Master’s 2 – High Performance Materials Engineering (IMHP)
Training
Initial course and ongoing training throughout life
Level
five years of post-secondary education
Method
Classroom-based
Duration
2 semesters.
Course venue
Centre Européen de la Céramique,
12 rue Atlantis,
87068 LIMOGES cedex
Contact details
Objectives
The term engineering indicates that the main objective of this training is to train students with strong skills in the areas of processes, implementation and optimisation of material properties. It is also noted that in this speciality and as part of the “advanced ceramic development processes” course, the latest generation of materials are at the heart of the training.
Skills
This Master’s allows for an increase in scientific and technological knowledge in the field of development processes applied to bulk or layered ceramics. In particular, high-level courses are taught in process engineering to allow students to improve their analysis and mastery of the flow of a process. To complement this, the main tools for diagnostics, monitoring and numerical simulation of the development processes for advanced ceramics are discussed. All of this knowledge is especially leveraged in order to tackle and master the processes of ceramics having a (micro-)structure and complex architectures by ensuring to correlate them with promising physico-chemical properties of multimaterials, multilayers or gradient materials thus obtained. Finally, students’ awareness of efficient management principles that are respectful of the environmental constraints relating to a process for manufacturing advanced ceramics constitutes without a doubt one of the highlights of this training.
Graduates of this course will be competent professionals in the development, optimisation and control of the manufacturing processes of advanced materials. They will be able to conduct a thorough analysis of the products obtained to interact in return in the development process. They will master the main techniques for characterisation of materials and the tools for simulation.
At the end of the course, each student has a descriptive appendix entitled “Supplement to Degree” which provides a precise description of the university curriculum followed and the skills acquired during the period of study as well as a fair evaluation of progress made and skills acquired.
Number of ECTS credits: 120
Registration fee
Approximately 480 euros (including social security).
Campus France
The University of Limoges belongs to the agency Campus France and the facility CEF (Centre pour les Études en France). International students who live abroad (outside the EU, excluding BGE/BGF [holders of scholarships awarded by the French government and foreign countries, respectively]), wishing to pursue their studies in Limoges, must file their applications with the agency Campus France. A Centre pour les Études en France exists in the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Comores, Gabon, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Republic of Congo, Russia, Senegal, South Korea, Syria (suspended), Taiwan, Tunisia, United States, Vietnam. The procedure is dematerialised: for more information, please click on the link below.
Organisation of the curriculum
Courses, tutorials, practical work, a research project in a laboratory and a work placement at a company.
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Semester 3 Mandatory list
TU1: Fundamental aspects of process engineering credits: 6
Basic education in process engineering
Plasmas for surface coating processes
Plasma-surface interaction
TU2: Development processes for bulk and layered ceramics credits: 6
Development processes for bulk ceramics
Development processes for layered ceramics
Elements of a process simulation
TU3: Applications of complex materials’ processes credits: 6
Multimaterials
Composite materials
Materials with gradients of properties
TU4: Process diagnostics and control credits: 6
Diagnostic tools of processes
Methodological tools, methods of acquisition
Diagnostics of plasma processes
Quantification of environmental impacts
TU5: Preparation for Professional Life
TU6: English
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Semester 4 Mandatory list
TU7: Introductory teaching unit – PRES topics
TU8: Project management
TU9: Professional project in a laboratory or at a company
Further studies
Possible pursuit of studies for a doctoral thesis in materials science in France or abroad.
Professional integration
Career opportunities : production and manufacturing engineer, engineering company engineer, R&D engineer, maintenance engineer, safety engineer, environmental consultant, business manager engineer, project manager, technical expert, technological survey engineer …
Industries : production, control, research and development for developing advanced materials processes for applications in the aerospace, nuclear, biomedical, microelectronics and catalysis sectors …
