Project actors

The University of Technology of Troyes (UTT, www.utt.fr) is a French public institution under the supervision of the Ministry of National Education and Higher Education of Research. It is part of the French "UT" network. Created in 1994, it has three main missions: training, research and technology transfer. It is home to approximately 3,200 students (among which almost 180 PhD students) of over 40 nationalities, 370 permanent staff (among which 164 teachers and researchers). It has 8 engineering courses and a Master’s program, on nine specialties grouped into three main mentions. 

InSyTE is the research unit in charge of the project.

Members

• Nadège TROUSSIER, University Professor, Coordinator and Partner’s scientific leader for UTT
• Tatiana REYES, HDR Lecturer
• Serge ROHMER, Lecturer, Scientific Contributor
• Victor PETIT, UTT Teacher-researcher, Scientific Contributor
• Luis Miguel LOPEZ, Project Engineer

MINES SAINT-ETIENNE, member of the Institut Mines-Télécoms, is an engineering school dedicated to the training of generalist and high-level specialties engineers. It also deploys research oriented towards industry. One of the missions of Mines Saint-Étienne is scientific research at the best level and its valorization for the companies’ competitiveness improvement.

The Henry Fayol Institut is the research center in charge of the project.

Members

• Valérie LAFOREST , Research Director, Partner’s scientific leader for IMT MSE
• Natacha GONDRAN, IMT Professor, Scientific contributor
• Jenny FAUCHEU, IMT Professor, Scientific contributor
• Jonathan VILLOT, Assistant professor, Sientific contributor
• Melissa Escobar Cisternas, Doctoral student

As a multidisciplinary university focused on excellence, the University de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) provides more than 27,700 students with training that is so closed as possible to the needs of society and in all the fields of knowledge, through courses based on innovative research of international renown. As training and research university, URCA is developing a scientific project around 4 major hubs with strong scientific expertise in Human and Social Sciences; Agro-sciences –Environment -Biotechnologies and Bio-economy; Health and Digital and Engineering Sciences.

The REGARDS laboratory is the laboratory of research in charge of the project.

Member

• Laure LAVORATA, University professor, Partner’s scientific leader for URCA
• Lou-Lyne LECONTE, Doctoral student

University Paris Nanterre is a leading research and training institution in Ile-de-France, with over 35,000 students and 43 research units. As the University of Hauts-de-Seine, it enjoys its rich history, values, and national and international standing.

As a multidisciplinary university, it offers a wide range of academic programs and conducts research across various disciplines. These include humanities and social sciences, letters and languages, legal, economic, and business sciences, technology, culture and arts, information and communication sciences, engineering sciences, and sciences and techniques of physical and sports activities. In all these areas, since its creation, University Paris Nanterre has championed innovation in research and teaching, and has made a point of playing a social role: contributing to students' social development and taking a critical look at society and its evolutions.

Members

• Laure LAVORATA, University professor, Partner’s scientific leader for Université Paris Nanterre
• Raja KIFAYA, postdoctoral researcher

The French National Research Agency (ANR) is a public administrative institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The agency funds project-based research carried out by public operators cooperating with each other or with private companies.

The ANR's activities are thus designed to support the excellence of French research at a variety of techno-logical readiness levels (TRL), support basic research, encourage academic and public-private scientific partnerships and promote European and international cooperation. To achieve these goals, it organises competitive calls for proposals and conducts rigorous selection processes based on peer review, in compliance with international standards: impartiality, equal treatment, confidentiality, ethics, scientific integrity and transparency. 

The D-TECHNOSS project is funded by the ANR and aims to better understand and support social transitions and the necessary adaptation of the production system and design methodologies.

As of April 1, 2021, Lou-Lyne is preparing a thesis that consists of understanding consumer behavior regarding eco-designed products and services.

Lou-Lyne has a double master's degree in Engineering and Management of the Environment and Sustainable Development (IMEDD) from the University of Technology of Troyes UTT and the University of Sherbrooke UDS. She did her university studies in information and communication at the Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB. Lou-Lyne's professional and academic career has allowed her to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to understand in depth the mechanisms of ecodesign and, on the other hand, those related to the qualitative methodologies of the humanities and social sciences.

She is also personally involved in various practices and actions aimed at protecting the environment.

From October 1, 2021, Melissa is preparing a thesis that consists of better understanding and supporting social transitions, as well as the necessary adaptation of the production system and design methods.

Melissa is a designer and has five years of experience in the area of advertising and communication. She has lived and worked in the two great capitals of Latin American design, Valparaíso in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina. She graduated from the University of Valparaíso in Chile. Melissa has a master's degree in Prospective Design (PRODE) from the École des mines de Saint-Étienne. Her experience and education have allowed her to develop skills and knowledge to solve problems around the issues of eco-designed materials and new uses.

Melissa is interested in topics such as the industry of the future and the ecological transition.