Prof. Damien SOULAT

Damien SOULAT is currently Full Professor at the “Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles” (ENSAIT) and the GEMTEX laboratory. Besides, Damien SOULAT is also Expert for ANR (French National Research Agency), ADEME (French National Agency for the Energy), NSERCC(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), HCERES (High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education), ESF (European Science Foundation) and reviewer for a lot of novel international journals.

Up to now, he has 116 Peer reviewed international publications, 11 Book chapters, 1 Patents, 219 Publication in Proceedings of National and International Conferences and 66 Communications in National and International Conferences (without Proceedings).

Research interests:

• Textile and composite materials
• Manufacturing
• Characterization and modelling reinforcements of composite materials
• Manufacturing process of composites
• Behaviour laws: experimental identification and models
• Finite element simulation
• Natural fibres;

Prof. Damien SOULAT's contribution to the Chair and other Chair members will gain new studies about Explainable Artificial Intelligence applications in intelligent wearable systems, manufacturing, and healthcare areas. His own studies and studies at the International Chair perfectly align to reach Industry 5.0 in the future.