The Team

Principal Investigator

Vignesh Kannan

Assistant Professor of Mechanics, Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS)
Ecole Polytechnique, Insitut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France

Ph.D., M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
B. Tech., National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India

vignesh.kannan@polytechnique.edu +33 1 69 33 57 44
Pole Mecanique (Building 104), Office 104:20-65
Avenue Becquerel, 91120 Palaiseau, France

PhD students

Mathieu Brodmann

(ETH Zurich, co-advised with Prof. Dennis M. Kochmann)

Research: Domain wall kinetics in ferroelectric crystals

B.S., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
M.S., ETH Zurich, Switzerland

mathieubr@ethz.ch +41 44 632 63 76
Mechanics & Materials Lab, CLA J31
Tannenstrasse 3, 8092 Zurich

Sameh Ammari

Research: Dynamic behavior of shape memory alloys

B.S., Ecole Polytechnique, France
M.S., Ecole Polytechnique, France

sameh.ammari@polytechnique.edu +33 1 69 33 5702
Pole Mecanique (Building 104), Office 104:20-216
Avenue Becquerel, 91120 Palaiseau

Post-doctoral scientists

Coming soon…

Engineering staff

Théodora Daiaa (Instrumentation design engineer, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides)

Interests: Optical instrumentation for dynamic experiments

Technical training in Photonic systems
Engineering degree, Photonics and Optronics, Polytech Paris-Saclay

theodora.daiaa@polytechnique.edu +33 1 69 33 5763
Pole Mecanique (Building 104), Office 104:20-206
Avenue Becquerel, 91120 Palaiseau, France

Hakim Gharbi (Engineer at the Laboratoire de Mecanique des Solides)

Interests: Development of experimental devices for mechanics research

M.S., Sensor and Measurement Techniques, ESPCI/Paris VI, France

hakim.gharbi@polytechnique.edu +33 1 69 33 5774
Pole Mecanique (Building 104), Office 104:20-151
Avenue Becquerel, 91120 Palaiseau, France

We also receive fabulous manufacturing support from our engineering team at the LMS. If you are interested in interacting with them, or finding out about the great work they do, you will find them at our LMS website.

Masters students

Undergraduate students

Cristian Iancu

Research: Miniature dynamic impact experiments

cristian.iancu@polytechnique.edu

Pole Mecanique (Building 104)

Matthéo Chauvancy

Research: Dynamic behavior of shape memory alloys

mattheo.chauvancy@polytechnique.edu

Pole Mecanique (Building 104)

Alumni

  • Tamar Tsikarishvili (B.S. 2025) – (currently) Nordic masters program in Maritime Engineering
  • Joao Moreira Lopes (masters M1 2025) – (currently) M2 masters student at ENSTA Palaiseau
  • Sameh Ammari (M.S. 2025) – (currently) back to our group as its first PhD student :)


Collaborators