David Chapelle

Dr. David CHAPELLE is a Full Professor in materials and mechanical engineering at FEMTO ST Institute, part of Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, in Besançon, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Material Sciences (Mines Saint-Etienne, Jean-Monnet University) and he obtained accreditation to conduct research (HDR, in 2013) in Engineering Sciences and Microtechnologies (Franche-Comté University, France). He has over twenty years academic and industrial experience in mechanical engineering, material sciences. He performed extensive research on mechanical response of composite materials and their prediction especially on the problem of structural design. In 2008, with three colleagues, he co-founded the company MAHYTEC for Materials Hydrogen TEChnology.