Starting in the 2025 academic year, the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Metz will offer a new program dedicated to the challenges of industrial decarbonization: Decarbonized Materials and Energy for a Sustainable Industry. Designed in partnership with ArcelorMittal Global R&D and VINCI Energies, this unique program is aimed at third-year students in the Grande École Program (PGE) and offers direct immersion in the industrial world through a professional training contract.
A response to current and future industrial challenges
This expertise focuses on key issues in metallurgy and energy. Pascal POMAREDE, a lecturer and researcher who is a member of the teaching team, emphasizes that "the aim is to reduce the energy and carbon impact of the various stages in the life cycle of metallic materials, while proposing new solutions for more sustainable production." Added to this is the need to ensure European sovereignty over critical metals, a major challenge in view of the risks to supply.
Educational content tailored to industry needs
The training program is structured around three main areas:
- The issues and challenges of decarbonization: analysis of the energy and carbon impacts of materials, legal framework, environmental standards, etc.
- Eco-responsible metallurgy: recycling methodologies, manufacturing new castings, transforming them into finished products, eco-design using recycled and/or lower CO2-emitting materials, life cycle analysis of materials, etc.
- Low-carbon processes and technologies: CO2 capture and storage, energy recovery from processes, new production methods, etc.
Xavier MOREL and Léo THIERCELIN, lecturers and researchers who are members of the teaching team, explain: "In this specialization, we build on the knowledge of materials science, manufacturing, and energy acquired during the first two years of the PGE program, while introducing essential cross-disciplinary links between these subjects. The specialization then takes this knowledge further in the field of carbon-free materials."
Graduates of this program will master tools and methodologies for assessing and reducing the energy impacts of industrial production. For example, they will understand the role of hydrogen as a reducing agent and energy source, as well as the impact of recycled alloys on the mechanical properties of materials. "Students will take a critical look at energy audits and will be able to propose concrete solutions tailored to industrial needs," adds Pascal POMAREDE.
Expertise focused on the future
This training program is fully in line with the ecological transition and sustainable development goals defined by the European Union. Xavier MOREL adds: "The solutions provided by this expertise will enable us to meet the continuous growth in demand for materials while remaining in line with the carbon neutrality target set by the European Union for 2050."
Close collaboration with industrial partners
ArcelorMittal and VINCI Energies are not just partners. Their involvement goes beyond that, as they participate in teaching, offer tours of industrial sites, and integrate real-life case studies into the students' core project. Léo THIERCELIN explains that "each module is co-taught by a teacher-industrialist duo, providing an operational perspective on the issues at stake."
AtArts et Métiers, the teaching team consists mainly of professors specializing in mechanical design, energy, and materials, such as Marc BORSENBERGER, Xavier MOREL, Pascal POMAREDE, and Léo THIERCELIN, who designed the educational model. Lazhar HOMRI is the educational manager for this new area of expertise, while Laurence DOULCO coordinates the Materials and Energy Institute project.
