Jérôme MOLIMARD

  • Responsibilities and Duties

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

  • Skills

    Experimental mechanics / Soft tissues biomechanics / Medical Device / Tribology

  • Research Topics

    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. IMT Albi, CHU-SE, L&R)
    . 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)

  • Teaching Areas

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

    SIS doctoral school:
    . Experimental mechanics

  • Education

    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

  • Career History

    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

  • Main Publications

    Book:
    . J Molimard, Experimental mechanics of solids and structures, John Wiley & Sons, 2016
    . J Molimard, Biomedical devices and sensors, Wiley, 2024

  • Distinctions

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

173 documents

  • Rébecca Bonnaire, Jérôme Molimard, W.S Han, Reynald Convert, Paul Calmels. PREDICTING STRATEGY OF LUMBAR BELTS MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AT DESIGN STAGE. 22nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Jul 2016, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-01406590⟩
  • Boris Dousteyssier, Jérôme Molimard, Chafiaa Hamitouche-Djabou, Woo Suck Han, Eric Stindel. Patient dependent knee modeling at several flexion angles: A study on soft tissues loadings. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016, 59, pp.e32 - e33. ⟨10.1016/j.rehab.2016.07.077⟩. ⟨hal-01890273⟩
  • Fanette Chassagne, Pierre Badel, Reynald Convert, Pascal Giraux, Jérôme Molimard. SIMULATION/MODELISATION OF THE ACTION OF COMPRESSION BANDAGES ON THE LOWER LEG . SOFMER, Oct 2016, Saint-Etienne, France. ⟨hal-01406605⟩
  • Jérôme Molimard, Rébecca Bonnaire, Reynald Convert, W.S Han, P Calmels. ROLE AND LIMIT OF BIOMECHANICAL MODELING IN THE STUDY OF MEDICAL DEVICES. 31ème Congrès de la Société Française de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation (SOFMER 2016), Oct 2016, Saint-Etienne, France. ⟨hal-01406619⟩
  • Fanny Frauziols, Fanette Chassagne, Pierre Badel, Laurent Navarro, Jérôme Molimard, et al.. IN VIVO INDENTIFICATION OF THE PASSIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DEEP SOFT TISSUES IN THE HUMAN LEG . 22nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Jul 2016, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-01406615⟩
  • S. Tupin, J. Molimard, V. Cenizo, T. Hoc, B. Sohm, et al.. Multiscale approach to characterize mechanical properties of tissue engineered skin. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2016, 44 (9), pp.2851-2862. ⟨10.1007/s10439-016-1576-8⟩. ⟨hal-01435988⟩
  • Fanette Chassagne, Jérome Molimard, Reynald Convert, Pascal Giraux, Pierre D Badel. Numerical Approach for the Assessment of Pressure Generated by Elastic Compression Bandage. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2016, 44, pp.3096 - 3108. ⟨10.1007/s10439-016-1597-3⟩. ⟨hal-01380275⟩
  • Fanny Frauziols, Fanette Chassagne, Pierre Badel, Laurent Navarro, Jérôme Molimard, et al.. IN VIVO IDENTIFICATION OF THE PASSIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DEEP SOFT TISSUES IN THE HUMAN LEG. Strain, 2016, Advances in experimental mechanics for biomedical soft tissues and materials, 52 (5), pp.400-411. ⟨10.1111/str.12204⟩. ⟨hal-01380253⟩
  • Fanette Chassagne, Pierre Badel, Reynald Convert, Pascal Giraux, Jérôme Molimard. Modelisation of the action of compression bandages on the lower limb. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016, 59, ⟨10.1016/j.rehab.2016.07.071⟩. ⟨hal-01890260⟩
  • Mathieu Taroni, Jérôme Molimard, Thibaut Cachon, Eric Viguier, Claude Carozzo. Robert Jones bandage pressure range assessment using a pressure mapping system and application to band calibration. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015, Special Issue: French Society of Biomechanics, 18 (Suppl.1), pp.2068-2069. ⟨10.1080/10255842.2015.1069560⟩. ⟨hal-01275932⟩