Liaison office Session:

Synergistic effect between Liaison

Office and Joint Laboratory.

MP Favre Nov. 8th, 2018

Background of the collaboration

• Research cooperation since 1995

• Liaison offices in 2004 (INSA Lyon)

• Double degree programs 2006

• Joint anniversary in 2007(INSA, ECL, TU)

ELyT lab. launched in 2008

• 10 ELyT Schools

• in Lyon Sept. 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

• in Sendai Oct. 2010, Sept. 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

• 9 ELyT Workshops in France and Japan

• Double degree PhD agreement 2014

• Discover Lyon program in 2016

• Launch of UMI ELyTMaX Oct. 2016,

• ELyTMaX@lyon, ELyT Global March 2018

• Launch of IFS Lyon Center, November 2018

A long-term and unique collaboration based on faith,trust and innovation

Engineering Science

Lyon Tohoku

A leading academic and research consortium

of 12 founding members

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An international alliance in the globalized

world

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EDUCATION

KNOWLEDGESHARING

RESEARCH

INTERNATIONALALLIANCE

SELECTED STRATEGICDOMAINS

TARGETED INTERNATIONAL POLICY

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

INCLUDING INTERACTIONS WITH VARIOUS SOCIETY ACTORS (INDUSTRY, CULTURE, TERRITORY, ETC … )

Key figures

140.000 students with 15% of

foreign students

11,500 academic staff

5,400 PhD students

168 research units

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Liaison office host by

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Keypoints, since 2008

150+ Joint Peer-Reviewed papers in international journals

200+ Joint presentations in conferences

16 PhD double degree

Annual ELyT-Lab workshop gathering around ~100 people

including ~40 researchers from abroad.

9th edition in Lyon in March 2018

3 Applications themes

- Transportation

- Energy

- Engineering for health

3 Scientific topics

- Materials and structure design

- Surfaces and Interfaces

- Simulation and modeling

Bilateral projects

As for 2018, 18 ongoing

joint research projects/ 30

labs and institutes

UMI (International joint Unit)

Engineering Science

Lyon Tohoku

Materials and Systems

under eXtreme

conditions

2016

4th October, 2016

President Satomi & Mayor-President of Lyon Metropole

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ELyTMaX in numbers

2 permanent staff from INSA Lyon, allocated to ELyTMaX@TU

by INSA-Lyon and CNRS

1 permanent staff from INSA Lyon, allocated to ELyTMaX@Lyon

9 Professors and Associate Professors from TU as close collaborators

total 6 equivalent full time permanent staff

1 Assistant Prof. hired by TU (FRIS, last February)

1 CNRS post-doc

1 Post-Doc JSPS

1 incoming double PhD students

4 current double PhD students

1 current double Master degree student

1 administrative support (composed of 3 persons)

~50 other collaborators from UL and TU in the frame of ELyTGlobal

PROMOTION RECRUITMENT NETWORKING SUPPORTTo encourage mobility and diverse joint activities & projects, both in education and in research (bridge generations, topics, level of education, admin staff mobility…)

« Champions » are needed/ key players+ role of the liaison officer.

Bring it up to the University level /more disciplines/more schools and institutes

Involve the industry

What is a successful liaison office? (purpose & indicators)

ELyT: an integrated system

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Engineering Lyon Tohoku

EXCELLENCE

2018=160th anniversary of Japan-France diplomatic relations

• ELyT Global

• ELyT Workshop in Lyon/France March

• ELyTMaX@Lyon

• March 2018 in Lyon with President Satomi

• JANET Forum in Lyon Nov. 2018

• IFS@lyon

• SMART Lyon (Febr. 2019)

A strategic partnership for the benefit of students, researchers and institutions

Engineering Science Lyon Tohoku

Liaison office towards a strategic partnership?

Synergy between liaison office and joint laboratory?

BRIDGE & HUB

CATALYST

YES

YES

ありがとうございますThank you

Merci