Ange Nzihou, professor at the RAPSODEE UMR CNRS 5302 Center at IMT Mines Albi, was elevated to the rank of Officer of the National Order of Merit during an official ceremony on behalf of the President of France, Mr Emmanuel Macron. This distinction was given by Dr Jean-Louis Étienne, physician, explorer, and iconic figure in scientific and environmental activism.

Damien Texier, a researcher at the Clément Ader Institute UMR CNRS 5312 in Albi, was awarded the 2025 Prix Espoir by the IMT – Académie des sciences on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, for the excellence of his work on the durability of metallic materials subjected to extreme environments. This distinction highlights high-level research conducted at the interface between materials science, innovation, and industrial challenges.

The ECOTRAIN rail shuttle, a French innovation dedicated to revitalizing small rail lines and developing sustainable mobility, was presented on November 15 and 16 at the Grande Exposition du Fabriqué en France (Great Exhibition of Made in France) at the Élysée Palace. More than 8,000 visitors were able to discover this lightweight, autonomous, low-carbon rail solution, developed as part of the France 2030 program and supported by ADEME.

The prestigious American university Stanford annually ranks the world's most influential researchers from among more than 8 million researchers.

On Wednesday, October 1, the Industrial Engineering Center at IMT Mines Albi and EPSI organized a day dedicated to the technological advances of the RadaR-IO joint laboratory. It was an immersive day to discover the initial results and industrial prospects of the RadaR-IO laboratory.

Christophe Coquelet, professor at the RAPSODEE UMR CNRS 5302 Center at IMT Mines Albi, succeeds his former thesis advisor Dominique Richon by becoming only the second French researcher to receive this international distinction, after Richon himself in 2001.

The second edition of the RenewGas Summer School was organized by IMT Mines Albi's RAPSODEE UMR CNRS 5302 center as part of the EUR BioEco, from June 11 to 17, 2025. It brought together doctoral students from a wide range of backgrounds and research fields to focus on the production of renewable gases from biomass and waste.

Each year, the CNRS rewards the men and women who have made the greatest contribution to its influence and to the advancement of French research and innovation. Damien Texier, research fellow at the Institut Clément Ader UMR CNRS 5312 site d'Albi has been awarded the 2025 bronze medal for his work on mechano-chemical coupling.

IMT Mines Albi and Georgia Tech have inaugurated an International Associate Laboratory entitled “Sentient Immersive Response Networks Lab (SIReN Lab)” in 2019.

This award recognizes the work of the research teams at IMT Mines Albi's Industrial Engineering Center on the POD (Physics Of Decision) project, an innovative solution combining artificial intelligence and virtual reality to improve organizational performance.