Master Materials Science and Engineering - Program Biorefinery and Biomaterials

With its international dimension, all courses are taught in English. With students from a wide range of backgrounds and origins, this Master’s program offers an unprecedented opportunity to meet people from different cultures and thus develop the ability to work and manage projects in an international context.

Within this unique Master’s program in France, the main topics covered are:

• Biorefinery, fundamental aspects (gas, biomass, plant chemical components, polymer chemistry)
• Biorefinery for energy (bioethanol and biomethane production, diester production)
• Biorefinery for bioproducts (existing biorefinery and conversion processes)
• Biomaterials (biopolymers, bio-based polymers, composites, new biomaterials)
• Sustainability assessment (life cycle assessment principles, environmental factors, energy consumption)

UE 1: Biorefinery for chemicals

• Production of cellulosic fibers
• Biorefinery - Bioproducts
• Chemicals recovery in biorefinery mills
• Advanced biorefinery processes (Labworks)

UE 2: Biorefinery for energy

• Chemical and biochemical processes
• Biomethane production
• Biohydrogen production
• Thermal processes
• Thermodynamic modeling of biorefinery processes

UE 3: Biobased materials

• Biocomposites - synthesis and chemical fiber modification
• Second generation Biopolymers
• Biopolymers
• Polymer physics, structure, properties
• Bio(nano)composites
• Biobased materials - project&labworks

UE 4: Biomass purification and analytical techniques

• Bleaching of lignocellulosic fibers
• LCA-Environmental assessment
• Biorefinery Analysis (Labworks)

UE 5: Technico-Economical Project

• Technico-economical project

Master thesis project

At the end of this Master’s degree in Biorefinery & Biomaterials, forthcoming specialists will be able to implement biomass transformation processes and provide solutions that contribute to reducing the use of fossil resources, to intensifying recycling operations and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In particular, they will develop skills related to:

• biorefinery processes
• chemical, physico-chemical and biotechnical means of obtaining elementary building blocks from biomass, essentially from wood
• biosourced materials, biopolymers and biocomposites

These skills are particularly needed today by companies and international organisations in the textile, plastics, packaging, energy, food and pharmaceutical sectors.

With the Master Biorefinery & Biomaterials, graduates will be fully able to meet the new challenges, especially environmental, of the 21st century.

Sectors

Chemical, material, plastic, cosmetic, detergent, textile, building, packaging, engineering and energy industrial sectors.

Jobs

Production Engineer, R & D Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Development Engineer...