Research outputs
Here is a list of publications and software I contributed to during my time in academia.
Contents
Research software engineer
List of outputs produced when working as a research software engineer at EPFL, where my work focuses on promoting open science and open research data.
Open-source software
Solidipes
G. Anciaux, S. Pham-Ba, et al.
Python package designed to support scientists throughout the entire lifecycle of their research data.
DCSM
G. Anciaux, S. Pham-Ba, et al.
Dataset curation platform for the Dissemination of Computational Solid Mechanics project.
GPM-API
G. Ghiggi, S. Pham-Ba, E. Thomas, et al.
Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) python package to download and analyze data with xarray.
Presentations, Conferences, Seminars
Curate and publish your study with Solidipes
S. Pham-Ba & G. Anciaux
Swiss Reproducibility Conference, Zurich & ENAC Research Day, EPFL, Lausanne
2024, Poster presentation
Teaching
Research skills in the open science era. Coding for research
4 weeks, responsible for 3 hours/week of teaching, exercise sessions, and class projects supervision
2025
Ph.D.
List of publications and presentations I worked on during my Ph.D. thesis at EPFL, which was about understanding friction and wear across scales using analytical theories, numerical simulations, and experiments.
Thesis
Modeling the origins of adhesive wear across scales
S. Pham-Ba
Supervised by Prof. J.-F. Molinari
2023
Winner of the EPFL doctoral program distinction prize 2022 in Mechanics (top 8%)
Peer-reviewed papers
Role of minimum adhesive wear particle size in third-body layer properties
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
Tribology Letters
2023
Selected as Best from STLE’s Research Community (Tribology & Lubrication Technology magazine, Nov. 2023)
Adhesive wear with a coarse-grained discrete element model
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
2022
Adhesive wear regimes on rough surfaces and interaction of micro-contacts
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
Tribology Letters
2021
Selected as Best from STLE’s Research Community (Tribology & Lubrication Technology magazine, Nov. 2021)
Creation and evolution of roughness on silica under unlubricated wear
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
Wear
2021
Tamaas: a library for elastic-plastic contact of periodic rough surfaces
L. Frérot, G. Anciaux, V. Rey, S. Pham-Ba, and J.-F. Molinari
The Journal of Open Source Software
2020
Adhesive wear and interaction of tangentially loaded micro-contacts
S. Pham-Ba, T. Brink, and J.-F. Molinari
International Journal of Solids and Structures
2020
Book chapters
An optimized material removal process
J.-F. Molinari & S. Pham-Ba
Current Trends and Open Problems in Computational Mechanics
2023
Patents
Material removing tool and method for designing the same
J.-F. Molinari & S. Pham-Ba
2022 – WO2022101325A2
Presentations, Conferences, Seminars
Modeling the origins of adhesive wear across scales. My thesis in 900 seconds
EDME Days, EPFL, Lausanne
S. Pham-Ba
2022, Invited talk for the EPFL doctoral program distinction prize
Étude du comportement tribologique du silicium et de la silice
Modélisation des origines de l'usure à plusieurs échelles
ROLEX, Geneva
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
2022, Invited talk
CMIS Symposium, Chexbres
2022, Attending
Adhesive wear with a coarse-grained discrete element model
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference,
"VII International Conference on Particle-based Methods", Hamburg
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari
2021, Presentation
Adhesive wear of rough surfaces and interaction of micro-contacts
SWICCOMAS General Assembly, ETH Zurich
S. Pham-Ba & J.-F. Molinari,
2020, Poster presentation
Adhesive wear and interaction of tangentially loaded micro-contacts
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference,
"Computational Modeling of Complex Materials across the Scales", Glasgow
S. Pham-Ba, T. Brink, and J.-F. Molinari
2019, Poster presentation
Boundary element formulation of normal and tangential contact with Coulomb friction
45th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, "Smart Tribology Systems", Leeds
S. Pham-Ba, L. Frérot, T. Brink, and J.-F. Molinari
2018, Poster presentation
CECAM Workshop, "Surface and Interface Structure", Lausanne
2018, Attending
Teaching assistantship
Numerical modeling of solids and structures
by Prof. J.-F. Molinari & Dr G. Anciaux
3 semesters of 14 weeks, responsible for 2 hours/week of exercise sessions and class projects supervision, exam preparation and grading
2019 - 2021
Continuum mechanics
by Prof. J.-F. Molinari
3 semesters of 14 weeks, responsible for 2 hours/week of exercise sessions, exam preparation and grading
2018 - 2020
Supervised projects
Optimal material removal process
Master intern: T. Ghesquière
2021
Discrete element simulation of indented soil
Master student: V. Baibhav, co-supervised with Dr J. Garcia
2021
Optimized shoveling tool
Engineering intern: A. Mikelis
2021
Numerical simulation of a two layered elastic system using the Boundary Element Method
Bachelor student: J. Bussat
2020
Numerical simulation of a layered elastic system using the boundary element method
Master student: A. Forni
2020
Introduction à la dynamique en éléments finis : Modélisation d’une corde tendue
Bachelor student: S. Marceta
2019
Griffith’s Theory Validation using Finite Element Method
Bachelor student: M. Jara
2019
1D dynamical model of frictional stick-slip motion
Bachelor student: N. Woerle
2018