Our team

Principal investigator

Vignesh Kannan

Assistant Professor of Mechanics

Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS), Department of Mechanics

Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France

Education

B. Tech, Production Engineering, NIT Trichy, India

M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics & Materials), Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests

Mechanics of Materials, Experimental mechanics, Dynamic behavior of materials, Micro-mechanics and defect kinetics, Multi-functional materials

Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France

vignesh.kannan@polytechnique.edu

Bureau (Office): LMS 03:20-18

+33 (0) 1 69 33 57 44

Doctoral students

Mathieu Brodmann (external)

Graduate student, ETH Zurich (Primary advisor: Dennis Kochmann)

Research topic

Education

In-situ characterization of domain kinetics in ferroelectric crystals

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

Ferroelectric materials, Experimental mechanics, Small-scale characterization

http://mathiebr@ethz.ch

+41 44 632 63 76

Research interests

Tannenstrasse 3, 8092 Zurich, Suisse

Post-doctoral scientisits

Masters

Joao Moreira Lopes

B.S., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

M.S., ENSTA-IP Paris

Multi-axial torsional Kolsky bars

Education

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Sameh Ammari

B.S., Ecole Polytechnique

M.S., Ecole Polytechnique

Miniature Kolsky bars

Education

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Undergraduates

Tamar Tsikarishvili

B.S., Ecole Polytechnique

Miniature torsional kolsky bar experiments

Alumni

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