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. 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)

  • 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

  • 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

103 documents

  • Rébecca Bonnaire, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Reynald Convert. Biomechanical analysis and modeling of lumbar belt: Preliminary study.. 38e Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique, SB 2013, Sep 2013, Marseille, France. ⟨hal-03880510⟩
  • Gaetan Boyer, Cyril Pailler-Mattéi, Jérôme Molimard, Marc Pericoi, Sabine Laquieze, et al.. Non contact method for in vivo assessment of skin mechanical properties for assessing effect of ageing. Medical Engineering & Physics, 2012, 34 (2), pp.172-178. ⟨10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.07.007⟩. ⟨hal-00837958⟩
  • Aaron Romo, Stéphane Avril, Pierre Badel, Jérôme Molimard, Ambroise Duprey, et al.. Mechanical characterization of the thoracic ascending aortae. IRCOBI (International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury), Sep 2012, France. IRC 12-72 pp. 638-649. ⟨hal-00778322⟩
  • Baptiste Pierrat, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Laurent Navarro, Stéphane Avril. L'évaluation mécanique des orthèses du genou : modélisation par éléments finis. Données préliminaires.. 27ème Congrès de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation de la SOFMER, Oct 2012, Toulouse, France. ⟨hal-00778269⟩
  • Peng Wang, Sylvain Drapier, Jérôme Molimard, Alain Vautrin, Jean-Christophe Minni. Numerical and experimental analyses of resin infusion manufacturing processes of composite materials. Journal of Composite Materials, 2012, 46 (13), pp.1617-1631. ⟨10.1177/0021998311421990⟩. ⟨hal-00736359⟩
  • Baptiste Pierrat, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Laurent Navarro, Stéphane Avril. Efficiency and comfort of knee braces: A parametric study based on computational modelling. 10th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Apr 2012, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-00777915⟩
  • Baptiste Pierrat, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Laurent Navarro, Stéphane Avril. Experimental analysis of skin sliding on the knee joint using orthosis device.. ICEM 15 (International Conference on Experimental Mechanics), Jul 2012, Porto, Portugal. ⟨hal-00778265⟩
  • Peng Wang, Jérôme Molimard, Sylvain Drapier, Alain Vautrin, Jean-Christophe Minni. Monitoring the resin infusion manufacturing process under industrial environment using distributed sensors. Journal of Composite Materials, 2012, 46 (6), pp.691-706. ⟨10.1177/0021998311410479⟩. ⟨hal-00688460⟩
  • Jérôme Molimard, Yves Surrel. Grid Method, Moiré and Deflectometry. Grediac, Michel and Hild, François. Full-Field Measurements and Identification in Solid Mechanics, Wiley, 2012. ⟨hal-01080734⟩
  • Baptiste Pierrat, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Laurent Navarro, Stéphane Avril, et al.. Efficiency of knee braces: A biomechanical approach based on computational modeling.. ESDA 2012 ( ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis), Jul 2012, Nantes, France. pp.ESDA2012-82451. ⟨hal-00778268⟩