Introductory remarks

Our future graduates, and more broadly, our society, face immense challenges. Global population growth, the climate emergency, and the overexploitation of natural resources are all strong signals that urge us to demonstrate commitment, imagination, and innovation in order to implement the necessary environmental, food, digital, and energy transitions.

In this context, research is being called upon to identify solutions to these challenges, with a focus on a systemic approach and technological and organizational innovations.

Its activities, structured within six units, are internationally recognized for their expertise in the fields of life sciences, geology, digital technology, and the environment. The research, carried out across its four campuses, draws on its academic and industrial networks, its national network of Chambers of Agriculture, and its international Lasallian network to develop activities that are in tune with the world around us and the expectations of professionals and industries. This connection with societal demand is reinforced by the strong roots of the teams in their local areas, in line with the regions' strategic sustainable development policies.

The institute has equipment that is sometimes unique in the region or even in France, guaranteeing both original research programs and long-term industrial partnerships on highly applied issues.

Research is widely shared with students, who benefit from the latest scientific advances through the knowledge imparted by teacher-researchers, but are also fully involved in this dynamic when they are welcomed into laboratories, in engineering training or as part of a doctoral program.

At the heart of our missions: understanding how natural and anthropized systems work, transmitting and promoting knowledge and expertise, and innovating for industries and regions.

As such, our research and development activities are fully integrated into the 17 sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations in 2015. 
 

Karine LAVAL

Director of Research, Development, and Innovation at UniLaSalle and the Rouen campus

Abdoulaye KANE

Director of Research, Development, and Innovation - Rennes campus

Augustin MPANDA

Director of Research, Development, and Innovation - Amiens campus

Michel-Pierre FAUCON

Director of Research, Development, and Innovation - Beauvais campus

Jean-Pierre GADONNA

Director of Development, UniLaSalle
 

Training through research

Training through research takes place throughout the students' engineering program thanks to internships in our various research units, but also through an introduction to the scientific approach via practical teaching modules (laboratories, fieldwork, etc.) and educational projects. At the same time, the laboratories welcome more than twenty doctoral students from all backgrounds each year, who are trained to become highly specialized scientific executives in the R&D departments of companies or universities in France or abroad.

The doctoral program offered by the institution, notably through dual engineering and master's degrees, both nationally and internationally, opens up the prospect of dual skills that are increasingly sought after by companies and the opportunity to benefit from a cutting-edge technological environment.

In conjunction with the doctoral schools of UTC, UPJV, the University of Rennes 2, and ComUE Normandie Université, UniLaSalle offers multiple possibilities for thesis funding, whether through public grants or CIFRE scholarships in partnership with a company.

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State-of-the-art infrastructure for training, research, and innovation

Our cutting-edge technology platforms

UniLaSalle benefits from technology platforms located on its campuses in Amiens, Beauvais, and Rouen. Equipped with cutting-edge equipment, these unique infrastructures enable high-level research programs to be carried out, including in collaboration with industry.

• Mechanical Engineering Platform, dedicated to the modeling and simulation of manufacturing processes, as well as the characterization of residual stresses using the incremental drilling evaluation method;
• Geology & Hydrogeology Platform;
• Normand Serre Experimental Station for agroecology, agronomy, and biotechnology;
• Ozone Platform dedicated to ozone applications in the fields of agro-industry, agri-food, the environment, and plant chemistry.
• Agro R Tech Center, dedicated to the valorization and characterization of agri-resources and bio-based materials.
• AgriLab, an innovation and industrial transfer center dedicated to agriculture
• APEX, a modeling center.
• Two experimental farms offering researchers open field facilities

1 Engineering center: PANASH, dedicated to research in Food & Health and attached to the Transformations & Agro-resources unit