The core development team of the Virtual Fields Method
Previous members of the development team
Dr Stéphane Avril has been instrumental in the progress of the Virtual Fields Method over the years. He has now moved to Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne (France) where he works on biomechanics.
The Post-docs
- Dr Jin-Hwan Kim (2008-2010). Application of the VFM to the identification of orthotropic stiffnesses of superconducting windings (sponsored by CEA Saclay, France).
- Dr BaoQiao Guo (2007-2009). Application of the VFM to foam materials (sponsored by ANR project "Photofit" ANR-05-BLAN-0327).
The PhD students
- Dr Pierre-Alain Paris (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 1998), supervisor: M. Grédiac
- Dr Hocine Chalal (ENSAM Châlons-en-Champagne, 2005), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisors: F. Meraghni, S. Avril. Presently assistant professor at the University of Metz.
- Dr Yannick Pannier (ENSAM Châlons-en-Champagne, 2006), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisors: R. Rotinat, S. Avril. Presently assistant professor at ENSMA, France.
- Dr Kashif Syed-Muhammad (Blaise Pascal University, 2006), supervisor: M. Grédiac, co-supervisor: E. Toussaint. Returned to Pakistan.
- Dr BaoQiao Guo (ENSAM Châlons-en-Champagne, 2007), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: A. Giraudeau. Presently assistant professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
- Dr José Xavier (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 2007), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: S. Avril. Presently a post-doctoral fellow at the UTAD in Vila Real, Portugal.
- Dr Jin-Hwan Kim (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 2008), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: M.R. Wisnom. Presently on a post-doctoral contract with Prof. Frédéric Barlat in PosTech, Republic of Korea.
- Dr Vinh The Tran (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 2008), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: S. Avril. Presently working in industry.
- Dr Nattawit Promma (Blaise Pascal University, 2008), supervisor: M. Grédiac, co-supervisor: E. Toussaint. Returned to Thailand.
- Dr Cédric Devivier (Arts et Métiers ParisTech and UTT, 2012), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: M.R. Wisnom (Bristol University, UK).
- Dr Guillaume Le Louëdec (Arts et Métiers ParisTech and UTT, 2012), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: M.A. Sutton (University of Southy Carolina, USA).
- Mr Jiawei Fu (Arts et Métiers ParisTech and UTT), supervisor: F. Pierron, co-supervisor: P.D. Ruiz (Loughborough University).
- Dr John Considine (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA), supervisor: K. Turner, co-supeervisor: F. Pierron.
- Mr Haibin Zhu (University of Southampton and UTT, ongoing), supervisor: F. Pierron.
- Mr Marco Longana (University of Southampton, UK, ongoing), supervisor: J.M. Barton, co-supervisor: F. Pierron.
- Mr Peng Wang (Aalborg University, Denmark, ongoing), supervisor: O.T. Thomsen, co-supervisor: F. Pierron.