Members

Prof. OGAWA Kazuhiro 小川　和洋
(email)

• Cold Spray coating
• Thermal barrier coating

Prof. SEBALD Gael セバルド　ガエル
(from LGEF INSA Lyon) (email)

• Elastocaloric material design
• Energy harvesting

Assoc. Prof. MARY Nicolas (From MATEIS, INSA Lyon) (email)

• Mechanical-chemical coupling phenomena
• Tribocorrosion, fatigue corrosion
• Polymer coating 

Assoc. Prof. DUCHARNE Benjamin (From LGEF, INSA Lyon) (email)

• Multiphysics coupling in materials, hysteresis 
  and frequency dependence
• Micro-magnetic non-destructive evaluation
• Fractional calculus applied to hysteresis dynamics
  and to electromagnetic non-destructive testing. 

GESLIN Pierre-Antoine (CNRS Researcher)  (email)

• Atomistic and elastic modeling of dislocations
  and plasticity in metals and metallic alloys
• Simulations of phase transformations
  in metallic systems

Prof. KATO Hidemi (IMR) (email)

• Metallic glass and dealloying
• Supercooled liquid
• Nanoporous metal

Prof KOMIYA Atsuki (IFS) (email)

• Mass transfer and mass diffusion processes
• Heat and mass transfer
• Proteins, supercritical fluid

Prof. KUWANO Hiroki (NICHe) (email)

• Micro Energy 
• MEMs & Microsensor
• Nanosystems

Prof. MAKIHARA Kanjuro (DAE) (email)

• Energy harvesting
• vibration control, noise control
• aerospace structures

Prof. NAKANO Masami (NICHe) (email)

• Magnetorheological material
• Energy harvesting

Prof. OHTA Makoto (IFS) (email)

• 3D printing
• Flow field modeling and visualization (CFD)
•  Hemodynamic analysis

Prof. Uchimoto Tetsuya (IFS) (email)

• Electromagnetic NDE
• NDE Eddy current testing
• Big data analysis for NDE

Prof. Watanabe Yutaka (QSE) (email)

• Predicting distress of nuclear reactor
• Development of deterioration measures material
• maintenance technology, risk management

Prof. SATO Yutaka (DMP) (email)

• material structure at weld
• Physical chemistry of bonding processes
• weld and surface reforming by high energy beam

Assoc. Prof SHIMOYAMA Koji (IFS) (email)

• Multi-objective approaches
• Bayesian optimization
• Thermo-Fluid dynamics simulation

Mr TENE DEFFO Yves Armand (email) - post-doctoral researcher

• Magnetic non-destructive testing 
• Electromagnetic instrumentation
• Electromagnetic modeling

Ms IGARASHI Akiko (email) - technical support

• Development of rubber-based refrigiration systems

Ms UNOURA Sayaka (email) - administrative and secretarial support

Mr PAQUET Louis (2022-2025)

Double degree PhD student (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: CNRS international grant (MITI)

Catheter tracking by magnetic field 

Mr. LEFLON Benjamin (2022-2025)

Double degree PhD student (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: INSA-Lyon international grant

Growth of intermetallics in dissimilar welding of Fe and Mg alloys

Mr. FUKUDA Mikihisa (2025-2028) 

Tohoku University student

Prof. Emeritus CAVAILLE Jean-Yves (Head of French site)

http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/LyC/eng/index.html

• Polymer physic
• Smart materials

Assoc. Prof. GILLOT Frédéric (in charge of ECL office)

