Conferences

Conferences & Invited Talks

5 invited conference talks · 20 invited seminars at research institutes · 53 oral contributions · 17 poster contributions

Invited Talks at Conferences
  1. "Defects as drivers in MAX phases: micro/nanostructure-property relationships"
    50th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — January 2026
  2. "Kink bands and mechanical twinning: understanding their complementarity in MAX phases"
    ICSMA20 — Kyoto, Japan — June 2025
  3. "Sauvez le monde avec la science des matériaux !" (popularization lecture)
    IWAC09 — Limoges, France — September 2023
  4. "Statistical confrontation between in-situ Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging and mesoscale polycrystal plasticity models"
    4th Schöntal Symposium — Schöntal, Germany — 2020
  5. "Recent progress on Scanning Electron Microscopy for understanding fundamental deformation mechanisms of materials"
    16th SFµ Conference — Poitiers, France — 2019
Invited Talks at Research Institutes
  1. "Non-destructive characterization of crystalline defects in bulk specimens"
    LAMIH — Valenciennes, France — June 2025
  2. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI): an effective non-destructive tool for characterizing crystalline defects in bulk specimens"
    SIMaP — Grenoble, France — December 2024
  3. "SEM characterization of crystalline defects and physical properties"
    INFINEON Technologies — Munich, Germany — May 2024
  4. "Characterization of crystalline materials for understanding their physical properties"
    Georgia Tech Europe — Metz, France — April 2024
  5. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI): a powerful tool for characterizing crystalline defects"
    KAI GmbH — Villach, Austria — June 2023
  6. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI): a powerful tool for characterizing crystalline defects"
    Fraunhofer IKTS — Dresden, Germany — June 2023
  7. "MAX phases: a dichotomic class of materials with both behaviors of ceramics and metals"
    Institut Jean Lamour — Nancy, France — April 2023
  8. "Fundamental mechanisms of plasticity revealed by scanning electron microscopy"
    Miskolci Egyetem — Miskolc, Hungary — June 2022
  9. "Mimicking TEM techniques in the SEM for revealing polycrystalline plasticity"
    IRMA Federation — Rouen, France — March 2022
  10. "Polycrystal plasticity revealed by Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging"
    GPM — Rouen, France — July 2021
  11. "Contribution of the Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging in polycrystalline plasticity"
    LEM — Châtillon, France — May 2021
  12. "How to characterize comprehensively dislocations in a bulk specimen? Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: theory and experiments"
    Journée FERMI — Paris, France — December 2019
  13. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: a promising technique for materials science"
    UMET, TimeMan ERC-Project — Lille, France — November 2019
  14. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: theory, experiments and applications to materials science"
    Ecole Polytechnique — Palaiseau, France — November 2019
  15. "How to characterize comprehensively dislocations in a bulk specimen?"
    Institut Pprime — Poitiers, France — October 2019
  16. "Electron microscopies: a powerful tool for understanding the fundamental deformation mechanisms of materials"
    Beijing Jiaotong University — Beijing, China — September 2019
  17. "Accurate Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (A-ECCI): a powerful tool for understanding the fundamental deformation mechanisms of materials"
    Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH — Düsseldorf, Germany — March 2019
  18. "Accurate Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (A-ECCI): a powerful tool for understanding the fundamental deformation mechanisms of materials"
    Ruhr-Universität — Bochum, Germany — March 2019
  19. "Deformation mechanisms of MAX phases & Effect of strain path changes on metal plasticity"
    LEM3 — Metz, France — June 2015
  20. "Deformation mechanisms of MAX phases & Effect of strain path changes on metal plasticity"
    Institut Jean Lamour — Nancy, France — March 2015
Oral Contributions to Peer-Reviewed Conferences
