News : Education

In late October, the three Grenoble area high-school students who won the first French-American Young Innovators Award will head off for a week in California for a program that includes a tour of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The Award was set up by the U.S. Consulate in Lyon to reward talented local high-school […] >>

Nano@school, a fun, hands-on program to teach high-schoolers about micro and nanotechnology, now has its own website: www.nanoatschool.org. The website (in French only) is intended for both students and teachers, and includes information about the program and participant testimonials—including two videos produced by high-school students. The website also includes a secure area where teachers can […] >>

The Zero PoVa project (for zero power, zero variability) is a 5-year project launched on June 1, 2013 to develop CMOS components for the post-2026 era. Some 20–25 researchers from INAC, IRAMIS, and the CEA’s Technological Research Division are working on the project, which boasts a €1.3 million budget for the first year alone (excluding […] >>

The Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma program in Systems and Microsystems for Physics and Biotechnology is now ten years old and ready for an overhaul. Starting this year the program will focus primarily on biomedical engineering, and the 48 students starting the program this fall will all follow the same curriculum—instead of being divided into two […] >>

Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma welcomed 382 freshmen to its campus this September, along with ten students in the new micro and nanoelectronics integrated system design work-study program. This year’s total intake is more than 10% bigger than last year’s. Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma is continuing to gain recognition as a world-caliber engineering school. The school’s […] >>