Georgia Tech is a State university located in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The Atlanta campus enrolls
18,000 students, including more than 4,000
engineering students.
Regularly ranked among the top five U.S.
engineering schools, Georgia Tech is the largest
producer of engineers in the USA and a leader in
international research and education.
The National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS) is
a public organization for
fundamental research.
Present in more than 1200
Georgia Tech is committed to cutting edge research and technology
transfer to industry.
CNRS and the Georgia Institute of Technology,
based in Atlanta and represented in Europe by
Georgia Tech Lorraine, jointly created the UMI
(the International Mixed Unit)-CNRS (UMI 2958)
in 2006.
Two prestigious university-level engineering
colleges, ENSAM and SUPELEC, and two
universities, the University of Franche-Comté in
Besançon and the Paul Verlaine University of
Metz, are associated members.
The UMI plans to expand research in the
telecommunications field, nanotechnologies,
and functional materials.
• Research fields :
Secure networks and innovative materials.
• Areas of application :
Aeronautics, Automobile, Biomedical, Energy,
Information security…
UMI ATLANTA : The UMI has a physical presence at Georgia Tech Atlanta. UMI scientist visitors have access to the
MicroElectronic Research Center (MIRC) and Marcus Nanotechnology Center (MNC). The UMI lab at GT Atlanta provides
an excellent opportunity to our scientists and students to take advantage of the state-of-the-art equipment at these
centers, to establish a deeper and longer lasting relationship with research groups at GT Atlanta, and to participate in
US research programs.
FEMTO-ST/UMR 6174: UFC, ENSEM, UTBM
LMOPS/UMR 7132 : UPVM, SUPELEC
Research areas : Micro- and nano-technologies, telecommunications, biomedical, transportation and sustainable
development, industrial engineering.
Research areas : Nitride thin films and materials for UV,
waveguides and microstructures on lithium niobate, writing
of photorefractive waveguides, optical sensors.
Contact : FEMTO-ST, 32 avenue de l’Observatoire
25044 BESANCON CEDEX
Tél : +33(0) 81 85 39 99 • www.femto-st.fr
Contact : Université Paul Verlaine SUPELEC
2 rue Edouard Belin - 57070 METZ
Tél. : 03 87 37 85 57/58
www.Imops.supelec.fr
research and ser vice units
that cover all of France, CNRS
extends its activity into all
scientific, technological, and
societal domains.
Georgia Tech Lorraine (GT-L) is the
European Campus of the Georgia
Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
It is located in Metz, France, at the
heart of western Europe.
Created in 1990, GT-L is located on
the Metz Technopôle, a site dedicated to research, education and high
tech companies. GT-L's mission is to create innovative collaborations in
research, education, and economic development with European partners.
GT-L is devoted to the education of high potential, multi-cultural
engineers able to face new challenges in an increasingly global economy.
LPMM/UMR 7554 : UPVM, ENSAM, INPL, ENIM
Research areas : Micromechanics and material properties,
modeling and simulation of forming processes, dynamics and
processes of high speed manufacturing, adaptive systems
and vibration control.
Contact : Université Paul Verlaine ISGMP
Ile du Saulcy - 57045 METZ Cedex 01
Tél. : 03 87 31 53 60 • www.Ipmm.univ-metz.fr
The UMI has made significant progress in its research
activities, in building state-of-the-art facilities, in
contributing to local, national, and international
programs, and in establishing relationships with
academic and industrial partners. This comes from the true strength of
the lab its people. Our outstanding researchers, students and staff enable us
to achieve significant milestones.
We are undertaking major scientific initiatives with our associated
members and partners to pursue a high quality research program, to attract
the best scientists and students, and to contribute to economic development
and technology transfer in Lorraine and Georgia.
We are very grateful for the support of Georgia Tech, CNRS, and the local
authorities of the Region Lorraine in sponsoring an exceptional lab with a
vibrant international flavor and excellent opportunities for our scientists
and students. ..
COMPUTER SCIENCES
Smart environments are of major interest
from a scientific as well as a societal point of
view. They are dedicated to enhance human
quality of life, social and digital inclusion and
to enable dependent persons (e.g. disabled
or elderly people) to be assisted at home.
Joint project between the Georgia Tech’s
College of Computing and SUPELEC covers :
• Human Interaction with Smart Spaces
• Social and Physical Interaction for Human-Centred
Robotics.
SECURE
CHAOS-BASED
OPTICAL
COMMUNICATIONS
Chaos-based optical communications provide
security to the physical layer of telecommunications
networks. They exploit the inherent nonlinearities
of a semiconductor laser to generate an optical chaos
which is used to mask an information-bearing
message. Our lab develops techniques that make this
type of communication more secure and that enable
the simultaneous encryption of several messages.
QUANTUM KEY
DISTRIBUTION
Securing the last mile and everything inbetween :
Experimental and theoretical research is underway to
increase the speed and reliability of quantum key
distribution, a method using optical communications to
establish secret keys with perfect security immune
to all possible mathematical or computational breakthroughs. Experimental and theoretical investigations
of RF and RFID tag systems making use of principles of
physical layer security are also being actively pursued.
ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION SENSORS
Ultrasound is not only a useful inspection tool for
classical materials, but also for new novel materials
that may be highly complex and require sophisticated techniques. Within the framework of developing
innovations that can be applied to the ultrasonic
evaluation of new materials, the research of the
Laboratory for Ultrasonic Non-destructive Evaluation
follows the three following themes:
the development of innovative techniques involving
polar scanning and nonlinear acoustics, the interaction of ultrasound with
periodic structures, and the development of innovative air-coupled ultrasonic
transducers using piezoactive polymer foams.
NLO FOR QUANTUM
COMMUNICATIONS
Novel nonlinear optical devices are being invented, designed,
fabricated, and tested, primarily for applications in quantum
communications. Investigations are focused on waveguides using
the third-order nonlinearity for pure third harmonic generation,
third-order parametric amplification, and novel structures for
four-wave-mixing.
RESEARCH GROUP ON MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Designing a material to achieve a desired set of physical properties
(coupled thermal, mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and transport)
requires a deep understanding of multi-scale multi-physics science
including modeling, scale transition techniques and characterization. Our
research bridges disciplines and unites researchers from Georgia Tech
and European Institutions to design multi-functional materials for
efficient devices and systems.
NEW MATERIALS AND
NANO STRUCTURES
FOR PHOTONICS
AND ELECTRONICS
Study of materials and devices
structures based on B(AlGaIn)N
grown by metalorganic vapor
phase epitaxy (MOVPE).
Design, simulation and growth
of :
• HEMT transistors structures,
• Deep UV laser structures,
• Near UV and visible range
solar cells,
• Nanostructuring of III-nitride
materials by selective area
growth (nano-SAG).