Visiting and Adjunct Professors

Adjunct professors

The school has set up this particular role in order to retain and optimise the contribution of a certain number of professors from outside the institution who have an international reputation. A number of professors have been appointed since 2019:

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  Adjunct Professor at Centrale Nantes: Yuri Shtessel

  October 10, 2022 - October 30, 2022

  Yuri Shtessel, Emeritus Professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (USA) and Adjunct Professor at Centrale Nantes, will be present at the LS2N Laboratory from 10 to 30 October.
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  Centrale Nantes appoints Professor Andrea Colagrossi of the CNR (Italy) as Adjunct Professor

  November 30, 2021

  Andrea Colagrossi has been appointed Adjunct Professor at Centrale Nantes from 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2026.
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  Centrale Nantes appoints Professor Michael Ortiz of the California Institute of Technology as Adjunct Professor

  November 26, 2021

  Michael Ortiz, Emeritus Professor at California Institute of Technology, is appointed Adjunct Professor at Centrale Nantes.
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  Centrale Nantes appoints it first Adjunct Professor: Professor Suresh G. Advani, University of Delaware, USA

  June 11, 2018

  A pioneer in the field of upstream and applied research on composite materials in the USA, Prof. Suresh G. Advani is a leading scientist of international stature in this field. A ceremony was held today at Centrale Nantes to mark his appointment as adjunct professor.

Visiting Professors

Every year, Centrale Nantes faculty members invite their counterparts from across the world to the Nantes campus for research and/or teaching activities:

Visiting professors in 2026

• 
  On spatial, temporal and energetic aspects of mechanical twinning in polycrystals: a seminar with Cahit Can AYDINER

  January 29, 2026

  Cahit Can AYDINER, professor at Boğaziçi University is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) from 26 to 30 January 2026.

2025

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  “Uncertainty in Digital Image Correlation”: a seminar with Fabrice Pierron

  March 9, 2025

  This event is organised as part of a series of external seminars at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
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  Multi-scale modeling and neural operators: a seminar with Kaushik Bhattacharya

  October 7, 2025

  Professor Kaushik Bhattacharya is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
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  ‘Homogenisation for multi-scale problems in seismology’: a seminar with Yann Capdeville

  November 6, 2025

  Yann Capdeville of the Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences (LPG) is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).
• ‘Recent developments in laboratory testing of geomaterials with emphasis on imaging processes’: a seminar with Cino Viggiani

  December 2, 2025

  Cino Viggiani, Professor at the 3SR Laboratory, Grenoble Alpes University is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM).

2024

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  A seminar with Massimiliano Ferronato, Guest Professor at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)

  November 7, 2024

  The theme of the seminar will be: ‘Non-linear numerical models for frictional contact mechanics and flow in fractured porous media'.
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  A Seminar with John Dolbow: ‘The Brazilian Test: An Illustration of the Interplay Between Strength and Energetics in the Fracture of Solids’

  April 8, 2024

  The GeM Institute will welcome Professor John Dolbow from Duke University on Monday 8 April for a seminar entitled ‘The Brazilian Test: An Illustration of the Interplay Between Strength and Energetics in the Fracture of Solids’ at 4pm in Lecture Theatre E.
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  A seminar with Lori Graham-Brady, visiting researcher at the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM)

  February 14, 2024

  The seminar will focus on 'ML-enhanced approaches for modeling complex mechanics'.

2023

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  A seminar with Cédric Bellis: ‘Variational principles for computational homogenization and strategies for improving the performances of Fourier spectral methods’

  October 19, 2023

  Cédric Bellis, CNRS research fellow at LMA, is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (specifically the 'Couplings and numerical methods for complex structures' & the 'Mechanics and multi-scale physics of materials ' Research Groups.) He will give a seminar on 19 October at Centrale Nantes.
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  A seminar with Philippe Turcry, La Rochelle University: How to understand carbonation in concrete

  September 14, 2023

  Philippe Turcry, faculty member at La Rochelle University, is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (specifically the 'Green engineering approaches' & the 'Processes and durability of materials and structures' Research Groups.) He will give a seminar on 14 September at Centrale Nantes.
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  Lecture by Hubert Chanson (University of Queensland-Australia) on "Fluid Mechanics applied to Natural Disasters" on at 4 pm on 25 January at Centrale Nantes

  January 25, 2023

  Hubert Chanson, professor at the University of Queensland (Australia), is at Centrale Nantes on the invitation of the LHEEA - Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics and Atmospheric Environment (Centrale Nantes/CNRS). His lecture "Fluid Mechanics applied to Natural Disasters" will take place in lecture theatre E from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. It will be held in English.