LaBoMaP Directory Academics HSM Team

FROMENTIN Guillaume

Published on October 24, 2022 Updated on September 17, 2026

Full professor

2004 - PhD in Arts et Métiers Institue of Technology
2005 - Post in EPFL Switzerland
2014 - Visiting Professor RWTH Aachen Germany
Since 2016 Full Professor in Arts et Métiers Institue of Technology

Teaching fields

Machining,Production system design.

Projects

  • JENII
  • ELF

Research fields

  • Advanced machining technology (turning, milling, 5 axis milling, turn-milling, skiving)
  • Machinability : hard steek, titanium and nickel alloy, CMC
  • Cutting fundamentals: thermals aspect and kinematic field
  • Modelling of machining operations
  • Surface integrity and quality, burr formation
  • Part distortion and precise machining
  • Machining monitoring and supervision

Current thesis supervision


Technical and methodological skills

  • Cutting mechanics
  • Extended modelling of cutting forces using edge discretisation
  • Design and analysis of complex experiments
  • Multiphysical instrumentation for cutting and machinery (force, power, temperature, displacement, vibration, field measurements)
  • Metallurgical characterisation in relation to surface integrity during machining
  • Friction and cutting fluid

Distinctions and awards

Pierre Bézier Thesis award in 2005