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MINATEC’s international reputation is what convinced the CEA to appoint me to this new position.”   In April of this year, you were appointed Director, MINATEC, Advisor to the CEA Chairman for International Innovation Projects. What is your mandate? The objective is to support the development of the CEA’s international relations. The CEA’s network of […] >>

The Isère General Council, already a partner of the Ideas Laboratory®, recently signed a new partnership, this time with the Experimenta expo, which will now be held once every two years. The next edition will take place in February 2018 at MINATEC, with activities spread out at sites across the Greater Grenoble area. Ideas Laboratory® […] >>

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) produces much more than just images. The TEM equipment at the CEA nanocharacterization platform (PFNC) provides detailed information on the chemistry of the materials analyzed. And, to make sure that the platform’s equipment stays at the international state of the art, two transmission electron microscopes have been upgraded with advanced analysis […] >>

Imagine an electron as fast as Usain Bolt! Sabrina Fadloun had the jury—and the entire audience—hanging on her every word at the Grenoble-Alpes University finals of the MT 180 (My Thesis in 180 Seconds, inspired by the Three Minute Thesis®) competition held at MINATEC on April 13. Two other PhD candidates from Grenoble Institute of […] >>

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school and the University of Bristol (England) recently signed a nuclear energy partnership. The two institutions had previously been ERASMUS partners for several years. Nuclear energy is a high-growth field in southwestern England, where French electric utility EDF is building two EPR™ pressurized-water-type reactors that will be commissioned in […] >>