Fridrici Vincent

Vincent Fridrici became an engineer in 1999 and then a doctor in 2002 at the École Centrale de Lyon, following a thesis carried out at LTDS, in partnership with Safran Aircraft Engines (Snecma Moteurs at the time). He became a teacher-researcher in materials and tribology in 2003. From 2008 to 2018, he was Deputy Director of the Department of Materials and Surface Sciences and Techniques (STMS), then Director of the Professional Teaching Unit (UE Pro) from 2011 to 2016. At the same time, he co-led the École Centrale de Lyon teaching evaluation committee from 2016 to 2022.

Since 2018, he has been in charge of Centrale Lyon continuing education activities related to tribology, materials and surfaces. He is very involved in relations with Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan), since 2022, director of the International Research Network ELyT Global between CNRS, Tohoku University, Centrale Lyon and INSA de Lyon. He is also a member of the organizing committee of World Tribology Congress in 2022.

Research projects

• "Wear resistance and repair of metal parts obtained by additive manufacturing (LMD process)", thesis supervisor, in collaboration with LMS-X, project funded by SNCF and DGA.
• "Matériaux Augmentés pour le fricTion stiR welding des ACiers" / MATRAC, post-doc supervisor, RAPID project funded by the DGA, in collaboration with TRA-C and SinterMat.
• "Tribology of PA66 or fiber-reinforced composite / steel contact under grease lubrication", thesis supervisor, project funded by JTEKT corporation (Japan).
• "Investigation and characterization of low environmental impact materials for tribology", post-doc supervisor, France Relance ANR project in partnership with GGB.
• "Development of bone biomodels for drilling", thesis supervisor in international co-supervision, with Tohoku University, with funding from the Manutech-SISE labex.

Scientific manager of research contracts and services with numerous French and foreign companies, in the transport, materials and luxury goods sectors.

Training activities

• From matter to materials: structure and properties (core AF of Materials Engineering UE)
• Damage and ruin of materials (in-depth module)
• Biomechanics of living tissues and prosthetic biomaterials (in-depth module)
• Selection of materials (elective module, taught in English)
• Engineering for health (elective module)
• CLIC Centrale Lyon Innovation Camp
• WEEX on hydrogen