News : MINATEC

Field testing of a portable pathogenic bacteria alert and identification system began a few days ago in the South of France. The system, developed by Leti and List combines lensless imaging, Raman spectrometry, and supervised classification algorithms. The system, named Bacram, was developed under the counter-bioterrorism research program of the French government’s CBRND* policy. It […] >>

The eleventh edition of the European version of the American High Tech U program (a SEMI initiative), will consist of two three-day sessions held in March and April. The objective of High Tech U is to raise high-school sophomores’ awareness of careers in microelectronics through a total-immersion experience. The students will spend a day at […] >>

On February 5, 2015 a group of 72 high-school students from the nearby towns La Mûre and Voiron will come to MINATEC for the fourth annual session of Scientifique, toi aussi ! [You, too, can be a scientist!] to learn about careers in science. This year’s edition will focus on women in science. Astrophysicist Isabelle […] >>

Effective on December 15, 2015 Marie-Paule Schuhl succeeded Xavier Oster as head of the Grenoble Institute of Technology communications department. Schuhl and her seven-person department will support the school’s international development strategy, including promoting the school’s partnerships internationally. The development of the new Grenoble-Alps University will also be a major focus for the department. During […] >>

Phelma students rushed to newsstands to pick up the December 2014-January 2015 issue of l’Étudiant magazine. Why the interest? Four of their very own were featured (relaxed and smiling!) on the cover—and for good reason. Phelma placed high in the magazine’s 2015 engineering-school rankings. The ranking analyzed France’s 165 nationally-accredited engineering schools, sharing the sixth […] >>