Jean-Baptiste Leblond receives the Koiter Medal
Jean-Baptiste Leblond, Pr Emérite de SU de l’Institut ∂’Alembert UMR 7190, a reçu la médaille Koiter.
Born in 1957, Jean-Baptiste Leblond studied physics in Ecole Normale Superieure and Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, where he got his PhD in 1984. He then switched to mechanics of deformable solids. He became Associate Professor at Ecole Polytechnique in 1985, then Full Professor at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (now part of Sorbonne Universite) in 1988. He was elected a Corresponding Member in 1997, and a full Member in 2005, of the Academie des Sciences, Section des Sciences Mecaniques et Informatiques. He became an Emeritus Professor at Sorbonne Universite in 2021, but continues his research activities in this new position. In addition, he has always pursued, since the beginning of his career, close cooperations with the mechanical and metallurgical industries.
He is best known for his works on transformation plasticity of metals and alloys, brittle fracture and ductile fracture, but his research interests also include phase transformations of steels, finite element simulations of thermomechanical treatments (welding, quenching, tempering), problems of nonlinear diffusion in solids (including internal oxidation of metals and alloys), and advanced numerical methods in solid mechanics.
The Warner T. Koiter Medal, established in 1996, is bestowed in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of solid mechanics with special emphasis on the effective blending of theoretical and applied elements of the discipline, and on a high degree of leadership in the international solid mechanics community.
The award was funded by the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, to honor Warner T. Koiter for his fundamental work in nonlinear stability of structures in the most general sense, for his diligence in the effective application of these theories, his international leadership in mechanics, and his effectiveness as a teacher and researcher.