About us

The AM² transatlantic partnership is between the Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology (AMIT) and the Texas A&M University College of Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.

Texas A&M is a tier-one research institution, and the Texas A&M College of Engineering is among the top 10 engineering programs in the U.S. Texas A&M has one of the largest manufacturing faculty with over 35 faculty members. Faculty members address broad and impact research and education themes.

Arts et Métiers is one of the longest-serving engineering and reputed engineering programs in France. Its campus in Aix en Provence excels in research on the mechanics of advanced manufacturing processes.

The two institutions had been working together for more than 20 years when they established AM² in 2017. This partnership aims to effect change to a global manufacturing industry through extensive research collaborations, education programs, mutual faculty and student exchange initiatives, and workforce development. The partnership was created to address key industry challenges in the emerging Industry 4.0.

We look forward to innovating and solving problems that are relevant to the international manufacturing industry.

Industrial Research Consortium

The AM² industry consortium is made up of companies located in the United States and France. These companies work with AM² researchers to develop practical, cutting-edge solutions in the areas of smart manufacturing and additive manufacturing for Industry 4.0.

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Research Platforms and Facilities

Research facilities include state-of-the-art equipment and platforms for additive manufacturing, smart hybrid 3D printing, smart casting, smart machining, smart finishing, and sustainable machining. In addition, the partnership has advanced equipment not just for physio-chemical analyses, and nano to macro mechanical characterization of materials, but also presents an unprecedented physical infrastructure and platform to advance and translate data science/AI approaches for industrial applications.

Research Affiliates

AM² research affiliates are experts in smart manufacturing, materials and AI/data science. The AM² program is open to all Texas A&M and AMIT faculty (including tenure, professional, instructional and research tracks), other researchers (including research scientists and postdoctoral researchers), and operations and administration staff and professionals, whose role and interests include smart manufacturing, materials and AI/data science.

Workforce Development

The AM2 partnerships has significant emphasis on workforce development through organizing workshops and symposia with strong participation from companies in the US and France. AM2 partnered with the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the USA in the organization of the French American Innovation Day 2020.