Dominique Certon

Dominique Certon (Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in signal processing and electrical engineering from the University of Orléans, France, in 1991, and the Ph.D. and Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) degrees in applied acoustics and materials engineering from the University of Tours, France, in 1994 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor affiliated with the GREMAN Laboratory (UMR-CNRS 7347—University of Tours). In addition to his research activities, he is in charge of coordinating the Electronics and Energy Department, Polytech Tours Engineering School. For more than ten years, he has developed strong know-how in the design, modeling, and characterization of MEMS-based ultrasonic transducers, i.e., capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUT). He also has over ten years of research experience with multi-element probes based on piezoelectric materials and more specifically with piezo-composite materials. He has been involved in several national and international research projects and has coordinated national research projects funded by the French National Research Agency. A large part of his activities has led to strong industrial collaborations and the transfer of know-how. This relationship with industrial partners has enabled the development, use, and exploitation of tools for modeling multi-element ultrasound probes. He has authored or coauthored more than 60 communications and publications. His research activities focus on ultrasonic probes, instrumentation applied to medical imaging, nondestructive testing, and metrology. He is a member of the French Society of Acoustics.