ELyTMaX & LTDS shared position

• Multi-objective approaches
• Bayesian optimization

Assoc. Prof. YUSE Kaori

Cross-appointed staff with IFS & LGEF share position

http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/LyC/eng/index.html

• Smart materials
• Multiphysic characterization

Assoc. Prof. JOLLY-POTTUZ Lucile

Cross-appointed staff with IFS & MATEIS shared position

http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/LyC/eng/index.html

• High resolution microscopic
• In situ characterization

Assoc. Prof. FRINDEL Carole

Cross-appointed staff with IFS & CREATIS shared position

http://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/LyC/eng/index.html

• Modeling cerebral arterial networks
• Blood flow simulation

Assoc. Prof. BESSET Sébastien

ELyTMaX & LTDS share position

• Multi-objective approaches
• Bayesian optimization

Dr. DIGUET Gildas (2016-2021) 
Postdoctoral researcher

• Electro-mechanical coupling
• magneto-mechanical coupling
• Heterostructures

Dr. YAN Linjuan (2019-2020)
From LGEF

• Energy harvesting with smart materials;
• Vibration control;
• Periodic structure study

Prof. LALLART Mickaël (2019-2020)
From LGEF

• Multiphysic coupling,
• Small-scale energy conversion,
• Energy harvesting

Prof. FABREGUE Damien (2019) ​
From MATEIS

• Metallurgy
• Metallic glasses

Assis. Prof. BERNARD Chrystelle (FRIS) (2017-2024)

• Nanomechanics
• Polymer
• Cold spray process

Ms SION Marianne (2021-2024)

Double degree PhD INSA-Lyon / Tohoku University

Funding: CNRS international grant (MITI)

Proof of concept of an elastocaloric heat pump for near
room temperature refrigeration using natural rubber

Mr JACQUEMOND Achille (2021-2024)

Double degree PhD (EC Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: MESRI Grant

Robust optimal shape design strategies
for systems with friction-induced instabilities
and uncertain parameters

Mr TAXIL Gaspard (2021-2024)

Double degree student PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: ANR Grant 

Modeling, characterization and implementation of
ferroelectric materials and their phase transitions for
energy harvesting under extreme conditions.

Mr KOHATA Yutaro (2021-2024)

Double degree PhD (Tohoku University / INSA Lyon)

Funding: Japanese MEXT grant

Mr MAZOYER Clément (2021-2024)

Double degree PhD (Tohoku University / EC Lyon)

Funding: MESRI grant

Ms YUANYUAN Liu (2020-2023)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: MESRI Grant

Magnetostrictive materials and systems for energy harvesting

Mr LESAGE Louis (2021-2024)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: CNRS international grant (MITI)

Liquid metal dealloying powder for additive manufacturing processes

Ms SHURIU Zhang (2020-2023)

Double degree PhD (Tohoku University / INSA Lyon)

Funding: JSPS grant.

Quantification of residual stress and iron loss
of electrical steel sheet to propose a technique
for monitoring the efficient performance of material 

Ms DECROOCQ Meghane (2019-2022)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University) 

Funding: MESRI Grant

Modeling cerebral arterial networks and blood flow simulation

Mr OLLIVIER-LAMARQUE Lucas (2019-2022)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Funding: CNRS international grant (MITI). 

Non destructive evaluation and polymer materials

Ms JAFFRE Kathleen (2017-2020)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Optimizing surface to Prevent SCC initiation in energy industries

• 10.3390/met11010135
• 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153258

Mr MOHANASUNDARAM Pradeep (2017-2020)

Double degree PhD (ECL / Tohoku University)

Robust shape optimization of disc-pad system
under squeal noise criteria

• 10.1007/s00158-021-02947-7
• 10.1007/s42452-020-2175-8

Ms LAPUSHKINA Elizaveta  (2016-2020)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Cold spray and sacrifical coating for anticorrosion applications

• 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126193

Mr RAVI Kesavan (2016-2019)

Double degree PhD Student and JSPS postdoc

Polymer coating by Cold-Spray

• 10.1007/s11666-015-0276-5
• 10.1016/j.addma.2018.02.022

Mr GUPTA Bhaawan (2016-2019)

Double degree PhD (INSA Lyon / Tohoku University)

Micromagnetic models for non destructive testing

• 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.166102
• 10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165250