École nationale supérieure des industries chimiques
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The École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC) is an Engineering School dedicated to Chemical Engineering
in Nancy, France
.
Ensic Nancy is one of the seven schools of the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine
(INPL), France's largest technological university.
It was founded by Albin Haller
in 1887 to provide engineers for the rapidly expanding chemical industry. One of its early professors, Victor Grignard
, obtained the Nobel Prize
in Chemistry
in 1912 for his invention of the organo-metallic compounds known as "Grignard's reagents". After the Second World War, ENSIC introduced to France chemical engineering principles developed in the English-speaking world.
The school created a foundation in December 2008 to support its activities, called Fondation ENSIC, with the participation of Arkema
.
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
in Nancy, France
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...
.
Ensic Nancy is one of the seven schools of the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine
National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine
The National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine , based in Nancy, is a French university system. It is under the Academy of Nancy and Metz.INPL is part of Nancy-Université...
(INPL), France's largest technological university.
It was founded by Albin Haller
Albin Haller
Albin Haller was a French chemist.Haller founded the École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques in Nancy and later won the Davy Medal. Appointed to the French Academy of Sciences in 1900, he served as its president beginning in 1923....
in 1887 to provide engineers for the rapidly expanding chemical industry. One of its early professors, Victor Grignard
Victor Grignard
François Auguste Victor Grignard was a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.Grignard was the son of a sail maker. After studying mathematics at Lyon he transferred to chemistry and discovered the synthetic reaction bearing his name in 1900...
, obtained the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
in 1912 for his invention of the organo-metallic compounds known as "Grignard's reagents". After the Second World War, ENSIC introduced to France chemical engineering principles developed in the English-speaking world.
The school created a foundation in December 2008 to support its activities, called Fondation ENSIC, with the participation of Arkema
Arkema
Arkema is a French producer of chemicals headquartered in Colombes, near Paris, France.Created in 2004 when French oil major Total restructured its Chemicals business, Arkema has 14,000 employees in more than 40 countries, seven research centers worldwide, and a total of 80 production plants in...
.
ENSIC Nancy in numbers
- 450 masters-level engineering students
- 200 internships in France and abroad
- 100 professors, assistant professors and CNRS researchers (permanent staff)
- 180 graduate students
Engineering Programs
ENSIC Nancy offers two masters-level engineering degrees accredited by the Commission du Titre de l'Ingénieur (France) and by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK).- " Ingénieur des Industries Chimiques" (I2C) three years after a 2-years preparatory program of intensive study.
- " Ingénieur des Techniques de l'Industrie" (FITI) : cooperative industrial-academic training program in Chemical Engineering Technology
Continuing Education
- A 2-year program open to Chemical Engineering technicians with 3-5 years of professional experience.
- 60 selected topical-courses delivered by the ENSIC Continuing Education Center.
Research laboratories
2 Laboratories:- LCPM: Laboratoire de Chimie Physique des Réactions (Polymer Science and Macromolecular Physical Chemistry)
- LRGP : Laboratoire de Réactions et Génie des Procédés
Research activities
Research Activities in the following fields:- Chemical recation engineering
- Chemical kinetics and catalysis
- Separation processes
- Transport phenomena
- Characterisation and synthesis of polymers
- Modelling and process control
- Chemical engineering in rheologically complex media
- Formulation and product engineering
- Bioorganic chemistry, biotechnology and bioengineering
- Photochemistry and photophysics
- Safety, health, energy and environment
- Micro- and nanotechnology