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CFM 2011 à Besançon

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La 20ème édition du Congrès Français de Mécanique se tiendra à Besançon du 29 août au 2 septembre 2011. Il est organisé par le département Mécanique Appliquée de l’institut FEMTO-ST avec le soutien de l’Université de Franche-Comté et de l’ENSMM. Sont attendus plus de 1000 participants, doctorants, post-doctorants, chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs et industriels, français et francophones de la mécanique.

Le CFM 2011 propose près de 900 communications orales réparties dans 30 sessions thématiques permettant de couvrir tout le spectre scientifique et technique de la mécanique et ses champs d’application, 10 conférences plénières présentées par des personnalités scientiiques reconnues internationalement, 8 colloques spécifiques dont un colloque sur l’Horlogerie et la Chronométrie, et deux symposiums centrés sur des enjeux industriels (matériaux pour le nucléaire, soudage).

Plus d’informations : www.cfm2011.fr

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