Modelling and Simulation of Materials Processing
Damien Tourret received an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from INSA Toulouse (France) in 2006 and a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from École des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech, France) in 2009. In 2017, he joined IMDEA Materials Institute to lead the research group on Modelling and Simulation of Materials Processing. He is currently the Institute's Deputy Director.
Before joining IMDEA Materials, Damien was a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL, Los Alamos, NM, USA) from 2014 to 2017. He also held postdoctoral positions at the German Aerospace Center (DLR, Cologne, Germany) from 2010 to 2011 and at Northeastern University (Boston, MA, USA) from 2011 to 2014.
Research Interests
His main research interests revolve around linking materials processing routes to microstructures and properties, with a particular emphasis on multi-scale modelling of solidification and phase transformations in metallurgical processing of metals and alloys.
- Linking materials processing, structures, and properties
- Microstructure selection, growth, and evolution in structural materials
- Solidification processing (e.g. casting, welding, additive manufacturing)
- Computational modeling and simulation, using phase-field and multiscale approaches
- In situ imaging of metals and alloys microstructure (e.g. X-ray radio-/tomography)
Professional and Academic Career
- 2025 – Present: Deputy Director at IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
- 2017 – Present: Researcher at IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
- 2020 – Present: Adjunct Professor at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
- 2014 – 2017: Postdoctoral Director’s Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
- 2011 – 2014: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northeastern University, USA
- 2010 – 2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, German Aerospace Center – DLR, Germany
- 2006 – 2009: Research Assistant, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
- 2006: Research Assistant, EDF R&D, France
Education
- 2006 – 2009: Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, MINES ParisTech, France
- 2005 – 2006: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France
- 2000-2005: B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France
Fellowships and Awards
- 2020: Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
- 2020: MPMD Young Leader Professional Development Award, TMS
- 2019: Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission
- 2015: Postdoctoral Director’s Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
- 2014: Top Discoveries in Microgravity Award by The American Astronautical Society
- 2010: Grant for Young European Materials Science and Engineering Scientists from the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the German Federation of Materials Science and Engineering (BV MatWerk) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2006: PhD Fellowship by the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (MENRT)
Committees and Professional Activities
- Review Board, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
- Scientific Board, International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes (ICASP)
- Solidification Committee of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
- International symposia organisation:
- Frontiers in Solidification Science and Engineering at TMS 2018 (Phoenix, AZ, USA, March 2018);
- Phase-Field Methods in Science and Engineering at SES 2018 (Madrid, Spain, October 2018);
- Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics at TMS 2019 (San Antonio, TX, USA, March 2019);
- In Situ Characterization of Dynamic Phenomena During Materials Synthesis at MRS Fall 2019 (Boston, MA, USA, December 2019);
- Interface-driven Phenomena in Condensed Matter Systems: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Chemistry at MMM 2020 (Baltimore, MD, USA, Oct 2020)
