New Gadz association: Focus on Horlozarts and its founder, Raphaël Fourest

Horlozarts Team

Raphaël Fourest, a first-year student in the Grande Ecole Engineering Programme Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Lille, has launched his own club, Horlozarts—a project he leads with four other classmates—dedicated to exploring how watch movements work and are manufactured. In other words, the mechanism that makes the heart of any mechanical watch beat. But why invest in the long and costly process of making a mechanical watch when you can simply buy a digital watch, whose features can completely replace your phone?

MFFA Course - Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications

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Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications (MFFA) - BANNER
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National Master of Science Degree Master of Science DNM) in Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications (MFFA)

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In this Master of Science, students receive training in both basic and applied research in the fields of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. These topics can now be explored thanks to advances in computing, which enable industrial research to address the major technological challenges posed by improving energy efficiency and reducing noise pollution.

Campus

Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Paris

Pedagogy

Training schedule

This training program lasts two years.

Master of Science

Training offered on the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Paris through the "Factory of the Future - Energy" program.

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This program is offered in collaboration with Sorbonne University. Classes are divided equally between Sorbonne University and the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Paris.

The program includes one semester of classes from September to February, with the second semester devoted to a 20-week internship. These internships are carried out in France and abroad in universities, laboratories, industrial companies (Safran, Airbus, SNCF, ESA, etc.), and research organizations (ONERA, CEA, etc.). 

Educational objectives  

  • Acquire expertise in numerical simulation and analysis of complex and turbulent flows.
  • Master physical models and associated numerical simulation methods.
  • Know how to apply acquired knowledge to industrial problems, particularly in the field of aeronautical or land transport, where reducing energy consumption and noise pollution are important issues. 

Program

1re period (September to November), 5 compulsory course units

2e period (from December to February), 5 ECTS credits from the following 7 

Assessment, validation, and teaching methods

Course materials and assignment sheets are available to students. Assessment is based on continuous evaluation, practical work, and final exams for each term.

To earn the Master of Science degree, the grade average for each course must be 7/20 or higher; furthermore, the grade average for first-semester courses must be 10/20 or higher. Finally, the grade for the research internship must be 10/20 or higher.

Highlights of the training program

  • Access to a cutting-edge field of research, linked to a strategic sector of industry,
  • Opportunity to work on innovative topics in collaboration with industry partners,
  • Internship opportunities in the R&D departments of large companies,
  • Opportunity for study abroad programs at prestigious foreign universities,
  • A specialty closely linked to the research and development issues faced by many industries,
  • Treatment of R&D according to a general industrial approach,
  • Acquisition of knowledge relating to aerodynamics and mechanical modeling, as well as knowledge concerning the optimization of turbomachinery performance.
  • Highly sought-after training in the industrial and research sectors listed below.

Career opportunities

This program prepares students for careers in aeronautics, automotive, transportation, energy production, and energy conversion, particularly in the research and development departments of these industrial companies. It allows students to pursue a PhD or a career, mainly in the aeronautics, aerospace, or land transportation industries.

Industries related to aeronautics, space, automotive, rail, marine, oil production and exploitation, housing, environment, etc.
Public and private laboratories or industrial technical centers.

Industrial partners

Areva, AEA Technology (Toronto), Bouygues, Carrier, EDF, Faurecia, GDF, Blackmer, PSA, Sagem, Schlumberger (Houston), Société Tour Eiffel, Technicatome, Valeo, Rowenta, Valeo, Ensival-Moret, Snecma, John Crane Cyclam, FAPMO, Schlumberger, Wilo Salmson, Climadef, Ebenal, ETF, GDF, Horis, Lawrence Berkeley, Lyonnaise des Eaux, Renault, Arcelor, SNPE, Saint-Gobain, Snecma, Technip, Hispano-Suiza, etc.

Academic partners

Partnerships with ENSTA, École Polytechnique, CNAM, ENSMP, ECP, ESTACA, ESPCI, Supméca, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela.

Admissions

Admission requirements and required level

  • Holders of a Master of Science or equivalent degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
  • Holders of an engineering degree with proven knowledge in Mechanics, Physics, or Mathematics
  • Prerequisites: Solid M1-level training in Mechanics, Physics, or Mathematics.

The target audience consists primarily of Master of Science students Master of Science mechanical Master of Science , physics, or mathematics at the university, as well as students in their final year of engineering school.

Application schedule

Applications open in February on the dedicated website. Follow the procedure.

