Courses (14h)
Failure under static stresses:
The brittle and ductile fracture mechanisms are studied for the different families of materials as well as the various influencing parameters. The brittle ductile transition, the toughness, as well as the fracture statistics, complete this part to refine the choices of materials and their dimensioning for the strenght to sudden fracture by crack propagation.
Failure under dynamic stresses
The mechanisms of fatigue failure in materials, and the bases of pre-dimensioning of parts for dynamic stresses are studied.
The course is illustrated with numerous examples and exercises from expertises treated in the laboratory.
Practical work (6x4h)
In the form of mini projects allowing for a global consideration of the design, choice of materials, analytical and numerical calculations and expertise of parts subjected to dynamic or statics constraints.

The chapters of the course, grouped according to the general objectives, are as follows:

Characterization of the vibrations of a system:
- analytical study: sub-structuring of a complex system,
- experimental study: means of measurement and software for experimental modal analysis.

Vibration reduction methodology:
- actions on the source of the vibrations,
- actions on the transmission of vibrations,
- actions on the system's own response.

Conditional and provisional maintenance of rotating machinery:
- types of defects in rotating machinery,
- choice and limitations of monitoring indicators and diagnostic tools.

These chapters are complemented by the presentation of frequency analysis tools: Fourier series and digital Fourier transform, used in the experimental characterization of systems and diagnosis of defects in rotating machines.

The theoretical knowledge on the characterization of the vibrations of a system is implemented during three sessions of practical work, relating respectively to the use:
- means of measurement,
- a modal analysis software,
- finite element calculations software.

These three sessions make it possible to compare, on the same system, the vibratory characteristics extracted from measurements with those calculated from a modeling of the system.

The first session is devoted to the general presentation of the method followed by an example of application on the ANSYS WorkBench software. This example will illustrate the different options and the different stages of a topological optimization.
The following 3 sessions will be devoted to carrying out a project in a group and independently. This project will consist of the following stages:
Mechanical characterization of the material used: creation and 3D printing of test specimens which will be subjected to a tensile test. The anisotropy of the material can be highlighted and characterized.
Topological optimization: search for an optimized solution for a given load case. The influence of parameters such as mesh size, boundary conditions or optimization methods should be evaluated.
Numerical validation of the optimized structure (simulation on the optimized structure)
3D printing of the optimized structure and mechanical test on this part. The experimental results will be compared with the numerical results; we will then try to explain any differences.

The course resumes the basics of rigid body mechanic before introducing less common notions such as shocks theory and vibration analysis.
The movement is studied independently of its causes first. The kinematic and the associated torsor are introduced. The course focus and the point before extrapolating the results to generic solids.
Mechanical actions and their modelling is presented in order to apply the dynamic notions.
Newton's laws are introduced et allow to link the movement to it cause.
Energy is approached as well as the basics of shock theory, which is at the limit of the rigid body hypothesis.
Finally, the vibration analysis and it matrix formalism is presented and applied at two degress of freedom systems.
Exercises are done after each notion to put into practice formula and method introduced in the course.

The Fresh Connection "is an online simulation exercise game of the management of the supply chain of a company in difficulty. The Fresh Connection is therefore a real simulator in which the Board of a company is faced with a difficult situation and must do so. remedy A real challenge!
Organized as a management committee, the team members develop a strategy to maximize the profitability of their business and satisfy their customers.
The game is organized in 6 rounds spread over 3 sessions of 4 hours. The difficulty is growing with more and more parameters to integrate and an increasingly constrained environment.
Management of supplies and stocks (Safety stocks, batch sizes, ...)
Production and operations management (Loads & Capacity, Launch, Scheduling, machine investments, Lean Manufacturing, ...)
Customer management (Sales) Service level delivery times, Product quality service level.
Supplier management (Purchasing)

- Introduction & definition of the RMA system: Reliability, Maintainability and Availability of production equipment,
- Study of repairable FMD systems: indicators, characterization methods, reliability laws: study of models
Exponential & Weibull,
- Application to the management of spare parts,
- Case study.

