Gérard Gremaud

Professor Emeritus
Fields of expertise
See:
https://gerardgremaud.ch/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/G_Gremaud?ev=hdr_xprf
http://mechanical-spectroscopy.epfl.ch/page-71047.html
Biography
Gérard Gremaud was born in Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1949. After classical studies at College St Michel in Fribourg, he received his diploma in physics engineering in 1974 and his PhD in 1981 at EPFL. From this date, he became responsible for research at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne). He is then co-responsible for the Mechanical Spectroscopy Laboratory at the Institute of Physics of Complex Materials. In 2002, he became also chief of the service of physics teaching laboratories and physics classroom demonstrations of EPFL. In 2005, he obtained the title of Professor of EPFL. From 1976, he was teaching in the fields of acoustics, vibrations, metallurgical physics, thermodynamics, dislocation theory, metrology, physics laboratories, and of basic physics (mechanics, thermodynamics and introduction to quantum physics) and physics demonstrations. Since 2012, he is honorary professor of EPFL. He was active in a variety of research fields : dislocation dynamics, structural phase transitions, mechanical and tribological properties at nanoscale, and mechanical properties of vibrated granular materials (mechanical-spectroscopy). In these fields, he has directed about ten PhD thesis. He is the author of numerous theoretical models which are largely cited. Specialized in acoustical spectroscopy techniques, he developped several original experimental techniques, such as the US-LF coupling technique (representative publications). His publications include about 130 research papers, 13 book chapters, 6 popular publications, 3 books as editor and 2 books as author. In addition to about 40 invited lectures and conference talks in leading institutions worldwide, he has co-organized several international conferences and summer schools. Member of several scientific societies, he contributes also as referee for numerous scientific journals and several scientific research funding organisations. He was collaborating also during several years to two small companies in Switzerland, as administrator or president. In 2011, Gérard Gremaud has been awarded the Zener prize and Zener Gold medal. This distinction recognizes important contributions in the field of Materials Science and Physics.Publications
Selected publications
G. Gremaud, M. Bujard, W. Benoit J. Appl. Phys., 61, 5, 1795-1805 (1987) |
The coupling technique: A two wave acoustic method for the study of dislocation dynamics |
G. Gremaud, J.-E. Bidaux, W. Benoit Helv. Phys. Acta, 60, 947-958 (1987) |
Etude � basse fr�quence des pics de frottement int�rieur associ�s � une transition de phase du 1er ordre |
W. Benoit, G. Gremaud, B. Quenet Mat. Sc. Eng., A164, 42-57 (1993) |
Dislocation and kink dynamics in FCC metals studied by mechanical spectroscopy |
O. Behrend, A. Kulik, G. Gremaud Appl. Phys. Let., 62 (22), 2787-2789 (1993) |
Characterization of thin films using inversion of generalized Lamb waves |
N. A. Burnham, A. J. Kulik, G. Gremaud, G.A.D. Briggs Phys. Rev. Let., 74 (25), 5092-5095 (1995) |
Nanosubharmonics: The Dynamics of Small Nonlinear Contacts |
F. Oulevey, G. Gremaud, A. Semoroz, A. J. Kulik, N. A. Burnham, E. Dupas, D. Gourdon Rev. Sci. Instrum. , 69, 5, 2085-2094 (1998) |
Local mechanical spectroscopy with nanometer-scale lateral resolution |
G. Gremaud, S. Kustov Phys. Rev. B, 60, 13, 9353-9364 (1999) |
Theory of dislocation-solute atom interactions in solid solutions and related non-linear anelasticity |
G. Gremaud In "Mechanical Spectroscopy", chapter 3.3, Materials Science Forum, vol. 366-368, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland (2001) , p. 178-247 |
Dislocation-point defects interactions |
G. D'Anna, G. Gremaud Nature, 413, 407-409 (2001) |
The jamming route to the glass-state in weakly perturbed granular media |
G. D'Anna, G. Gremaud Phys. Rev. Let., 87, 25, 254302-1-4 (2001) |
Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann Type Diffusive Slowdown in Weakly Perturbed Granular Media |
G. Gremaud Mat. Sc. Eng., A370, 191-198 (2004) |
Overview on dislocation-point defect interaction: the brownian picture of dislocation motion |
R. Szoszkiewicz, B. Bhushan, B. D. Huey, A. J. Kulik, G. Gremaud J. Appl. Phys., 99, 014310 (2006) |
Adhesion hysteris and friction at nanometer and micrometer lengths |
S. Kustov, E. Cesari, G. Gremaud Materials Science and Engineering A, 432 (2006) 390-397 |
Non-linear Anelasticity of Topological Vortex Matter in Martensites |
P. Mayor, G. D�Anna, G. Gremaud, A. Barrat, V. Loreto Materials Science and Engineering A, 432 (2006) 256-262 |
Mechanical spectroscopy of vibrated granular matter |
G. Gremaud Materials Science & Engineering A (2008), doi:10.1016/j.msea.2008.09.131 |
Theory of plasticity and anelasticity due to dislocation creep through a multi-scale hierarchy of obstacles |
Alessandro L Sellerio, Daniele Mari and G�erard Gremaud J. Stat. Mech. (2012) P01002 |
Fractional Brownian motion and anomalous diffusion in vibrated granular materials |
Gianfranco D'Anna, Alessandro Luigi Sellerio,
Daniele Mari and G�rard Gremaud J. Stat. Mech. (2013) P05009 |
Friction and Hertzian contact in granular glass |
G. Gremaud Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne 2013, 751 pages, ISBN 978-2-88074-964-4 |
Th�orie eul�rienne des milieux d�formables-Charges de dislocation et d�sinclinaison dans les solides |
G. Gremaud arXiv:1407.1227 [physics.class-ph] |
On local space-time of loop topological defects in a newtonian lattice |
G. Gremaud Lausanne, 7 Jul 2014, traduction fran�aise de arXiv:1407.1227 [physics.class-ph] |
DE L�ESPACE-TEMPS LOCAL DES DEFAUTS TOPOLOGIQUES EN BOUCLE DANS UN RESEAU NEWTONIEN |
Gérard Gremaud Amazon, Charleston (USA), 2016, 660 pages, ISBN 978-2-8399-1940-1 |
Univers et Matière conjecturés comme un Réseau Tridimensionnel avec des Singularités Topologiques |
Gérard Gremaud Amazon, Charleston (USA), 2016, 646 pages, ISBN 978-2-8399-1934-0 |
Universe and Matter conjectured as a 3-dimensional Lattice with Topological Singularities |
G. Gremaud Amazon, Charleston (USA), 2016, 312 pages, ISBN 978-2-8399-1943-2 |
Eulerian theory of newtonian deformable lattices – dislocation and disclination charges in solids |
Gérard Gremaud Journal of Modern Physics, 7, 1389-13 |
Universe and Matter Conjectured as a 3-Dimensional Lattice with Topological Singularities |
G. Gremaud arXiv :1610.00753 [physics.gen-ph] |
Maxwell’s equations as a special case of deformation of a solid lattice in Euler’s coordinate |