Description du projet
Améliorer les outils de simulation de l’impact sur la tête
Selon l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, les lésions cérébrales traumatiques (LCT) dépasseront bientôt de nombreuses maladies comme principale cause de décès et d’invalidité. Les communautés de l’ingénierie biomédicale et de la médecine subissent une pression croissante pour améliorer les modèles de tête, qui sont essentiels pour développer de meilleurs systèmes de protection. Le projet TBI-WAVES, financé par l’UE, vise à améliorer la modélisation mécanique et informatique des traumatismes crâniens, en mettant l’accent sur la réponse de la matière cérébrale, en tenant compte d’effets souvent négligés. Un deuxième objectif est de développer des outils de simulation de l’impact sur la tête. En tant que programme de formation, le projet aidera le chercheur à devenir chef de file dans ce domaine émergent.
Objectif
During the past decade, the brain has been the subject of numerous studies aimed at understanding its function and its behaviour. An important challenge lies in the prediction and the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), which is a major source of death and disability worldwide. In the mechanics community, important efforts have been dedicated to the mathematical description of the response of brain matter to forces, and to the simulation of traumatic events. Nevertheless, further progress is of utmost importance for applications in biomedical engineering and medicine. In facts, despite clear evidence that dynamic solicitations such as impacts play a crucial role in head traumas, several time-dependent effects are often neglected in the modelling (inertia, fluid content, viscous effects, swelling).
The main goal of the TBI-WAVES project is to improve the mechanical and computational modelling of head traumas. A first aim is to improve the mechanical modelling of brain matter by accounting for the above commonly neglected effects. A second aim is to develop dedicated head impact simulation tools. The problem will be approached from theoretical and numerical perspectives, based both on the applicant’s and the host laboratory’s expertise. The training programme is exhaustive and will allow the applicant to grow as an independent researcher. The proposed research will foster further developments in this direction, a step which is fundamental in healthcare and for the benefit of society.
The applicant is a Franco-German dual citizen, trained in France in applied mathematics, theoretical mechanics, and computational mechanics. He publishes articles in international scientific journals, with topics in applied mathematics and other disciplines. He is requesting funds for two years, to work within Prof. Michel Destrade’s team at NUI Galway. A six-month secondment at the University of Trento is planned.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
H91 Galway
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