The IMPACT Chair aims to sustain the effort to transform research in materials science and engineering by developing in particular the impact of digital technologies on the entire innovation chain, from the acceleration of bibliographic research to the acceleration of raw material recycling processes.
An objective fully consistent with the initiative national DIADEM, the new PEPR (Program and Equipment Priority Research) exploratory dedicated to the accelerated discovery of materials for major transitions (energy, digital, health) co-led by the CEA and the CNRS.
Strong coupling between synthesis approaches and characterization compatible with broadband on the one hand, and digital intelligence approaches artificial and simulation on the other hand, allows this acceleration of developments necessary for competitiveness in a highly competitive international environment.
The activities developed within the IMPACT Chair are of two types. This is a demonstration R&D program backed by a training program to support the necessary convergence between materials science and engineering on the one hand, and the digital transition, in particular artificial intelligence, on the other hand. The objective is to take concrete action through science and training to meet the crucial needs for high-performance materials in an obvious context of sobriety in energy and mineral resources and in raw materials in the broad sense.
The Chair’s activity is intended to be carried out as internationally as possible with the aim of establishing links with leading research and higher education laboratories and organizations active in this convergence.
This activity is also intended to be carried out in strong connection with the industrial fabric via co-financed theses and a continuing training program to be put in place, in particular through the PEPR DIADEM which has financial (AMI Training) and technological ( platforms of the DIADEM Discovery HUB) to design these new training courses.
The renewal of the IMPACT Chair will aim to sustain the effort to transform research in materials science and engineering by developing in particular the impact of digital technologies on the entire innovation chain, from the acceleration of bibliographic research to the acceleration of raw material recycling processes.
The objective of the IMPACT international teaching and research chair is therefore fully consistent with the national initiative DIADEM, the new PEPR (Priority Research Program and Equipment) dedicated to the accelerated discovery of materials for major transitions (Ecological, Energy, Digital, Health).
The strong coupling between synthesis and characterization approaches compatible with high-throughput on the one hand, and digital approaches of artificial intelligence and simulation on the other hand, allows this acceleration of developments necessary for competitiveness in an environment strong international competition and under “Green Deal” constraints.