Director of Research (DRCE2) CNRS
Member of team MPIA: Modélisation, Propagation et Imagerie Acoustique

Past research interests:

•     Relativistic continuum mechanics and waves
•     Electrodynamics of continua, Electro-magneto-mechanical interactions
•     Mechanics of deformable solids with ferroïc states (ferromagnetics, ferroelectrics, etc)
•     Thermomechanics of continua with internal state variables
•     Linear and nonlinear surface waves on deformable structures

Present research interests:

•     Nonlinear localized waves in microstructured solids
•     Eshelbian Mechanics of continua on the material manifold
•     Geometry and thermomechanics of material defects
•     Dynamic processes in “dynamic” materials
•     Lighthill-Whitham wave mechanics
•     Mechano-biology of some tissues (growth of long bones)
•     Meta-materials

Permanent research interests:

•     Epistemology
•     History of continuum mechanics (Piola, Helmholtz, Duhem)