Dr. Jean-Benoît Le Cam

Professor

Université de Rennes

Laboratoire de recherche en mécanique appliquée de l’Université de Rennes 1

e.mail: jean-benoit.lecam[@]univ-rennes1.fr

Education

2010 « Habilitation » in Applied Mechanics, University of Clermont-Ferrand II, France

2005 PhD in Applied Mechanics, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France

2002 Master of Science in Applied Mechanics, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France

Academic positions

2011-date : Professor, Unversité de Rennes

2009-2011: Associate Professor, Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée, France

2006-2009: Assistant Professor, Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée, France

2005-2006: Assistant Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique de Poitiers, France

2002-2005: Research fellow, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France 2000-2002: Lecturer, Greta, France

Industrial positions

1998-2000: Research Ingineer, Total Group (department Hutchinson), France
1996-1998: Assistant Ingineer, Ingersoll Dresser Pump, France

Recent experiences

Member of the French research network « GDR 2519: Full-field measurements and identification in solid mechanics ». This network was  established in 2003 under the auspices of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) to support the use of full-field measurement techniques in experimental solid mechanics and to facilitate collaborative work in this field across France

Chairman of the national conference on Mechanical Characterization of Rubbers, june 2010, Clermont-Ferrand, France (see http://ifma.fr/elastomeres2010)

Co-organizer of a five-day national summer school entitled
« Identification techniques from full-field measurements », Clermont-Ferrand, France, 8-12 June 2009, 26 attendees, 14 lecturers.

Co-chairman of the 7th Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber (ECCMR), September 20-23, 2011

Teaching

Finite Element Method, University of Rennes 1
Continuum Mechanics, University of Rennes 1
Structure Design, University of Rennes 1