Photonics for Security, Reliability and Safety Jean Monnet University

Overview

Students in this Photonics for Security, Reliability and Safety programme at Jean Monnet University (Saint-Étienne) will be educated through a strong interaction with industrial partners to application fields as various as: detections of dangerous and\or illegal goods, detection of suspect individuals at borders, signature identification for cashless payment, fighting against counterfeiting, forensics and security markings, analysis of biological systems, detection of driver drowsiness, identification systems in case of medical emergency, measurement of inter-vehicle distances.

Other topics include: biomedical applications, medical diagnostics, pollution control, driver vision enhancement, driving assistance (collision avoidance systems), industrial production control, help for a more efficient agriculture, food safety, lab-on-chip biosensors, identification of chemical substances and biological or inorganic materials, high precision fabrication of photonic devices, generation of functional surfaces and advanced materials in industry.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the PSRS programme, the student should be able to:

• Apply knowledge of photonics, data science and micro-nanotechnology fundamentals
• Design and conduct experiments involving imaging, technologies, micro-nanotechnologies or laser processes
• Analyze and interpret data by data processing or artificial intelligence methods
• Identify, formulate and solve photonic or digital photonic problems
• Design a system, component or process to meet industrial needs
• Work in multidisciplinary, multicultural and geographically spread teams
• Understand the professional and ethical responsibility
• Communicate effectively in oral, written and other media forms
• Have a broad education necessary to understand the impact of science solutions in a global and societal context and to advance sustainability
• Recognize the need to engage in lifelong learning and the abilitity to do so