• Kinematics/movement
• Learning points on a dedicated software
• Handling of ECAM's virtual and physical robots

Lectures :
-L1 : Presentation of the physical phenomena involved in semiconductors (PN junction and MOS effect). Description of the basic components of power electronics (Diode, Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT). Study of the basic circuits of power electronics: Choppers (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost), Single-phase and three-phase rectifiers and inverters. Presentation of the pulse width method via a visual analogy.
-L2 : Reminder of the DC machine models and their characteristics (Torque-current and Speed-voltage). Presentation of power converters according to the type of network (choppers from DC and rectifiers from AC) and the operating quadrant (bidirectional voltage and / or current converter).
- L3 : Reminders on the induction machine. Presentation of the two types of control allowed by a frequency converter (scalar and field oriented). Demonstration of maintaining the performance of the machine at variable speed in both modes with explanations of the limits at high and very low frequencies.

Tutorials :
- Complete study of a synchronous machine autopiloted by a thyristor inverter
- Complete study of an asynchronous machine controlled by scalar control
- Sizing of an autonomous electricity installation containing a generator (synchronous generator) and photovoltaic panels.

The approach on theory is made in masterclasses and with class exercises on the following points:
- Conduction: Fourier law, general three-dimensional heat conduction equation for steady state and unsteady conditions, introduction to the concept of thermal resistance.
- Convection: Newton law, dimensionless numbers and used correlations in convective transfer situations.
- Radiation: study of black bodies and gray bodies, Stefan-Boltzmann law, equivalent thermal network to treat radiation problems.
- Application to insulation problems, study of combined transfers (example with fins).
- Heat exchangers: description of the main types, study of associated calculation methods.

- Definitions and Issues
a. What are we talking about?
b. Biomass issues and constraints (including regulations)
c. Incentive policies
d. The actors in the sector
II- Characterization of a biomass project
a. Technical component: boiler room design
b. Energy Component: Procurement Assessment
c. Economic component: cost-effectiveness
d. Operational Component: Operations
e. Policy: Actors
III- Sizing a facility
a. Choice of thermal production and its supply: power, coverage ratio, type of fuel transfer
b. Heating plant layout and design: storage design, building design, hydraulics
c. Case of heat networks
IV- Consider legal and other constraints
a. Assessment of environmental impacts (ash, fumes, CO2, dust, etc.)
b. Regulatory constraints based on boiler size and fuel type
c. Elements of Timber Supply Contract Development
d. Operating costs and ROI calculation
V- Improve the operation of an existing facility
a. Analysis of an existing facility,
b. Monitoring its performance
c. Identify possible causes of malfunction
d. Proposed solutions

Digital concepts: Digital and analog signals, logic functions, programmable logic, FPGA, integrated circuits, process control system

numeration systems and operations: microprocessor vs. Microcontroller, binary system, conversion systems, digital codes, error detection and correction codes, rules of Boolean algebra and DeMorgan theorems, application examples

Memory and storage: basic concepts of solid-state memories, different types of memories, memory expansion, magnetic and optical storage, memory hierarchy, cloud storage

Introduction to digital signal processing: filtering and sampling, analog-to-digital conversion, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion methods, converter errors, digital signal processing, digital signal processor DSP

Data transmission: modulation of analog signals with digital data, modulation of digital signals with analog data, digital data systems, bus basics, PCI parallel bus, USB Universal Serial Bus, other serial buses
Data processing and control: computer system, special processor operations, microcontrollers and embedded systems, system on chip (SoC), integrated circuit technologies

ARM “mbed” development environment: Main technical characteristics, NXP LPC1768 microcontroller, LPC1768 mbed board, Development environment (Keil online)
Application: temperature and humidity sensor, LCD screen, Bluetooth module for data transfer

Course outline:
- Graphs: definitions
- Connectivity
- Path problem
- Hamitonians paths and heuristic
- Minimum spanning tree
- Graphs coloration
- Maximum flow
- Problems raised with large graphs

1 - Understand the fundamentals of computer networks, including their historical context and various use cases.

