Vincent Baltazart

I am a research scientist (CR) at Université Gustave Eiffel (formerly Ifsttar) in Nantes.

Research interests / field of activity

• GPR signal processing for subsurface survey, fault detection and characterization
• Image processing for monitoring the surface conditions of civil engineering materials
• Vibration-based SHM from video flows
• Sensors

Short bio

I received the PhD degree in signal processing and telecommunications from the University of Rennes I, France, in 1994. From 1992 to 1993, I worked on modelling ionospheric propagation at IPS Radio and Space Services in Sydney. From 1994 to 1996, I worked on microwave remote sensing techniques at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. In 1996, I joined the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, as a researcher in the field of optical sensors for civil engineering applications. In 2001, I moved to Ifsttar-Nantes for successively using signal and image processing for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E), and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applications within two different teams.  Ifsttar became Université Gustave Eiffel (UGE) in 2020.

PhD student supervision

• GPR signal processing
  • 2019-23, Bachir Tankeu
  • 2016-19, Shreedhar Todkar
  • 2007-10, Khaled Chahine
  • 2004-07, Cédric Le Bastard
• Video-based SHM
  • 2021-24, Zhilei Luo, in progress
  • 2018-21, Bian Xiong
• Crack segmentation within pavement images
  • 2016-19, Wissam Kaddah
  • 2011-14, Rabih Amhaz
• Sensors
  • 2018-22, Martin Fontaine

Recent projects

• 2019-23, ANR project Acimp
• 2018-21, Desdemona project
• 2011-14, TRIMM project

Contact

UGE – Campus de Nantes
Allée des Ponts et Chaussées
44340 Bouguenais

e-mail: vincent.baltazart(at)univ-eiffel.fr

Publications