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"Mechanics and physics for environment" program
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Persons in charge:
Hervé Le Treut (Mechanics Department) letreut@lmd.ens.fr
Jean-François Roussel (Physics Departement) roussel@onera.fr
Expected student number: 25
Prerequisites: no prerequisite but MEC431, MEC432 or MEC433 are advisable for some of the courses
Rules of selection:
For periods P1 and P2 : 3 courses and one EA (Enseignement d'Approfondissement) are to be chosen. One at maximum can be chosen out of the course catalog of the program.
Period P3: research internship in France or abroad.
Professional openings : Advisable 4th year program and carrier opportunities
The «Mechanics and Physics for Environment» program offers the access to several
types of 4th year programs:
«Research» Masters M2: The «Ocean, Atmosphere Climate and TeledetectionObservation from space» option of Mechanics Master M2 is an École Polytechnique program, done in conjunction with ENS Ulm, ENSTA and University Pierre et Marie Curie. Other M2 exist in Toulouse, Lille, Brest, Grenoble-Clermont, or Ile de France.
Engineering Schools: ENSMP, ENPC, ENSTA, SUPAERO, ENGREF, ENSAE, ENSPM, INSTN, ENSEEIHT
Programs abroad: most important foreign universities have a Master in Environmental sciences
The Mechanics and Physics for Environment program can lead to research or engineering carriers:
Corps de l'Etat
Project manager and other carriers of Research & Development, in industrial or academic context.
Design and Production in the industry.
Large projects and technological challenges.
Transportation systems
Energetics & Environment[fincollerktoolbox]
Objectives : The ever increasing spectrum of environmental problems, which appear in a context ranging from local scales (air pollution, land use) to global ones (green house effect, desertification), subsequently impacts a large number of economy sectors : transportation, energy production, infrastructure development...
As a consequence environmental professions are developing quickly. They require a general knowledge in physics and mechanics. They also need a deeper knowledge of the physical mechanisms ruling our planet. The fields of knowledge involved are very diverse: atmosphere and ocean dynamics, solid Earth roles both as a source of risks (seismology) and as a storing place (wastes, CO2), physics of radiative exchanges with space, which influence the climate system energetics and provide analysis tools for the planet through space detection. Expertise or decisions, in the public or private spheres, often take place at the interface between several of these fields.
The objective of this program is to supply basic tools and knowledge in theoretical, experimental and modeling fields. They will be applied to several cases: energy sector, climate change, water management...
A double extension is also offered:
To more fundamental fields, towards universe science and astrophysics where many objects can be found (solar or extra solar planets) whose analysis leads to a better understanding of the mechanisms at work on Earth
To more applied topics, in the framework of the Sustainable Development Chair, by proposing two courses belonging to EcoSciences program (economy, biodiversity)
To more fundamental fields, towards universe science and astrophysics where many objects can be found (solar or extra solar planets) whose analysis leads to a better understanding of the mechanisms at work on Earth
To more applied topics, in the framework of the Sustainable Development Chair, by proposing two courses belonging to EcoSciences program (economy, biodiversity)
Persons in charge:
Hervé Le Treut (Mechanics Department) letreut@lmd.ens.fr
Jean-François Roussel (Physics Departement) roussel@onera.fr
Expected student number: 25
Prerequisites: no prerequisite but MEC431, MEC432 or MEC433 are advisable for some of the courses
Rules of selection:
For periods P1 and P2 : 3 courses and one EA (Enseignement d'Approfondissement) are to be chosen. One at maximum can be chosen out of the course catalog of the program.
Period P3: research internship in France or abroad.
Professional openings : Advisable 4th year program and carrier opportunities
The «Mechanics and Physics for Environment» program offers the access to several
types of 4th year programs:
«Research» Masters M2: The «Ocean, Atmosphere Climate and TeledetectionObservation from space» option of Mechanics Master M2 is an École Polytechnique program, done in conjunction with ENS Ulm, ENSTA and University Pierre et Marie Curie. Other M2 exist in Toulouse, Lille, Brest, Grenoble-Clermont, or Ile de France.
Engineering Schools: ENSMP, ENPC, ENSTA, SUPAERO, ENGREF, ENSAE, ENSPM, INSTN, ENSEEIHT
Programs abroad: most important foreign universities have a Master in Environmental sciences
The Mechanics and Physics for Environment program can lead to research or engineering carriers:
Corps de l'Etat
Project manager and other carriers of Research & Development, in industrial or academic context.
Design and Production in the industry.
Large projects and technological challenges.
Transportation systems
Energetics & Environment[fincollerktoolbox]