The Molecular Magnetism and Molecular Materials (LM4)group, part of CEDENNA’s Nanostructure Chemistry research line, is currently hosting French student Timéo Chamontin Le Fur, a student at the Institut Universitaire Technologique (IUT) of the University of Rennes 1 in Saint Brieuc.
This French institute offers its students several 3-year study options (Biology, Materials Science and Engineering, among others). And Chamontin Le Fur belongs precisely to the area of Materials Science and Engineering, which teaches how to analyze metallic materials, polymer composites, ceramics and natural materials such as wood or natural fibers.
Like the CEDENNA department hosting him, this Unit synthesizes, designs and characterizes these materials. “We can also choose whether we prefer a work-study program (working part-time at a company) or an internship in France or abroad. I chose to do an internship to continue my studies and I was excited to travel outside Europe for the first time. And I chose CEDENNA because I love laboratory work and the chemistry being done in Chile,” said Timéo.
His stay will last 2 months to study ceramic materials in particular.
For Professor Diego Venegas Yazigi, head of the laboratory, this student’s visit “gives Cedenna visibility in a foreign school dedicated to the study of materials. And for the group’s students it has been very enriching to host a foreigner who comes to learn like them, which stimulates joint work and mutual understanding”.
“I hope this visit means the arrival of more French students interested in doing research stays in our laboratory,” he concluded.
The The University of Rennes 1 specializes in Science, Technology, Law, Economics, Management and Philosophy. It has existed since 1969 and has approximately 26,000 students and 1,900 faculty, but its history dates back to its predecessor, the University of Brittany, founded in 1461.
