Yves Bréchet () (born October 12, 1961) is a physicist, specialist of materials science, former

High Commissioner for Atomic Energy The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission or CEA ( French: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), is a French public government-funded research organisation in the areas of energy, defense and securit ...

of France, current Scientific Director of

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, professor (part-time) at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

, and a member of the

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Biography

Yves Bréchet graduated from

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(1981),

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(1992) and obtained his doctoral degree and

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from

Joseph Fourier University Joseph Fourier University (UJF, french: Université Joseph Fourier, also known as Grenoble I) was a French university situated in the city of Grenoble and focused on the fields of sciences, technologies and health. It is now part of the Universit ...

in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He has been a full professor at Grenoble INP/ Phelma between 1987 and 2012, an adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...

(Canada), a senior Research Professor at the

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, and a member of the SIMaP (Materials and Processes Science and Engineering) Laboratory with the

University of Grenoble The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...

. On 30 November 2010 he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences.Press Release (in French)
from the French Academy of Sciences (November 30, 2010) He has been a member of the international scientific council of

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and the

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, and a scientific advisor to

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and

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, as well as several editing boards of scientific journals On 19 September 2012 he was named to the position of High Commissioner for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies by the

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, succeeding Catherine Cesarsky. He resigned from this position in 2018, and is now Scientific director of

, while keeping a position as Distinguished Research professor at Monash university, adjunct professor at McMaster university and advisory professor at Jiaotong university. Since 2018 he has been giving a course on "Scientific analysis for political decisions" at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. He is also president of the Scientific council of

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, and president of the scientific council of the non-profit "Maisons pour les Sciences" foundation for scientific education founded by

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Research activities

His activities have spanned the fields of physical metallurgy, thermodynamics, microstructures, phase transformations, plasticity, fracture micromechanics, material selection, structural materials design, biointerfaces, structural biomimetics. He has written more than 600 papers, co-authored 6 books and supervised more than 80 doctoral students..

Honors and awards

* Pechiney Prize of the

(1990) * Gledden Fellowship,

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

(1993) * Materials Science and Technology Prize of FEMS (1995) * Körber European Science Award (1996) together with M. Ashby and M. Rappaz * Junior Fellow of the

(1992–1997) * Weinberg Lecture,

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

, Canada (2003) * Sawamura and Guimaraes awards from ISIJ, Japan (2006) * Cohen Lectures,

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

(2006) * D.K.McDonald Lecture, Canada (2007) *

CNRS Silver Medal The CNRS Silver Medal is a scientific award given every year to about fifteen researchers by the French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherch ...

(2009) * Max Planck Lecture,

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Founded on 18 March 2011, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) is one of the 86 research institutes of the Max Planck Society. With locations in Stuttgart and Tübingen, it combines interdisciplinary research in the growing ...

, Stuttgart (2009) * Thermec Distinguished award (2009) * Senior Fellow of the

* Chevalier de la

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(2010) * Lee Hsun Research Award, China (2010) * Henry Marion Howe Medal (2010) * Prix Gay-Lussac-Humboldt (2010) * Member of the

(2010) * Member of the

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(2011) * Wolf-Ramanujan lecture () (2012) * Docteur Honoris Causa

(2012) * Professor at

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...

, annual chair "Innovation and Technology" (2012–2013) * Grande medaille de la Société Française de Métallurgie et Materiaux (2013) * Cambridge Granta award for excellence in teaching in materials science (2018) *

Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋� ...

"Master Distinguished Lecture" (2018) * Kelly lecture "Armours and Brasiers" (Cambridge 2019) * Docteur Honoris Causa de l'

Université Catholique de Louvain The Université catholique de Louvain (also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It ...

(2019)

Bibliography

* Y. Bréchet, ''Microstructures, Mechanical Properties and Processes'', EUROMAT 99. Volume 3 (2000). * J. Agren, Y. Bréchet, C. Hutchinson, J. Philibert, G. Purdy, ''Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations'', EDP Sciences, 2006 (). * Y. Bréchet, D. Embury, P. Onck, ''Architectured MuItifunctional Materials'', MRS Symposium Proceedings (2009) * M.F. Ashby, D.R.H Jones, Y. Bréchet, J. Courbon, M. Dupeux, "Matériaux. Tome 1, Propriétés, applications et conception", Dunod, 2008 (). * J. Philibert, A. Vignes, Y. Bréchet, P. Combrade, "Métallurgie, du minerai au matériau", Dunod, 2002 (). * Salvo, Y. Bréchet, M.F. Ashby, "Traité des matériaux, Tome 20, Sélection des matériaux et des procédés de mise en œuvre", PPUR, 2001 (). * Y.Brechet, Lecon inaugurale au college de France " du materiaux de rencontre au materiau sur mesure" (2013) * Y.Estrin, Y.Brechet, J.Dunlop, P.FRatzl "architectured materials" (2019)

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brechet, Yves Living people 1961 births French materials scientists French physicists Members of the French Academy of Sciences École Polytechnique alumni Grenoble Alpes University alumni People from Chamalières Grenoble Institute of Technology faculty