On Thursday, October 6, the Lille campus hosted the Lille Mechanics Federation Science Day. This event was co-organized by the Arts et Métiers Lille campus in partnership with the University of Lille, Centrale Lille, ENSAIT Roubaix, ONERA Lille, CNRS, and IMT Nord Europe.
A prestigious event hosted on the Lille campus
The Lille Mechanics Federation (Fed 4130, http://fedmecalille.univ-lille.fr) promotes research activities in all fields of mechanics, bringing together more than a hundred permanent staff members from 13 research units affiliated with 7 sponsoring institutions (University, collegesschools, and organizations). The annual scientific conference is dedicated to presentations on research topics conducted by Master of Science students during internships co-funded by the Federation. This event highlights the scientific activities of the research units and sponsoring institutions hosting the conference.
About thirty people were present.
Thirty-nine people were registered for the event on October 6, the majority (65%) of whom were faculty members, but also including doctoral students and Master of Science interns Master of Science 30%) as well as administrative and technical staff (5%) affiliated with the Federation. AAbout thirty people were present on average throughout the day.
Strong involvement of campus staff
Thierry COOREVITS, co-facilitator of the theme Mechanics and Multi-Scale Morphology of Surfaces (M3S) theme of the Federation and member of the steering committee, was responsible for the practical organization of the event with the support of Jean-Michel GARCIA and Emmanuelle DUDERMEL. The campus is heavily involved in the Federation, as Francesco ROMANO was co-facilitator of the Modeling of Complex Flows (MOCO) and Olivier THOMASwas co-facilitator of the theme Dynamics of Coupled Systems (DSC).
Why host such an event: the Federation was created to structure mechanical engineering research in the Lille region. It is recognized by the Ministry and highly rated by HCERES. It is important that the campus be recognized within the Federation as a full participant, beyond the personal involvement of the three co-organizers.
A wide variety of topics covered
The topics presented were characterized by a wide variety of material classes covered in these studies (metal alloys, biological tissues, composite materials, recycled carbon fibers, etc.). But also by the breadth of scientific, experimental, and numerical approachesused to understand the stages of development, identify the properties of these materials, or optimize their performance in service through numerical simulation. The presentations demonstrated demonstrate the diversity and complementarity of the skills and expertise of the research units of the Lille Mechanics Federation in the fields of fluid mechanics, materials, and structures.
Article co-written by Damien SOULAT and Jean-François PAUWELS (co-directors of the Federation), Thierry COOREVITS (member of the Federation's executive committee), and the communications department of the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Lille.
