Martin Lévesque is professor at the department of mechanical engineering of Polytechnique Montreal since October 2005. He is the holder for the Canada research chair (tier II) on the multi-scale modelling of advance aerosapce materials. Pr. Lévesque is conducting research work in the field of the mechanics of materials. He works on living tissues, polymers, composites and metallic materials. He develops tools linking the microstructure to the in-service properties.