Excellent fundamental and translational research and training in personalized biomechanical modeling of the osteoarticular and muscular systems is key to breakthrough innovations in the field of health engineering. 

Missions and objectives

• Establish a center for research, teaching, and technological innovation in biomechanics, which will serve as a global reference center in biomechanics, producing scientific results at the highest international level.
• Develop innovations for the design and evaluation of implants and devices in the fields of health, sports, and transportation.
• Develop tools to aid therapeutic decision-making, surgical planning, and clinical follow-up based on personalized modeling and simulation of therapeutic procedures.
• To train engineers, clinicians, and researchers who are truly open to current clinical and industrial issues, capable of integrating effectively into highly multidisciplinary teams and leading large-scale projects.
• Raise public awareness of the usefulness of research in this field.

Strategic priorities 

• Medical Sector: "Clinical Innovation in Orthopedics": Improved understanding of pathologies resulting from degenerative processes, trauma, or disability will lead to rehabilitation strategies for the prevention of certain pathologies, the development of professional tools to assist in diagnosis and therapeutic management, and breakthrough innovations in the design of implants and devices.
• Transport sector: "Comfort and safety":Improving personalized models, taking into account muscles and their activation, and understanding the variability of injury mechanisms (linked to interindividual differences, whether morphological or related to the positioning of subjects) will help improve prevention methods. Comprehensive knowledge of the subject for different postures and movements will also lead to innovations in the field of ergonomics.
• Sports sector: "Sports and health":Personalized modeling incorporating the skeleton, joints, and musculature opens up exciting prospects in the field of sports, whether it be analyzing and modeling athletic movements to improve performance, developing equipment for greater comfort, better strategy, and improved protection for athletes, or studying the mechanisms linking sports and health for targeted athletic training.

Partners

• Société Générale, and in particular its disability mission, is working to develop research aimed at improving mobility for people with disabilities.
• TheCotrel Foundationfor Research into Spinal Pathologies (Institut de France) works to improve understanding of the causes of spinal deformities in order to identify progressive scoliosis at an early stage and improve treatment.
• PROTEOR worksto develop innovative and high-performance devices for people with disabilities and supports research into scoliosis.
• TheCOVEA insurance consortium(a mutual insurance group comprising GMF, MAAF, and MMA) is working to better understand the risks of damage to the musculoskeletal system, whether due to injury mechanisms in transport or sports, or the risk of falls among the elderly.

As a public scientific, cultural, and professional institution (EPCSCP), Arts et Métiers mission Arts et Métiers promoting research results ( products, materials, processes, expertise), technology transfer, and technical assistance to industry. Since 2016, the institution has had a company dedicated to this ambition: AMVALOR, which handles around 700 industrial contracts per year.

A comprehensive and tailored range of services

"With the creation of AMVALOR, we are reintegrating into the Arts et Métiers group Arts et Métiers essential mission of the school's strategic project: collaboration between laboratories and industry to accelerate innovation and the transformation of our research into economic value," explains Ivan Iordanoff, Deputy Director of Research.

What is AMVALOR's role? To identify companies' needs in terms of technological developments and innovation, in order to mobilize scientific and technical teams to come up with appropriate responses. The subsidiary thus implements a wide range of solutions: partnership-based research collaborations (direct contractual research with companies and collaborative research), studies, measurements and tests, expertise and consulting, technology watch operations, and the organization of thematic events (seminars, symposiums, conferences, etc.). Its teams coordinate, set up, and manage projects in close collaboration with industry.

A genuine investment in human capital, professional training ensures that skills are adapted to the jobs of today and tomorrow. It therefore plays an essential role in the development and sustainability of the company. According to an OECD study, this role is set to become even more important: by 2060, continuing education is expected to account for up to 10% of the working time of the workforce, more than double the current figure.

Becoming an engineer through continuing education

Drawing on the scientific, technological, and educational strengths of each campus, Arts et Métiers a wide range of courses.

• Continuing education programs allow students to become general engineers or specialized engineers in three years.

• VAE ( validation of acquired experience) and VAP (validation of professional experience) recognize skills acquired in the workplace. The Arts et Métiers engineering degree Arts et Métiers be obtained through these programs.

• Designed for working executives, 16 Specialized Masters® and 1 MBA offer highly specialized training in a specific function, profession, or rapidly growing sector.

• Arts et Métiers also Arts et Métiers short or customized training courses on topics related to the school's areas of expertise: computer-aided design, machining, composites, plastic deformation, mechanical transmission, etc.

Company, teacher: testimonials

• Technology Noun Feminine

This exhibition, created by Arts et Métiers technology and engineering among young girls through a book and an exhibition of portraits of female engineers. Sponsorship helps to increase its reach and diversify the exhibition venues.

• Scholarships to support students in need

Various scholarship programs are available, particularly for students experiencing financial hardship.

This is the case with the Roland Genin scholarship, which supports foreign students in financial difficulty. Each year, around twenty recipients receive this scholarship.

