Victor Lefèvre

Victor Lefèvre is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, affiliated with the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Graduate Program. His expertise lies in advanced materials science, particularly in modeling the mechanical and multi-physics behavior of heterogeneous materials.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
• Ecole Polytechnique Diploma, France

Research focuses on developing analytical and computational tools to predict the macroscopic behavior of smart materials such as dielectric elastomers, magnetoactive composites, and porous elastomers. Applications span robotics and medical technologies. His work emphasizes large deformation responses to mechanical, electric, and magnetic stimuli.

Key research themes include homogenization techniques, nonlinear electroelasticity, and composite material modeling. Recent publications explore viscoelasticity, magnetoelastic response, and graphene mechanics.

Scientific awards include the Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Award (2018) and Hibbitt Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017).

Teaching includes courses on mechanics of composite materials, heterogeneous solids, and constitutive modeling of soft materials.