LMECA1451 - Fabrication mécanique

LMECA2860 - Welding Science and Technology

LMECA2453 - Advanced Manufacturing Technology

LMECA2645 - Risques Technologiques majeurs de l'industrie

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PATH

Since 2013 : Professor at Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Dec 2012 : Habilitation (HDR) at the University Lille1, France

2007- 2013 : Research associate FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique)  based at UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

2006- 2007 : Post-doctoral stay at University of California at Berkeley (UCB), California, USA under the direction of Prof. Brian Wirth

2002- 2006 : PhD Thesis at UCLouvain (including DEA) under the direction of Prof. Bruno de Meester and Thomas Pardoen (including in 2004 Extended Studies Diploma, DEA)

1997-2002 : Master in Mechanical Engineering at UCLouvain

PhD SUPERVISION

PAST (15):

2008-2012 : Caroline Jonckheere (with co-supervisor Prof. Bruno de Meester). Title : Friction stir welding of dissimilar 2014-6061 aluminum alloys.

2010- 2015: Camille van der Rest (with co-supervisor Prof. Pascal Jacques). Title : Physico-chemical characterization of Fe-V-Al alloys and their production as micro-architectured structures for thermoelectric applications.

2013-2016: Camila Mallmann (with Marc Fivel, Emilie Ferrié from INP Grenoble and Erica Lilleodden from Helmholtz-Zentrum, Geesthacht), PhD thesis mainly performed at INP Grenoble. Title: Mechanisms of plastic deformation of magnesium matrix nanocomposites.

2013-2018 : Florent Hannard (with co-supervisor Prof. Thomas Pardoen). Title: 3D characterization, modelling and tailoring of microstructure heterogeneity effects on damage and fracture of 6xxx aluminium alloys.

2013-2018: Norberto Jimenez-Mena (with co-supervisor Prof. Pascal Jacques). Title : Optimisation of an innovative process to weld Al-to-steel: from microstructure evolution to mechanical .

2014-2018: Pauline Delroisse (with co-supervisor Prof. Pascal Jacques). Title: AlSi10Mg lattice structures produced by Selective Laser Melting: From microstructure characterization to impact resistance

2016-2021: Guillermo Santos. Title:Laser powder bed fusion AlSi10Mg damage and fatigue resistance improvement by post-processing

2017-2021: Corentin Velard (jointed PhD with INP Grenoble - J.J. Blandin, E. Ferié and V. Roche). Title: Design of the microstructure of bio-resorbable alloys

2017-2022: Mariia Arseenko (with co-supervisor Hosni Idrissi). Title: Design, friction stir processing and characterization of a new healable aluminium alloy.

2017-2022: Matthieu Lezaack. Title: Fracture of 7xxx aluminium alloys with tailored friction stir processed microstructures.

2018-2022: Nelson Netto. Title: Enhanced internal stress aided fatigue resistance in friction stir processed Al/NiTi composites.

2018-2022: Julie Gheysen. Title: Design, development and characterisation of new healable aluminium alloys for laser powder bed fusion.

2019-2022: Nicolas Dimov (jointed PhD with Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France - Eric Charkaluk,)

Title: Dissimilar Al6061 to Al7075 friction stir welds: processing, static and fatigue properties.

2019-2023: Vincent Voet (with co-supervisor Prof. Thomas Pardoen). Title: Thermomechanical fatigue of solder joints in electronic component assemblies for space applications.

2020-2024: Nicolas Nothomb. Title: Microstructure-property development in Zr-modified 7075 aluminium alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion.

CURRENT (14):

2021-: Sanjay Channappa Krishnamurthy. Title: Friction melt bonding of Ti-Al dissimilar welds.

2022-: Sophie De Raedemacker (with co-supervisor F. Hannard). Title: Design and characterisation of a new self-healing high strength aluminium alloy produced by additive manufacturing.

2023-: Rafael Nunes (jointed PhD with BWI and UGent – Wim De Waele). Title: WAAM of high strength aluminium alloys, process optimization, microstructure and mechanical properties.

2023-: Hector Sepulveda (jointed PhD with ULiège – Anne-Marie Habraken). Title: Predicting the microstructure and mechanical properties of AlMg alloys to optimize their composition and healing potential.

2023-: Arnaud Radermecker (jointed PhD with ULiège - Jean-Philippe Ponthot). Title: Modelling the mechanical behavior by finite elements squared combined with machine learning of Al alloys processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

2023-: Simon Van Roy (with co-supervisor Bruno Dehez). Title: Design by topological optimization and manufacturing by Laser Powder Bed Fusion of a Fe-Si electrical motor.

2023-: Julien Longin (jointed PhD with Royal Military School – Luc Rabet). Title: Laser Powder Bed Fusion of high strength aluminium alloys and their behaviour at high strain rates.

2023-: Mohammed Farag. Title: Development of healable lattice structures processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion and their mechanical properties

2023-: Matthieu Jadot. Title: Production of parts from recycled materials and healing of 7xxx series aluminum cavities produced by Additive Friction Stir Deposition.

2024-: Edoardo Pedrinazzi (jointed PhD with ULiège - Davide Ruffoni). Title: Mechanical behavior of the trabecular bone analyzed by in-situ X-ray tomography and Digital Volume Correlation.

2024-: Wubit Yideg. Title: Additive Friction Stir Deposition for graded materials made of high strength aluminum alloys.

2024-: Riki Toramoto (with co-supervisor Hosni Idrissi). Title: Design and characterisation of a new self-healing high strength aluminium alloy produced by Additive Friction Stir Deposition.

