On the 26th and the 27th of June 2024, the Technical University of Crete (TUC) had the pleasure to welcome a delegation of the University of Lorraine (UL) from Nancy, France in an atmosphere of fruitful cooperation for a series of presentations, as well as discussions with members of the academic community.

This planned visit took place in the context of the participation of both institutions as partners in the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO), with the aim of further cooperation between the two universities at research and teaching level and the expansion of mobility opportunities between them.

The EURECA-PRO team of TUC welcomed the following members of the UL delegation:

• Stéphanie Gallaire
  (Head of the International Relations Office of ENSEM - Electrical, Energy, Mechanical Engineering)

• Carolina Cappella
  (Deputy Director of the International Relations Office of ENIM - Mechanical, Automated Manufacturing)

• Angélique Duboisson
  (International Mobility Coordinator of Telecom - Computer Science Information)

• Irina Panfilova
  (Head of the International Relations Office of ENSG: Geology - Mineral Resources Engineering, Professor and Head of the Department of Reservoir Engineering and Hydrodynamics)

• Nicole Bunting
  (Head of the International Relations Office of Polytech - Electrical, Energy, Mechanical Computer, Service Engineering)

• Laetitia Bresson
  (Director of Economic and International Development of INP - Collégium Des Écoles D' Ingénieurs)

• Suzanne Collin
  (Director of Studies, Telecom Nancy)

• Karl Tombre
  (Vice-President for European and International Strategy)

• Benoit Grasser
  (Vice President of Science Policy and Human Resources Management)

• Aude Perrot
  (Head of Development of International Research and Innovation Programmes)

• Maxime Raty
  (Indicative Pilot Studies and Rankings)

On the first day, the program began with a presentation about the Technical University of Crete by the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Prof. Konstantinos-Alketas Ouggrinis to the members of the delegation, which was followed by open-to-the-public presentations about the University of Lorraine and the individual faculties of INP, the College that includes all the Schools of Engineering of the University of Lorraine. The presentations were attended by members of the TUC Community in person and online with great interest. The first day ended with a dinner in the venetian harbor area of the old town, where the guests enjoyed local dishes.

You are welcome to watch the videos of UL's presentations for the students and for the academic staff, listed also on the right-hand side of this post.

The second day focused on bilateral meetings between members of the delegation and faculty members from the five Schools of TUC, where common frameworks of research interests and possible collaborations were thoroughly and substantially discussed. In parallel, a work meeting on Work Package WP4 (Research and Innovation) took place between selected members of the UL delegation and numerous TUC members (faculty and staff).

It is worth adding that Associate Professor Dimitrios Meimaroglou, Director of International Collaborations of the School of Chemical Engineering (ENSIC) of the University of Lorraine, preceded the delegation with an online lecture on June 4, 2024 and an on-site visit at TUC on June 11, 2024.

You are welcome to watch the video of this talk by following this video link. 

During his visit he met with the staff of the EURECA-PRO TUC team, the TUC Rector, Prof. Michail Zervakis, the Dean of the School of CEE, Prof. Dionysia Kolokotsa, as well as Prof. Noni Maravelaki of the School of Architecture and Prof. Michail G. Lagoudakis of the School of ECE. He also visited the TUC Erasmus Office, as well as the facilities of the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, where he was guided in the lab by its Director, Prof. Ioannis Yentekakis.

Finally, on the occasion of his online lecture on the coupling of Chemical Engineering with Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Meimaroglou was interviewed by TUC graduate and scientific collaborator of the Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes Lab, Mr. Sotiris Fanourgiakis and the conversation formed the first (pilot) episode of the EURECA-PRO TUC Podcast Series. You can listen to this podcast at the following link: https://www.eurecapro.tuc.gr/en/podcasts

More pictures from the joint activities of these days can be found at this photo album, which can be accessed also by clicking on the following picture.