For this ninth edition, the Chal’engeAM challenge is proposing entrepreneurial innovation projects focused on energy, a major issue in light of current events.
The Institut Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône is a team within the LISPEN laboratory specializing in virtual reality and based in Chalon-sur-Saône. It offers a Master of Science ) program in "Digital Engineering" ( Master of Science and 2) as part of the "Management of 3D Interactive Technologies ” (MTI3D) program, which aims to train students to master all methods and tools of digital transformation (3D, virtual reality), to deploy sustainable virtual reality/augmented reality technological solutions, and to adapt to the needs of users and clients.
As part of this training program, the Institut Arts et Métiers Chalon-sur-Saône, in partnership with the Greater Chalon urban community, Usinerie Partners, UIMM, IUT Chalon-sur-Saône, and CNAM, is organizing its ninth competition for its students and companies in Bourgogne Franche Comté: the Chal’engeAM challenge.
The objective of this contest is multiple:
- strengthen ties between academia and industry
- introduce students to the challenges and demands they will face after graduation,
- open up new economic opportunities for businesses through the use of digital technologies, thereby promoting the digital transition through these technologies.
The Chal’engeAM challenge consists of creating a demonstrator for participating companies in two weeks, from January 11 to 25, 2023. To this end, students contacted companies in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in November 2022 to present virtual reality/augmented reality tools and the possibilities they offer, and worked with them to define specifications for the creation of a demonstrator in the form of a proof of concept. The projects are carried out in groups of students from different years. They will be presented on January 26, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Usinerie in front of a jury composed of companies and elected officials from Greater Chalon, with four prizes to be awarded at the end: an economic opportunity prize, a persuasiveness prize, an innovation prize, and an audience prize.
List of partner companies and names of projects for the 9th edition
> NEXANS: Augmented reality application to assist operators
> Code 39: Augmented reality application to help choose mobile safes
> Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté: Augmented reality application to simulate physiological conditions on training mannequins
> Entrepreneurship: Projects
- Virtual reality application for training in eco-friendly practices in the home
- Virtual reality application to aid decision-making on energy sources at the urban level
The Chal’engeAM calendar
> In November and December 2022: discovery of technologies, brainstorming sessions, and definition of specifications with companies
> From January 11 to 25, 2023: students work in groups to create a demonstrator for participating companies
> January 26, 2023, at 4 p.m.: Chal’engeAM presentation and competition at the Usinerie in Chalon-sur-Saône, attended by elected officials and companies, with project demonstrations
