Nicolas Candau

Nicolas Candau Laboratoire MATEIS INSA de LYON 7 avenue Jean Capelle Villeurbanne France 69621 Email: nicolas.candau@insa-lyon.fr Biographical Sketch: I am graduated from the engineer school ENSMA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’aéronautique) located in POITIERS, FRANCE. During my last year as an undergraduate student I specialized in material sciences including polymer science. I am currently a PhD student in the laboratory MATEIS at INSA de LYON. I work on strain induced crystallization of natural rubber and its applications at high frequencies and large deformations of solicitations. We have yet participated to several meetings concerning rubber mechanics and polymer science (ECCMR 2011 and DYFP 2012). Our first results relating to the strain induced crystallization of natural rubber have been accepted in the journal Polymer. We are about to present new results witch surely interest the rubber community.