Co-director of “Science, Engineering, Health” Doctoral School

Experimental mechanics / Soft tissues biomechanics / Medical Device / Tribology

Intéraction of textile-based medical devices and human body
On-going projects:
. Capture and Modelling of the Shod Foot in Motion (coll. INRIA Alps, funding ANR)
. Mechanical Characterization of Orthotics: Application to Lumbar Belts in Low Back Pain (Coll. LPE, Thuasne)
. Subcutaneous modeling: in vitro and in silico approaches (Coll. Nemera)
. Digital signatures of the forearm cardiovascular system (Coll. CEA)
. EPAD-C2 – Understanding the measurement of girdle dissociation in falls in the elderly. Case-control study (Coll. CHU)

Master level:
. Experimental methods
. Biomechanics
. Medical Devices and sensors

SIS doctoral school:
. Experimental mechanics

1994: Master of Engineering, Master of Mechanics, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
1999: PhD in Mechanics, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon – dir. L. Flamand, Ph. Vergne
2007: Habilitation, Université Jean Monnet

1994-1996: Alternative civilian service, Univ. Joseph Fourier
1996-1999: Junior engineer, Institut de Recherche sur la Sidérurgie, Maizières-lès-Metz
1999: Junior engineer, INSAVALOR, Lyon
2000-2011: Assistant professor, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Mines Saint-Etienne
depuis 2011: Full professor, Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering, Mines Saint-Etienne

Book:
. J Molimard, Experimental mechanics of solids and structures, John Wiley & Sons, 2016

. Knight’s title in the Order of the Academic Palms, Jan 2018
. Hetteny Award for the best publication, Society for Experimental Mechanics, Jun 2011