About me

Initially an engineer in high performance computing (computer science, mathematics), I specialized in computational mechanics and materials science during my PhD, my post-doc and my current associate professorship appointments.
Anything related to numerical methods for mechanical modeling of heterogeneous materials and domains interests me.

CV in PDF

FEMS

Along with my research work, I develop a finite element code in C named FEMS, which also embeds data analysis Python scripts. FEMS is freely available under an open license.
FEMS – Finite Element Modeling Software

Experience

Centre for Materials & Processes, IMT Nord Europe, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille

Associate Professor • September 2018 – Present

  • Computational mechanics, finite elements, fast Fourier transform based numerical method
  • Level-set method, phase-field modeling
  • Microstructure meshing, mesh generation and adaption
  • Multiscale methods, reduced order modeling, artificial intelligence for mechanics
  • Flows during composites processing
  • Damage and fracture of composites

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Fellow • December 2016 – July 2018

  • Multiscale modeling of deformation and fracture of complex and/or architectured materials, including additively manufactured metal alloys, unidirectional and woven polymer composites, and filled rubbers
  • Modeling and prediction of process-(micro)structure-mechanical properties links
  • Advisor: Pr. Wing Kam Liu

Education

Centre for Materials & Processes, IMT Nord Europe, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille

Habilitation in Applied Mathematics and Applications of Mathematics • March 2023

  • Thesis entitled Contributions to computational mechanics on modeling of heterogeneous materials
  • Defense jury: Pr. Pierre-Olivier Bouchard (President), Pr. Stéphane Bordas, Pr. Luisa Silva and Pr. Julien Yvonnet (Reviewers), and Pr. Marc Bernacki and Pr. Francisco Chinesta (Examiners)
  • Guarantor: Pr. Chung-Hae Park

Centre for Materials Forming – Mines ParisTech

PhD in Computational Mechanics & Materials Science • October 2013 – November 2016

  • Thesis entitled Three-dimensional numerical modeling of ductile fracture mechanics at the microscale
  • Funding by the CARNOT M.I.N.E.S Institute and the French National Research Agency
  • Defense jury: Pr. Nicolas Moës (President), Pr. R.H.J. Peerlings and Pr. Jean-François Remacle (Reviewers), and Pr. François Hild and Dr. HDR Thilo Morgeneyer (Examiners)
  • Advisors: Pr. Pierre-Olivier Bouchard and Pr. Marc Bernacki

EISTI – Graduate School in Computer Science and Mathematics

MSc in Computer Science and Mathematics Engineering • September 2008 – August 2013

  • Specialized in high performance computing
  • Thesis project entitled Traffic simulation using GPU-accelerated high order discontinuous Galerking and Runge-Kutta discretizations
  • Advisor: Dr. Fikri Hafid

University of Cergy-Pontoise

BSc and MSc Dual Degrees • September 2008 – August 2013

  • MSc in Fundamental Mathematics with Honors
  • BSc in Mathematics with Highest Honors
  • BSc in Computer Science with Highest Honors

Skills

  • Approximation methods: Mixed and stabilized finite elements, fast Fourier transform based numerical methods, mimetic finite differences, finite volumes
  • Numerical methods: Mesh adaption, level-sets, phase-field, multiscale methods, reduced order modeling, deep learning
  • Mechanics: Plasticity, brittle and ductile fracture, micromechanics, interface debonding, two-phase flows
  • Materials: Metal alloys, polymer matrix composites
  • Programming: C/C++, Fortran, Python, Java
  • High performance computing: OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, OpenCL
  • Scientific computing software: Paraview, LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Scilab, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow
  • Languages: French (mother tongue), English (proficient), Punjabi (conversational), Spanish (beginner)

Scientific Awards and Distinctions

  • Laureate (2019), Travel grant for young researchers of the French Mechanics Association and the French National Mechanics Committee (AFM/CNFM)
  • Finalist (2017), PhD Olympiads of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
  • Finalist (2016), PhD Award of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
  • Laureate (2016), PhD Award of the French Computational Structural Mechanics Association (CSMA)

Scientific Record

  • 27 Articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including 12 as first author
  • 3 Special issue articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including 1 as first author
  • 8 Articles in international conference proceedings, including 1 as first author
  • 7 Invited talks, including 7 as presenter
  • 49 Talks in international conferences, including 15 as presenter
  • 31 Talks in national conferences, including 10 as presenter
  • 3 Posters in international conferences, including 1 as presenter

Quotes

  • You can't go walking through Mordor in naught but your skin.

    Samwise Gamgee

  • Dans les entreprises où l’on risque tout, un moment arrive, d’ordinaire, où celui qui mène la partie sent que le destin se fixe. Par un étrange concours, les mille épreuves où il se débat semblent s’épanouir soudain en un épisode décisif. Que celui-ci soit heureux et la fortune va se livrer.

    Charles de Gaulle

  • Le savant n’étudie pas la nature parce que cela est utile ; il l’étudie parce qu’il y prend plaisir et il y prend plaisir parce qu’elle est belle. Si la nature n’était pas belle, elle ne vaudrait pas la peine d’être connue, la vie ne vaudrait pas la peine d’être vécue.

    Henri Poincaré

  • Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France.

    Charles de Gaulle

  • Une des plus grandes illusions qu’on puisse avoir en politique, c’est de croire qu’on a bâti pour l’éternité.

    Jacques Bainville

  • The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

    Muhammad Ali

  • Il y a un pacte vingt fois séculaire entre la grandeur de la France et la liberté du monde.

    Charles de Gaulle

  • Hélas ! le champ des erreurs n’a pas de limites et ce qui fut hier sagesse peut devenir, demain, folie.

    Marc Bloch

  • There's always a bigger fish.

    Qui-Gon Jinn

  • Les hommes passent. La France continue.

    Charles de Gaulle

  • (...) homo sapiens a, au fond, plus peur de la solitude que de la mort.

    Emmanuel Todd

  • Jamais peut-être, mieux qu'au fond de ce gouffre, je n'ai senti ce qu'était, pour le monde, la vocation de la France.

    Charles de Gaulle

  • We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

    Alan Turing

Address

Modesar SHAKOOR
IMT Nord Europe
941 rue Charles Bourseul, CS 10838
59508 Douai Cedex, France