  1. "Advanced characterization of Gallium nitride wide-bandgap semiconductors for next-gen power electronics" (Invited)
    A. Clausner, C. Corley-Wiciak, M. Reisinger, C. Chisholm, A. Tailor, M. Legros, A. Guitton — 50th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — January 2026
  2. "Automation of Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: Investigation of dislocations in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures"
    A. Roch, N. Killat, C. Hollerith, F. Siegelin, C. Chisholm, A. Hofer, M. Gramich, A. Guitton, K. Geens, J. Hadid, A. Vohra — 51st International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis — Pasadena, USA — November 2025
  3. "Characterization of a high-chromium hardfacing alloy for ballistic protection applications"
    A. Monnet, T. Fras, S. Bahi, A. Guitton, A. Rusinek — Congrès Français de la Mécanique — Metz, France — August 2025
  4. "Multi-scale characterization of a high chromium hardfacing alloy for ballistic protection applications"
    A. Monnet, T. Fras, S. Bahi, A. Guitton, A. Rusinek — 12th European Solid Mechanics Conference — Lyon, France — July 2025
  5. "Multi-scale characterization of a high chromium-carbon based hardfacing alloy applied to ballistic protection applications"
    A. Monnet, T. Fras, S. Bahi, A. Guitton, A. Rusinek — DynaMAT — Madrid, Spain — July 2025
  6. "Combination of modeling and electron microscopy methods for the characterization of elementary defects"
    V. Taupin, S. Berbenni, B. Beausir, E. Bouzy, C. Ernould, N. Maloufi, J. Guyon, A. Guitton, A. Mandal, F. El-Ajjouri, P. Cordier, K. Gouriet, A. Mussi, T. Weidner, S. Demouchy — ICSMA20 — Kyoto, Japan — June 2025
  7. "Combining quasi in-situ nanoindentation and electron channeling imaging to understand dislocation－twin boundary interactions in MgY"
    F.Z. Mouhib, A. Guitton, J. Guénolé, S. Berbenni, H. Wang, Z. Xie, T. Al Samman, T. Richeton — ICSMA20 — Kyoto, Japan — June 2025
  8. "Effect of free surfaces on dislocation elastic fields: application to threading dislocations in GaN"
    F. El Ajjouri, A. Mandal, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — ICSMA20 — Kyoto, Japan — June 2025
  9. "Comparison of bulk vs. surface dislocation elastic fields in GaN: a study for non-destructive near-surface electron diffraction techniques"
    F. El Ajjouri, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — Plasticité 2025 — Poitiers, France — 2025
  10. "MgH₂ growth and twinning in deformed Mg-Ti₃AlC₂ bulk samples"
    A. Heinzelmeier, F. Cuevas, A. Guitton, T. Grosdidier — 18th International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems — Saint-Malo, France — 2024
  11. "Microstructural defects in MAX phases"
    A. Heinzelmeier, T. Weidner, T. Grosdidier, A. Mussi, J. Guénolé, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — 48th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2024
  12. "Micro-/nano-structural defects in MAX phases"
    A. Heinzelmeier, T. Weidner, T. Grosdidier, A. Mussi, J. Guénolé, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — IWAC09 — Limoges, France — 2023
  13. "Feature engineering for capturing fundamental deformation mechanisms of plasticity in a β-metastable Ti alloy"
    K. Venkatraman, M. Ben Haj Slama, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — LightMAT2023 — Trondheim, Norway — 2023
  14. "The effect of prior ultrasonic shot peening treatment on the low temperature plasma nitriding of a metastable β-Ti alloy"
    R. Génin, L. Pichon, A. Guitton, M. Drouet, T. Grosdidier — Ti2023 — Edinburgh, UK — 2023
  15. "Microstructural and mechanical characterizations of Mg-based nano composites with MAX phases or MXenes after severe plastic deformation"
    A. Heinzelmeier, A. Guitton, M. Novelli, X. Sauvage, S. Célérier, W. Yu, T. Grosdidier — ICSMA19 — Metz, France — 2022
  16. "Feature engineering-based approach for capturing fundamental deformation mechanisms of plasticity in β-Ti21S"
    K. Venkatraman, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — ICSMA19 — Metz, France — 2022
  17. "Feature extraction applied to slip trace analysis in β-Ti21S"
    K. Venkatraman, V. Taupin, A. Guitton — Plasticité — Toulouse, France — 2022
  18. "Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging reveals polycrystalline plasticity"
