Autor: Francois Hild

Dr. Michel Grédiac received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the «Ecole Nationale Supérieure d»Arts et Métiers» in Paris and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Lyon in 1991. He was appointed as research professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne and promoted to full professor at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in 1997. In 2003, Dr. Michel Grédiac founded a network named «Full-field measurements and identification in solid mechanics» gathering 25 French research groups devoted to the development and the use of full-field measurement techniques in experimental solids mechanics. He was the head of this network till 2010. Dr. François Hild graduated from École Normale Supérieure de Cachan in 1989. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Paris 6 in 1992, and from the University of California in 1995. He received his habilitation from the University of Paris 6 in 1998. Since 2003, he is a Research Professor at the Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology in Cachan (France), and is the current head of the Mechanics and Materials division.