Claude Perdigou Third year PhD student	Contact info : Mail : Address : Institut d'Alembert UPMC 4 place Jussieu, case 162 75252 Paris Cedex 05
Research	I am a PhD student in Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert with Basile Audoly. I am developing a numerical framework based on libmesh to study the behaviour of thin elastic structures. My work is thus both theoritical and numerical. My first years of PhD studies were devoted to understanding the usage of the libmesh library, and using it on two distinct elasticity problems. One concerning spherical elastic shells and the other a viscous fluid. As every PhD student I learn quite a lot during my everyday's work, and I'll try to share the things I think useful for others on the tips page of my website.
Teaching	During my second year of PhD I was a teaching assistant in math for senior mechanical engineering undergrads. I also taught dynamics of solid bodies to sophomores. During my third year I'll remain a teaching assistant in math, but I'll also teach fluid dynamics practicals.
Publications
	The Buckliball: buckling-induced encapsulation Jongmin Shim, Claude Perdigou, Elizabeth R. Chen, Katia Bertoldi, Pedro M. Reis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109, 16 (2012) We introduce a class of continuum shell structures, the Buckliball, which undergoes folding induced by buckling under pressure loading. [html, PDF]
Internship reports
	Evolutionary robotics, dynamical behaviour characterization With Stephane Doncieux, second year master's degree internship [PDF (in french)]
	Geometrically induced rigidity of thin shells and Negative Poisson's ratio structures With Pedro M. Reis, first year master's degree internship [PDF]