A team of 220 people :

50 teacher-researchers including 16 professors


9 CNRS researchers


36 technical and administrative engineers

32 people entitled to conduct research

95 doctoral students and 16 post-doctoral students

Financial resources :


Average budget : 5 M€/year

Average consolidated budget : 10,5 M€

Approximately 200 industrial and academic partners

Federative structures :

Member of the Carnot Engineering @ Lyon institute

Member of 3 research federations and regional clusters


Partner of competitiveness clusters with national or worldwide appeal : Axelera, LUTB, Mov’éo, Plastipolis, Techtera, Viaméca


Co-founder and partner of the associated international laboratory ELyTLaB, in concert with the Tokohu University

Industrial partners
 :

In France :Airbus, Alcan, Alstom, Arcelor-Mittal, Areva, Arkema, Ascometal, Carbone Lorraine, CETIM, Coatex, EADS, EDF, ESI Group, Essilor, Eurocopter, HEF, Hexcel Reinforcements, L’Oréal, Michelin, Peritesco, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, PSA, Renault, Rhodia, SAFRAN, Thalès, Total, Valéo, ZF Nacam...

Worldwide :Atotech, Bekaert, Chevron-Oronite LLC Compagny, IHI, Nippon Oil, Nissan, SKF...

External research center for Safran group

Annual scientific production :

100 peer-reviewed articles published in international magazines

100 Communications in international conferences

24 theses defended