Charles-André Gandin (born 1967), research fellow with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), presently works at the Centre for Material Forming (CEMEF) of the Ecole des Mines de Paris (ENSMP). He received his doctorate degree in materials science from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 1994. His field of research is modelling of solidification processes, including structure, segregation and properties. He has authored and co-authored more than 80 publications. Within the last five years his publications show collaborations with colleagues in Brazil, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland and France. He is active as a reviewer for several international journals as well as a coordinator and initiator of two European projects. His research was awarded by the French Society for Materials and Metallurgy (SF2M) in 2002, the Federation for European Materials Society (FEMS) in 1999 and The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) in 1997.

Selected publications last 5 years:

A. Prasad, H. Henein, E. Maire, Ch. A. Gandin. Understanding the rapid solidification of Al 4.3Cu and Al 17Cu using X Ray Tomography. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 37A (2006) 249-257.

G. Guillemot, Ch. A. Gandin, H. Combeau, R. Heringer. A New Cellular Automaton - Finite Element Coupling Scheme for Alloy Solidification. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 12 (2004) 545-556.

G. Heiberg, Ch. A. Gandin, H. Goerner, L. Arnberg. Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Thermal Conditions and Magnesium, Iron and Copper Content on the Morphology of the Aluminum Silicon Eutectic in Hypoeutectic Aluminium Silicon Alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 35A (2004) 2981-2991.

R. Heringer, Ch.-A. Gandin, G. Lesoult, H. Henein. Modeling of Heat and Solute Flows during Solidification of Droplets. Solidification and Crystallization, Editor D. M. Herlach, Wiley VCH (2004) pp. 70-81.

M. Rappaz, A. Jacot, Ch. A. Gandin. Modeling of dendritic grain formation during solidification at the level of macro- and microstructures. Continuum Scale Simulation of Engineering Materials: Fundamentals - Microstructures - Process Applications, Editors D. Raabe, F. Roters, F. Barlat, L. Q. Chen, Wiley-VCH (2004) pp. 251-267.

G. Lesoult, Ch. A. Gandin, N. T. Niane. Segregation during Solidification with Spongy Deformation of the Mushy Zone. Acta Materialia 51 (2003) 5263 5283, 52 (2004) 531.

M. A. Martorano, C. Beckermann, Ch. A. Gandin. A Solutal Interaction Mechanism for the Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Alloy Solidification. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 34A (2003) 1657-1674.

Ch. A. Gandin, G. Guillemot, B. Appolaire, N. T. Niane. Boundary layer correlation for dendrite tip growth with fluid flow. Material Science and Engineering A342 (2003) 44 50, A354 (2003) 387.

Ch. A. Gandin, Y. Bréchet, M. Rappaz, G. Canova, M. Ashby, H. Shercliff. Modelling of Solidification and Heat Treatment for the Prediction of Yield Stress of Cast Alloys. Acta Materialia 50 (2002) 901-927.