ME - ITED - Mechanics and Energy - Sustainable Environmental Transition Engineering

Campus

Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Bordeaux-Talence

EDUCATION

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

• Address the major areas of mechanics and energy applied to the fields of energy management, the environment, and sustainable development.
• Acquire skills to design and produce innovative, environmentally friendly products: manufacturing processes, structural optimization, energy balances for industrial processes, materials for energy storage, etc.
• Acquire specific knowledge:
  • major environmental challenges
  • energy consumption
  • to supply chains
  • environmental materials
• Acquire related skills:
  • to the optimal use of energy,
  • to the environmental improvement of industrial processes,
  • decontamination processes

Career opportunities

• Continuation of doctoral studies.
• Research and Development, design and calculation offices, consultant, production manager, operations manager, research officer in companies or local/regional authorities in the following fields:
  • Energy, specifically renewable energies (solar, thermodynamics, wood energy, methanization and biogas, wind power, river or marine hydroelectric power), but also professions related to buildings (building thermal engineering or the implementation and monitoring of high environmental quality (HQE) construction sites) and thermal-energy or hydraulic engineering related to industrial and environmental thermal engineering.
  • Environment for analysis, prevention, waste, water, and effluent treatment, remediation, energy and environmental services in production industries related to renewable and alternative energies, or manufacturing in the food and textile industries, as well as industries related to natural raw materials (leather, wood, paper, petroleum, coal products), hydrocarbon processing (plastic and rubber products), non-metallic minerals, and primary metal processing.
  • Materials for sustainable development (circular economy) and environmental impact assessment

Program

Structure (course semester, project/internship semester, etc.)

• The year is divided into two semesters:
  • First semester (30 ECTS): 90-hour course & research project for semester 9 (PJE09) on a specific topic proposed by the teaching staff. This project is generally closely linked to the I2M laboratory and allows students to explore a topic in cutting-edge fields on campus.
  • The second semester is devoted to a research internship lasting 24 to 26 consecutive weeks (30 ECTS) which will take place in
    • A research laboratory. N.B. For students pursuing a dual degree in engineering at ENSAM, a 10- to 13-week internship in a company during the summer between the second and third years is required. Another option is to include this internship, covered by an agreement with a partner company, during the laboratory internship.
    • A company, but focused on research or R&D.
  • Conferences and themed company visits round out the training.

Detailed description of the modules

Advanced units specific to the MR

• Structural Mechanics Supplement (3 ECTS)
• Transfer Physics (3 ECTS)
• Additive Manufacturing (2 ECTS)
• Research project (5 ECTS)

Modules shared with the Expertise Unit

• Environmental impacts of emerging industries and technologies (4 ECTS)
• Metrology and Energy Management (4 ECTS)
• Environmental Processes (5 ECTS)

Shared core curriculum modules

• Management, Strategy, Innovation (2 ECTS)
• The Engineer and the World (2 ECTS)

Internship for National Master's Degree (30 ECTS)

Key scientific and educational leaders

• Prof. Azita Ahmadi-Senichault (Arts et Métiers )
• Prof. Nicolas Perry (Arts et Métiers )

Assessment methods

Written exam (continuous assessment and/or final exam) for courses, report and/or oral defense of project for certain courses, and a written report and oral defense for PJE 09 and SFE. Milestone 1 of PJE09 consists of an individual literature review with a report and defense in English.

• Lectures, tutorials, project-based teaching
• Presentations by recognized professionals in their respective fields.
• A day of meetings with companies in the sector is being organized on campus.
• A day visiting the I2M laboratory and meeting with its management team.

Validation procedures

Average of 10/20 for each course unit or module.

Benefits of the training

• This program is based at the Bordeaux campus, which offers numerous complementary research opportunities in the fields of mechanics and energy. It draws in particular on the expertise of the Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie – Bordeaux (I2M, CNRS UMR 5295).
• By sharing some of its courses with the "Process and Materials Engineering for Development" program in the third yearArts et Métiers, it benefits from the existing momentum in this area of expertise, which is backed by I2M's research fields.
• It benefits from the momentum of competitiveness clusters:
  • The AVENIA cluster, which aims to prepare for the economic future of Aquitaine through ambitious research and development projects in the field of energy and the environment.
  • The XYLOFUTUR cluster, which aims to develop and support innovative projects that benefit the forestry, wood, and paper industry in Aquitaine.
  • Institutes of Excellence in Decarbonized Energy (IEED INEF4), which aims to develop solutions to be integrated into energy-positive construction solutions.
• It reflects Aquitaine's desire to focus its industrial development on innovation in the field of the environment and sustainable development, which is a source of professional opportunities.
• It is enriched by monthly conferences, thematic days and forums, presentations by professionals, thematic visits to companies, and a visit to the I2M laboratory.

Admissions

Admission criteria

• Through dual degree programs for Arts et Métiers engineering students
• Based on application and  online through the International Relations department for international partner institutions of the École Nationale SupérieureArts et Métiers.
• External unsolicited application based on CV online.

Prerequisites

• Required level: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering/energy.
• Equivalent international level: Master's degree or second year of engineering school in mechanical/energy engineering
• Good level (B2) in French required.
• Good level (B2) in English desired.

Application deadline(s)

• April 30

Partners

• Industrial companies: EXOGreen, Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Energie de la Lune, Nobatek, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia
• Institutions: Competitiveness clusters AVENIA, Xylofutur, BRGM, APESA, ICMCB, IUT GCl
• Academics: University of Bordeaux, DUSA

Targeted companies

The entire energy and environment sector. Examples: Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Energie de la Lune, Nobatek, DUSA, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia, SMURFIT

Examples of internship opportunities offered / projects carried out

• "Measuring pollutant saturation during groundwater fluctuation cycles" – I2M Dept TREFLE
• "Heat recovery from flue gases in thermal or biomass power plants" – GE Energy Products
• Research on sustainable packaging – L'Oreal
• “Design/development of an operational tool for quantifying biomass on an industrial grinding line” - SMURFIT
• "Sensitivity analysis of thermal gradients in vertical wind profiles" - VALOREM

Practical information

• Course language: French. Reports/presentations for the first milestone of PJE09 will be in English.
• Calendar
  • Semester courses: approximately late September/early October – approximately late January/early February
  • Internship semester: approximately early February to late August
• Number of hours in the first semester: 355 hours, including 90 hours of research project (PJE09)
• ECTS credits: 60
• Training location: Arts et Métiers campus in Bordeaux-Talence.

Contacts

Azita Ahmadi-Senichault (azita.ahmadi@ensam.eu)
Arts et Métiers – Bordeaux-Talence Campus
Esplanade des Arts et Métiers
33405 Talence France 
Tel.: +33 (0)5.56.84.63.94

Keywords

Sustainable Development, Energy Transition, Renewable Energy, Environmental Processes, Circular Economy