    A. Guitton — Krakow EBSD Meeting — Virtual, Poland — 2021
  19. "Plasticity induced by nanoindentation in a CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy studied by accurate electron channeling contrast imaging revealing dislocation-low angle grain boundary interactions"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, F. Scholz, M. Schneider, J. Frenzel, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — Plasticité 2020 — Virtual, France — 2021
  20. "Interactions between dislocations and low-angle grain boundary in a single CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, F. Scholz, M. Schneider, J. Frenzel, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — TMS2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Orlando, USA — 2021
  21. "Microstructural anisotropy and its influence on the internal stress field within grains: experimental confrontation with full-field crystal plasticity models" (Keynote)
    K. Venkatraman, M. Ben Haj Slama, V. Taupin, N. Maloufi, S. Berbenni, A.D. Rollett, M. Diehl, A. Guitton — TMS2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Orlando, USA — 2021
  22. "Frank partial dislocation in Ti₂AlC-MAX phase induced by matrix-Cu diffusion"
    W. Yu, J. Guénolé, J. Ghanbaja, M. Vallet, A. Guitton — 45th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Virtual, USA — 2021
  23. "Mechanisms of plastic deformation in the vicinity of a low-angle grain boundary in a CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, F. Scholz, M. Schneider, J. Frenzel, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Virtual, USA — 2020
  24. "Effect of free surfaces on dislocation configurations – experiment and modeling"
    H. Kriaa, V. Taupin, A. Guitton, L. Capolungo, N. Maloufi — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Virtual, USA — 2020
  25. "Confrontation between in-situ SEM observations and mesoscale polycrystalline plasticity models"
    K. Venkatraman, M. Ben Haj Slama, V. Taupin, N. Maloufi, A.D. Rollett, S. Berbenni, A. Guitton — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Virtual, USA — 2020
  26. "Mechanisms of plastic deformation in the vicinity of a low-angle grain boundary in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — GDR-HEA — Virtual, France — 2020
  27. "Confrontation between in-situ SEM observations and mesoscale polycrystalline plasticity models"
    M. Ben Haj Slama, V. Taupin, A.D. Rollett, B. Beausir, S. Berbenni, N. Maloufi, A. Guitton — Plasticité — Toulouse, France — 2020
  28. "Experimental study of elementary deformation mechanisms around a low-angle grain boundary in a single crystalline CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — Plasticité — Toulouse, France — 2020
  29. "In-situ SEM dislocation-scale characterization and simulation for BCC deformation during macroscopic tensile testing: new insight on pencil glide in β-Ti21S"
    M. Ben Haj Slama, N. Maloufi, V. Taupin, A.D. Rollett, A. Guitton — 1st Colloquium on Theoretical and Experimental Micro-Mechanics — Metz, France — 2019
  30. "Towards 3D reconstruction of dislocation networks observed by ECCI"
    M. Ben Haj Slama, N. Maloufi, C. Hébert, A. Guitton — EBSD 2019 Meeting — Teddington, UK — 2019
  31. "A dislocation-scale characterization of the evolution of deformation microstructures on a bulk TiAl alloy"
    A. Guitton, H. Kriaa, E. Bouzy, J. Guyon, N. Maloufi — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2018
  32. "Fundamental and experimental aspects of diffraction for characterizing dislocations on bulk materials by electron channeling contrast imaging in scanning electron microscope"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — Matériaux — Strasbourg, France — 2018
  33. "Dislocation-scale characterization of the evolution of deformation microstructures on bulk materials. Case of TiAl alloys"
    A. Guitton, H. Kriaa, E. Bouzy, J. Guyon, N. Maloufi — Matériaux — Strasbourg, France — 2018
  34. "A dislocation-scale characterization of the evolution of deformation microstructures around nanoindentation imprints in a TiAl"
    A. Guitton, H. Kriaa, E. Bouzy, J. Guyon, N. Maloufi — Plasticité — Nancy, France — 2018
  35. "Electron channeling contrast imaging: influence of diffraction conditions on dislocation contrast"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — SF2M — Lyon, France — 2017
