Centre des Matériaux
Pierre-Marie Fourt
u.m.r. 7633
Esteban BUSSO
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Centre des Matériaux
Mines Paris, Paristech
CNRS UMR 7633
BP 87
F-91003 Evry Cedex, France
Professor of Mechanics of Materials
Director of the Materials Centre
Main Research Interests
Mechanics of Materials: micromechanics studies of deformation and fracture of materials and interfaces. Development of mechanistic models and computational tools to predict deformation and fracture processes, with an emphasis on multiscale and multiphysics links.
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Main Teaching Subjects
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics,
Plasticity, Fracture.
Higher Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, August 1985 - July 1990.
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Doctoral Dissertation in the area of mechanics of materials: "Cyclic Deformation of Monocrystalline Nickel Aluminide and High Temperature Coatings", under Prof. F.A. McClintock . Minor field of specialisation: International Economics and Financial Management
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, April 1987.
Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Thesis on "Computational tools to model the thermo-mechanical response of coated Ni-based superalloy single crystals".
- National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, February 1975 - December 1980.
Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. (MSc equivalent in the United Kingdom).
Appointments
- 10/05 till present: ECOLE DES MINES DE PARIS, Centre des Matériaux, Paris, FRANCE.
Professor and Director. Responsible for the scientific activities and management of the Ecole des Mines' Centre des Matériaux (consisting of 170 people, amongst them 75 PhD students). Also, responsible for teaching both undergraduate and post-graduate courses as well as for conducting own research activities in the area of mechanics of materials.
- 10/94 till 9/05: IMPERIAL COLLEGE, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., London, ENGLAND.
Associate professor (Reader) in Solid Mechanics. Recent research activities included: Multiscale constitutive models for materials with heterogeneous microstructures. Modelling of high temperature crack nucleation and growth at metal/ceramic interfaces and in single crystal and polycrystal metallic alloys, including the effects of interdiffusion and oxidation processes through coupled kinetics-deformation approaches. Development of a multiscale approach to describe the behaviour of MEMS devices. Development of non-local (strain-gradient) dislocation-mechanics based crystallographic and homogenisation approaches to study microstructural length scale effects in single crystal and polycrystalline FCC materials. Constitutive models to predict dynamic recrystallisation during hot metal forming processes. Mechanistic prediction of brittle and ductile fracture processes in steel welds. Modelling of high speed machining. Mechanical integrity of functionally gradient materials. Mechanical reliability of microelectronic devices. Mechanistic studies of localised deformation in thin coatings and substrates subjected to severe contact conditions.
- 2/92 - 8/94: WS ATKINS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Epsom, ENGLAND.
Senior Scientist. Responsible for the solid mechanics and fracture mechanics contract research activities. Topics included: Validation of life assessment procedures for the nuclear industry: analysis of non-steady crack tip fields under combined tensile and shear loads. -Computational fracture mechanics work involving surface cracks in 3-D structures. - Numerical and analytical calibration of delamination specimens to obtain the fracture resistance of bonded Si-wafers systems.
- 9/90 - 11/91: HITACHI LTD., Mechanical Eng. Res. Lab., Tsukuba, JAPAN.
Visiting Scientist. Design optimisation of IC packages based on rate-dependent cyclic plasticity analyses of their solder joints and fatigue crack initiation criteria. Development of an integrated design capability for Hitachi's semiconductor manufacturing plants.
- 8/85 - 7/90: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., Cambridge, USA.
Research Assistant. Formulation and numerical implementation of analytical (micromechanics and continuum) models to describe the deformation and microstructural changes that single crystal materials undergo at high temperatures. Investigation of the mechanisms of thermal fatigue degradation of thin protective metallic films. Numerical simulation of the high temperature deformation and failure mechanisms of aero-engine components.
- 3/85 - 7/85: ATLAS AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA.
Structural Engineer. Structural analysis of the front end of a jet aircraft's fuselage. Frequency response and random analysis of light structures.
- 7/83 - 2/85: ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMMISSION, Test and Res. Dept, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA.
Failure Analysis Engineer. Structural analysis of pressure vessels and structures under complex static and dynamic loading patterns, including fracture-mechanics and creep problems. Investigated failure mechanisms of high temperature-pressure components in nuclear and conventional power plants. Flexibility analyses on boiler-turbine main steam pipelines.
- 8/78 - 6/81: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA, Research Centre of Materials, Cordoba, ARGENTINA.
Research Assistant. Mechanical testing of materials. Failure analysis on industrial components. Design of special purpose load cells. Research on electro-slag steel refining systems.
Honors
- 1998 MIT-Japan Science and Technology Award (US).
- National Science Foundation Research Assistantship. 1986 -1990 (US).
- CONICET Research Fellowship, 1978 - 1980 (ARG).
- 1995 Royal Society Travel Award (UK).
- Invited Professor at the Universite de Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie, France, summer 1998.
- Invited Professor at the Ecoles des Mines de Paris, Centre des Matériaux, Oct. 2001 - Sept. 2002.
