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Institut d'Optique Graduate School in Saint-Etienne: 20 years on!

On The January 25, 2024

20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Alain Aspect, 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, was invited to present his research to 400 participants. January 25th, 2024. - UJM
20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Alain Aspect, 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, was invited to present his research to 400 participants. January 25th, 2024. - UJM

The Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment on the Saint-Etienne manufacturing campus. 80 guests were gathered for this occasion.

Rémi Carminati, Managing Director of IOGS, and Florent Pigeon, President of Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, opened the ceremony by recalling the key moments in the development of the IOGS branch in close partnership with the university and its challenges for the future.

Representatives of the French government, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region and the local authorities were present, assuring the IOGS branch of their support.

Florence Garrelie, Director of the Hubert Curien Laboratory and the Manutech Sleight Graduate School, reviewed years of collaboration between the laboratory and the IOGS, and the involvment of engineering students in the Graduate School as part of their training.

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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Alain Aspect, 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, was invited to present his research to 400 participants. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Exhibition of IOGS student projects. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Rémi Carminati, Director of th IOGS, introducing the first guest during the 20th anniversary ceremnoy. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Pierre Chavel (IOGS), head of our Graduate School's Educational Committee, was recognized for his involvment in the development of the Saint-Etienne branch of IOGS. January 25th, 2024 © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Pierre Chavel (IOGS) recognized for his involvment in the development of the Saint-Etienne branch of IOGS, by Rémin Carminati (IOGS) and Raphaël Clerc (IOGS). January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Raphaël Clerc, IOGS' Deputy Director appointed to General Education. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Alain Aspect's conference participants in the Telecom Saint-Etienne amphitheatre. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Nicolas Dalloz, IOGS alumni, former PhD student (LabHC-HID), presenting the HID global research activities. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Florence Garrelie, dir. of the Hubert Curien lab and head of the Manutech-SLEIGHT Graduate School, presenting the past and future collaborations with IOGS. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Mathieu Hébert (IOGS-UJM), researcher at the Hubert Curien lab and AIMA master track coordinator, presenting the local training opportunities. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Laser show installed by IOGS students. January 25th, 2024. © R. Clerc
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Jean-Luc Perrot, Head of Dermatology at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital, presenting the collaboration of IOGS and the local university hospital on the optical detection of pathologies. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Florent Pigeon, President of Université Jean Monnet, recongizing the collaborations of IOGS and UJM over the years.January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: photo of the Sun taken on the roof of IOGS. January 25th, 2024. © Alexandre Bebon
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    20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: Vanina Amblas (IOGS), 2nd year master student, describing the student life in Saint-Etienne. January 25th, 2024. © UJM
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Jean-Luc Perrot, Head of Dermatology at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital, and Roland Geyl, President of FO-RS (Freeform Optics – Recherche & Solutions), gave presentations illustrating the success of research collaborations with IOGS researchers in Saint-Etienne.

Mathieu Hébert (IOGS/UJM) illustrated the synergy between teaching and research and the dynamism of research in the field of metrology and the control of surface appearance.

IOGS graduates (Nicolas Dalloz - HID Global, Emmanuel Baubeau - Keranova, Clara Spetebroodt - Plas'Tri) spoke about their careers in the Saint-Etienne area, illustrating the excellence of the training, innovation and research.

A large number of current students were represented by their fellow student Vanina Amblas, who gave a vibrant account of the quality of student life in Saint-Etienne.

Pierre Chavel, the driving force behind the development of the branch, was congratulated for his work on behalf of IOGS. His commitment to the development of the school has led him to head the Educational Committe of our Graduate School, thus supervising the training of our annual 250 students.

In the evening, Alain Aspect, a researcher at IOGS (Charles Fabry lab), gave a brilliant presentation of his research into quantum entanglement, for which he was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, to a packed auditorium of over 300 people.
 
20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: photo of the Sun taken on the roof of IOGS. January 25th, 2024.
20th anniversary of IOGS-Saint-Etienne: photo of the Sun taken on the roof of IOGS. January 25th, 2024. - © Alexandre Bebon

To end the night, LaserWave, one of IOGS' student associations, displayed a laser mapping show on the facade of the IOGS building.

Bonus of this celbration day: Alexandre Bebon, 3rd year student engineer, went to the roof and took a photo of the Sun with the IOGS Lunt telescope (60 mm) equipped with a highly selective Fabry-Pérot etalon (Delta Lambda = 0.07 nm) and his Canon APN. With one year to go before the maximum of the solar cycle, the Sun is very active and numerous prominences are visible.

Happy Birthday to the IOGS' Saint-Etienne branch! :)