific publications every year.
Jean-Michel Herri frequently visits Hanoi; in 2024, he was awarded the “For the Cause of Education” medal by the Ministry of Education. Baptiste Bouillot also regularly travels to Mines Hanoi to teach a Heat Engine Design course to Vietnamese engineering students.
Their last trip was a first step toward establishing a France-Vietnam international Master’s degree on the subject of rare resources, as the country possesses the world’s second-largest rare earth resource after China. The Master’s programme would offer 4 months of training in France at the SPIN center and 2 months in Vietnam focused on mining production and refining.
Xavier Delorme, co-editor of the new issue of the journal Computers & Industrial Engineering
Xavier Delorme, Head of the department Mathematics and Operations Research for Engineering at the Fayol Institute, co-edited the latest edition of the journal Computers and Industrial Engineering dedicated to recent advances in line balancing, alongside Olga Battaia (Kedge Business School), Alexandre Dolgui (IMT Atlantique), and Hichem Haddou-Benderbal (Aix-Marseille University).
New trends in line balancing and model sequencing in assembly, disassembly and manufacturing environments presents the most recent methodological developments to address increasingly complex industrial issues in a context marked by mass customization, international competition, transformations driven by Industry 4.0, and sustainability challenges.
The publication of this work highlights the Fayol Institute’s expertise in the design and management of production systems. Xavier Delorme participates in the work of the international scientific community within the IFAC Technical Committee TC 5.2, where he chairs the working group on reconfigurable systems, and through the organization of invited sessions at several leading conferences (APMS 2021, MIM 2022, INCOM 2024, and MIM 2025).
