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Louis Denaud is a Full Professor and Director of LaBoMaP (Laboratory of Mechanical and Physical Properties of Materials) at Arts et Métiers ParisTech. His work focuses on the mechanical and physical characterization of wood and engineered wood products, with emphasis on non-destructive evaluation and sustainable applications in structural engineering.
His research spans Wood Science, Materials Engineering, and Non-Destructive Testing. Key interests include X-ray and terahertz imaging for wood property analysis, deep learning applications for defect detection in veneers, mechanical grading of heterogeneous wood materials, and sustainable wood composites for structural applications. He investigates fiber orientation effects on mechanical behavior, optical characterization via the tracheid effect, and processing parameter optimization for veneer production.
Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals dominant trends in integrating advanced imaging techniques (terahertz, X-ray, hyperspectral) with machine learning for wood characterization, alongside significant focus on sustainable wood utilization in mobility applications and mechanical grading for stiffness-optimized structural beams. His work bridges fundamental wood physics with industrial applications in plywood, LVL, and agroforestry systems.
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As Director of LaBoMaP (research unit EA3633), Denaud leads a team specializing in wood mechanics and non-destructive testing. The laboratory conducts research on wood drying processes, veneer production parameters, terahertz densitometry (BOOST project), optical wood characterization (WOOPS project), and sustainable wood composites for structural applications.
