This research activity was accompanied by training activity at several levels in the same scientific field: setting up and direction (1973-1980) of a university training course for materials engineers, recognised by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur; setting up and direction (1985-93) of the DEA "Mechanics and Materials " bringing together a university and five grandes écoles in the Ile-de-France region; setting up and direction (1991-2001) of the Major in Mechanics and then a master's degree in technological innovation (2001-2004) at the École polytechnique.