Mines Saint-Étienne involved in three "University Research Schools" projects

The results of the first wave of the call for projects “University Research Schools” from the Future Investments Programme were announced on October 24. Our School is involved in 3 of the 29 projects selected by the General Commission for Investment: one project at Aix-Marseille Université and two within the University of Lyon.
“French-style graduate schools” which will open in autumn 2018.

“The EUR project is a virtual grouping, designed to create cohesion between structures and offering excellent training with a strong international outlook: a community of researchers, lecturer-researchers, and students“

These collaborative programmes will notably include master’s internships and doctoral scholarships, international mobility support… centered around high-level research projects. The School will thus be involved in world-class +5 to +8 level training. This commitment demonstrates the School’s excellent integration into site policies.

1 – EUR H2O’Lyon => Study of complex natural and anthropized hydrosystems

The Processes for Environment and Geo-resources department of the SPIN center, among other laboratories of UMR CNRS 5600 (Environment, City and Society), is involved in the project H20’Lyon – Graduate School of Water Science and Watershed Studies.
The scientific approach lies in the understanding of the functioning of these hydrosystems, their evolution, their evaluation, and the actions they may be subject to, all within a context of global change. This is an interdisciplinary EUR covering environmental engineering sciences and social sciences.
This EUR is supported by IDEX Lyon, Lyon Urban School (Instituts Convergences) as well as Labex IMU and DRIIHM.
>> Contact for the School: Didier Graillot, SPIN center

2 – Marseille NeuroSchool => a frontline training: EUR nEURo*AMU

nEURo*AMU, led by Aix-Marseille Université, is one of the projects developed within the framework of A*MIDEX.

Marseille hosts the second largest French community of neuroscientists and neurologists (Neuropolis federation), the leading French neuro-biotech cluster, and the third largest university hospital in Europe.
“This ambitious NeuroSchool programme will partner with Neuropolis and soon with NeuroTech, a federation of local neuro-biotechnology companies, to form the 3rd pillar of the Marseille Neuropole, thus gaining global visibility.”
The partner institutions are CNRS, INSERM, AP-HM, Mines Saint-Étienne (Bioelectronics department, Campus G Charpak Provence) and three biotech companies: Neuroservice, OZ Biosciences, and Vect-Horus.
>> Contact for the school: Rodney O’Connor, Centre of Microelectronics in Provence

3 – MANUTECH-SLEIGHT “Light-Surfaces Health & Society Engineering”

This project will bring together several disciplinary fields: surface science, optics, computer science, with their societal application, particularly for energy and health. Manutech-Sleight builds on five master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees (UJM, UdL, Insa-Lyon and Institut d’Optique Graduate School), and on the solid foundations of EquipEx Manutech-USD (Ultrafast Surface Design) and LabEx Manutech-SISE (Surface and Interface Science Engineering). It will integrate laboratories from Saint-Étienne and Lyon, including SAINBIOSE and the Georges Friedel Laboratory (LGF), as well as industrial partners: HEF Groupe, Keranova and the FrenchTech #Manutech label.
LGF will contribute its expertise in materials and materials mechanics, in two areas: functionalization (chemical, mechanical, and topographical) of surfaces and the sensory properties of materials.
> Contact for the school: Anna Fraczkiewicz, SMS/LGF Centre