David Chapelle

Dr. David CHAPELLE is a Full Professor in materials and mechanical engineering at The FEMTO ST Institute, part of Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, in Besançon, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Material Sciences (Mines Saint-Etienne, Jean-Monnet University, France) and he obtained accreditation to conduct research (HDR, in 2013) in Engineering Sciences and Microtechnologies (Franche-Comté University, France). He has over fifteen years academic and industrial experience in mechanical engineering, material sciences. He performed extensive research on mechanical response of composite materials and their prediction especially on the problem of structural design. Since ten years, he also studies the physical and mechanical behavior of metallic materials while submitted to hydrogen gas. Motivation of this research lies on the hydrogen storage application whether it is to store the gas under compressed form or the so-called solid form. He has authored or co-authored over 40 refereed journal and conference publications. He is a member of several national and international conference program committees focused on mechanical topics.

In 2008, with three colleagues, he co-founded the company MAHYTEC for Materials Hydrogen TEChnology which aims at promoting and developing hydrogen storage solutions and more generally hydrogen systems. He acts as a scientific advisor for over ten years and is involved in several development and research projects.