Arts et Métiers funding from the National Science Foundation as part of its partnership with TAMU. This is international recognition of the excellence of its research!
In the spring, the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers will welcome six American students enrolled in Master's or doctoral programs as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation. "It's the equivalent of France's National Research Agency (ANR) but on an American scale," enthuses Mohamed El Mansori, professor at Arts et Métiers, who coordinates the partnership with TAMU.The students will come for a period of about two months. They will divide their time between a laboratory and a company. They will each have two mentors, one Arts et Métiers the other from TAMU. We have already received around 100 applications and have begun the selection process."
Funding of $300,000
The National Science Foundation is funding this program for three years to the tune of nearly $300,000. Selected students receive a $5,000 stipend.
"Our program was accepted because it allows American students to benefit from international experience in the field of smart manufacturing augmented by artificial intelligence (AI)," says Mohamed El Mansori. "This is international recognitionofthe qualityof our partnership with TAMU and its relevance to the industry of the future." Thisrecognition is all the more significant given that only 2% of projects submitted to the NSF are accepted.
The selected students will benefit from the ecosystem created with TAMU through AM2, a research, innovation, and training hub in the field of smart manufacturing and materials science that brings together teachers, researchers, doctoral students, and students fromTEES Texas A&M andArts et Métiers more information).
Advancing AI theory and methods
Four major project themes have been identified to offer students world-class research internship experiences. For each project, the group of students will need to engage with an industry partner (e.g., Airbus, Essilor, Sain Gobain, ENGIE) to advance AI theory and methods and address a specific challenge in an emerging manufacturing platform (e.g., 3D printing, rapid molding, digital and sustainable machining).
In addition to providing hands-on experience with unique industrial-scale test benches at the host site, the project will include a variety of innovative enrichment activities (e.g., Invent for the Planet) and interactions with European industry.
At the same time, also as part of the partnership with TAMU, the Aix campus will host a summer school this summer with around 30 students supervised by two American teachers and an initial group of six students supervised by AM2 teaching and research staff.
