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Dr. Jacques Lamon - A Profile in Excellence
  Dr. Jacques Lamon - A Profile In Excellence Dr. Jacques Lamon is the Director of Research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratoire des Composites Thermostructuraux (LCTS), at the University of Bordeaux, France. He has been a member of ACerS since 1983, and was elevated to Fellow in 2006. His current focus of research is on fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites, including probabilistic approaches to damage and failure, durability, fracture, interfaces, micromechanics, and modeling. Educational Background: Dr. Lamon is a 1974 graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Paris. He also earned his PhD in materials science and engineering in 1978 from this same institution. ACerS Involvement: Dr. Lamon has reviewed papers for the Journal of the American Society, chaired sessions at ACerS meetings, and has served as a symposium co-organizer for the 28th to 30th Cocoa Beach Meetings, and the 107th Annual Meeting. He was also a member of the scientific committee of the HTCMC 5 Conference. He has attended ACerS meetings since 1980, giving papers at 15 of those meetings. He has also been a consistent promoter of ACerS meetings to the French and European ceramics and composites communities. Employment history: Since 1999, Lamon has been Director of Research at CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research). Prior to this, he was Group leader: ThermoMechanical Behavior of Composites, an Engineering Consultant, and Professor at the University of Bordeaux. From 1985 to 1989, he held the position of Project Leader at Battelle Institute, Geneva Research Center in Switzerland. From 1982-1984, he was a Research Scientist at the Ecole des Mines de Paris (School of Mines), University of Paris, and a Visiting Scientist and Engineering Consultant at the University of Berkeley, California, in the Ceramics Group of Prof. A.G. Evans. Accomplishments in Ceramic Science and Engineering: Jacques Lamon has conducted research in the field of ceramics and fiber reinforced ceramics, i.e. in the domains of ceramics reliability, and mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced CVI made SiC and Carbon matrix composites. He also developed experimental techniques for testing microcomposites, minicomposites, measuring interface properties, and ceramic joint elastic properties (using a digital image correlation technique). These techniques served as the basis of several standards for testing methods. After joining CNRS, he conducted several research programs on fiber reinforced SiC and C matrix composites. The fundamental knowledge that was generated was transferred to Snecma and CEA (French organization for nuclear energy). For several years, Jacques Lamon has been involved in the development of standardized testing methods for fiber reinforced ceramics, within CEN (European Committee for Standards). Through these and many other activities, he has contributed significantly to the development of ceramics and composites from both basic and application points. Why Jacques Lamon belongs to ACerS: “I became interested in ACerS when I was a young visiting scientist at the University of Berkeley (1981). I gave my first papers in English at the ACerS meetings and this was an opportunity to hear excellent papers on ceramics and to meet new colleagues from abroad as well as the U.S. Furthermore, it allowed me to get useful information on ceramic science and engineering at the worldwide level.” |
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