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Futuroleaf, a European project
Futuroleaf, a European project

Karsten Haupt is Professor of Biochemistry at the UTC and has been Director of UTC’s Enzyme and Cellular Engineering (GEC) laboratory since 2012. A specialist in molecular imprinting, he is taking part in the European Futuroleaf project launched in 2020 and due to run until the end of 2023.

Biobased polymers
Biobased polymers

Aude Cordin is both lecturer at UTC and lecturer-cum-research scientist the Enzymatic and Cellular Engineering (UTC-GEC) laboratory. Her research field lies at the interface between bioresources, biomimetics and polymers.

A commitment to the environment
A commitment to the environment

From the outset, UTC-Compiegne has distinguished itself by promoting curricula including the human and social sciences. Its aim is to train ‘humanist engineers’.

Polar Sea — sailing without polluting
Polar Sea — sailing without polluting

Is pollution-free travel a utopia? Christophe Brière, a UTC graduate and Sophie Galvagnon have decided to take up this challenge. Their solution: to produce an ultra-efficient sailboat equipped with measuring equipment, to combine tourism and scientific research. In 2025, they will head for the far North!

Tomorrow’s glass invented at UTC-Compiegne
Tomorrow’s glass invented at UTC-Compiegne

The UTC Chair “Smart and Transparent Surfaces for the Automobile of the Future (SITAF)”, launched in November 2019, is the first such chair to be funded by the UTC Innovation Foundation. It is an industrial-intensive chair devoted to ”smart” glass surfaces conducted in close relationship with the company Saint-Gobain Sekurit based in Compiègne.

Highly involved research workers
Highly involved research workers

As long-time partners, the ArcelorMittal Global R&D research centre in Montataire, which specialises in automotive applications, and UTC have created this joint laboratory in 2019, which is supported by the Hauts-de-France Region and partly funded by the ERDF (also calle Enedis- power grid management). The work carried out within the framework of FuseMetal focuses on the welding of 3rd generation high strength steels and the modelling of additive manufacturing processes. The 6 PhD students, Elise, Daoming, Héléna, Marcia, Ghassen and Ana Julia present their research work in the laboratory.

Claire Rossi, a science passionaria
Claire Rossi, a science passionaria

Professor Claire Rossi, was appointed Executive Vice-Chancellor & Director of UTC on December 8, 2022 for a five-year term of office.

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Special feature n°60
Research aimed at securing a sustainable future
When we think of sustainable development, we almost certainly think about the environment. But in order for the objective of sustainability to be achieved, other dimensions come to bear, in particular economic, technical and social issues.
It was back in 1993 that the UTC set itself the goal of reconciling technology and the environment. Designing a product, piece of equipment, process or method whilst minimising pollution or identify its source is the approach adopted by the University. Thanks to the complementary skills of its various laboratories and the quality of its research, UTC-Compiegne is well placed to assess and control the risks that technological development can pose to the environment and to find technological solutions to environmental challenges.
From the design of a product that can be easily recycled, to optimisation a manufacturing process to make it cleaner and/ or less energy-greedy, to the implementation of an efficient end-of-life waste treatment and recovery system, or even the detection of pollution using biological methods, a global approach is favoured.
Problems that also involve economic and social issues. Hence the emphasis on including the teaching social sciences and humanities. In all these areas, UTC has a lot to offer in terms of education, research and innovation.

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