Systemic Design: human, environment, technologies (COSYS)
COSYS is a multidisciplinary research team dedicated to exploring topics related to sustainability and design, with a focus on the user at the heart of these research areas. Their work encompasses themes such as the circular economy, sustainable product and service design, eco-design, user-centred design and personalisation. The team aims to mobilise technologies and rethink organisations to serve people and the environment.
At COSYS, sustainability is recognised as essential in the face of future challenges, and all the team's work is focused on advancing research in the field of Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering. They aim to develop new design approaches based on life cycle thinking and seek to give humans an efficient place in product and service development processes. These contribute to reducing environmental impacts, promoting responsible consumption, encouraging sustainable production methods, while considering cutting-edge socio-technical systems and mobilising innovative technologies.
Research topics
The creation of new approaches in systemic design contributes to:
- Systems engineering for sustainability: urban factories, LCA-based management, planetary boundaries, etc.
- Customised design and ergonomics of working environments: personalised workstations, remanufacturing, innovative technologies, etc.
- Information systems and data processing for circularity: impact calculations in relation to planetary boundaries, regeneration, Digital Product Passports, etc.
Ongoing projects
- La Boîte à Outils - Let's pool our educational tools to train and self-train in environmental impact assessment methods! (IDEX Formation Project)
- WorkPlace 5.0 - Work, technology and performance for Industry 5.0
- Scandere (ERA-MIN3) - Scaling up a circular economy business model by new design, leaner remanufacturing, and automated material recycling technologies
- Circular factory - Serious game on circular economy
- Chaire I.4.h - Industry 4.human chair
- EECONE - European Ecosystem for Green Electronic (Projet Européen KDT JU)
- PowerAlps - Power electronics, driving the decarbonisation of electricity (Projet CDP IDEX Grenoblois)
- MAKERS - MAKERS activity in alternative organisations: Prototype, Territory, Co-design (ANR project)
- RegEcos - Product regeneration ecosystem based on their uses (ANR project)
- VIVAE - Innovative life cycles to preserve the value of power electronics (ANR project)
- JanusDistille - Development and sustainability analysis of a new desalination technology (Labex CEMAM et Carnot Énergies du Futur)
- SCALE IT - Eco-design of emerging technologies and the industry of the future: taking scale change into account in life cycle analysis (Carnot)
- CIRCULAR - Designing circular industrial systems for the Industry of the Future
- LCA and eco-design of a data processing software - Évaluation de l'impact environnemental et options d'éco-conception pour une solution logicielle de traitement de données à grande échelle (Arskan)
News
The seminars of the team
The team organises seminars every Thursday from 11:00 to 12:00. These are opportunities for team members to exchange and share ideas, and to present the progress of projects, theses or internships. During some seminars, researchers from outside the team may present their research work. This activity contributes to the development of a common glossary, enabling the sharing of concepts and related references used by the CoSys team.News
- Journée projet CIRCULAR, "Réussir son projet d'économie circulaire : retours d'expérience en industrie", le 12 juin 2025, au GSCOP. Lien d'inscription et infos.
- Workshop scientifique de la chaire Industry 4.H. Croiser les regards sur les enjeux RH de l’industrie 4.0, le 20/05/2025 à 9h00, Grenoble INP-Génie Industrie. Plus d'infos.
- Internvention de Daniel Brissaud, lors du colloque de l'ANR "Fabriquer demain, les systèmes productifs acteurs du changement", le 6 mai 2025 aux Arts et Métiers-ENSAM Paris. Programme ici.
- Séminaire de Laetitia Bornes, docteure en informatique de l'université de Toulouse, les 22 et 23 Avril 2025, en lien avec sa thèse "Méthodes et outils systémiques concrets pour faire face à la complexité environnementale et aux effets rebond pendant un processus de design ou de décision".
- Les jeunes chercheurs de CoSYS très impliqués dans l'organisation du séminaire de recherche Jeunes chercheurs du réseau EcoSD le jeudi 13 mars 2025 à l'ENSAM Paris. Walid Ijassi présente la boite à outils pédagogique sur l'évaluation des impacts environnementaux, Christian Wandji et Lucas Riondet animent chacun un atelier. Programme complet ici.
- Guillaume Thomann est co-organisateur d'une matinée scientifique le 16 janvier 2025 sur le thème "Les recherches en ergothérapie" - IFRATH. Programme ici.
- Maud Rio présente les enjeux d'intégration de soutenabilité en recherche aux Services Contrat Européens Inria, 12/12 16h-18h Minatec
- Travaux de Li Fang et de Lucas Pinto côté CoSYS présentés au symposium pour l'électronique et le numérique durable du 12/12/2024, Grenoble, programme ici et résumés ici
PhD and HDR
Upcoming thesis defences and HDRs:
Recently defended theses:
- 21/05/2025 à 9h00: Thesis defence by Joao Carlos LOPES BARBOSA. Title: ‘Implementation of an eco-design methodology in semiconductor R&D, integrating the challenges of industrial scaling’, Palladium 2 Room (Minatec building), CEA-Grenoble
- 19/05/2025: Sami Succar's thesis defence at 9:00 a.m. at GSCOP, Barbillion lecture theatre. Title: ‘Creation and implementation of a methodology to accelerate the decarbonisation process of automotive industrial sites based on the inter-site transfer of knowledge relating to decarbonisation measures’, carried out at the G-SCOP Laboratory as part of a CIFRE contract with Stellantis Automobiles SA.
- 11/02/2025: Defence of Maud Rio's HDR thesis, ‘Permacircular issues in integrated design: towards strong and absolute sustainability in engineering processes in the 21st century’
- 29/01/2025: Defence by Pierre Judais, 9 a.m., Chrome 1 room, Maison MINATEC, 3 Parvis Louis Néel, 38054 Grenoble
- 09/01/2025: Li Fang's thesis defence at GSCOP at 2 p.m., Barbillon lecture theatre, 46 av. Felix Viallet,
- Grenoble, 18 December 2024: Defence of Kanthanet Tharo's thesis at GSCOP at 9:00 a.m., Gosse lecture theatre, 46 av. Felix Viallet, Grenoble
- 19/12/2024: Thesis defence by Tugce Turkbay-Romano at G2Elab at 2 p.m., Berges lecture theatre, Greener Building, Presqu'île Scientifique, Grenoble
- 06/12/2024: Théo Lavisse's thesis defence at 11:00 a.m., Chrome Room, Maison MINATEC, 3 Parvis Louis Néel, 38054 Grenoble.
