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Material Engineering

MECASURF :"Mécanique des surfaces", Aix-en-Provence

Mechanics and materials, manufacturing processes and surface treatments.
Implementation of multi-scale simulation tools to account for mechanical and microstructural surface gradients.
Setting up experimental characterization tools based mainly on diffractometrical techniques.
See the MECASURF laboratory website.

LAMPA: "Laboratoire Arts et Métiers ParisTech d'Angers", Angers
Processes, Materials and Sustainability (Angers site)
Hydrodynamics and Instrumentation (Angers site)
Designing and integrating virtual reality systems (Laval site)
Optimizing the design and innovation processes (Laval site)
More informations.

LAMEFIP: "Laboratoire Matériaux-Endommagement-Fiabilité et Ingénierie des Procédés", Bordeaux
Material and structure fatigue, vulnerability to impact, damage accumulation and reliability, process engineering (machining, drilling, assembly with use of high-tech systems such as Friction Stir Welding).
See the LAMEFIP laboratory website.

LMPF: "Laboratoire de Mécanique et Procédés de Fabrication", Châlons-en-Champagne
Identification of the material behavior laws by optical measurement of kinematic fields and by thermal field measurement.
High-performance materials machining methods (abrasion, superfinishing) and high technology foundry processes.
See the LPMF laboratory website.

LABOMAP: "Laboratoire Bourguignon Matériaux et Procédés", Cluny
High-speed machining with overall process control applied to the difficult materials and complex surfaces
Machining and wood shaping
Surface treatments and optimization of materials and alloys.
See the LABOMAP laboratory website.

LPMM: "Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux", Metz
Materials shaping (thixoforging)
Materials behavior (within the framework of high-speed processes)
Adaptive shape memory materials, piezoelectric ceramics. These operations are supported by modeling, stress analysis, microstructural characterization and operational testing.
See the LPMM laboratory website.

LCFC: "Laboratoire de Conception Fabrication Commande", Metz
Detailed knowledge of part-process-resource interactions in machining and grinding
Integrated design and manufacture of high-performance products
Industrialization of innovative production processes and resources
Structuring and formalization of knowledge for product-process integration
Modeling and control of complex electromechanical systems
See the LCFC laboratory website.

PIMM: "Laboratoire de Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux", Paris
The PIMM consists of 3 research units: the Materials Engineering Laboratory (LIM), the Systems and Processes Mechanics Laboratory (LMSP) and the Power Laser Application Laboratory (LALP).
Spectrum ranging from the mechanics of materials and structures to polymer chemistry via shaping and assembly processes as well as advanced methods in numerical simulation.
See the PIMM laboratory website.