Today, 100% of future ECAM LaSalle engineers come to practice at the Gene Haas Center. The training and courses provided to them range from the discovery of subtractive manufacturing processes to advanced machining methods on 5 axes.

The level of knowledge of our students varies depending on the specialties and options chosen.

Arts & Crafts training provides engineers with broad scientific and technical bases. The fundamentals in mathematics, computer science, mechanics, energy, electrical engineering, materials and engineering sciences constitute the solid foundation necessary for any engineering career. The versatility thus developed guarantees a global understanding of the company context in all sectors of activity and facilitates interactions with the different trades.

An engineer must be proactive and must be able to drive a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement when he joins a company. But what would these proposals be if they were devoid of any relevance? To offer innovative solutions adapted to the context and professions; listening, observation, analysis, field investigation are the first tools that the engineer must deploy to ensure a better understanding of his environment. Combined with an important general culture and strong human qualities, he will be able to identify problems and prioritize them, he will be able to identify the constraints of the system in which he operates and areas for improvement. It is from this field experience correlated with a solid scientific and technical background that new roads will open and that pioneers will be able to move forward.

The GHC aims to be a 4.0 platform, a place of technology and progress. As a result, 2 teaching areas emerge:

A first that could be described as strategic or systemic summarized in one sentence: “A technology at the service of an organization”.

As part of projects and with the aim of training tomorrow's decision-makers, part of our teaching aims to transmit methods for quantifying and qualifying the added value of these technologies for production systems.

Today, it is essential that our engineers present solutions with a determined and consistent ROI.

It is for this purpose that our students come to the GHC platforms for lessons such as maintenance, metrology, Lean, problem-solving methodologies, robotics, etc.

 The second axis is more Technical, more tactical. If we differentiate at ECAM LaSalle: Practical work room and Platforms, it is because the educational objectives are complementary. The practical work room is entirely dedicated to the acquisition of knowledge with an educational theme aimed at facilitating understanding. Just like the practical room, the platform allows the acquisition of scientific and technical knowledge, however the platform provides the possibility of working on complex and transversal issues as close as possible to business reality. This involves working in partnership with manufacturers, on their real issues, in project mode with similar means.

A platform must give a certain autonomy to students, to be able to test and discover for themselves. These trials, these tests, these failures and these successes specific to operating in project mode and in a team are all benchmarks for their future life as an engineer.

This autonomy is not a given, it is only the consequence of a training cycle with various levels which allows students to progress in complete security on the platforms. Manufacturing Level 1, 2 and 3, Methods and Advanced Methods, Robotization Level 1 and 2, ... are specific courses which will be offered to students according to their specialty and their preferences.

Training aimed at mastering production tools and optimizing manufacturing processes.