Matthieu Vandamme
Chercheur
Tenured research scientist with Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches
Maître de Conférence
Maître de Conférence
Scientific interests
- Mechanics and physics of porous solids
- Cement-based materials and geomaterials
- In-pore physical processes (adsorption, capillarity, crystallization), Time-dependent deformations
Academic experience
- Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Paris-Est. 2019
- École des Ponts ParisTech (France), Tenured research scientist. 2008-present
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA), Research Assistant. 2004-2008
Honors and awards
- EMI Leonardo da Vinci award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2016
Editorial activities
- Cement and Concrete Research, Associate Editor. 2015 – present
- Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, Associate Editor. 2014 – 2018
Invited appointments
- Churchill College, University of Cambridge, French Government by-fellow. 08/2017 – 07/2018
- Northwestern University (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Visiting scholar. 04/2014 – 05/2014
Teaching
- Mechanics and physics of porous solids (lecturer in charge, M.Sc. level). 2011–present
- Porous materials for construction, energy, and environment (lecturer in co-charge, undergraduate level). 2016–present
- Molecular simulations in materials science (lecturer then lecturer in charge, undergraduate level). 2012, 2016–2018
Administrative responsibilities
- Elected member or deputy member of the board of École des Ponts ParisTech. 2015 – present
- Member of the steering committee of the DIM Respore “Rupture in sciences for porous solids" supported by Region Ile-de-France. 2017 – present
- Elected member of the board of the French Association of Adsorption. 2016 – present
- Chair of the EMI Poromechanics Committee of the ASCE. 2014 – 2017
- Elected member of the council of Laboratoire Navier. 2012 – 2016
- Responsible for the animation of the chair LafargeHolcim – École des Ponts ParisTech. 2009 – present
- Elected member of the Conseil d’Enseignement et de Recherche of École des Ponts ParisTech. 2009 – 2012
Education
- 2008: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2004: M.Eng. in Civil Engineering, École des Ponts ParisTech
- 2004: M.Eng. in Engineering, École Polytechnique
- 2003: M.Sc. in Mechanics of Materials and Structures, École des Ponts ParisTech
- 2002: Bachelor in Engineering, École Polytechnique