École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nasjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ de min də sɛ̃t‿etjɛn]), also called École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (literally meaning "Saint-Étienne school of mines") or simply Mines Saint-Étienne and commonly abbreviated EMSE is a prestigious French graduate engineering school (grandes écoles) training engineers and carrying out industry-oriented research. Its function is to support the development of its students and of companies through a range of courses and fields of research, from the initial training of generalist engineers ingénieurs civils des mines, to PhD teaching; from material sciences to micro-electronics via process engineering, mechanics, the environment, civil engineering, finance, computer science and health engineering.
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| Type | Grande école d'ingénieurs (public research university Engineering school) |
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| Established | 1816 |
Parent institution | Institut Mines-Télécom[1] |
Academic affiliations | Conférence des Grandes écoles[2] |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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History
editThe school was founded in 1816 by a decision of Louis XVIII (2 August 1816).
Admission for French students
editFor French nationals, admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided after competitive examination at the end of preparatory classes, a highly selective system.
Notable alumni
edit- Benoît Fourneyron, designed the first practical water turbine in 1827
- Henri Fayol, a French management theorist
- Jules Garnier
- Mahamadou Issoufou, elected Niger President in March 2011
- Anne-Marcelle Kahn, (née Schrameck) first woman to graduate from the school, in 1919.[3]
- Tadeusz Nowicki
The puRkwa Prize
editThe puRkwa Prize is an "international prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet" awarded annually by the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne and the French Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded to pioneers in the innovation of general science education in school curricula for children less than 16 years of age. It was launched in 2004 at the initiative of Robert Germinet, the director of the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne, and comes with an €80,000 monetary award.[4]
| Year | Recipient | Institution(s) | Nationality | Cited work | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Maricio Duque | University of the Andes | Colombia | Pequeños Científicos | [5] |
| Michael Klentchy | El Centro School District | United States | Valle Imperial Project in Science | ||
| 2006 | Yu Wei | Southeast University | People's Republic of China | Zuo zhong xue | [6] |
| Karen Worth | Education Development Center Wheelock College |
United States | K-12 Science Curriculum Dissemination Center | ||
| 2007 | Jorge Allende | University of Santiago, Chile | Chile | Educación en Ciencias Basada en la Indagación | [7] |
| Stevan Jokic | Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences | Serbia and Montenegro | Ruka u testu | ||
| 2008 | Guillermo Fernández de la Garza | National Autonomous University of Mexico United States – Mexico Foundation for Science |
Mexico | Sistema de Enseñanza Vivencial e Indagatoria de la Ciencia | [8] |
| Wynne Harlen | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | Research in science education | ||
| 2009 | Sally Goetz Shuler | National Science Resources Center | United States | Institutional award | [9] |
| David Jasmin | La main à la pâte | France | Institutional award |
Other schools of Mines in France
edit- École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Albi Carmaux (Mines Albi-Carmaux)
- École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Alès (Mines Alès)
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Douai (Mines Douai)
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nantes (Mines Nantes)
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
Other schools of Mines in Africa
editOther schools of Mines in the USA
editNotes
edit- ^ "IMT - The number-one group of engineering..." Institut Mines-Télécom. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "IMT Saint-Étienne - CGE". CGE. Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Marcelle SCHRAMECK". www.janinetissot.fdaf.org. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ Fondation de l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (2007). Le Prix puRkwa: Prix international pour l'alphabétisation scientifique des enfants de la planète [The puRkwa Prize: International prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet] (PDF) (Brochure) (in French, English, and Spanish). Saint-Étienne, France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Le Prix puRkwa: Prix international pour l'alphabétisation scientifique des enfants de la planète" [The puRkwa Prize: International prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Communiqué de presse" [Press release] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2006-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Le Prix puRkwa Lauréats 2007" [The puRkwa Prize 2007 Award Winners] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Lauréats 2008" [2008 Award Winners]. Le Prix puRkwa (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Communiqué de presse" [Press release] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne. 2010-03-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
See also
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