The Institut de Physique de Nice is supported by 5 administrative and technical departments.

Administrative office

Description
The administrative office has a staff of eight. There one manager in charge of budgetary matters, one secretary for the director, and four administrators responsible for the management and tracking of all research, administrative, and common services expenses. In addition to these financial management activities, the staff handle personnel and office management as well as the updating of management tools. A dedicated contact for each of the research axes is available. Due to the staff’s versatile expertise, the highest level of service is assured
Members

Boudard-Morteau Christine – team leader
Di Concetto-Buronfosse Elvire
Koulechoff Nathalie
Martini Natacha
Popescu Elena-Roxana
Phommivong Cindy
Varlet-Dusaucy Magali

Chemistry lab

Description
  • Wet chemical etching (HF, BOE, KOH, etc.)
  • Oxygen plasma activation of surfaces
  • Development of micro-fluidic devices by photolithography
  • Synthesis, deposition and characterisation of materials: micro or nano-structured
  • Procurement, secure stock management, waste management
  • Risk prevention
Member

Izmaylov Yaroslava

Electronics workshop

Description

The electronics workshop has two technicians who participate in the routing and design of single- and double-side printed circuits and are responsible for their manufacture. The design of these circuits is performed by CAD/CAM (software: Target 3001, Percival, Galaad; accepted formats: Gerber and DXF). Fabrication is completed with a Technodrill 3-axis milling machine from CIF, which is capable of extremely fine mechanical work.

  • The workshop performs first-level maintenance on the Institute’s measuring instruments and advises Institute personnel on purchasing and using electronic equipment.
  • The workshop has a stock of basic components (batteries, resistors, etc.) as well as several measuring instruments (multimeters, frequency generators, power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.).
Members

Bernard Jean-Claude – team leader
Dusaucy Arnaud

IT services

Description
  • Provide a reliable and efficient connection within the unit, as well as to the outside world.
  • Administering and managing the unit's servers providing: internal mailing lists; dedicated applications; intranet.
  • Creation and maintenance of intranet websites.
  • Providing assistance to users: advice before purchase; maintenance; troubleshooting.
  • Ensuring technology watch.
Members

Gay-Para Bernard – responsable
Mauro Jérôme
Taggiasco Christian

Mechanical workshop

Description

INPHYNI's mechanical department designs and manufactures mechanical elements and assemblies required for the laboratory's experimental physics experiments.

Thanks to the skills of its staff, which allow the study of the problem, its contextualisation, the evaluation of the feasibility of the systems and their manufacture, the mechanical department produces many prototypes that meet the requirements of experimental research.

The mechanical department also produces parts and prototypes for other Université Côte d'Azur laboratories, such as the IBV and ICN.

In addition, it provides professional training by supervising numerous trainees, disseminates information by participating in the promotion of the profession of mechanic through external interventions, and provides expertise as a competition jury.

Finally, the department ensures the first-level maintenance of the workshop's machine tools and guarantees their conformity.

Specific skills :

  • Precision machining: mechanical parts with very tight tolerances and adjustments.
  • Micromechanics: very small mechanical parts and assemblies, not exceeding ten millimetres in size.
  • Project study: study and design of mechanical projects for experimental research.
     
Members

Bosio Sandra – team-leader
Pitiot Christophe
Zumbo Florian

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