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

  • Sam L Evans, Gaetan L Boyer, Jerome L Molimard, Hassan Zahouani. IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO. 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Apr 2013, Salt Lake City, United States. ⟨hal-01406391⟩
  • Christian Gogu, W. Yin, Raphael T. Haftka, Peter G. Ifju, Jérôme Molimard, et al.. Bayesian Identification of Elastic Constants in Multi-Directional Laminate from Moiré Interferometry Displacement Fields. Experimental Mechanics, 2013, 53 (4), pp.629-635. ⟨10.1007/s11340-012-9671-8⟩. ⟨emse-00728776⟩
  • Rébecca Bonnaire, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Reynald Convert. Biomechanical caracterisation of lumbar belt by full-field techniques: Preliminary results. PhotoMechanics 2013, May 2013, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-00842833⟩
  • Baptiste Pierrat, Jérôme Molimard, Laurent Navarro, Stéphane Avril, Paul Calmels. Evaluation of the mechanical efficiency of knee braces: A combined experimental-numerical approach. 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2013, Aug 2013, Patras, Greece. pp.S- 55.2. ⟨hal-00875150⟩
  • 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⟩
  • Jérôme Molimard, Laurent Navarro. Using a Monte-Carlo-based approach to evaluate the uncertainty on fringe projection technique. PhotoMechanics 2013, May 2013, Montpellier, France. ⟨hal-00842886⟩
  • 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. 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⟩
  • 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⟩