2024-: Mayssem Hadjili (with co-supervisor Benoit Herman). Title: Design of an Aluminium chips recycling system exploting Additive Friction Stir Deposition.

2024-: Frederik Vanherf (jointed PhD with KULeuven - Brecht Van Hooreweder). Title: High performance compact heat exchangers in pure copper by combining gyroid lattice structure design with laser based additive manufacturing and novel post-processing routes.

POST-DOCS AND SENIOR RESEARCHERS:

PAST (11):

2015-2016: Didier Bardel. Topic: Behavior of 6xxx series Al alloys subjected to strain path changes.

2016-2024: Sophie Ryelandt. Topic : HIPACK, FASAMA, AERO+, ALFEWELD projects

2015-2016: Geoffrey Roy. Topic : HYLAFRU project

2018-2019: Chunjie Huang. Topic: Improving ductility of Ti6Al4V by  Friction stir processing.

2017- 2019: Lv Zhao: Topic: Crack deviation in Al alloys by Friction stir processing.

2017-2019: Lipeng Ding. Topic: Transmission electron microscopy characterization of materials developed by friction stir based processes.

2017- 2021: Thaneshan Sapanathan. Topic: Intermetallic growth and failure mitigation in innovative dissimilar metal joints between Al and steel.

2021-2022: Jishuai Li. Topic: Microstructural engineering for optimized gradient structured aluminium produced by friction stir additive manufacturing

2019-2023: Florent Hannard. Topic: Architectured materials processed by Friction Stir Processing and Additive Manufacturing.

2020-2023: Ankush Kashiwar. Topic: Transmission electron microscopy characterization of materials developed by friction stir based processes and additive manufacturing.

2023-2024: Romain Gautier. Topic: Transmission electron microscopy characterization of materials of healable aluminum alloys.

CURRENT (7):

Since 2015: Camille van der Rest. Topic: Aerostream, IAWATHA, LongLifeAM, Hamaac projects

Since 2017: Olivier Poncelet. Topic: INHEX, PIT Wings projects

Since 2019: Grzegorz Pyka. Topic: 3D X-ray tomography characterization of materials developed by friction stir based processes and additive manufacturing.

Since 2023: Gabrielle Tiphene. Topic: Mechanical behavior at cryogenic temperature of high strength aluminum alloys processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion.

Since 2022: Matthieu Lezaack. Topic: WAALU and AALASA projects

Since 2024: Farzad Khodabakhshi. Topic: RESSusCItAM project

Since 2024: Nicolas Nothomb. Topic: GreenAl project

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND VISIBILITY ACTIVITIES

EDITOR OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

2013-2024 : Member of the editorial board of the journal “Welding in the World”

Since Nov. 2011 : Associate Editor for the international journal by Elsevier “Materials Characterization”, impact factor =4.5 (2022)

Since Jan. 2023: Editorial board member of the journal “International Material Reviews” with an impact factor = 16.1 (2022)

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION 

Organization and associated to the organizing committee of the conference FSWP 2012, St Etienne, France and FSWP 2014, Nantes, France, FSWP 2015, San Sebastien, Spain, FSWP2017, Metz, FSWP2024, Coimbra, Portugal.

2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023: Member of the executive Committee for the international conference Thermec.

Oct. 2015: Euromech Colloqium 570, Houffalize, Belgium.

May 2017: Belgian Workshop on Metal Additive Manufacturing, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

March 2018, April 2022, April 2024: Additive manufacturing session organizer for the “European Conference on Mechanics of Materials” EMMC

July 2018: co-organizer of the “International conference on Experimental mechanics” (Brussels, Belgium), and additive manufacturing session organizer.

Sept. 2019: FSWP2019, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Oct. 2020: Session organizer for International Conference on Aluminium Alloys.

July 2021: Euromech colloquium on Metal additive manufacturing.

August 2023: MEALOR II, 2 week doctoral course on “Fracture mechanics and damage” in Banyuls-sur-mer, France

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSIONS

2016-2024: Member of the “conseil d’adminsitration” of Technocampus (Belgium)

2019-2024: Member of the “conseil d’adminsitration” of the Belgian Welding Institute

2024-: Member of the “conseil administration” of AILouvain (Alumni association)

SCIENTIFIC COMMISSIONS

2011- : President (since 2019) of the commission (AFM-SF2M) on solid-state welding (France)

2013-2024: Member of the scientific committee of the Belgian Welding Institute

2017-2023: President of the scientific and technical committee of Technocampus (Belgium)

2022-: Vice-president of the European Mechanics of Materials Conference Committee

2022-: Member of the International Conference on Self-Healing Materials Committee

2022: Membre of the commission SEN-3 in FNRS

2019-2023: Membre of the commission PE8 (then PE11) in FRIA-FNRS, president in 2021 and 2022

COMPETITIONS/PRICES

2003 : 1^st at the end of study work competition for the 2002 promotion of engineers out of UCL (AILv)

2013: Price “Soete” of the Belgian Welding Institute (IBS/BIL) (one price delivered every second year).

UCLouvain INTERNAL COMMITEMENTS

2018-2021 : Head of IMAP Laboratory of the iMMC institute

2019-2024: Examiner of the engineering school admission exam.

2020-2021: Head of the mechanical engineering diploma commission

2021-2024: Technical vice-president of the institute iMMC

Since 2024: President of the iMMC institute

EXEPTIONNAL FUNDED PROJECTS

2017-2022: ALUFIX project - ERC starting grant, ~1.5 M euros

Title: Damage healing strategies for durable light metals

2023-2027: RESSusCItAM project Wel-T ~1.4 M euros

Title:  Recycling healable aluminum waste by CIrcular Solid State Additive Manufacturing