Hervé Biausser

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Hervé Biausser, director of Ecole Centrale Paris
Hervé Biausser is the director of the French elite engineering school, École Centrale Paris[1][2] (ECP), a position he has held since September 2003. He has held the position of General Director of Supélec (École supérieure d'électricité) since September 2013.[3][4]

Career

Hervé Biausser was born on 17 February 1951.[5] As a graduate, he studied engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris. He began his PhD studies at École Centrale Paris and, before defending, joined IRSID, the research institute of the French steel industry group Usinor (1977). There, he developed research activities on steel processing and steel products, held several managerial positions and took the responsibility of the Mechanical Metallurgy Department.[6] He then became a professor at his alma mater École Centrale Paris. He was promoted to the head of the Materials Development laboratory from 1998 to 2001. In July 2001, he became Director of the Research Centre of the institution, a position associated with the one of head of the Graduate School and director of the sister company Centrale Recherche SA.[3][6] In 2003, he became the director of Ecole Centrale Paris, replacing Daniel Gourisse, who had been director for twenty years.[6]

During his tenure as director, Ecole Centrale Paris organized a renovation of the Centralien curriculum. Hervé Biausser has been a strong advocate for the partnership with another engineering school, Supelec, and for the move from the Châtenay-Malabry campus to the Paris-Saclay one, which is underway. At the same time, the Centrale Graduate School group expanded by opening a new school in Beijing, École centrale de Pékin. Another Ecole Centrale is expected to open soon in Casablanca (Morocco), and it was announced that another school should open in India in the near future.[7]

In 2013, Biausser was selected as the new General Director of Supelec, a position he has been cumulating with the one at Ecole Centrale Paris since September 2013. This may be a first step toward a merger of the two institutions.

Biausser is member of the board of the "Conference des Grandes Écoles",[5] where, after being secretary, he had been expected to become president, but instead became a vice-president in June 2009.[8] He has been president of CESAER, a European association of engineering schools, for 2009 and 2010. He has also been president of the TIME network, which promotes the exchange of engineering students.

Education

Awards

  • Jean Rist Award from the "Société Française de Métallurgie et des Matériaux" (SF2M, French Society for Metallurgy and Materials), 1985[9]
  • "Grande Médaille" (highest award) from the "Société Française de Métallurgie et des Matériaux" (SF2M), 2005[3][10]
  • Knight of the Légion d'Honneur, 2006[3][11]
  • Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite
  • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Mons (Belgium), 2012

Personal life

His father was Breton and his mother from Réunion. He likes yoga, opera and classical Greek authors, and is a former handball player.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Centrale Paris et l'Essec se rapprochent". Les Écho (in French). 30 November 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  2. ↑ Lecherbonnier, Sylvie (11 December 2008). "Hervé Biausser (Centrale Paris) : "L'alliance stratégique avec Supélec prend tout son sens avec l'opération campus"". EducPros (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Press release (5 September 2008). "Director Hervé Biausser to serve a second term". Ecole Centrale Paris. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Décret du 26 août 2008 portant nomination du directeur de l'Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures de Paris (enseignements supérieurs) – M. Biausser (Hervé)". Legifrance.gouv.fr. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hervé BIAUSSER". EducPros. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Hervé Biausser a pris hier ses fonctions de directeur de l'Ecole centrale Paris. Il succède à Daniel Gourisse.". Les Échos. 2 September 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  7. ↑ Dauvergne, Géraldine (20 September 2013). "Après la Chine l'Ecole Centrale Paris va s'implanter en Inde". EducPros. Retrieved 16 October 2013. 
  8. ↑ Dauvergne, Géraldine (9 June 2009). "Pierre Tapie nouveau président de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles". EducPros. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  9. ↑ "Medaille Jean Rist". SF2M. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  10. ↑ "Grand Medaille SF2M". SF2M. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  11. ↑ "Décret du 14 avril 2006 portant promotion et nomination". Legifrance.gouv.fr. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
  12. ↑ "Docteur zen et mister action". Journal des Grandes Ecoles (in French) 38. 2006. 

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