Master Year 2 Mechanics

The Water, Air, Pollution and Energy (WAPE) major aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the laws and interactions governing the evolution of our natural environment at local and regional levels, thereby preparing them for successful careers in academia or industry.

Following this general framework, the WAPE track presents the dynamical, physical and biochemical processes driving oceans, atmosphere, air pollution and water cycles. The challenges of producing renewable energy are also addressed. Students will explore modern meteorological and oceanographic modelling and forecasting methods, as well as innovative observational techniques.

This program aims to enable students to:

• Critically assess the relevance and validity of different approaches to complex environmental problems;
• Determine the most appropriate parameters, develop efficient numerical algorithms and select appropriate measurement techniques relevant to specific impact studies or societal demands;
• Acquire a solid understanding of environment physics and dynamics;
• Work and communicate effectively in an English-speaking environment.

The Fluid Mechanics major offers an overall teaching experience covering the main active research domains in fluid mechanics. The first semester is dedicated to lectures in fundamental and theoretical fluid mechanics as well as numerical and experimental aspects, plus, possibly, a short research project. The second part of the year consists in an internship either in academic or industrial laboratories.

This program aims to enable students to:

• Gain expertise in fundamental and theoretical fluid mechanics covering numerical and experimental aspects during the first part of the year;
• Conduct research during an internship in an academic or industrial laboratory during the second semester.

The Solid Mechanics major is centered around the multiphysics and multiscale modeling of materials and structures, and is a program at the interface between these three fields. It provides advanced training in the fundamentals of the mechanics of materials and structures, highlighting the multiscale and multiphysics dimensions of state-of-the-art research in solid mechanics and emphasizing a mathematical approach.

In a scientific, technological, and industrial environment that increasingly requires innovative solutions, it is vital to describe the mechanical response of materials and structures in ever greater detail. This requires models that capture multiple interconnected length scales. The fast-developing research field of multiscale modeling of materials and structures is inherently multidisciplinary: physicists contribute their knowledge of how condensed matter behaves on small scales, solid mechanicians their expertise of larger scales, and applied mathematicians techniques for bridging scales.

This program aims to enable students to:

• Become experts in the development and implementation of models that efficiently predict a wide range of physical phenomena observed in structures and materials;
• Build a multidisciplinary scientific culture enabling them to interact with physicists, mechanicians, applied mathematicians, and engineers;
• Be trained in the fundamental research in solid mechanics that is likely to develop in coming decades, and discover present and potential applications in state-of-the-art technologies;
• Acquire the skills to work and communicate with ease in English-speaking environments.