PISCH Alexander

CNRS Research Director
SIMaP 1130 Rue de la Piscine BP 75 38402 St. Martin d'Hères Cedex
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Research activities

  • Building materials with a low environmental footprint
    Synthesis & characterization of low CO2 clinkers & cements

  • Thermodynamic properties of materials -  DFT calculations & calorimetric measurements

  • Thermodynamic modeling in the frame of the "CalPhad" methodology

Activities / Resume

Education

  • 1991: Diploma in Physics – Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Germany)

  • 1994: PhD in Materials Science – Grenoble Institute of Technology (France)

Positions

  • 1994-1995: Post-doc at Solid State Electronics department , Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)

  • 1995-1997: Research associate at Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde und Giessereiwesen, TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany)

  • 1997-2007: CNRS Research Fellow at Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physico-chimique métallurgiques (LTPCM), CNRS-Grenoble INP, Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

  • 2007-2017: R&D project leader (2007-2012), R&D program manager (2012-2017), Lafarge Centre de Recherche, Saint Quentin-Fallavier (France)

  • 2017-: CNRS Research Fellow at Laboratoire de Science et Ingénerie des Matériaux et Procédé (SIMaP), Saint Martin d’Hères (France)

Habilitation

  • 2005: «Modélisation thermodynamique selon la méthode Calphad : application en science des Matériaux » (Thermodynamic modeling with the Calphad method : application in materials science), Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble (France)

Additional information

Selected publications

R. El-Hayek, F. Ferey, P. Florian, A. Pisch, D.R. Neuville , Structure and properties of lime alumino-borate glasses, Chemical Geology 461 (2017) 75-81

A. Pisch, V. Meyer, K. Pentillä, P. Koukkari, Computation of steady state thermochemistry in a rotary kiln : application to the cement clinker manufacturing process, Chemical Engineering Research & Design 115 (2016) 335-34

F. Witte, J. Fischer, J. Nellesen, H.A. Crostack, V. Kaese, A. Pisch, F. Beckmann, H. Windhagen, In vitro and in vivo corrosion measurements of magnesium alloys, Biomaterials 27(7) (2006) 1013-1018

C. Chatillon, F. Hodaj, A.Pisch, Thermodynamics of GaAs nanowire MBE growth with gold droplets, J. Cryst. Growth 311(14) (2009) 3598-3608

C. Antion, P. Donnadieu, F. Perrar, A. Deschamps, C. Tassin, A. Pisch, Hardening precipitation in a Mg-4Y-3RE alloy, Acta Materialia 51 (2003) 5335-5348
A. Janhorban, A. Antoni-Zdziobek, M. Lomello-Tafin, C. Antion, Th. Mazingue, A. Pisch, Phase equilibria in the aluminium-rich side of the Al-Zr system, J. Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry 114(12) (2013) 1015-1020

A.Pisch, F. Hodaj, P. Chaudouët et C. Colinet, Standard enthalpies of formation of some Mn-Y and Mn-Sc intermetallic compound, J. Alloys & Comp. 319 (2001), 210-213

A. Pisch, N. Jakse, A. Pasturel, J.P. Harvey, P. Chartrand, Structural stability in the Al-Li-Si system, Appl. Phys. Letters 90(25) (2007) 251902-251902-3

F.v. Buch, B.L. Mordike, A. Pisch, R. Schmid-Fetzer, Development of Mg-Mn-Sc alloys, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, A263 (1999), p. 1-7

C. Antion, F. Bley, P. Donnadieu, A. Deschamps, A. Pisch, J.J. Blandin, C. Tassin, Contribution of small-angle X-ray scattering to microstructural investigation of newly developed Mg-Rare Earth alloys for structural applications, Appl. Cryst. 40(s1) (2007) 126-131 C. Antion, P. Donnadieu, C. Tassin, A. Pisch, Early stages of precipitation and microstructure control in Mg-Rare Earth alloys, Phil. Mag. 86(19) (2006) 2797-2810

O. Lebacq, E. Salinas, A. Pisch, C. Bernard, A. Pasturel, First principles structural stability in the SrTiO3 system, Phil. Mag. A 86(15) (2006) 2283-2292

P.E.A. Turchi, I.A. Abrikosov, B.P. Burton, S.G. Fries, G. Grimvall, L. Kaufman, P.A. Korzhavyi, V.R. Manga, M. Ohno, A. Pisch, Interface between quantum-mechanical-based approaches, experiments and CALPHAD methodology, Calphad 31(1) (2007) 4-27