Finite Element Simulation of Heat Transfer

Jean-Michel Bergheau is presently Director of Research at Ecole Nationale d'ingenieurs de Saint-Etienne and head of the Computational Mechanics research group of the Laboratory of Tribology and Systems Dynamics. His research interests concern the modeling of coupled physical phenomena applied to the numerical simulation of manufacturing processes such as welding, heat treatment and machining, and the understanding of the mechanical phenomena involved in interfaces.

Roland Fortunier conducted research abroad, in Germany and Canada, of the nuclear and the steel industry. He was appointed Professor of the Ecole des Mines in France in 1995.