- Invited Professor at the University of Metz, France, one month per year since April 2003.
- The PhD thesis entitled "Dislocation Mechanics Modelling of Deformation in MultiPhase FCC Single Crystals and Polycrystalline Aggregates" by K. Cheong and supervised by E. Busso was awarded the UNWIN Prize for the best PhD Thesis of 2004 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College.
External Activities
- Associate Editor of Philosophical Magazine - Physics of Condensed Matter, since April 2000.
- Associate Editor of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering's Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology since Jan. 1999.
- Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of the International Journal of Plasticity since 1997.
- Invited Conference Keynote Addresses at: the Colloque National Francaise de Mecanique des Materiaux, organised by the Groupe Francaise de Mecanique des Materiaux, Aussois, France, Jan. 1997, the 1999 Int. Symposium on Plasticity, Mexico, Jan. 1999; the 2001 Annual Conf. of the Mechanics of Materials Division of the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineering, Hokkaido, Japan, July. 2001; the 2002 Int. Symposium on Plasticity, Aruba, Jan. 2002; 1st Int. Conf. on Multiscale Materials Modelling, London, June 2002; the 5th Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference, Tessalonikki, August 2003; the 2003 Netherlands Institute for Metals Research (NIMR) Congress, Dec. 2003; the 3rdrdInt. Cong. on Computational Modelling and Simulation of Materials, Italy, June 2004; Int. Conf. on Heterogeneous Materials Microstructures, China, June 2004; the 2nd Int. Conf. on Multiscale Materials Modelling, Los Angeles, US, October 2004; the 2005 Int. Symposium on Plasticity, Hawaii, Jan. 2005; European Mechanics Conf., Budapest, September 2006, amongst others.
- External PhD Examiner for the University of Oxford, Université de Paris VI, Ecole des Mines de Paris, the Université de Grenoble, the Ecole Central de Paris, Linköping University, Sweden and the Eindhoven University of Technology.
- Co-chairman of the "2nd Int. Symposium on Instabilities Across the Scales", Delft, Holland, July 2-5, 2007 (http://www.IAS.TUDelft.ne). Co-Chairs: Profs. H. Mulhaus, A. Benallal, A. Sukker and B. Sluys.
- Co-Chairman of the upcoming IUTAM Symposium on Multi-scale Plasticity of Crystalline Materials, 5-9 Nov. 2007, Einhoven, The Netherlands. Co-Chair: Prof. M. Geers.
- Co-chairman of the "Int. Symposium on Instabilities Across the Scales", at Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Sept 7-10th, 2004 (http://www.quakes.uq.edu.au/CairnsConf). Co-Chairs: Profs. H. Mulhaus, A. Benallal and B. Sluys.
- Co-chairman and European Coordinator on behalf of the European Commission of the NSF-EC Joint Workshop on "Methods in Computational Materials Science", San Francisco, April 15th to 16th, 2004 (http:// www.itamit.dtc.umn.edu/nsfreport.php).
- Co-organiser of a symposium on Advanced Multiscale Models, at the Int. Symp. On Plasticity, Quebec, July 2003.
- Co-organiser of a symposium on Advanced Modelling of Heterogeneous Media: Homogenisation and Generalised Continua, as part of the 5th Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference, Tessalonikki, August 2003.
- Member of the Organising Committee of the 2002 Int. Symp. on Plasticity, Jan. 2002, Aruba. Co-organiser of the Symposium "Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Solids and Interfaces'', with Drs. F Dunne and J Besson.
- Member of the Organising Committee of the 1999 Int. Symp.on Plasticity, Jan. 1999, Mexico. Co-organiser of the Symposium "Micro-Macro Links in Advanced Constitutive Formulations'', with Drs. F Dunne and G Cailletaud.
- Chairman of the 3rd European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC3) on "Mechanics and Multi-Physics Processes in Solids: Experiments, Modelling and Applications'', Nov. 1998, Oxford, UK. (Conference co-chaired with Prof. G. Cailletaud, Ecole des Mines-Paris). (http://www.me.ic.ac.uk/materials/emmc3).
- Member of the Organising Committee of the 1997 International Symposium on Plasticity, July 1997, USA. Co-organiser of the Symposium "Single Crystal Plasticity'', with Profs. G. Cailletaud and D. Nouailhas.
- Member of the Organising Committee for the 1997 Fall Meeting of the American Materials Research Society (MRS). (Co-organiser of a Symposium on "Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties", with Profs. R. Cammeratta and M. Nastasi), Boston, Dec. 97.
- Elected member to the European Mechanics Society's Scientific Conference Committee to represent the UK from April 2000.
- External consultant / scientific advisor for Dupont de Nemours (US), DeLaRue (UK), Titan Corp. (US), ALSTOM Power (UK), Schlumberger (France), WS Atkins (UK), Siemens (Germany), DeLaRue (UK), NPL (UK), DTI (UK), International Rectifier (US), Hitachi and CRIEPI (Japan), amongst others.
Languages
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and (basic) Japanese.
Personal
- Born June 29th,1957. Married with two children. British citizen.
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