Aix-en-Provence Campus

• mediastiAM

Create a 2,000-square-meter interactive space (digital learning area, R&D area, partnership area) to foster synergies between the campus and the local industrial sector, thereby promoting the integration of engineers, economic development, and scientific culture. 

Budget: €790,000 to be funded out of €5.4 million

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Angers Campus

• Center of Excellence for Sustainability

Acquire new equipment for the testing and characterization facility for metal and composite materials and structures. Objective: to be able to support products throughout their entire lifecycle, from design through manufacturing to in-service performance.

Budget: €1.5 million to be funded out of €7 million 

• FABLAB

Create a space that brings together historic workshops (foundry, machining, and forge) and state-of-the-art machinery, representing various innovative manufacturing processes. 

Budget: €750,000 to be funded out of €1.5 million

• Renovation of the cloister

Restore and preserve the cloister architecture of Le Ronceray, whose partially dilapidated buildings require extensive renovation work to ensure the safety of visitors. 

Budget: €2.25 million to be funded out of €3.5 million

Bordeaux-Talence Campus

• TECH’IN

Create a state-of-the-art technology platform in the field of aerospace manufacturing processes, in collaboration with the Alfred Kastler High School (Talence). Goal: to become a premier center for training and innovation for the industry in Aquitaine.

 Budget: €1.3 million to be funded out of €11 million

Châlons-en-Champagne campus

• Residence Accessibility

Modernize and bring the historic building—which houses community spaces and housing for the
and was last renovated over 30 years ago—into compliance with current standards (particularly regarding accessibility for people with disabilities). 

Budget: €1.05 million to be funded out of €2.1 million

• Bachelor's degree

Equip the campus with appropriate facilities and set up the space for the Bachelor of Technology program, established in 2014.

Budget: €120,000 to be funded out of €200,000

• Collaborative workspace

Create a multifunctional space dedicated to engineering and technology, open to all students at the Chalon-sur-Saône campus and to project leaders. Goal: to provide a comprehensive range of services that facilitate individual and group learning, using simulation tools and additive manufacturing technologies. 

Budget: €300,000 to be funded out of €2 million

• Expertise in Powertrain and Alternative Fuels

Launch a new program to address the challenges of dwindling hydrocarbon reserves and the need to limit CO2 emissions. It will include an elective course offered to senior engineering students and an R&D initiative conducted in close collaboration with industry.

Budget: €750,000 to be funded out of €1.2 million

• Expertise in large-scale industrial projects

To provide graduates with additional skills, enabling them to advance more quickly to leadership roles within teams managing complex industrial projects.

Budget: €60,000 to be funded out of €100,000

• Foundry R&D Platform

Install the versatile die-casting R&D platform within the campus workshops. Comprising instrumented die-casting equipment, facilities for the direct production of molds and metal-composite tooling, and a large-scale CT scanner, its installation requires extensive renovations. 

Budget: €500,000 to be funded out of €5 million

Cluny Campus

• Support for Students with Disabilities

Bring the campus into compliance so that it can accommodate and educate all students with disabilities.
Budget: €150,000

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction

Create a three-year post-baccalaureate program that combines the creative skills of an architect with the technical skills of an engineer to foster innovation in the construction industry. 

Budget: €540,000

• Biblio Tech

Transform the library into a learning center by creating spaces for group work and providing collaborative digital tools. 

Budget: €250,000

• Cobalt

Upgrade a collaborative virtual immersion room used in the fields of digital engineering, training, healthcare, design and innovation, and construction. 

Budget: €1.6 million to be funded out of €4.2 million

Lille campus

• Factory of the Future Platform

Create a technology platform that serves as both an educational space and an R&D facility (development and demonstration center) for industrial robotics. 

Budget: €3 million to be funded out of €12 million

• Renovation of Amphitheater 130

Renovate Amphitheater 130 to meet current requirements regarding accessibility for people with disabilities, user comfort, thermal and acoustic insulation, as well as the appearance of the auditorium and its surroundings within a prestigious building. 

Budget: €145,000

Metz Campus

• Automotive Performance Technology Center

Create a collaborative space where students, technicians, faculty, and researchers can develop innovative solutions and meet the needs of the automotive industry using state-of-the-art equipment. 

Budget: €1.8 million

Paris Campus

• Landscaping of Pinel Courtyard

Create a new multipurpose building called Agora, featuring a showroom, workspaces, a student lounge, and an event venue. 

Budget: €600,000

• Design of a project space 

Create a dedicated space for students to work on projects in teams.
Budget: €18,000

• Establishment of a Center of Technological Excellence

Renovate Hall 3 to create a state-of-the-art technology hub where faculty and students can benefit from an environment dedicated to entrepreneurship, research, exchange, and collaboration. 

Budget: €6.6 million

• Headlights

Promote access to higher education for young people with disabilities by providing them with weekly group support from 9th grade through to their entry into higher education.

Budget: €15,000