Our R&D team is the driving force behind the innovation strategy, key to the company's contribution to competitiveness and societal advancement, both toward sustainable development.

IAAD's non-key (1) field of expertise are:

• Contribute to the characterisation of the innovation plan, in cooperation with the project coordinator, develop product or services strategies in accordance with market needs and applicable policies; organise scientific and technical long-term monitoring and continuously examine their standing compared to the innovation arena
• Make available and coordinate competences needed to develop new services, architectures and business models to drive digital transformation
• Health and pharmaceutical developments including the Digital Transformation challenge
• Bio-based solutions
• In the sector of renewable energy IAAD contributes to the improvement of existing techniques, in developing new ones in the following three families: biomass, hydro and solar, with an international team, without losing sight of the profitability of innovations and raising awareness on climate change among the civil society; we work at the heart of the energy transition, a major challenge for the years to come
• Leverage the potential of innovation to explore new horizons in solutions, transform the culture of innovation in businesses and revolutionise the user experience of products and services: transforming innovation, co -creation of solutions and disruptive anticipation
• Development of territories - IAAD contributes to the structuring of the circular economy at regional level, via ground-breaking community-based initiatives combining the sustainable growth and rural development, making it possible to advance a series of synergies to boost regional growth, with a focus on addressing EU Societal Challenges
• Social media accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram) are generated for each projects and need, and developed as direct communication channels with the targeted audiences; systematic apprises on outcomes, proceedings, broadcast and insight of the project are timely made available

(1) Non technical and non scientific.

IAAD may engage as non-key expert in R&D activities in cooperation with research institutes, universities, enterprises and other related bodies in the advanced/smart materials industry.

IAAD's staffs gather an extended experience and set of competences gained through participation in international projects with the industry (Alstom, Bombardier, Giant, Gamesa, CAF, Siemens, EFACEC) in particular in the following fields of proficiency:

• Material engineering and mechanics, fluid mechanics and non-linear physics
• Design of components in composite material for a variety of industries, prototyping and rapid prototyping, transfer of technologies, technological observatory
• Industrial processes of transformation, recycling and environmental considerations aiming at conceiving low carbon impact of transformation systems
• Designing of industrial projects, project and contracts management, human resources management
• Project management and implementation comprising a variety of methodologies and the entire value chain and project life-cycle.