New materials and composites for environmental applications 

RECENT NEWS

2024/01 Triumph of Innovation: Our SuN4Med Project Selected in the Prestigious PRIMA Project! We are pleased to inform you that our SuN4Med project (Sustainable and Novel Food Packaging based on Agro-industrial By-products and Natural Antimicrobials from the Mediterranean Area) has been officially selected as part of the PRIMA project (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area).

The project has been developed in collaboration with the following institutions:

Coordinator: Manuel Rendueles - Universidad de Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain

Partner 1: Dorra Ghorbel - ENIS, University of Sfax (USF), Tunisia

Partner 2: Achraf Ghorbal - ISSAT, University of Gabes (UG), Tunisia

Partner 3: Adem Gharsallaoui - LAGEPP, University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), France

Partner 4: Karine Mougin - IS2M, CNRS Mulhouse (IS2M), France

Partner 5: Jean Daou - APTAR CSP Technologies (APTAR), France

Partner 6: Abdelaziz Abbad - FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University (UCAM), Morocco

Partner 7: Ebru Aydin - Süleyman Demirel University (SDU), Turkey

Partner 8: Ezgi Eyluel Bankoglu - University of Wuerzburg (JMU), Germany

Partner 9: Emre Akinciturk - TEKNOPAK PLASTIK SAN VE TIC LTD STI (BRG), Turkey

Partner 10: Mario Achutegui Domínguez - Iberfruta Muerza S.A. (IMSA), Spain

Partner 11: César Merino - Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León (ITCL), Spain

This selection reflects the success of our international collaboration and attests to the quality of the project we have developed together. We look forward to facing the exciting challenges that lie ahead in this initiative and are confident that our research unit will significantly contribute to achieving the ambitious goals of the SuN4Med project.

Congratulations to all for this outstanding achievement.

2023/11 Announcement of Research Success by our team!  The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Gabes is pleased to share extraordinary news, highlighting the excellence of researchers within our institution, particularly within the Research Unit: Advanced Materials, Applied Mechanics, Innovative Processes, and Environment (2MPE). The Franco-Tunisian expert committee of the PHC UTIQUE convened on October 14 and 15, 2023, to evaluate the submitted proposals, in an intense competition where 90 submissions were reviewed. Only 16 were selected in the main list, and 5 in the complementary list. We are delighted to inform you that the project titled "NEW BIOSOURCED HYBRID SENSORS WITH SOLVATOCHROMIC PROPERTIES", submitted by Rim BEN ARFI from the 2MPE Research Unit and Karine MOUGIN from the Institute of Materials Science in Mulhouse (IS2M), has been selected in the main list by the Franco-Tunisian expert committee of the PHC Utique. This recognition underscores the exceptional quality of the work by Rim BEN ARFI and Karine MOUGIN, as well as the remarkable relevance of their proposal. Congratulations to these outstanding researchers for this exceptional achievement!

Congratulations again to Rim BEN ARFI and Karine MOUGIN! We look forward to seeing the impressive outcomes of this project and sharing more successes in the future.