Teaching activities
The candidate will teach in the Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (MMGC) department at École Centrale Nantes. He/she will be able to teach all the courses offered: General Engineering, Specialty Engineering, Masters and International Bachelors. The candidate must be able to teach in English.
The person recruited will be involved in the core curriculum of the general engineering course, teaching courses in the mechanics of continuum media and structural mechanics. As part of this same training, he or she will be involved in the Advanced Modelling and Structural Analysis option, teaching subjects related to computational mechanics, particularly in the context of non-linear simulations induced by plasticity, damage, fracture and large deformations, for example.

Research activities
École Centrale de Nantes and the Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (GeM) wish to strengthen their research activities in the field of computational mechanics, with a particular focus on eco-responsible applications.
Depending on his/her profile, the person recruited will be able to join the following Thematic Research Units (UTR): Couplages et méthodes numériques pour les structures complexes (MECNUM), Mesures, assimilation de données et incertitudes (MELANI). The person recruited will develop predominantly computational research activities that fit in with the research themes of these UTRs.
In particular, the following themes may be mentioned:
· Development of original numerical methods in solid mechanics (enriched finite elements, high-order or isogeometric approaches, particulate approaches for continuous media, phase fields);
· Numerical and experimental approaches to structural failure and damage;
· Model reduction and data assimilation approaches for physics (low-rank approximation, neural networks, data-driven approaches);
· Digital twin and coupled numerical-experimental approaches;
· Numerical approaches for non-linear problems (development of behaviour laws).
The areas of application will be linked to the School’s commitment to respond through research to the challenges of sustainable development. These issues raise new questions, in particular concerning the dimensioning and estimation of the lifespan of structures designed within the framework of a new paradigm of reduced energy consumption and reduced emissions, in which traditional approaches remain limited today. This involves, in particular, the use of recycled materials or low-energy cost products, the control of which is significantly reduced, or the design of architectural materials. Any other relevant issue may also be considered, such as (but not limited to) health, through the development of specific patient models or taking into account mechano-biological aspects.
The candidate will be able to draw on the computing resources available within the laboratory (UAR GLiCID) as well as the GeM’s experimental platforms.

Required skills
The candidate must be capable of providing scientific and administrative leadership for large-scale research and teaching projects. He/she should be able to develop collaborations with other laboratories on the Nantes site.

Keywords: computational mechanics, data assimilation, coupled computational / experimental approaches

Candidates must apply between march 04 and april 04.

https://www.ec-nantes.fr/travaillons-ensemble/offres-demploi-et-candidatures/maitre-de-conferences-en-mecanique-numerique

Ref. person: Giulio Sciarra

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