Innovation Crunch Time 2018
The largest French university technology challenge: 4 days of competition, 1600 engineering students in 5 specializations, 2 partner schools, 150 technology projects, 3 project categories, 100 professional coaches (industry, academia, etc.) involved. Future UTBM engineers had to suggest solutions to innovation topics proposed by companies, local authorities, and laboratories. […]
A UTBM team advances to the finals of the INSIDE LVMH international competition
Congratulations to our three students, who were part of the finalist teams in the INSIDE LVMH innovation competition held on May 3 in Paris! Their project focused on a concept for a personalized, connected wine stopper designed to control the aging process of wines. While 4,500 students and 750 projects were initially submitted, only 48 teams were selected […]
“VIVO! Get Out into Nature”: Researchers from Burgundy–Franche-Comté are coming to meet you all across the region!
Climate change, medical revolutions, artificial intelligence, agroecology… Humans imitate nature, damage it, repair it, try to break free from it or transcend it, manipulate it, or even celebrate it. Is it time to rethink humanity’s place in nature? Working within their respective disciplines, researchers from Bourgogne–Franche-Comté are proposing hypotheses, developing theories, building models, […]
UTBM at the Bloody Weekend Festival
June 1–3 at the Espace Japy in Audincourt Fans of fantasy, don’t miss the Bloody Weekend Festival from June 1 to 3! There, you’ll discover (among many other things) Zombie Shooter VR, developed by two students from UTBM! Three days to share a common passion for cinema, three days to discover […]
Innovation Award for a UTBM Team at the 2018 Entrepreneuriales
The closing ceremony for the 8th graduating class of *Les Entrepreneuriales* in Franche-Comté took place on Thursday, April 5, in Montbéliard. Among the 22 finalist teams, 3 were from UTBM: • Newelec (next-generation dishwasher): Fabrice NOLACK FOTE (dual degree in Computer Science / ETI Master’s), Malo QUERET (dual degree in EDIM – ETI Master’s), Xiayu WANG (ETI Master’s), Romeo Rivero (dual […]
Lucille Despres Wins Second Place in the Audience Choice Award at the Regional Finals of “My Thesis in 180 Seconds”
On Monday, March 19, the regional final of the “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” competition, organized by the Conference of University Presidents and the CNRS, was held in Besançon. Ten contestants from across the region took turns delivering a concise, clear, and compelling three-minute presentation on their research projects. Karen Rihani, a student […]
13th Annual One-Day Film Festival
May 10–13, 2018, in Montbéliard Once again this year, the One-Day Film Festival returns for its 13th edition. It will take place from May 10 to 13, and the concept remains the same: to make a short film in 50 hours based on a theme revealed during the opening ceremony. Teams of students from all […]
Publication of the book “The Origins of Innovation: Biographies as a Vehicle for Understanding the Innovation Process”
Edited by Marianne Chouteau, Joëlle Forest, and Céline Nguyen “Engineers in the 21st Century” Series This book aims to shed light on our understanding of the innovation process through an original approach: the biographies of innovations. The contributors argue that these biographies provide a means of understanding the origins of innovations by highlighting […]
A UTBM student meets the President of the Republic as part of an internship in China
Corentin Laloup shares his experience: [upside_sticky class="sticky-note sticky-sky"]“As a student in the Energy program (specializing in building systems), I’m currently completing my final-year internship in Shanghai, China. The company hosting me is French (ADEN – ALTEREA) and has 26,000 employees throughout Asia. I’m working on various projects in China and abroad related to energy in the […]
"Creation, Creativity, and Innovation in Engineering Education and Practice"
Edited by Michel J.-F. Dubois, Marie-Laure Vitali, and Michel Sonntag “Engineers in the 21st Century” Series Abstract: This book, with its illuminating variety of perspectives, can be seen as a response to the new image of the 21st-century engineer. Engineers are expected to master computer science, mathematics, and the specific sciences […]