News : Life @ MINATEC

MINATEC played host to the fourteen finalist teams in the Inno’Cup Jr—a competition for innovators aged fifteen to eighteen—arriving from all over France this past summer to present their work. From a device that transforms walking energy into electricity, to antiseptic chewing gum, to a double bass the size of a ukulele, the teams’ innovations […] >>

The 2015–2016 school year is the best yet for Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school. The school moved up the CCP admissions rankings between 60 and 230 slots, depending on the major. The CCP is a common entrance exam for France’s polytechnic institutes. The incoming freshman class size is similar to the 2014–2015 class, […] >>

CIME Nanotech now has a new CVD (chemical vapor deposition) machine. The machine will be used for microelectronics, photovoltaics, and spintronics courses and will also be available for use by academic research labs. The machine can be used to deposit thin layers onto four-inch silicon wafers and smaller samples. Worth noting is the fact that […] >>

The Siemens SPECT/CT system installed in late 2013 at Clinatec has been fully operational since May 2015, following a permitting and compliance process that lasted more than a year. The system combines a CT scanner and gamma camera for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging. The system will be used for Clinatec’s research on targeted delivery […] >>

In June, IMEP-LAHC signed a renewable nine-month contract with Anritsu to use the manufacturer’s state-of-the-art very wideband network analyzer. The analyzer can measure systems from 70 kHz to 145 GHz in a single sweep, achieving never before seen levels of performance and accuracy. The analyzer also has a four ports under probe configuration, offering unparalleled […] >>