Our partner platforms

These pooled platforms provide equipment, tools and studies to INSA Lyon’s laboratories and our partner structures.

Research Federation

• Lyon Centre for Microscopy (CLYM) - FED 4092
  The Centre Lyonnais de Microscopie (Lyon Centre for Microscopy) is a multi-establishment Research Foundation. Its objective is to promote the structural, nanostructural and microstructural characterisation in material sciences using advanced microscopy techniques (atomic force, tomography, Scanning Electron Microscopy - SEM - and Transmission Electron Microscopy – TEM -). The CLYM is one of the six members of the national TEM and atomic probe network (METSA It is supported by laboratories specialised in a variety of fields (structural materials, nano-materials, nano-technologies, catalysis, tribology, geology) who jointly own the installations.

 Platforms

• Evaluation Environnementale des Déchets, Matériaux et Sols Pollués (EEDEMS)
  Organised as a GIS (Grouping of Scientific Interest) the EEDEMS platform (Environmental Assessment of Waste, Materials and Contaminated Land) is a network of high level scientific expertise, applied to the environmental
  assessment of waste, sediment, contaminated land and materials. This network is equipped with an experimental technological pilot platform located on the INSA campus. The tools for this research platform whose scope has recently been expanded to include research transfer, have been used in various fields of expertise and valorisation (ecotoxicity and impact on health, environmental assessment of materials, leaching behaviour, effectiveness testing for pollution control or confinement processes for waste and contaminated soils or sediments).
   
• Observatoire de Terrain en Hydrologie Urbaine (OTHU)
  The Observatoire de Terrain en Hydrologie Urbaine (Urban Hydrology Field Observatory) is a multi-disciplinary centre for the observation in situ of water and pollution flow from its creation in the atmosphere to its discharge into different environments (groundwater and rivers in particular). Equipped with a network for monitoring wastewater systems and natural environments, it helps to improve understanding of discharge in dry or wet weather and its impact on a variety of receptive environments, to calibrate better forecasting models and to perfect innovative strategies for the management of  stormwater.
   
• NANOLYON
  The technological platform Nanolyon is nationally recognised as a centralised local Micro-Nanotechnology facility.
  One of its components has been installed at INSA Lyon for over 15 years. The flexible and easily accessible equipment used, a key support for university teaching, make it possible to develop nanostructures, nanocomponents, and nanocharacterisation tools in relation with the INL (the Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology) as well as Lyon-based, regional or national university and industrial partners. Based on the diverse and original subjects studied (Si and III-V nanostructured semiconductors, functional oxides, grafted organic films), the projects developed cover a wide range of themes (micro-nanotechnologies and future CMOS components, micro-nanosystems, M(N)EMS and M(N)OEMS, micro-nano photonics, photovoltaics, bio-nanotechnologies and biomedicine)
   

• EIFFEL
  The Eiffel test platform is equipped with mechanical production equipment and specific test benches, including one dedicated to the mechanical or thermomechanical testing of structures and several modular gantries.
  Adapted assemblies allow for a large range of load tests, sometimes destructive, to be carried out on large structures or parts (up to 200 tons). Specific test benches are made available for the purposes of research, teaching,
  mechanical or civil engineering studies for the public or private sector.
   
• LIPIDOMIQUE
  The RIO lipidomics platform is housed at the IMBL (Multi-disciplinary Institute of Lipid Biochemistry). It is one of the analytical components of the LISA Carnot Institute. It is primarily devoted to the analysis of structural lipids,
  cellular signaling and food and nutritional lipids. It is faced with an ever-increasing demand for analyses from outside sources, generated by the IMBL’s research. In order to meet this demand a spin-off incubated by Crealys is currently being set up within the IMBL.