Gakwaya, Augustin

Augustin Gakwaya is a professor of Computational mechanics and Computer aided design and engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Université Laval for more than 25 years. He also works as graduate program director for master of aerospace engineering. He is a mechanical/aerospace engineer, specialized in material modeling and non-linear computational coupled thermo-mechanics, optimization of metal forming process (powder metallurgy, deep drawing, forging, extrusion), shell elements for non linear implicit and explicit FE and meshless (SPH) modeling and technology, evaluation/selection of materials, inverse modeling and identification of material models, integrated forming process modeling and virtual production systems, durability and structural integrity of aerospace composites structures under shock and impact loading. In last five years he successfully lead multi-partners research projects related to: “High velocity impact modeling of composites aircraft structures” (bird strike, hail impact, ballistic limits), “Integrated computational materials engineering for design, process optimization and virtual manufacturing of aerospace components”.