2 - Learn about the client/server model of communication, network components, and infrastructure.

3 - Understand what a communication protocol is and what are their specifications, as well as TCP/IP and OSI models for communication.

4 - Understand addressing schemes at layer 2 (MAC Address) and layer 3 (IP Address), frames and packet processing, and the role of end devices and intermediary devices in network communication.

5 - Gain an in-depth understanding of IP communication on local and remote networks, including the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

6 - Understand the critical aspect of information system security and learn about internal and external threats to information systems.

7 - Learn about cryptographic schemes to encrypt and decrypt data, as well as the Information Systems Security Policy (ISSP).

8 - Gain knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its impact on data protection and privacy for individuals in the EU and EEA.

- Introduction (objectives, stakes for the engineer)
- History of information systems (IS)
- The information system:
- Urbanization and interoperability (principles of urbanization, criteria of interoperability)
- Governance (different organizations, strategic issues, maturity of the IS)
- IS modeling (cartography, BPMN)
- Technological components
- application components (HTTP, XML, HTML, LDAP / Directories, Databases)
- Hardware Architecture (processors, storage, system rooms)
- Software Architecture (operating system, process management, memory management)
- Backup and Archiving (issues, current technologies)
- Virtualization and cloud computing (general principle)
- Standard software offer (software families, selection criteria, publishers' economic models)
- Information system security
- Security Policy (document, methods, WSIS)
- Actors of the IS and the ISP (CIO, ISSO, DPO, professions, external organizations, geopolitics)
- Risk Management (general principle, identification, risk management methods, countermeasures)

The course plan is as follows:
- Linear regression and Gradient Descent
- Logistic regression
- Data: learning base vs test base
- Over and under learning
- Meta parameters
- Perceptron
- Neural networks
The course will be enhanced with many exercises.

The second part of the course is carried out in the form of a project whose objective is to implement the concepts seen in the first part. It is about carrying out a machine learning process on a real basis and studying the avenues for improvement.

- Each team will independently organize their work corresponding to an overall schedule. They are expected to develop their project over different rush periods/
- Mission statement: Clearly present the conditions and requirements for the mission. Beforehand, they must isolate project features (mission objectives, scope, timeframe, requirements, confirmation, etc.)
- Marketing Specifications: Identify future client needs, main elements for market positioning. Information related to project timeframe from the demand until market launch. Analysis of competition.
- Creativity: Allowing for innovative solutions and response to current problems. Techincal Protudct Architecture makes up the transition between the creativity phase and the planning phase to go from ideas to solution principals.
- Technical Development: Application of technical knowledge acquired during the program.
- Defense: Oral defense of the project and the applied methodology. Requirement and functional analyses are offered aas well as analyzing the team dynamic over the semester.
- Pitch: Pitching to potential investors (played by fellow ECAM Students) to support their engineering project. Maximum length of 2 minutes.
- Communication: Apply a communication strategy (posters, videos, articles, etc.) to convince potential investors (played by fellow ECAM students) to support their engineering project. Communication may be displayed at the institution.

2 hour lessons every week.
Consolidation of grammar and expanded vocabulary.
Strategies, techniques and practice papers to prepare for the TOEIC (lower-level groups)
Assigned presentations (individual and in groups) on a variety of themes, including international current affairs and cross-cultural elements
Students animate masterclasses where interactive elements, debates and active participation are encouraged.
Task-based practice of language appropriate for professional and social settings.
Assignments will be related to engineering or corporate related themes.

