The project 'Impulsé' unites seven national partners, 3 industrials and 4 universities covering different regions of France, in a theoretical and experimental development for the advancement of the technology using Pulse Electric Field sintering and/or association for materials fabrications. This technique, known as 'Frittage Flash' in France or as Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) internationally, has successfully been in operation at five French sites; two of them (PNF2/CNRS and Schneider Electric Industries) are involved in this project. Due to the power and success of the technique, it has witness a spectacular increase in demand all over the world. Although it is very well adapted for material preparations, there remain still many questions to be answered concerning the kinetics, mechanisms and optimization of conditions as well as aiming for singular products. One integral part of the project is to develop theoretical tools to unravel the missing information. A parallel experimental part will be undertaken to ensure the unification of the theoretical approach. Several materials of industrial use, as well as for domestic and research, will be studied with the aim of producing exact conditions for the optimization of the fabrication technique. The project aims at primarily developing high-yield, cost-effective and energy-conserving methods to provide our industries with the desired materials. For this purpose, developing the theoretical understandings of the processes (mechanism, kinetics, and optimization) should enhance our knowledge of this black-box technological tool. As such each participant, an expert in his own field, will contribute collectively and together we look forward to complement each other with one aim in mind - to bring a full comprehension of the SPS technique from laboratory level to industrial level. The project will be effected, through collaboration, at both the governmental and industrial sites using two of the oldest operating SPS sites in France.