Objectives

From the engineering point of view, matter and materials play a central role in industrial activity. The Matter and Materials Teaching Unit covers this particularly broad field, from the constituents of matter to materials engineering.

The MM Unit seeks to provide Centrale Lyon engineers with the basic knowledge needed to be able to play the role of decision-maker in selecting, producing and giving shape to materials.  The Unit also provides extra teaching in physics and chemistry, concentrating on filling in those aspects neglected in the classes préparatoires (such as microscopic physics, or the matter/energy relationship) and reinforcing the kinds of knowledge that are going to find applications in future technologies (e.g., microphysics and optics).

Like in all teaching units, training has a two-level objective:

 The foundation level, indispensable to any general engineer, consists in the three foundation courses and two practical groups of the core syllabus. To make this basic knowledge easier to integrate, two case-study sessions are run at the end of the year.

 The more advanced specialty level is put together by each student themselves, choosing among advanced courses and options during the two years of the core syllabus.

Content

2ND YEAR
Basic modules
MMb2.1 - Physics II - Atoms and photons
MMb2.2 - Physics of materials
MMb2.3 - Synthesis

Advanced modules
MMa2.1 - Surface processing
MMa2.2 - Non ordered materials
MMa2.3 - Polymer materials and composites
MMa2.4 - Aerospace and cars materials
MMa2.5 - Particle-matter interations, characterization of materials
MMa2.6 - Electrochemistry and applications
MMa2.7 - Supra-molecular chemistry

Practical modules
MMt2.1 - Polymers and composites
MMt2.2 - Surface and tribology

Optional modules
MMo2.1 - Semiconductor material
MMo2.2 - Techinal product elaboration
MMo2.3 - Ecology and environment
MMo2.4 - Industrial engineering process
MMo2.5 - Choice of materials
MMo2.6 - Nuclear engineering
MMo2.7 - Optical methods

Examination

Assessment consists in an exam and a class-mark for each practical module; a general end-of-the-year exam provides an assessment of what has been learned in the unit as a whole.