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Anne Vilcot, who took the reins as President of Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school on June 15, 2016, will lead an administration team that remains virtually unchanged with: Alice Caplier (international relations), Saïd Obbade (corporate relations), and Christine Morales (administration). The team’s only new member, Patrice Petitclair, is a former project manager for […] >>

Grenoble INP Entreprise, Grenoble Institute of Technology’s tech-transfer company, moved to offices at MINATEC (on the sixth floor of the Phelma 2 building) in early March. The new offices will provide more space and bring the company closer to industrial R&D projects at Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma. It will also be easier for the company […] >>

In late March, Schneider Electric and the Grenoble Institute of Technology Partners Foundation co-founded an industrial chair of excellence for plastronics. The MINT Chair will be endowed with a budget of more than €450,000. Researchers from Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Pagora and Phelma schools as well as from labs LGP2 and IMEP-LaHC will be involved […] >>

Third-year Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma student Jordan Broisin won four medals at the French National Adaptive Skiing Championships at Pra-Loup in March 2016, including a gold for the Super-G. A rising star on France’s national adaptive ski team, Jordan is enrolled at Phelma under a special athletics program that allows him to combine training and […] >>

More than 3,000 students are enrolled in a new MOOC on habitable exoplanets that launched on June 1 on the FUN* platform. The course was created by Grenoble-Alpes University and the Grenoble Universe Science Observatory under the direction of astronomer Jean-Charles Augereau. Content was contributed by nine scientists, including Phelma graduate and INAC PhD candidate […] >>