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It is with great sadness that we have learned of the sudden death of our colleague François Ducastelle, which happened on Friday 2 July 2021.François joined ONERA in 1965 as a trainee and was hired as junior scientist in 1968. He prepared his two theses and spent his entire career as a researcher. From 1981…

Speaker : Dr. Enrica Epifano
Date and Location: Friday 25/06/2021 14h00, videoconference at the following link : https://rdv.onera.fr/seminaireLEM

Viviane Laut-Cothias, our executive assistant, was a person who gave the best of herself, with a constant desire to be useful to everyone. She was very careful with others and radiated great kindness. Her departure leaves a great void and a lot of sadness.

Speaker : Dr. Antoine Guitton
Date and Location: Thursday 27/05/2021 14h00, videoconference at the following link : https://rdv.onera.fr/seminaireLEM

Speaker : Dr. Armand Barbot
Date and Location: Thursday 11/03/21 14h00, LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Speaker : Dr. Alexis Front
Date and Location: Thursday 21/01/21 14h00, LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Scientists of LEM, LP2N (France), Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal (Canada) have succeeded in encapsulating organic dye molecules inside a boron nitride nanotube. More details on CNRS INP website and on DR04 website.

Speaker : Dr. Lisa Belkacemi-Rebrab
Date and Location: Friday 16/10/20 14h00, LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Phd candidate: Juba Hamma
Date and Location : Monday 14/09/20, 14h00, Salle Contensou, ONERA, Châtillon.

Phd candidate: Alexandre Plaud
Date and Location : Thursday 10/09/20, 14h00 Salle Contensou, ONERA, Châtillon.

René Caudron passed away on June 18, 2020. He spent his entire career at ONERA in the Materials Department and then at the Microstructures Study Laboratory until his retirement in 2003.

Speaker : Maoyuan Jiang
Date and Location:Monday 09/03/20 14h00, LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Speaker : Nicola Viganò
Date and Location : Friday 21/02/20, 14h00 LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Speaker: Dr. Moustafa Benyoucef
Date and Location : Tuesday 10/12/19, 10h30 LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Speaker : Dr. Maxime Dupraz
Date and Location : Monday 25/11/19, 14h00 LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Georges Saada, Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris 13, Grande Médaille 2008 of the SF2M, passed away last Friday, August 30. George was 87 years old.
He was a member of the LEM since 1990.

Congratulations to Viviane Cothias-Laut (our assistant director) has been selected to publish her work in the art magazine Art Foliio

Phd Candidate: Maoyuan Jiang
Tuesday 04/05/2019, 13h30
Amphi 3, Bâtiment Eiffel, CentraleSupélec, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette

Speaker: Dr. Mihai-Cosmin Marinica
Tuesday 21/05/2019 10h30
LEM meeting room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

“Thermodynamic aspects of nuclear fuels. Case studies: (U,Am)O2 and JOG chemistry in fast reactors”, Thursday 9th May at 11h (LEM Conference room E2.01.20).  

“Tuning the SWNT atomic structure during the floatingcatalyst chemical vapor deposition (FC-CVD) synthesis “, Monday 6th May at 14h (LEM Conference room E2.01.20)

“A description of 211 MAX Phases Electronic Structure based on Rigid Band Models”, Wednesday 15th Mai at 14h00, LEM conference room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

“Atomistic simulations of extended defects in iron and its compounds using magnetic bond order potentials”, Wednesday 20th March at 11h00, LEM conference room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.

Mathieu Fèvre will defend his HDR thesis entitled  “Modelling and characterization of alloys and alloy nanoparticles” in order to obtain the diploma of  “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”, Tuesday 29th January2019 at 2 p.m., in the BLANDIN amphitheatre of the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides on the site of the Faculté des Sciences d’Orsay (Building…

“A new view on dislocation multiplication in Stage II deformation”, Monday 28th January  at 14h00, LEM conference room (E2.01.20), Châtillon.  

Mr. Ouafi Mouhoub will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Structural and electronic properties of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride and their heterostructures” on Wednesday, December 19 at 2 pm. His defense will take place at the University Paris Diderot, Condorcet Building, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris – Salle Luc Valentin (454A).

Gader Altinkurt will defend her Phd thesis entitled “Apport de la microdiffraction Laue pour la détermination des contraintes internes dans un superalliage à base de nickel grenaillé : effets de la microstructure et des traitements thermomécaniques” on Thursday, December 20 at 10 am. Her defence will take place at the Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem,…

Carolina Baruffi will defend her Phd thesis entitled “Application of an Overdamped Langevin Dynamics to the study of microstructural evolutions in crystalline materials” on Monday, December 17 at 2 pm. Her defence will take place at the ONERA Centre in Châtillon (29 avenue de la division Leclerc) – Contensou room. Application of an Overdamped Langevin…

Mr Hocine Lebbad will defend his Phd thesis entitled “Modeling the growth of Widmanstätten structures using the phase field method” on Tuesday, December 12 at 2 pm. His defence will take place at the ONERA Centre in Châtillon (29 avenue de la division Leclerc) – Contensou room.    

This two-day meeting is aimed at local and European actors active in the growth of two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures. It aims to discuss common research strategies, at the University of Paris-Saclay and beyond, for the synthesis, characterization and valorization of heterostructures of 2D materials with controlled physical properties.

LEM will celebrate its 30th anniversary on tuesday 9th October in Châtillon (ONERA).

Ms Denise Carpentier will defend her doctoral thesis entitled “Simulation of the kinetics of absorption of point defects by dislocations and clusters of defects” on Friday, October 12 at 2 pm. His defense will take place at the Neurospin Centre in Saclay – J. Talairach amphitheatre.

Since 15 July 2018, the LEM has set up a new website.

LEM participates in the organisation of the conference entitled “Matériaux Métalliques”. LEM contacts are Yann Le Bouar and Riccardo Gatti.

The LEM is a member of the NT18 steering committee, co-chairing the conference. LEM Contact: Annick Loiseau.