The objectives and learning outcomes of the Chem Nano Eng are:
- assure an interdisciplinary training in the field of nano-engineering, which includes a profound understanding of the chemistry and the methods of synthesis and characterization of nano-materials and nano-systems
- give the students expertise in numerical modelling to predict the chemical and physical properties at the nano-scale – train the students to synthesize, caracterise and model objects of the nano-world, in order to understand their properties, using disciplinary knowledge of fundamental sciences and transdisciplinary knowledge of nano-sciences
- develop a creative experimental approach to prepare, characterise and model nano-objects (nanostructures, nanomaterials or nano-devices) with unknown properties, or resolve problems related to their identification/application/production.
- prepare the students for a career in the field of nanotechnology, by offering them a robust experience in this multidisciplinary domain of sciences and engineering
- prepare the students to construct and realize individually or in a team all steps of a research and development project in the domain of nano-sciences et nanotechnologies, mobilising various pluridisciplinary parties.
- enable the students to conceive, prepare and use nano-objects in various professional contexts, integrating ethical environmental and societal challenges.
- train highly qualified and creative graduates for the labour market with a big capacity to adapt themselves and to find new solutions for technological development – educate a new generation of engineers who can participate in the creation of new high-technology companies
- build the first European master diploma in Chem Nano Eng.
The competences of a graduate of the Chem Nano Eng are:
- thorough knowledge of the principles of nano-chemistry and nano-engineering
- thorough knowledge of modelling and numerical simulation methods at multi-scale
- ability to synthesize nano-objects by chemical ways, to characterise and model them, and apply nano-objects particularly in nano-machines, supramolecular assemblies and in medical nano-devices.
- capacity to manage and to use nanotechnologies to create new devices
- capacity to promote and to develop scientific and technological innovation
- possibility of making a critical analysis of scientific information
- capacity of technical and economic evaluation of a project of innovation and research
- aptitude to occupy leading positions in science and engineering
- ability to integrate in a professional organisation and develop ethics and responsibility – capacity to work effectively in a team project.