Corporate relations in the spotlight on the Angers campus for the start of the academic year!
Since the start of the academic year, numerous events aimed at businesses have been organized on the Angers campus.
SME Tour DGA
On Tuesday, September 17, the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers welcomed 160 companies for the DGA SME Tour.
The PME Tour DGA is an event dedicated to SMEs in the defense sector, co-organized by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Images & Réseaux cluster, the EMC2 cluster, ID4MOBILITY, and the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique cluster, focusing on innovations in IoT, data, AI, robotics, and energy management.
During the event, participating companies had the opportunity to learn about the major projects underway at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers through a range of activities:
Workshop visits:
Composites,
Plastic deformation,
Foundry,
Fatigue resistance,
Durability.
Discover the DesCartes project
This project, created by Francisco Chinesta, a researcher at the PIMM laboratory (Paris campus) at the request of the CNRS and its Singapore-based subsidiary CREATE, uses hybrid AI to simulate physical phenomena in real time, thereby assisting decision-making in the service of smart cities.
Apprenticeship job dating
On the Angers campus, students in the Grande École Program have the opportunity to pursue their apprenticeship training during their three years of study.
At the start of each academic year, 25 first-year students are looking for a company to support them throughout their work-study program.
Last September, the campus organized two days of "apprenticeship job dating" dedicated to these students.
These events enabled them to meet with around twenty companies, practice job interviews, and refine their career plans.
Participating companies also had the opportunity to visit the school, including the workshops of the Angevin Laboratory of Mechanics, Processes, and Innovation. Thank you to the following companies for their participation: Nor-Feed, Indraero Siren, CHEREAU, Devillé Group, ORANO TEMIS, Safran - Defense, Ponticelli, Comeca Group, BATISTYL, AXIOME ASSOCIES, Aerocast Inc., SRT-Microcéramique, SNCF Voyageurs, Pusterla, Ortec Group, TOLECTRO, ProperPhi, Actemium, and Caterpillar Inc.
Business lunch with Vinci Energies
In October, around 20 second- and third-year students had the opportunity to attend a business lunch with VINCI Energies.
Over lunch, they had the opportunity to talk with former Gadzarts students and employees of the company: Loic GROMELLON, Industry Director, Adeline POTTIER, Stanislas GRUTER, Alumni and RA at Cegelec Angers Infras.
The aim of this meeting was to enable students to learn more about the Group's professions and discover career opportunities, whether for an end-of-studies internship or a professional training contract.
A great opportunity for our future engineers to plan their career paths!
Thanks to Charlotte TERNOY, campus corporate relations officer, for organizing this event.
Hackathon
170 first-year students were challenged by Alstom during a hackathon on the themes of creativity, entrepreneurship, and technological innovation.
A rich program:
Three topics proposed by Alstom on experiences in trains
- Managing luggage space on trains
- Imagining new services during the journey
- Optimizing passenger information for smooth and efficient boarding
Testimonials from two former students of the Angers campus: Louis Morel, who created his start-up Mogi Guitare, and Bernard Laupretre, CEO and founder of Avenir Business
Concrete objectives:
- Understand the company's needs and propose solutions
- Become familiar with the concepts of creativity and innovation
Deserving winners:
- Arthur Freslon's team, Virgile Fritel, Louis Gault, Axel Gautron, Raphaël Geay, and Julien Genevée, awarded by Christian Boneill
- The team of Ewen Machard, Paul Lion, Mosaab Machhout, and Romain Madieu, awarded by Vincent Hubert
- The team of Victor Proix, Maxence Pruvost, Thomas Pubert, Jules Rabbé, and Etienne Rambure, awarded by Sébastien Taillandier
Thanks to Fatima Hamdani, Magali Bertrand, Louis Morel, Bernard Laupretre, and Vianney Piron for this event!
Visit to ELIS
On October 8, 60 third-year students studying MANAGINOV and IPI had the opportunity to visit ELIS, a sponsor of the Angers campus.
The day's program:
- Presentation of the company by Yann CADIOU, production manager
- Tour of the flat linen section of the company, discovery of the timing, organization of production, explanations of the tracking tables and dashboards,
- Discussions with the teams, including Denis Foisseau, maintenance manager at the Clisson site
- Lunch with the director, production manager, and assistant production managers
- Tour of the workwear section of the company
- Discussions on engineering careers
This event generated considerable interest among students, leading to numerous discussions on topics such as CSR, production, engineering professions, business organization, and supply chain management.
Thank you to the ELIS teams for introducing students to the logistical organization of their structure and its various industrial processes based on the circular economy.
