LaBoMaP Directory Academics MSE Team
COTTON Dominique
Published on October 24, 2022 – Updated on August 24, 2026
Associate Professor
Teaching fields
- Plastic deformations (forging and sheet metal forming)
Research fields
Hybrid processes- Surface treatments: PVD + nitriding
- Bulk processing: powder forging (metal powders)
Technical and methodological skills
- Definition of manufacturing routes, forging trials under semi-industrial conditions (bulk products and sheet metals)
- Instrumentation for force and temperature measurements, analysis of results
- Definition of boundary conditions applied to numerical forging simulations (friction, heat transfer, etc.)
- Numerical simulations using FORGE NXT 4.1 software
Thesis Topic
Study of the formation of tantalum hemicarbide (Ta₂C) via a carburizing process under reduced pressure (2012-2015) with CEA
Research fields
Thermochemical treatments, carburizing, diffusion
