Newsletter: Focus Terre-Eau-Environnement
5 months in Hanoi for an unforgettable experience
After a semester spent in Hanoi in M1, Maverick, Corentin, Laure, Lorraine and Thomas are continuing their training in M2 Water Sciences.
These 5 months spent at the USTH (University of Sciences and Technology of Hanoi) gave them a great life experience, coupled with the chance to study hydrology and oceanography abroad in a different setting (courses in English, group work with Vietnamese students, etc.).
4L trophy
No podium for our M1 Water Sciences students, but a great experience in Morocco for Amélie and Loïc during the 4L Trophy, which took place from February 21 to March 3, 2019. This humanitarian raid aims to help Moroccan children via the "Enfants du désert" association by collecting donations (school, sports, medical supplies...), then transporting them to Morocco in a 4L. Over 1,000 4Ls set off from Biarritz, crossing from Spain to the Strait of Gibraltar, then by boat to Morocco. Then it's on to the Moroccan adventure, with compass and road book in hand, mile after mile to Marrakech: an opportunity to meet new people and help Moroccan children.
Presentation of a workshop to a Terminale S class
In mid-October, L3 Earth and Water Sciences students presented a workshop on the theme of water to a class of Terminale S students at Lycée Victor Hugo in Lunel, as part of their Supervised Personal Work (TPE). The workshop addressed the issues of water resources and water quality, using a groundwater model and chemical analyses. The project was supervised by Marine Rousseau and Yohann Cousquer, teachers in the Earth-Water-Environment department of the Faculty of Science at the University of Montpellier. Franck Perdieu, a technician in the department, provided logistical support, including the creation of a water table model prior to the workshop.
Geology field courses
1. M2 STPE (Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes Environnement - parcours Géologie de l'Exploration et des Réservoirs) geology field course near Granite Mont Lozère . Alain Chauvet explains the formation of gold-rich ores following the geodynamic evolution of the region 300 million years ago.
2. Study of rocks in rain and sunshine for L3 STE (Earth and Water Sciences) students as part of a field placement at Cap de Creus in Spain, near Dali's house. Course supervisors: Emilien Oliot, Fleurice Parat, Frédéric Gueydan (Earth-Water-Environment department).
Renovated premises
Renovation, refurbishment and upgrading to safety standards of rooms in Building 23 (reserved exclusively for teaching) to better accommodate and train our students.
The work was supervised and carried out by Franck Perdieu, technician and facilities manager for the Earth-Water-Environment department, with the help of the Faculty of Science departments.
- Room STP 12 has been refurbished with the help of Serge Conrad (Hydrosciences Montpellier) to accommodate some twenty computer workstations arranged along the walls, allowing dual use as a normal classroom or as a computer workstation.
- Room STP 16 has been expanded to accommodate more than 20 students. It can now be used for two purposes: on the one hand, for experimental activities in hydrology and hydro-geology (water circulation in sandy reservoirs, measurement of flow rates and chemical concentration, etc.) and, on the other hand, as a traditional lecture room. The extension of this room means that the Earth-Water-Environment department's other experimental facilities, such as the augmented reality model used to simulate volcanic flows, can now be grouped together in a single location. It is now more accessible, enabling us to showcase all our analog models during the Faculty of Science's Open Days.
And work continues in STP 15, which in 2020 should house a Learning Lab dedicated to the Geosciences (GEAULL project funded by the TAKEOFF call for proposals from the MUSE i-site), with two interactive screens and around twenty computer workstations to enable students to visually exploit - sometimes in 3D - topographical and geological data.