Somewhere in Patagonia...

I am a researcher in the TRIPOP project of the INRIA Grenoble center in Grenoble. I was two years (2014--2016) in Santiago de Chile at INRIA Chile.
A short interview in Spanish and a detailed CV in English.

My research interests concern the modeling, the analysis and the simulation of nonsmooth dynamical systems. Typical instances are mechanical systems with unilateral constraints, contact, Coulomb's friction, impacts, plasticity, fracture (granular materials, masonry buildings, circuit breakers, robotic arms), electrical circuits with ideal components, or sliding mode control. Many other interesting applications may also be found in physics, biology and ecological economics.

I am also animating the friendly European Network for Nonsmooth Dynamics and I am one of the promoter of the Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics (JTCAM)

News

• 2022: The exploratory action GRANIER has been granted by INRIA !! Emilie Rouzies (Post-doc) and Louis Guillet (PhD candidate) join TRIPOP to work in it.
• 2022: Journal of Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics (JTCAM) has published 10 articles in 2022
• 2022: I gave a keynote lecture at CMIS 2002 in Lausanne on Time-integration methods for nonsmooth contact dynamics : beyond the seminal Moreau-Jean scheme
• 2021: Conférence-débat de l'Académie des sciences. Optimisation, apprentissage, analyse et mécanique non régulières - Travaux récents dans le sillage de Jean Jacques Moreau Optimisation et analyse non régulière: hommage à JJ Moreau

Current research themes:

• Numerical methods for discrete frictional contact problem
• Gravitional Natural Risk: Rockfall trajectory, granular flows, plasticity of structures and rock fracturing processes
• Time integration for nonsmooth mechanical systems

and others :

• Discretization of sliding mode control
• Dynamic flows over networks
• Optimal control of sweeping processes
• Modeling of clearances in joints

Current PhD Students, post-doc and research engineers

PhD Students

• Louis Guillet (PhD. co-supervised with F. Bourrier 2023-), granted by INRIA Exploratory action GRANIER
• Hoang Minh Nguyen (PhD. co-supervised with P. Armand 2021-) INRIA
• Christelle Kozaily (PhD. co-supervised with B. Caillaud and K. Ghorbal 2018-), INRIA IPL Modeliscale

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Emilie Rouzies granted by INRIA Exploratory action GRANIER
• Nicholas Colins-Craft granted by the MSCA fellowship Lemma

Alumni

See Students and co-workers for a list.

Granted Projects

• AURA R&D Booster Smart Protect (2019--2022)
• ANR DIGITSLID project (2019--2021)
• ANR CHASLIM project (2011--2015)
• ANR SALADYN project (2009--2012)
• ANR VAL-AMS project (2007--2009)
• Siconos European project (2001--2005)

Contact information

Email	or
Address in France	INRIA Rhône-Alpes, Centre de recherche Grenoble 655 avenue de l'Europe, Inovallée de Montbonnot, 38334 St Ismier Cedex, France
Phone	+33 4 76 61 52 29
Address in Chile	INRIA Chile Avenida Apoquindo 2827, piso 12, Las Condes - Santiago, Chile. info@inria.cl
Phone	+56 22 584 72 77 annex 108