News : Industry

On October 1, 2012, Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma finalized the terms of a partnership agreement with DCNS, a global leader in naval defense with operations in civil nuclear energy and marine renewable energy. DCNS invests heavily in R&D in fields like hydrodynamics, materials, acoustic quieting, and electromagnetics. As part of the partnership, engineers working for […] >>

On December 3 and 10, 2012, professionals from Orange Labs and E2V, respectively, will come speak to Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma students as part of a corporate partnership initiative. These company lectures were initially optional, but for the past three years have been mandatory for second-year students majoring in Integrated Electronic Systems and Signals, Images, […] >>

Construction work is on track for the new nanosafety building on the CEA campus in Grenoble. The 6,000 m2, low-energy-consumption-certified building is scheduled to open in the first half of 2013. Some 150 nano-experts will work in the new building, including Liten researchers, trainers from the French National Institute of Nuclear Science (INSTN), medical testing […] >>

MultiX, a developer of X-ray spectrometric detectors for luggage inspection and other security applications, has just raised €4 million from six investors. This is the start-up’s second round of fund raising; the first in January 2011 brought in €3 million. MultiX’s high-performance systems, developed in association with Leti, offer a fast, reliable, and low-cost method […] >>

This year’s inaugural First Step Challenge—designed to identify the most promising start-up ideas based on CEA Tech projects (see the October 2012 issue of Minanews)—received an overwhelming 23 applications from aspiring young entrepreneurs. 14 of these applications have been selected for the next phase of the challenge; most of the projects selected were officially launched […] >>