MMSP Program - I2M - Mechanics, Materials, Structures, and Processes - Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials

Campus

Arts et Métiers campus in Metz.

Pedagogy

This program lasts two years.
M1: offered at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Paris as part of the "Factory of the Future - Mechanical Engineering" program.

Educational objectives

• Strengthen scientific knowledge and culture and provide high value-added expertise in technological innovation focused on innovative multi-materials, industrial systems, and smart manufacturing processes specific to the expectations of the industry of the future, including innovative additive manufacturing processes.
• Mastering and optimizing the combination of microstructure, materials, and processes through advanced multidisciplinary experimental and modeling approaches.

Program

This program runs over two semesters (S1 from September to the end of January and S2 from February to the end of June). For S1, students choose four core modules (4 x 30 hours) and three optional modules (3 x 30 hours), as well as a professional tertiary module (20 hours). Completion of S1 earns students 30 ECTS credits.

The second semester consists of an R&D project in a professional setting or industrial research project, worth a total of 30 ECTS credits. The internship begins in early February and takes place in the master's program's host laboratories or at a partner company. It lasts at least five months and is supervised by a professor or an accredited teacher-researcher. In addition, as the internship is defined at the beginning of the academic year, students prepare the bibliography related to their internship during the first semester.

Core Curriculum 

Students choose four modules (from a total of eight) from the core curriculum. These courses provide general instruction in the three subject areas that make up the master's degree: Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Materials Science, and Forming Processes.

• EU TC1 Alloy processing
• EU-TC2 Deformation mechanisms and microstructure.
• UE-TC3 Experimental methods in solid mechanics.
• EU-TC4 Mechanical behavior of materials.
• EU-TC5 Thermomechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials and applications
• EU-TC6 Mechanics of continuous media.
• EU-TC7 Structural calculations.
• UE-TC8 Digital processing of partial differential equations. 

Options: Option modules correspond to specializations within the master's program. Eleven modules are offered under the supervision of faculty members authorized to supervise research. Students also have the option of choosing these option modules from the initial training programs offered by co-accredited institutions.

• UE-OP1 Methods of microstructural analysis.
• EU-OP2 Texture and physical properties of materials.
• EU-OP3 New materials and processes for high temperatures.
• EU-OP4 Description of the behavior of biological tissues.
• UE-OP5 Fundamental concepts of fracture mechanics.
• UE-OP6 Micro-mechanics of crystal defects.
• EU-OP7 Vibration damping and control.
• EU-OP8 Characterization and modeling of materials under dynamic loading.
• EU-OP9 Experimentation and modeling in high-speed, dry machining.
• EU-OP10 Tribology, friction, dynamic interactions.
• EU-OP11 Module reserved for a guest lecturer.
• UE-OP16 Mechanics of Materials and Composite Structures

Tertiary module with a professional focus

• EU-T1 Scientific communication in English, paper writing, collaboration, lecturing

Major Courses 

In order to guide students in their choice of core and elective modules, five major tracks have been defined, illustrating the three themes of the master's program: Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Materials Science, and Forming Processes.

• Materials and experimental methods
• Mechanical behavior of materials
• Adaptive structures and materials
• Manufacturing processes and extreme conditions
• Material solutions for biomedical applications

Benefits of the training

• High-level scientific training organized into major courses of study.
• Research-based training providing scientific and technological innovation skills focused on innovative multi-materials, industrial systems, and smart manufacturing processes specific to the expectations of the industry of the future in a strong international context.
• Research training with a strong international focus thanks to close ties with the wider cross-border region and structural partnerships with renowned institutions and universities in the field of materials mechanics around the world: Texas A&M University, Georgia Tech, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Beihang University, ...  
• Internationally recognized teaching team made up of teacher-researchers with cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary skills focusing on performance, weight reduction, functionality, and sustainable development of materials and structures for industrial applications.
• Internship closely linked to the industrial fabric thanks to numerous research projects carried out in partnership with companies involved in the industry of the future.

Validation

Knowledge assessments and written exams, report and defense for projects.

Career opportunities

Expertise in integrated product-process materials engineering, R&D engineer, innovation and process control project manager, international research and innovation professions, design and calculation office engineer, consultant, production, manufacturing.

ADMISSIONS

Admission requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in mechanical engineering or materials science, an engineering degree, or have their personal and professional experience validated. They must have a solid grounding in continuum mechanics, materials science, manufacturing technologies, and numerical methods for engineering.

Application to be submitted online

Partners

Industrial partners

VALEO, SOLVAY, PLASTIC OMNIMUM, CEA, Thyssenkrupp, EDF, Airbus, MEMOMECA, ZODIAC, ArcelorMittal, Renault, PSA Group, Schlumberger, CNES, UMICORE, ALSTOM, KIHN, SNCF, Medtronic, MBDA, Institut de Soudure, CETIM, IRT Jules Verne, Faurecia, etc.

Academic partners

• Master's degree specialization in joint accreditation with the University of Lorraine (UL).
• Affiliation with a research unit accredited by the CNRS: LEM3-UMR CNRS 7239.
• Scientific cooperation within the framework of structural partnerships with Texas A&M University, Georgia Tech, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Beihang University, etc.
• Strong regional roots with engineering schools and universities in the Greater East region, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany.  

Practical information

Program languages: French and English (starting in 2019)

ECTS credits: 60

Contact

Prof. Fodil MERAGHNI
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Metz
Laboratory for the Study of Microstructures and Materials Mechanics

Keywords

Mechanics of materials, Composite materials, Damage, Behavior laws, Fracture, Microstructure, Texture, Shape memory alloys, Micromechanics, Experimental mechanics, Computational mechanics, Structural mechanics, Computational simulation, Biomechanics, Manufacturing processes, Material-Process-Service Interaction, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Engineered materials.