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05/04/2012 Contest Results ‘prix de l'Initiative’
05/04/2012 Cooptation of Mr. JC. CRAVEUR to the NAFEMS
03/2012 Three Engineering students from ENSPY (Cameroun) at ISMANS to obtain a double degree.
27/03/2012 Cardboard Bridge contest
23/03/2012 Joint study with the University of Greenwich on human behaviour
15/03/2012 Crédit Agricole Contest ‘Prix de l'initiative’
20/02/2012 – Professor Hirai of the University of Mie in Japan visits ISMANS.
Master in Fire Safety Engineering (FSE)
iMaster Automotive evolves

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Information Technology

1 - Hardware

ISMANS has over 100 workstations with dual processors.

- 65 of these stations, dedicated solely to student, are available in 4 rooms. Students have free access to these rooms at anytime from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:30am and 10:00pm.and on Saturdays from 2pm to 7pm.

- 30 of these workstations are provided to staff members, research students and personnel, and lecturers.

- 20 of these workstations are available for the iMaster programmes and the specialized Masters in Fire Safety Engineering.

-There are also four stations used for calculations in parrellel with 4 dual processor Linux workstations.

A dozen servers (databases,file servers, directories, application servers, Web Intranet, Data Mnagement Techniques, Proxy …)

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2 - Software

The school is licensed to use the following software :

Operating Systems :

Microsoft Windows (XP 32 et 64bits) (site licence via MSDNAA),
Linux 32 et 64bits distributions RedHat AS 4, Debian.

Office : OpenOffice 3.2 on all workstations & MS Office 2003 available to staff members and the students in the Master and iMaster programmes.

Mathematical Modelling :

Matlab 2009b author MathWorks (30 floating licenses),
Mathematica 7 author Wolfram (3 floating licenses),

Molecular Simulations :

Medea V2.6 Materials Design company(site license),
Gaussian 2003 from ChemCAD (site license),
Material Studio 4.4 from Accelrys (10 floating licenses)

Expert system for choosing materials : CES division of Granta Design (site license)

CAD :

NX6.03 author SiemenPLM (40 floating licenses),
Catia V5 R18 from Dassault (20 floating licenses)
Rhinoceros V4 from McNeel (30 floating licenses),

Surface Reconstruction:

Imageware V13 from SiemenPLM (30 floating licenses),

Strength of Materials :

RDM Le Mans de l'IUT du Mans (site license)

Structural calculations :

Samcef V13 from Samtech (40 floating licenses),
NX Nastran V6 from SiemenPLM (40 floating licenses),
HyperWorks V10 from Altair (40 floating licenses),

Crash Simulations & Pressing : Hypercrash V10 from Altair (40 floating licenses ),

Optimization :

Boss Quatro V6.0 from Samtech (40 floating licenses),
Optistruct V10 from Altair (40 floating licenses ),

Polymers :

Injection : Cadmould 2010 from CADFlow (20 floating licenses),
Extrusion : Hyperextrud V10 from Altair (40 floating licenses),
PAM-RTM 2008 from ESI Group (5 floating licenses)

Eco-design & life cycle analysis :

Simapro 7 from PRé Consultants (40 floating licences)

Project Management :

MS Project 2007 from Microsoft (site licence via MSDNAA)

Project data Management & Product Lifecycle Management :

Teamcenter Engineering 2007.3 UA from SiemenPLM (40 floating licenses),

Document database :

Web access to technical engineering bases(5 licenses) on the following subjects :
- Mechanics,
- Materials,
- Computer science…

Management & Communication :

Archibaldo, developed by Ismans,
Elela, developed by Ismans (Extranet),
Studiorum tool based on Google's applications (Education License) for emails, shared agendas, and documents.

3 - Connections

Ismans has different connections :
- 1 l4 Mb/s Fiber Optic link to the University of Maine,
- 1 6 Mb/s Fiber Optic link via the ISP Sarthe Télécom pour accès Internet des Stations et Serveurs du réseau Ismans,
- 1 ADSL Orange link for wireless networks.
4 - Maintenance

A third of the equipment and software is replaced every 3 years.

5 - Romocut

A new step in training students in the use of industrial toolsand developing R & D at ISMANS.
ISMANS has just bought a robot machining tool to be used in their current course syllabus. This is a firsttime that such a tool has been incorporated into the syllabus of a higher education institute.This robot otherwise known as ROMOCUT is manufactured and sold by Hexagon Technology. It will train students in the use of industrial machining tools and develop R & D in reverse engineering and rapid prototyping of parts. Its mobility allows machining of soft materials with volumes of up to several cubic meters. It is foreseen that the use of ROMOCUT in industry will lead way to an increase in the variety of prototypes as well as in a reduction in the production time. Students will use this robot in design, engineering design and computer aided manufacturing (FAO). Starting out from an original idea, they will be able to make a prototype by using CAD and this new tool. This new machine in conjunction with the material Stérélithographie,which has been in use at the Institute for nearly 20 years, are some or the new developments in rapid prototyping technology.

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