Professors Charbel Farhat and Dimitris Lagoudas receive honorary doctorates fromArts et Métiers.
"Arts et Métiers honor international figures who have strong ties to the school and who are recognized for the excellence of their research work," explains Audrey Stewart, Director of International and European Development. The title of Doctor Honoris Causa symbolizes the excellent international collaborations thatArts et Métiers around the world and will contribute to the school's reputation and attractiveness on the international stage."
Two individuals were chosen by the institution to receive this title:
- Professor Charbel Farhat, Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University (sponsor: Francisco Chinesta).
Charbel Farhat is recognized as a world leader in the field of numerical simulation, developing mathematical models, algorithms, and cutting-edge software for the design and analysis of complex mechanical systems in aeronautics and the naval industry. He is one of the key figures behind the NASA shuttle parachute that landed on Mars. His team developed new high-fidelity modeling tools to simulate the dynamics of supersonic parachute inflation.
Charbel Farhat has forged strong collaborations with researchersArts et Métiers, notably with Professor Francisco Chinesta of the PIMM laboratory: hosting researchers at Stanford and co-supervising theses at theArts et Métiers Doctoral School.
- Professor Dimitris Lagoudas, Senior Vice Chancellor for Engineering Research, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and Deputy Director of the Texas A&M Experiment Station (TEES) at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (sponsor: Fodil Meraghni).
His research team is one of the most internationally recognized in the field of modeling and characterization of shape memory alloys. The theoretical models developed by his research group have been implemented and integrated into finite element analysis software, which has been used by academic institutions around the world as well as by industry and government.
Dimitris Lagoudas has strong relationships with researchersArts et Métiers, particularly with Professor Fodil Meraghni's team at the LEM3 laboratory on the Metz campus.
This strong collaboration, which began nearly 30 years ago, has grown over the years with multiple research projects and visits by researchers, doctoral students, and postdocs, the co-supervision of students working on theses or projects, the co-organization of conferences, and co-publications. Finally, Dimitris Lagoudas strongly supported the creation of "AM²," a strategic partnership in smart manufacturing between A&M and Texas AM, led by the Aix-en-Provence campus.
The ceremony to award Charbel Farhat an honorary doctorate took place on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, on the Paris campus, while the ceremony for Dimitris Lagoudas took place on January 16, 2023, also on the Paris campus.
The first two honorary doctors ofArts et Métiers
In 2011, Arts et Métiers honorary doctorates to two individuals for the first time:
- Éric Benhamou (Aix72), entrepreneur (CEO of 3Com, PalmOS) and president of the American Friends of Arts et Métiers(AFAM) Foundation, PhD in financial mathematics.
- Horst Hippler, professor, president of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2012, president of the German Rectors' Conference since 2012, president of Eucor in 2003 and 2011.
