M. TARDY Erwan

Links:

• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
• ORCID

• hydrogen production/conversion
• energy storage
• sustainable materials
• electrochemical systems
  • AEM/PEM electrolyzers & fuel cells
  • Membrane-electrode assembly (MEA)
  • Li-ion batteries

• coupled phenomena (heat/mass/charge transfer)
• two-phase flow (Euler-Euler description, volume-averaged equations)
• multi-scale modeling development (pore-level transport, representative elementary volume (REV), system-level performance)

• parametric studies (operating conditions, material properties, electrochemical parameters, geometric optimization)
• model validation (experimental/numerical results comparison, benchmark)
• image processing (segmentation with machine learning, 3D reconstruction from tomography/SEM data)

• Main Supervisor: Prof. Yann Bultel (INP Grenoble)
• Co-Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier (CEA-LITEN)
• Defense: Public defense on December 10, 2021
• Thesis Title: Investigation of liquid water heterogeneities in large area PEM fuel cells using a two-phase flow multiphysics model.

• President: Prof. Laurent Davoust (INP Grenoble)
• Reviewers:
  • Prof. Sophie Didierjean (University of Lorraine)
  • Dr. Marc Prat (Research Director, Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse – IMFT)

2015 - 2017

Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP Grenoble) – ENSE³ (Graduate School of sustainable engineering for Energy, Water and Environment)

Graduated with Honors

2012 – 2014
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

INSA Rouen (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées)

• Undergraduate Engineering (2009–2012): STPI (Sciences & Techniques for Engineering)
• Engineering Specializations (2012–2014): Mechanical Engineering

2018 – Present
Teaching Assistant
Institution: ENSE³ – INP Grenoble
Location: Grenoble, France
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lecturer and Teaching Assistant for undergraduate (BSc) and graduate (MSc) students (Bac+3 to Bac+5) in:
  • Heat and Mass Transfers
  • Generation and Storage
  • Energies for Ecodistricts
  • Fundamentals of Physics
• Course Development:
  • Designed lecture notes, problem sets (TD), and exams for 5+ modules.
  • Supervised student projects (e.g., numerical simulations).

Qualification: Accredited as Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences – MCF) by the French National University Council (CNU, Section 62: Energetics & Process Engineering) in 2022.
Teaching Volume: 168 hours of tutorials (TD equivalent) + 20 hours of lectures (CTD).
 

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software:

• Modeling: COMSOL Multiphysics^® (expert), ANSYS FLUENT^® (advanced).
• Programming: MATLAB^® (intermediate).
• Imaging: Dragonfly^® (intermediate), imageJ (intermediate).
• Documentation: Microsoft Office Suite (advanced), Zotero (proficient)

Languages: French (native), English (intermediate, B2)

• 7 published articles in indexed journals
• 2 manuscripts in preparation

• +10 international presentations (competitive selection)
• 2 national presentations
• 2 upcoming national presentations
• 7 scientific day contributions (seminars/workshops)