Institut Pascal - Integrated System Analysis

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Institut Pascal, UMR 6602, is a joint interdisciplinary research and training unit of 400 people, under the twofold supervision of Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) and CNRS. CHU University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand is secondary supervisor of the unit. Institut Pascal is member of Clermont Auvergne INP, which includes three engineering schools ISIMA, POLYTECH Clermont and SIGMA Clermont.

Institut Pascal was born from the merging of seven laboratories encompassing Engineering and Systems Sciences: process engineering, mechanics, robotics, physics for information sciences, health technologies. The aim was to structure the field of the Engineering Sciences of the area of Clermont-Ferrand. The process was achieved in three steps (in 2012, 2017 and January 2021).

The research unit develops knowledge and technologies that contribute to three areas of application: plants, transportation and the hospital of the future.

Institut Pascal is a member of FACTOLAB, a joint laboratory with MICHELIN. It is owner of the LabEx IMobS3 (laboratory of excellence from the PIA1 French investment program for the future). Institut Pascal is member of the CNRS network EquipEx ROBOTEX and of the LabEx GaNeX (PIA1) and PRIMES. The unit is also member of the competitiveness cluster CIMES, as well as clusters AXELERA, MINALOGIC, POLYMERIS, XYLOFUTUR as partner of UCA. Institut Pascal is member of Institut Carnot MECD.

The unit is organised into five research groups:
• Process Engineering, Energy and Biosystems (GePEB department)
• Image, Perception Systems, Robotics (ISPR department)
• Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering (M3G department)
• Photonics, Waves, Nanomaterials (PHOTON department)
• Image Guided Therapies (TGI department)

Institut Pascal is located on the Clermont-site (Campus des Cézeaux: direction/EUPI, Polytech, SIGMA. CHU: G. Montpied and Estaing); the Montluçon-site (IUT of Allier); and the Puy en Velay-site (IUT of Clermont).

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Integrated System Analysis and Circular Engineering (IC)

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The theme “Integrated System Analysis and Circular Engineering” (IC) is transverse to the other themes developed at GePEB. Structuring R&D programs support IE activities. Being subdivided with several research projects, these programs share the objective of global quantification of mass and energy flows in complex flow sheets, generally integrating the notions of environmental impacts and recycling of mass and energy. In 2017, IE theme comprises three major programs, of regional, national and international importance:

Bio-Valo: service and innovation platform for the development of the biomass valorisation in Auvergne Rhône Alpes region;
IMobS3: LabEx on Innovative Mobility: Smart and Sustainable Solutions for Mobility;
MELiSSA: Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative.

Bio-Valo: With an approach based on circular economy, especially for agricultural activities, Bio-Valo platform offers a test facility and an industrial tool for the valorisation of biomass, with the objective to develop innovative processes in the field of green chemistry: production of platform molecules, of methane, of hydrogen, etc.

IMobS3: The third challenge of LabEx IMobS3 on which GePEB is involved is "Energy for mobility". Within this vast field, the activities supported by GePEB develop know-how on three aspects:

Production processes of energy vectors;
Management of embedded energy vectors;
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) associated with the production and use of energy vectors.

MELiSSA: The European MELiSSA MOU, managed by European Space Agency (ESA), comprises 15 public and private partners with the objective of designing and developing spatialisable bioregenerative life support systems. MELiSSA includes several specific projects, including a test platform at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. GePEB is in charge of designing and modelling bioprocesses for different closed or semi-enclosed ecosystems [ Read more ...].

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