Dr Nicolas Martin is manager in the Ansys Academic program. After completing a master and PhD degree in Materials science and engineering, he has worked multiple years in supporting engineering education across EMEA and Asia at Granta Design and later on at Ansys. Under leadership of the Chief technology office, the program is a cross business unit initiative which ensures that Ansys software and resources are appreciated as a key enabler of innovative research and engineering education.

Over the years Nicolas has led or contributed to many materials education related projects, such as teaching materials properties and eco-design in middle and high school, 9 editions of international materials education symposia at Cambridge university and development of teaching resources to support educators in engineering. He has experience in facilitating workshops for academic educators in multiple countries, and is also a regular participant to global academic leadership events like SEFI or WEEF.

Committed to increase absolute sustainable development in engineering and design practices, Nicolas is also an active member at Team for the planet, a unique citizen supported company fighting greenhouse gases emissions with open source and transparency mindset, where he helps to evaluate innovations’ potential regarding GHG reduction.