TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The laboratories are (1) CRISTO (Center de Recherche: Innovation Socio-Technique et Organization industrielle), affiliated with the Universit Pierre Mend s-France and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); (2) 3S (Sol-Solide-Structure), affiliated with the cole Nationale Sup rieur d Hydraulique et de M canique de Grenoble, the CNRS, and the Universit Joseph Fourrier; and (3) SEED (Socio-Economie Environnement et D veloppement), affiliated with the Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise (Arlon, Belgium).
1. This chapter sums up work by Gr goire P piot, Jean-Fran ois Boujut, Pascal L caille, and Bertrand Nicquevert. Gr goire P piot is a mechanical engineer studying for a research diploma in industrial engineering under the supervision of Jean-Fran ois Boujut (a mechanical engineer) and Dominique Vinck (a sociologist). Bertrand Nicquevert heads a technical office in the Experimental Physics Division of CERN in Geneva.
2. As a part of their studies, young engineers are placed with companies. The idea is that this gives them an opportunity to put what they have learned into practice.
3. A DEA (Dipl me d Etudes Approfondies) is a one-year postgraduate research diploma. It can be done at the same time as a PFE (Projet de Fin d tudes a placement project carried out by engineers in their final year of study).
4. The head of the design office does not share this opinion. On the contrary, he says that there are very few procedures involved.
5. In fact, he didn t think it was up to him to define the various wishes of the physicists.
6. The head of the design office says that this...
