Face-to-face , first term, 60 hours of theory.

Language of instruction: French. Documents can come from English-, Dutch- or German-language sources.

The course aims to provide students with the technological bases in the fields of telecommunications, materials and the industrial chemical and biological processes as well as mechanics and current mechanisms. This training is intended to enable students not only to understand specific scientific language but also to collaborate and dialog with the specialists in these fields. Moreover, this course aims to enable students to ensure project management.

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The course is divided into four parts covering three main topics.

The first topic introduces students to multimedia technologies, including the techniques of imagery and communication using computer networks.

The second topic defines the concepts and basic tools in the sciences of materials and processes and highlights the main stages that transform raw materials into finished materials or products; particular emphasis is placed on the relationships between processes of synthesis, structure and the properties of the resulting materials.

The third topic provides training in kinematics and the dynamics of mechanical systems, and gives an introduction to the statics applied to beam elements. It also introduces the study of the most current types of transmissions, for example those encountered in automobiles.

Detailed contents:

A. Telecommunications (Lecturer: Xavier Marichal)

Contents of the course
Digital processing of the signal and multimedia:
* Sampling and quantification; application to sound. Entropy coding and channel coding.
* Compression of still images: JPEG, JPEG2000.
* Compression of video sequences: MPEG-X, H.26X.
* A case study for the processing of (sequences of) images: filtering, detection and recognition.
Communication networks:
* Introduction to communication networks: resource reservation or sharing, protocol layering.
* Internet techniques: Name and address of the actors, routing, equitable communication control.
* Internet applications: concept of client and server, FTP, HTTP, email, and streaming applications.

B. Materials science and industrial chemical and biological production (Lecturer: Massimo Marotta)
I. Materials science
- Major classes of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers).
- Chemical bonds and intermolecular interactions.
- Structure and organisation of solids (amorphous crystalline states), structural defects.
- Physical properties of materials (temperatures of vitreous transition, of fusion, electric conductivity, transparency) and synergy of properties (alloys and composites).
- Mechanical properties of materials: stress-strain, module of elasticity (elastic, visco-elastic, fragile, ductile behaviour)
II. Production of materials
- Metals and alloys
- Glass
III. Raw materials of organic chemistry
- Global reserves of sources of exhaustible carbon
- Basic products of organic chemistry
- Principal uses of carbon monoxide and hydrogen
IV. Biotechnologies
- Cell as a base unit
- Transmission of biological information
- Applications

Pedagogic support: Black board, pwpt presentation, syllabus.

C. Mechanical and mechanism part (Lecturer: Paul Fisette)
Contents of the course
1. Review of mechanics
2. Statics: equilibrium equations and applications to the dimensioning of the beams
3. Dry friction and viscous friction - useful and harmful effects
4. Study of mechanisms and current transmissions
5. Various topics:
- robotics
- dynamics of the road and railway vehicles
- multibody systems
- elements of biomechanics

For each part, the students will follow 4 two-hour lectures followed by question-answer sessions. Course notes used as aids for the lectures, copies of the transparencies, the articles for complementary readings (various languages) and details of reference works are placed at the students' disposal.
A specialist from a field covered during the course is occasionally invited as a guest speaker.
The students are given the opportunity to visit factories.

For first theme: A. Telecommunications
Initially, simple and intuitive examples are presented - using transparencies or directly on the blackboard - so as to introduce students to the mathematical and technical concepts common to the majority of multimedia tools.
We then explain how these basic principles are implemented in concrete and sometimes complex applications.

For theme B: Industrial chemical production and the science of materials
Lectures, film, film, visits of companies.

For theme C: Mechanical and mechanism part
Lectures and a question-answer session.

The exam is divided in 4 written parts (telecom, mecanique, chimie, matériaux), 1h30 long each. These parts are joined to form 2 clusters of 3h each, taking place in two different half-day during the session.
Each part is evaluated on a maximum of 20 by the professor having given the specific part. The final cote is established on the mean between the 4 parts in concertation between the different teacher.

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