1.5 hour lessons every week.
Expanded vocabulary
Revision of grammar points
Improvement of phonological control

"Introduction to marketing concepts.
Marketing a product for prospects, customers, managers, investors.
Realization of a marketing study and a marketing CDC.
Establishment of a business development plan via the establishment of the Canvas business model and a business plan (establishment of the map of actors / customers / suppliers / distribution channels)."

During this applied engineering internship (13 to 16 weeks, starting at the end of year 3), the engineering student joins a company or a university laboratory with the objective of taking on a variety of tasks and assignments that correspond to his/her level of studies.

- Hydraulic networks (friction and minor losses, altitude rise, pipes in parallel and / or in series),
- Operating principle of rotodynamic pumps (generality, constitution, pump curves, pump coupling, operating point, specific speed, similarity, cavitation, adaptation of the operating point) ;
- Control valve (types of valves, valve coefficients);
- Transient phenomena in pipes (generalized equations of transient flows, waterhammers, means of protection).

- Acoustic waves (linear acoustic equations, propagation equations, acoustic intensity and power, plane and spherical waves),
- Sound levels ;
- Elementary acoustic sources (monopole and dipole) and extended acoustic sources;
- Cavities and waveguides, tubes, resonators and filters, ;
- Acoustic metrology (sound levels, acoustic spectra, microphones, laboratory and in-situ measurements, measurements of intensity and acoustic power).

The electrical network:
- From the production of electricity to its distribution
- The substation HV/LV
- The design of a substation HV/LV
- The reactive power compensation
The low voltage installation:
- LV connections
- The protection against electrical shocks
- The establishment of grounding systems
- The protection of circuits
- The electrical equipment
- The design of an electrical installation
Power system perturbations
- Identify the failures in a network

" History of major innovations in the energy field.
- Influence of regulatory contexts on the development of innovations.
- Prospective on future changes in energy consumption.
- Influence of the constraints posed by global warming."

"Graphic languages (Ladder, FBD)
- Structured language
- Industrial communications, main protocols
- Robotic arms"

"Modeling of the sampled signals, the Z transform, recurrence equation
- Servo-controls of the sampled linear systems.
- The digital equivalent of an analog PID corrector
- RST correctors
- Control with internal model (predictive control)
- Analysis of robustness and performance
- Temperature regulation of a unit heater
"

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• Structure and programming of an IoT in the MBED environment with ARM LPC176 microcontroller
• Example of applications

A student must be able to test and finalize two subjects from the following list:
- Receiver of GPS signals
- Using a Nintendo Nunchuck grip
- ERDF remote information and energy metering
- Reading RFID tags
- Scan of a CAN network and site manipulators
- Processing of an RC5 infrared remote control frame
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The course plan is as follows:
- Linear regression and Gradient Descent
- Logistic regression
- Data: learning base vs test base
- Over and under learning
- Meta parameters
- Perceptron
- Neural networks
The course will be enhanced with many exercises.

The second part of the course is carried out in the form of a project whose objective is to implement the concepts seen in the first part. It is about carrying out a machine learning process on a real basis and studying the avenues for improvement.

"• Application of an ECAM workstation analysis methodology & workstation robotization elements.
• Failure Modes and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) method applied to design & maintenance
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) method
• 7 principles of Quality Management. The ISO9001 standard and the “8DO” and QRQC (Quick Respond Quality Control) methods applied to a concrete case.
• Global vision of the industrial company in order to implement and monitor overall performance in teams via Key Indicators (KPI).
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"Introduction & definition of the FMD system: Reliability, Maintainability and Availability of production equipment,
- Study of repairable FMD systems: indicators, characterization methods, reliability laws: study of Exponential & Weibull models,
- Application to the management of spare parts,
- Case study.
"

"Introduction & definition of the FMD system: Reliability, Maintainability and Availability of production equipment,
- Study of repairable FMD systems: indicators, characterization methods, reliability laws: study of Exponential & Weibull models,
- Application to the management of spare parts,
- Case study.
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