In Caligny, just a stone’s throw from Flers, the Faurecia plant includes a Research and Development (R&D) centre focusing on car seat mechanisms. All of the motor vehicle equipment manufacturer’s international projects in the field take root here. And little by little the CIRIAM (Industrial Park for Research and Innovation Applied to Materials) is blossoming.
An international Associated Laboratory (IAL) was recently created between the CEA, the CNRS/IN2P3 and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in India (BARC/TIFR).
Within the framework of a partnership programme initiated by National Instrument (NI) with schools and universities across the globe, ENSICAEN is now one of five French schools to become a certified “Labview Academy”.
CIMAP’s doctoral students have created “Student Chapters” in partnership with two international organisations: the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the SPIE.
A research team from the GREYC (CNRS/UCBN/ENSICAEN Joint Research Unit), directed by Professor Christophe Dolabdjian, is involved in one of four projects recently selected within the framework of the DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Project) in the United States, focusing on the development of highly sensitive magnetometers.
A research group dedicated to monetics and biometrics was created last September within the GREYC. Closely linked with industry, the group recently signed a new partnership with the telecom operator SFR focusing on digital identity management.