Biomass and Waste for Energy and Materials - BiWEM -
A Mines Albi MSc program in co-accreditation with the Institut Mines Telecom & the Federal University of Toulouse Midi Pyrenees 2
Institut Mines Telecom - Key Figures At the national level, Mines Albi is part of the Institut Mines Telecom 13 000 students 1 725 PhDs 4300 graduates/year among 2500 in engineering 8% of the PhD degrees delivered in France (25% of PhDs of «GE») 34 % foreign students, 60 nationalities 38 % scholarship students 4 700 staff members 1/ 8 faculty to student ratio 2 Carnot Institutes 125 Million income in corporate research / year (25% of what the 208 French «GE» generate) 100+ business start-ups / year (over 90% survival after 3 years) http://www.mines-telecom.fr/en/ 3
University of Toulouse Key Figures At the local level, Mines Albi is part of the Federal University of Toulouse 120 000 students 10 000 professors / researchers 15 PhD schools 12% foreign students more than 150 research labs 3 Nobel prizes 4
Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage and a Southern French Lifestyle 5
Mines Albi Key Figures 250 permanent staff 75 academics 80 enrolled PhDs, 50% foreign students 750 engineering students 250 graduates in Engineering each year 3 research departments ICA FRE CNRS 3687 RAPSODEE UMR CNRS 5302 CGI http://www.mines-albi.fr/international 6
Mines Albi Campus 7
Mines Albi Campus life 8
Mines Albi Strengths Excellence in Training, Research and Innovation Strong National and International Academic Partnership Strong Industry Partners Dynamic Life on Campus Good Career Prospects 9
A MSc program part of the INTERNATIONAL MINES ALBI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 10
Master Programs http://www.mines-albi.fr/international-masters SCALE AMPAS AeroMat AdPharmIng BiWEM 11
Biomass and Waste for Energy and Materials - BiWEM - http://www.mines-albi.fr/biwem At the crossroads of Chemical Engineering Chemistry Fluid mechanics Thermal science Environmental sciences Economics Social sciences and Humanities Master of Science, submitted to the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research for accreditation 12
A MSc program supported and boosted by the RAPSODEE Research Department 13
Key figures RAPSODEE CNRS UMR 5302 50 peer-reviewed papers / year 2 Million income in corporate research / year Research centre of excellence in Science for Energy Conversion Label granted to only 10% of research labs An outstanding international recognition Springer peer-reviewed journal WasteEng Conferences Series & Summer Schools in collaboration with AiChE Strong interaction with industry More than 50 companies http://rapsodee.mines-albi.fr/en/co/rapsodee.html World leaders in the field of Energy & Environment: Air Liquide, Total, Suez Environment, Degrémont, Veolia, Séché, Solvay, EdF 14
On-site and up to date facilities Physico-Chemical Characterization Platform 15
Structural, Mechanical and Thermo-Physical Characterization Platform 16
On-site up to date pilot-scale facilities From a few grams... 17
... Up to several kg/h 18
A new innovative and research plateform Waste and co-products dedicated Platform, ValThERA With a mobile concentrating heliostat of 16 m 2 and a hyperboloid fixed mirror on the roof, the focal point being at the ground level 19
Biomass and Waste to Energy and Materials MSc BiWEM Organization, content, highlights and opportunities 20
BiWEM - General information A MSc program boosted by the research department RAPSODEE Organization: 2-year / 4 semester (120 ECTS) 1 intake per year (mid-september) Location: Mines Albi Campus Langage: English Admission requirements: Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree, in the field of Chem. Eng, Mech. Eng., Clean Technology, Energy Participants with some industrial experience are also welcome Tuition fees: 18 000 21
The content at a glance ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL-ECONOMIC ISSUES (26 ECTS) Management and economics of the environment Ethics, corporate social responsibility Ecotechnologies and innovation Global environmental business FUNDAMENTALS FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONVERSION (22 ECTS) Resource availability, collection and sustainability Biomass and waste pre-processing Fundamentals of biological and thermochemical reactor design Coproducts post-processing FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE AND GENERIC ENGINEERING TOOLS (20 ECTS) Fundamentals of transport phenomena, applied chemistry, biochemistry Generic numerical and experimental methods for process optimization and engineering Process modeling and assessments PUTTING CONCEPTS INTO PRACTICE (22 ECTS) Industrial visits Industrially-relevant project work, sponsored by industrial partners: Environmental-friendly design of an economically viable processing route 22
Syllabus M1 Management and economics of the environment Feedstock and resources Generic methods for engineering and process design Transport phenomena French culture and language Industrially relevant project work Part 1 M1S1 : 30 ECTS Ecotechnologies and innovation Biomass and waste pre-processing Biological and thermochemical reactors for renewable resource conversion French culture and language Industrially relevant project work Part 2 M1S2 : 30 ECTS Global environmental business Gas and solid coproducts post-processing Process modeling, integration & assessment French culture and language Industrially relevant project work Part 3 Master Thesis : Mines Albi-Carmaux Total : 36 ECTS Advanced internship in industry or public research lab, In France or abroad M2 M2S1 30 ECTS M2S2 30 ECTS 23
Highlights Good grounding in a core set of engineering competencies. Access to impressive and up-to-date on-site pilot-scale facilities In-depth knowledge of the key cross-cutting methods associated with process design and integration Strong interaction with industry through visits, conferences and practices Opportunity to undertake an industrially-relevant project planned over the 3 academic semesters sponsored by world s leading companies under the supervision of expert practitioners 6-month MSc thesis in industry or in a public research lab 24
Career opportunities SKILLS ACQUIRED use state of the art, sciences, technology, business model and regulatory aspects to conceive and develop processing routes think green, preferably with a circular economy mind-set understand, analyse and manage complex systems recommend strategies to meet business and ecological goals undertake socially responsible innovative industrial projects work well with others, across culture and disciplines present convincingly and argue a case behind an audience write reports, publications and short communications TYPICAL JOBS R&D Engineer Process Engineer Design Engineer Junior Project Engineer Exploitation engineer Environmental consultant INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES 25
RAPSODEE To summarize Outstanding international recognition Impressive and up-to-date on-site experimental facilities BiWEM Renewable feedstocks Eco-technology Green business Social responsability World leading companies in the field of Energy&Environment National and international Scientific Societies 26
Thank you for listening Hope to welcome you at Mines Albi! 27
Contact Website: www.mines-albi.fr/biwem Email: biwem-admission@mines-albi.fr Phone: +33 5 63 49 33 49 How to apply? All applications should be made on-line. To download the application form: www.mines-albi.fr/admission-1 Incriptions are opened. 28