The Instrumental Engineering Center brings together most of the skills necessary for carrying out instrumental projects for astronomy. Our missions range from project management to system engineering, including optical and electronic engineering and control and control. We intervene both upstream during design studies and downstream during the production and assembly phases.
Our sources of funding are multiple (Tutelles, Region, ANR, industry), and we have an optical laboratory and an electronic laboratory, both fully equipped for carrying out experiments and for prototyping.
In 2024, The Instrumental Engineering Center contributed to a wide variety of projects, both within the framework of international collaborations (MICADO, MOSAIC, CTA) and through research and development programs (SPIAKID, SCD, WHISPER).
