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Aix-Marseille Université Institute for Research and EducationIMI - Institut Mécanique et IngénierieTopics: Acoustics, Biomechanics, Energetics, Interfaces, Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Chemical Engineering, Complex Systems Disciplinary Fields: Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Energy and Transfer, Acoustics, Process EngeneeringSummary: IMI is a wide community of scientists and state-of-the-art research facilities in mechanical engineering, acoustics, energy and chemical engineering.  The scientific issues addressed are centred on the study of continuous, fluid or solid media, addressing questions of deformation or flow  behaviour, transfer problems and coupling with chemical reactions. Understanding deformation, movement and transfer in fluid and solid media is a requirement not only to design innovative airplanes, but also to analyse the atmosphere or the locomotion of micro-organisms for examples. The mission is to extend the knowledge in this disciplines, to develop new models, solving methods and innovative characterisation methods to tackle the complex and multidisciplinary problems of industry or of related scientific domains (geosciences, biology, environment, energy…)Institut interlocutors: - Director: Nicolas Vandenberghe (IRPHE, UMR 7342)- Deputy Director for Education: Uwe Ehrenstein (M2P2, UMR 7340)- Deputy Director for Research: Bruno Cochelin (LMA, UMR 7031)Research units:IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors ÉquilibreIUSTI - Institut Universitaire des Systèmes Thermiques et IndustrielsLMA - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'AcoustiqueM2P2 - Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation &#38; Procédés PropresFaculties:FDS - Faculty of SciencePolytech Marseille - University Engeneering SchoolDoctoral Schools:Environmental Sciences (ED 251)Mechanics, Physics, Micro and Nanoelectronics (ED 353)News from IMI Institut &#62;&#62;For more information: IMI on Aix-Marseille University websitePhotography credits: Photo by Yingchih on Unsplash