  36. "Comprehensive characterization of dislocations by electron channeling contrast imaging in SEM"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — Euromat 2017 — Thessaloniki, Greece — 2017
  37. "Analysis of the dislocation contrasts obtained by electron channeling imaging using theoretical and practical considerations"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — Plasticité 2017 — Rennes, France — 2017
  38. "Multiaxial strain path changes in grain boundary dominated materials: in-situ observations during XRD or SEM" (Invited)
    H. Van Swygenhoven, A. Guitton, S. Van Petegem — MS&T15 — Columbus, USA — 2015
  39. "Microstructure evolution during multiaxial strain paths studied by in-situ x-ray and neutron diffraction"
    H. Van Swygenhoven, T. Panzner, A. Guitton, S. Van Petegem — MS&T15 — Columbus, USA — 2015
  40. "Effect of strain path changes on metal plasticity: biaxial tensile tests coupled with in-situ scanning electron microscopy and with in-situ transmission x-ray diffraction"
    A. Guitton, A. Bollhalder, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven — ICSMA17 — Brno, Czech Republic — 2015
  41. "Plasticity in MAX phases at low and high temperature: a multiscale experimental approach" (Invited)
    A. Guitton, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, C. Tromas — 39th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2015
  42. "In-situ Laue Micro-diffraction during cyclic plastic deformation of copper under shear"
    A. Irastorza, A. Guitton, S. Van Petegem, A. Bollhalder, D. Grolimund, H. Van Swygenhoven — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2015
  43. "Multiaxial strain path changes in grain boundary dominated materials: in-situ observation during XRD and SEM"
    A. Guitton, H. Van Swygenhoven, S. Van Petegem, A. Bollhalder, D. Grolimund, A. Cervelino — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2015
  44. "Effect of microstructure anisotropy on the deformation of MAX polycrystals studied by in situ compression combined with neutron diffraction"
    A. Guitton, S. Van Petegem, C. Tromas, A. Joulain, H. Van Swygenhoven, L. Thilly — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2014
  45. "Study of deformation mechanisms of the Ti₂AlN MAX phase at room temperature"
    A. Guitton, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, C. Tromas, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven — 37th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2013
  46. "Study of room-temperature deformation mechanisms of the Ti₂AlN MAX phase: compression under confining pressure and in-situ compression coupled with neutron diffraction"
    A. Guitton, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, C. Tromas, J.J. Roa, H. Van Swygenhoven, S. Van Petegem — Plasticité 2012 — Metz, France — 2012
  47. "Effect of lattice anisotropy on plasticity mechanisms in Ti₂AlN studied by in-situ compression of micro-pillars under synchrotron micro-beam"
    J.J. Roa, L. Thilly, A. Guitton, P. Villechaise, C. Tromas, A. Joulain, C. Marichal, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven — 13th European Inter-Regional Conference on Ceramics — Barcelona, Spain — 2012
  48. "Effect of lattice anisotropy on plasticity mechanisms in Ti₂AlN studied by in-situ compression of micro-pillars under synchrotron micro-beam"
    L. Thilly, J.J. Roa, A. Guitton, P. Villechaise, C. Tromas, A. Joulain, C. Marichal, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven — 36th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2012
  49. "Novel insights into the mechanical properties and deformation behavior of MAX phase materials"
    C. Tromas, J.J. Roa, A. Guitton, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, P. Villechaise, V. Gauthier-Brunet, S. Dubois — 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2011
  50. "Macroscopic deformation mechanisms of MAX phases investigated by transmission electron microscopy and in-situ neutron diffraction"
    A. Guitton, G.P. Bei, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, C. Tromas — 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites — Daytona, USA — 2011
  51. "Twin boundary motion in MAX phase materials activated by nanoindentation"
