Biography:

Pr. Gilles Lubineau is professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Physical Science and Engineering Division at KAUST, leading the MCEM Lab and Director of ENERCOMP, a Technology Consortium for Composites in Energy. Following his “aggregation” in theoretical mechanics, Pr. Lubineau earned a PhD from École Normale Supérieure Cachan, France. He was a faculty member at ENS-Cachan, and Instructor at École Polytechnique. He served as a visiting researcher at UC-Berkeley and as Interim Dean of the PSE Division at KAUST. His research covers: integrity of composite materials and structures, inverse problems for the identification of constitutive parameters, multi-scale techniques, multifunctional materials. Prof. Lubineau is an elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is an elected Fellow of the International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), and recipient of the Daniel Valentin Amac Award.

About the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility Laboratory (Composites Lab):

The Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility Laboratory (Composites Lab) is located at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and is part of the Physical Science and Engineering Division. The Composites Lab started at KAUST in 2009 and is an integrated environment for composite science combining modeling and experimental expertise in a single working environment. OUR MISSION: Support Energy transition by providing innovative composite solutions or optimizing the usage of existing solutions in demanding Energy and Mobility applications Our laboratory expertise incorporates three main areas: • Design of materials in representative environments of energy applications: In-situ testing facilities and characterization techniques (Generation of unique databases on well-identified frames), validated models in operational conditions (New models based on real in-situ observations and mechanism). • Microstructure manipulation for tailoring macroscopic response: Toughing mechanism using surface on in-volume spatial variations. • Structural health monitoring (SHM) and smart structures for composite infrastructures: Wireless surface gauges and integrated sensors, SHM/NDT/Inline/Online.