BOUVARD Didier

Professeur at Grenoble INP
Laboratoire SIMAP, Groupe GPM2 Site Ampère, Domaine Universitaire, BP46 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres cedex, France
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Teaching activities

Mechanics of materials
Thermal transfer
Materials processing

Research activities

Mechanics of granular materials
Forming and sintering of metal and ceramic powders
Modelling and numerical simulation

Activities / Resume

DEGREES

1989  Docteur es Sciences Physiques de l'Université de Grenoble

1982  Docteur-Ingénieur en Mécanique de l'Université de Grenoble

1979 Ingénieur de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

CAREER

- Professeur at Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - ENSPG, now Grenoble INP - PHELMA, since 1994

- Vice-president for research of Grenoble INP from 2012 to 2016

- Director of Laboratoire GPM2, joint research unit of CNRS and,Grenoble INP, from 1999 to 2006

- CNRS scientist at Laboratoire 3S from 1983 to 1994

- Invited scientist in the materials science department of University of California at Santa Barbara in 1990-91

- Invited scientist in the institute of engineering of Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico in 1982-83

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Research : Thermo-mechanical behaviour of powders and granular materials, mechanical and microstructural characterization, X-ray microtomography, multiscale modelling and numerical simulation, forming, sintering

Education : Mechanics of materials, thermal transfer, granular materials, powder processing

Additional information

Publications : www.researchgate.net/profile/Didier_Bouvard/publications