Invited lectures

Biographies of the invited speakers

Prof. Dr. B. Castagnede

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ADDRESS:
Residence: 15bis, rue de Mulhouse, 72000 Le Mans, France

For correspondence: Laboratory of Acoustics at University of Maine, UMR-CNRS 6613University of Maine,
Av. O. Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, FrancePhone: 0033 (0)2 43833624,
Fax 0033(0)243833520e-mail : bernard.castagnede@univ-lemans.fr

EMPLOYMENT:
• Professor, Laboratory of Acoustics, University of Maine, Le Mans, France. 1992 –
present.
• Associate Professor, Laboratory of physical mechanics, University of Bordeaux, 1989
1992
• Research Associate, Department of Theoretical and Appied Mechanics, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, New York, 1986-1989
• Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Paper physics, College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, 1985-1986
• Researcher, Laboratory of physical mechanics, University of Bordeaux, 1982 – 1984
• High-school teacher, various colleges and high-schools in the Bordeaux area, 19791982
• Professor studentship, during the undergraduate years at the University of Bordeaux(fully trained to become a Professor in high-schools), 1976-1979
SCIENTIFIC DEGREE / EDUCATION:
• University of Bordeaux, France, Habilitation, 1991
• University of Bordeaux, France, Ph.D in Physical acoustics, (with Prof. José Roux)
1984
• University of Bordeaux, France, M.A. in physics and acoustics 1981
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Mechanics and acoustics of materials
Laser generated ultrasound for the materials characterizationAcoustics of porous mediaNonlinear acoustics in mesoscopic solids
PUBLICATIONS:
Over 150 scientific publications, including research and review articles, andinvited presentations at various conferences. Among these publications, thereare more than 70 publications in journals, including some of the best
international journals in the field (Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E,
Physics Letters A, J. Appl. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Acous. Soc. Am.,
Ultrasonics, Rev. Sci. Instrum. ASME J. Appl. Mech., Applied Acoustics, etc).
AWARDS:
French Acoustical Society Chavasse Prize, dec. 2000. This prize is devoted torecognize achievements for the applications of acoustics in applied fields and inindustry. It is decerned once a year, alternatively to a researcher from academia andthe following year from industry.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
Director of the Graduate program in applied acoustics, University of Maine, France (1995-2004)
Chairman of the poroelastic group in the Laboratory of acoustics, University of Maine (1995-2001)
President of the steering committee in Mechanics, University of Maine, France (2000-2004)
Director of the Graduate School, University of Maine, France (since 2004)
Chairman of the Department of Physics, University of Maine, France (2001- 2004)
Chairperson for the B.A. in applied mechanics, University of Maine, France (since 2004)
 

Prof. Dr. Theodore Matikas

Prof. Theodore Matikas specializes in the development of health monitoring methodologies for quantification of damage and life prediction of engineering materials and structures. His research interests include environmental attack of ageing structures, fatigue and fracture behaviour of materials and advanced non-destructive methods for characterization of metallic alloys, coatings, composites and nano-structured materials used in aerospace, automotive, marine, infrastructure and military applications.

T. Matikas received his Ph.D. in Mechanics of Solids and Structures from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, in France. He is currently Assoc. Professor at the Materials Science & Engineering Dept., University of Ioannina, Greece, holding this position since December 2004. In 2000, he joined the Greek Atomic Energy Commission and served as Director for Regulatory Policy, Safety, and Security. From 1997 to 1999 he was Professor at the Chemical & Materials Engineering Dept., University of Dayton, Ohio, USA and also served as Director of the Center for Materials Diagnostics, UDRI / United States Department of Defence. From 1991-1997 he served as Research Engineer at the United States Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio and led the in-house research program in ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation.

For his research achievements, Prof. Matikas has been honoured with a number of awards and fellowships. These include the Wohlleben/Hochwal Award and Certificate of Merit (in 1995 and 1999), US National Academy of Science & Engineering Award (in 1992), CNRS–France Research Award (in 1987), European Commission Research Fellowship (in 1988), as well as several best paper awards. He has served as Program Director and Reviewer in numerous research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, General Secretariat for Research and Technology – Greece, European Commission DG TREN, among others.

Prof. Matikas has authored or co-authored over 120 scientific publications in professional journals and conference proceedings, 3 books and 6 patents, delivered over 150 presentations (more than 50 invited talks) around the world, and served as Reviewer in many international journals. He also served as Chairman and member of Scientific Committees in international conferences and as Guest Editor in scientific journals. He is currently member of the Euratom Scientific and Technical Committee, member of the Advisory Board of the Euratom Supply Agency, and national expert in FP6 (in Aeronautics) and FP7 (in Euratom – Fission).

Prof. Dr. Manfred P. Hentschel

Dr. Manfred P. Hentschel is manager of the working group “X-Ray Scattering Topography” at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Berlin, Germany and Professor at the Technical University Berlin. He received his PhD in physics from the Free University. For developing new imaging and computed tomography techniques of X-ray scattering he was awarded the Roentgen Plaque in 2000. He is co-editor of RNDE and “Materialprüfung / Materials Testing”.