University of Montpellier 2

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The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest European universities. The University of Montpellier 2 has successfully managed to valorize its history and to look forward into the future by developing high quality innovative scientific research in fundamental and technological fields. Today it is this research, at the University Montpellier 2 (UM2), which is the basis of the skills, the resources and the high quality teaching offered there. Research facilities consist of large multi-disciplinary research centers which are in constant movement and which are organized into 10 departments, including IES "Southern Institute of Electronics", which group together operational research units.
The IES is a joint research unit of the UM2 and of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). IES is an electronics pole covering a wide spectrum, ranging from physics to electronics applications and integrating optoelectronics, reliability, actuators, nanotechnologies, telecommunications and electric power. The force of the IES is based on the pluri-disciplinary competences of its 120 permanent researchers and its 60 PhDs, and on the sophisticated equipment set-up. The research carried out at IES goes from fundamental studies to industrial applications. Among the groups constituting IES, one of them is called GEM “Group of Energy and Materials”.
The research activities of the GEM are focused on the design of specific high power electrical systems and on the study of power devices and insulating materials used in these systems. A major field of interest concerns lifetime and reliability. The applications are embedded systems (automotive, aeronautic) and electrical systems for renewable energy. For the « structures and insulating materials » activity, the actions currently cover aspects related to the reliability of solid electrical insulation under severe constraints, including the impact on the behavior, aging and the life of material, component and system.

The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest European universities. The University of Montpellier 2 has successfully managed to valorize its history and to look forward into the future by developing high quality innovative scientific research in fundamental and technological fields. Today it is this research, at the University Montpellier 2 (UM2), which is the basis of the skills, the resources and the high quality teaching offered there. Research facilities consist of large multi-disciplinary research centers which are in constant movement and which are organized into 10 departments, including IES "Southern Institute of Electronics", which group together operational research units.
The IES is a joint research unit of the UM2 and of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). IES is an electronics pole covering a wide spectrum, ranging from physics to electronics applications and integrating optoelectronics, reliability, actuators, nanotechnologies, telecommunications and electric power. The force of the IES is based on the pluri-disciplinary competences of its 120 permanent researchers and its 60 PhDs, and on the sophisticated equipment set-up. The research carried out at IES goes from fundamental studies to industrial applications. Among the groups constituting IES, one of them is called GEM “Group of Energy and Materials”.
The research activities of the GEM are focused on the design of specific high power electrical systems and on the study of power devices and insulating materials used in these systems. A major field of interest concerns lifetime and reliability. The applications are embedded systems (automotive, aeronautic) and electrical systems for renewable energy. For the « structures and insulating materials » activity, the actions currently cover aspects related to the reliability of solid electrical insulation under severe constraints, including the impact on the behavior, aging and the life of material, component and system.

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