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 (0) 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: In-situ measurement of domain wall kinetics in ferroelectric crystals

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

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

Post-doctoral scientists

Engineering staff

Hakim Gharbi

(Engineer at the Laboratoire de Mecanique des Solides)

Research: Development of experimental devices for mechanics research

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

hakim.gharbi@polytechnique.edu +41 44 632 63 76
Pole Mecanique (Building 104; Office 104.20.151)
Avenue Becquerel, 91120 Palaiseau, France

We also receive fabulous 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

Sameh Ammari

Research: Rate-dependent behavior of shape memory alloys

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

sameh.ammari@polytechnique.edu

Pole Mecanique (Building 104)

Joao Moreira Lopes

Research: Multi-axial torsional kolsky bars

B.S., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
M.S., ENSTA-IP Paris, France

joao.moreira@ensta.fr