Specialty – Eco-design and Process Safety (EcoS)

Current industrial processes face a dual challenge: the imperative need to limit environmental impacts and risks, and the increasing scarcity of raw materials and energy. In this context, the aim of the EcoS program is to train engineers capable of designing and operating clean, safe and resource-efficient processes.

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Programme

The aim of the EcoS program is to complement a solid training in the various fields of process engineering with specific courses that will enable the engineer to :

Assess the environmental impacts and risks associated with a process;
Select and size-scale technologies designed to limit environmental impacts (waste, effluents, etc.) and risks;
Design and optimize processes with a view to reducing raw material and energy consumption, which also contributes to a reduction in environmental impact.

As part of the GP-EcoS programme, engineering students will take on the following curriculum:

Design, optimization and integration of processes to reduce raw material and energy consumption;
Designing clean processes to minimize environmental impact (emissions and discharges);
Control of process risks and major technological hazards;
Water and liquid effluent treatment;
Waste treatment and valorisation.

Academic staff

The training is provided by a teaching team bringing together teacher-researchers, industrial speakers and external experts, in order to guarantee quality training adapted to the needs of companies and the challenges of society.

Equipment

Students have experimental and digital platforms. Pilot installations allow students to put into practice the fundamental notions of process engineering (separation processes, heat exchangers, reactors, fluid mechanics, etc.). Students also have access to different digital tools for process simulation and optimization.

Professional openings

Numerous national and international industrial partnerships have been developed with numerous companies linked to process engineering, notably: Alstom, Avril, Bonduelle, Engie, EDF, Framatome, Nestlé, Orano, Sanofi, Suez, Technip, Tereos, Total, Veolia, etc.

International

During their training, engineering students must demonstrate their ability to evolve in an international context. To do this, they have the possibility of following one or more semesters of study and/or internship abroad (around forty destinations around the world: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, South Korea , Spain, United States, Finland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Taiwan, etc.).

A double engineering degree can be prepared with different establishments: universities of Braunschweig (Germany), Cranfield (UK), Itajuba (Brazil), Escuela colombiana de ingeniería (Colombia), Universidad del Sur (Argentina), Polytechnique Montréal (Quebec), École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal (Quebec), etc.