N. Mesnier Bio sketch

Nicolas Mesnier, PhD

I am a teacher of mechanical engineering (Professeur agrégé in GPGE) interested in computing, and more generally anything that a good hacker would find interesting. That also includes research in continuum mechanics and mechanobiology or popularization of science and technology.

Fields of interest

Systems administration and programming;
Theoretical continuum mechanics and thermodynamics;
Mechanobiology of cell and tissue (''living mechanics'');
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Personnal data

Born October 27, 1982 in France. French & European citizen.
2 children (2014, 2017).

Education

Ph.D., Mechanics, Grenoble Univ., Grenoble, France – June 2011.
Agrégation de Mécanique (French teaching qualification in mechanics) – June 2007.
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Saint-Étienne Univ., Saint-Étienne, France – October 2006.
Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, ENISE, Saint-Étienne, France – June 2006.
Baccalauréat (French High-school Diploma) – June 2000.

Academic experience

2019–	Qualified engineering teacher in GPGE MPSI and PCSI (undergrad. sect.), lycée Jean Perrin, Lyon, France.
2012–2019	Qualified engineering teacher in GPGE PTSI, lycée Jules Ferry, Versailles, France.
2011–2012	Teaching & Research associate (ATER), Grenoble IT—ENSE3 & 3S-R lab., Grenoble, France.
2008–2011	Teaching assistant, Grenoble IT—ENSE3, Grenoble, France.
2007–2011	Research assistant, TIMC-IMAG lab., Grenoble, France.
2006–2008	Normalien (member of the ENS), Electromechanical dept., ENS Rennes (formely part of ENS Cachan), Bruz, France.
2005–2006	Graduate researcher, LTDS lab., Saint-Étienne, France.

Honors & Awards

Selected to be listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2010) & in Medicine (2011)
Normalien specific Scholarship, 2008–2011.

Skills

Language: French (mother tongue) and English (professional)
Programming: knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems, C & Fortran language
Scientific computing programs: Matlab, scilab, octave, Maple, xcas
FE simulations: Comsol multiphysics, Ansys, Abaqus
Image analysis: Image J

Contact

location:	(near) Lyon, France
e-mail:
(this) URL:	http://nmesnier.free.fr/