ENSEEG
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Grandes écoles
Grandes écoles
The grandes écoles of France are higher education establishments outside the main framework of the French university system. The grandes écoles select students for admission based chiefly on national ranking in competitive written and oral exams...
of engineering (engineering schools). It has been created in 1921 under the name Institut d’électrochimie et d’électrométallurgie (IEE) (Institute of Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy). The name ENSEEG has been chosen in 1948 and ENSEEG has been part of Grenoble Institute of Technology
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
The Grenoble Institute of Technology is a French technological university system consisting of six engineering schools....
(INPG or GIT) since its creation in 1971. Therefore the name INPG-ENSEEG has also been commonly used.
ENSEEG delivered a multidisciplinary education in physical chemistry
Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
. The ENSEEG engineers are especially competent in materials science
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
, process engineering
Process engineering
Process engineering focuses on the design, operation, control, and optimization of chemical, physical, and biological processes through the aid of systematic computer-based methods...
and electrochemistry
Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor and an ionic conductor , and which involve electron transfer between the electrode and the electrolyte or species in solution.If a chemical reaction is...
. From September 2008, ENSEEG merged with two other Grandes écoles to create PHELMA.
| From... to... | Name |
|---|---|
| 1921–1945 | M. Georges Flusin |
| 1945–1959 | M. Lucien Andrieux |
| 1959–1971 | M. Jean Besson |
| 1971–1975 | M. Lucien Bonnetain |
| 1975–1988 | M. Jean-Charles Pariaud |
| 1988–1995 | M. Pierre Hicter |
| 1995–2005 | M. Jean-Claude Poignet |
| 2005–2008 | M. Jean-Pierre Petit |
| Graduation year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1971 | M. Jean-Jacques Favier Jean-Jacques Favier Jean-Jacques Favier is a French engineer and a former CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shuttle mission.-Personal data:Born in Kehl, Germany, he later married Michèle Jean. They have four children... |