Project summary (french):De nos jours, le comportement mécanique de très nombreuses structures (industrielles, bio-médicales, …) est simulé à l’aide d’outils numériques. Il s’agit de construire une représentation numérique de la structure ou de l’assemblage considéré dans un logiciel de conception assistée par ordinateur. Ces logiciels permettent ensuite la simulation…
Saba Robinary was awarded the 2nd prize for best poster at the PhotoMechanics – iDICs international conference, held in Clermont-Ferrant from 29 to 31 October 2024. The title of the winning poster is “Characterization of the effect of roughness on dynamic shear ruptures along frictional interfaces”. Saba is currently preparing…
On the occasion of its General Assembly, which took place on July 3, 2024 during the ECCM21 conference, Christophe Binetruy was named President of ESCM (European Society for Composites Materials) for the next two years. Full professor at GeM in Centrale Nantes, Christophe Binetruy had been ESCM vice-president and member…
At the ECCM21 (21st European Conference on Composite Materials for Academia and Industry) held in Nantes from July 2 to 5, 2024, Jessy Simon was awarded the 2nd ESCM prize for the best thesis defended in 2022. Jessy prepared his thesis at GeM as part of the IRT Jules Verne…
Imane Bekrine received the Best Student Presentation Award at the 12th ACI/RILEM International Conference held in Toulouse from 23 to 26 June 2024 Among the 60 presentations by PhD students over the three days of the conference, Imane stood out for her presentation entitled “Multiscale Mechanical Investigation of Ternary Binders…
GeM was honored at the latest Rencontres Universitaires du Génie Civil (RUGC) held in Le Havre from May 28 to 31, 2024, where 3 doctoral students received awards for their work. Imane Bekrine was the winner of the René Houpert Young Researchers competition, which brought together 28 candidates at the…
The Daniel Valentin 2023 Prize has been awarded to Mael Péron, GeM Associate Professor at IUT Saint-Nazaire, by the Association pour les MAtériaux Composites. The prize is awarded each year to a researcher under 35 years old, in recognition of a structured body of work carried out over a limited…
As part of the WAAM Additive Manufacturing Grade2XL project, Antoine Queguineur was awarded the 2023 Jury Prize for a novel chimney concept: the KOTA chimney, which combines an original design with enhanced energy efficiency capabilities. Antoine is currently preparing his thesis at Tampere University (Finland) under the supervision of Prof.…
Marinelle El Khoury prepared her GeM thesis at Ecole Centrale de Nantes under the supervision of Professors Frédéric Grondin and Emmanuel Rozière, in cotutelle with the Lebanese University under the supervision of Professor Fadi Hage Chehade and Dr Rachid Cortas. The Centrale Innovation 2023 thesis prize was awarded to her…