    J.J. Roa, C. Tromas, P. Villechaise, A. Guitton, L. Thilly, A. Joulain — Plasticité — Villeneuve d'Ascq, France — 2011
  52. "Plastic deformation mechanisms in MAX phase materials activated by nanoindentation"
    J.J. Roa, C. Tromas, P. Villechaise, A. Guitton, L. Thilly, A. Joulain — BCNano'11, University. Industry. Future — Barcelona, Spain — 2011
  53. "Twin boundary motion in MAX phase materials activated by nanoindentation"
    C. Tromas, J.J. Roa, P. Villechaise, A. Guitton, L. Thilly, A. Joulain — ECI, Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development — Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain — 2011
Poster Contributions to Peer-Reviewed Conferences
  1. "Development of a pixelated STEM-in-SEM detector for microstructural feature characterization"
    J. Aubourg, J.C. Menard, E. Bouzy, A. Guitton, J.J. Fundenberger, Y. Zhang, J. Guyon, L. Morhain — EMC24 — Copenhagen, Denmark — 2024
  2. "Depth dependence of Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI) in Gallium Nitride (GaN)"
    E.N. Lavallée, A.A. Taylor, A. Guitton, P.J. Imrich, C. Chisholm, M. Nelhiebel — EMC24 — Copenhagen, Denmark — 2024
  3. "Properties study of a high chromium hardfacing alloy applied to ballistic protection"
    A. Monnet, T. Fras, S. Bahi, A. Rusinek, A. Guitton — ICOTOM 20 — Metz, France — 2024
  4. "Classification of dislocations in GaN by scanning electron microscopy"
    E.N. Lavallée, C. Chisholm, P.J. Emrich, M. Nelhiebel, A. Guitton — Infineon Meets University — Munich, Germany — 2023
  5. "Characterization of zonal dislocations in the Ti₂AlC MAX phase"
    A. Mussi, A. Heinzelmeier, T. Weidner, M. Novelli, W. Yu, F. Cuvilly, T. Grosdidier, A. Guitton — Plasticité — Lyon, France — 2023
  6. "Are MAX phases good candidates for doping Mg hydrogen storage?"
    A. Heinzelmeier, A. Guitton, X. Sauvage, T. Grosdidier — 2nd Journées de la Fédération de Recherche Hydrogène — Aussois, France — 2022
  7. "Experimental study of elementary deformation mechanisms around a low-angle grain boundary in a single crystalline CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy"
    F. Habiyaremye, A. Guitton, F. Schäfer, G. Laplanche, N. Maloufi — 4th Schöntal Symposium — Schöntal, Germany — 2020
  8. "Characterization of dislocation evolution in bulk Ti21S specimen coupled with in-situ macroscopic tensile testing in SEM"
    M. Ben Haj Slama, N. Maloufi, J. Guyon, L. Weiss, A. Guitton — EBSD 2019 Meeting — Teddington, UK — 2019
  9. "Characterization of crystalline defects studied by STEM-in-SEM"
    C. Zhang, J.C. Menard, J. Guyon, J.J. Fundenberger, Y. Zhang, E. Bouzy, C. Hébert, A. Guitton — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2018
  10. "How to in-situ follow the evolution of dislocation configurations during mechanical testing on bulk specimen"
    M. Ben Haj Slama, H. Kriaa, J. Guyon, N. Maloufi, J.J. Fundenberger, A. Guitton — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2018
  11. "Fundamental and experimental aspects of diffraction for characterizing dislocations on bulk materials by electron channeling contrast imaging in scanning electron microscope"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit — Boston, USA — 2018
  12. "Multi-scale approach for analyzing sub-boundaries induced during dislocational creep of uranium dioxide"
    M. Ben Saada, N. Gey, A. Guitton, B. Beausir, X. Iltis, N. Maloufi — SF2M — Lyon, France — 2017
  13. "Electron channelling contrast imaging: influence of diffraction conditions on the dislocation contrast"
    H. Kriaa, A. Guitton, N. Maloufi — SF2M — Lyon, France — 2017
  14. "Grain size determination in nanocrystalline materials using the TKD technique"
    A. Guitton, E. Brodu, J. Guyon, Y. Zhang, E. Bouzy — EMC16 — Lyon, France — 2016
  15. "Biaxial tensile tests coupled with in-situ SEM and in-situ x-ray diffraction"
    A. Guitton, A. Bollhalder, S. Van Petegem, H. Van Swygenhoven — Gordon Research Conference — Portland, USA — 2015
  16. "In-situ neutron diffraction during bi-axial deformation"
    J. Repper, S. Van Petegem, T.T.T. Trang, T. Panzner, A. Guitton, W. Wagner, H. Van Swygenhoven — Plasticité 2014 — Lyon, France — 2014
  17. "Deformation mechanisms of MAX phases" (Invited — Master Prize)
    A. Guitton, J.J. Roa, A. Joulain, L. Thilly, C. Tromas — SF2M Ouest — La Rochelle, France — 2011