Contacts

φML CHAIR

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φML CHAIR
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Arts et Métiers SKF Magnetic Mechatronics have been working together since January 2023 on an industrial chair dedicated to Scientific Machine Learning. Over a period of five years, the chair will aim to optimize the performance of magnetic levitation systems.

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Developing hybrid digital twins

This chair will develop hybrid digital twins capable of operating in real time, using model reduction techniques made possible by scientific machine learning, which combines scientific computing and machine learning techniques using artificial intelligence. These models will then be used in all phases of the machines' life cycle, from conception and design to validation. Simulation will optimize testing and thus improve manufacturing processes.

φML also provides the Arts et Métiers group with an opportunity Arts et Métiers an R&D facility for conducting tests at the "Espace campus" in Vernon (27).

This chair is headed by Chady Ghnatios, a specialist in simulation and digital twins. He develops model reduction techniques, hybrid twins, and data-driven models, with applications in composite materials.

Contact

Chady Ghnatios: chady.ghnatios@ensam.eu, PIMM

CHIMERA CHAIR

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CHIMERA CHAIR
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CHIMERA, which stands for Chair of HybrId Modelling of ElectRical Assets, is an ambitious five-year research partnership led Arts et Métiers AMValor on behalf of the Arts et Métiers group, which will focus on the hybridization of physical models using data. It will draw on the expertise of the L2EP and PIMM laboratories.

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Better characterize the risk of default

Launched in June 2023, the aim of this chair is to optimize the supervision and maintenance of the French electricity transmission network: in order to accelerate the energy transition while controlling daily risks to the network, it is essential to adjust maintenance on electricity network infrastructure.

To monitor the operation of this equipment and implement appropriate maintenance operations, a process for digitizing and centralizing information and equipment dedicated to network monitoring is necessary.

 Physical models necessarily differ from reality. Furthermore, it is unrealistic to imagine that knowledge can be based exclusively on collected data, as this would require too much data! We therefore start with the physical model and, as soon as it differs from the collected data, we use AI to create a model of this discrepancy based on the data.

Professors Francisco Chinesta and Xavier Kestelyn, coordinators of the CHIMERA Chair

The work carried out by the CHIMERA chair will contribute to furthering this approach by jointly modeling these data and physics in order to better predict the individualized states of a facility throughout its life cycle. For RTE, this is a way of better characterizing the risk of failure by taking into account aging as well as the actual operation of each piece of equipment.

Contacts

  • Prof. Francisco Chinesta, professor and researcher (PIMM)
  • Prof. Xavier Kestelyn, lecturer and researcher (L2EP)

BELISAMA CHAIR

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The BELISAMA Chair (Safran AE LIFSE Study Bench for Future Engines), "Mastering High-Speed Hydro-Mechanical Systems," is a structuring partnership for Arts et Métiers, signed with Safran Aircraft Engines and supported by AMValor and the LIFSE laboratory.

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The result of a long-standing collaboration

This research chair, launched in April 2023 and scheduled to run for five years, will help lay the foundations for the aviation of the future. Its goal is to meet the challenge of completely decarbonizing aviation by 2050. To achieve this, Arts et Métiers from the support of aerospace leader Safran, with whom it has been collaborating on research projects for several years. 

Together, the two groups will work on creating a new environmentally friendly aircraft engine, focusing this chair on several areas:

  • Significant advances in centrifugal pump design
  • Ensure their reliability
  • Developing carbon-free components and systems
  • Optimizing energy consumption

 

The expertise of the LIFSE laboratory

The BELISAMA chair will benefit from the human and material resources of the LIFSE laboratory (Fluid Engineering and Energy Systems) to carry out experiments and test benches. Specializing in hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, the laboratory conducts research in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable mobility, aeronautics, and space. LIFSE also has a 2,500 m² state-of-the-art technology platform that will be used by researchers and engineers for experimental purposes.

BELISAMA Chair

The excellence of this collaboration was recognized at the latest SAFRAN A.E. R&T Days, where LIFSE and AMValor received the prestigious "Partnership Development" award on behalf of Arts et Métiers.

Contacts

Prof. Farid BAKIR, LIFSE research professor and Head of the Fluids and Energy Systems Division at the ARTS Carnot Institute

A look back at the 3D prototypes for primary and secondary schools in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

when a simple ruler also becomes a set square

During the Open House at the Cluny campus, students from the Ulis program at Lugny Middle School and students from Georges-Brassens School in Mâcon, as well as schoolchildren from Sancé and La Vineuse, were able to visit the workshops and record their creations on video.