Denis Teissandier, Vice-President for Estates, Environment and Facilities

Born in Ambérieu-en-Bugey in 1969, Denis Teissandier obtained a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 after completing a DEUG undergraduate degree that he began at the University of Bordeaux I in 1987. Following a period of study at ENS Cachan, where he obtained a DEA in Automated Production in 1992, he completed a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bordeaux I, which he defended in 1995. During this period, he discovered the field of computer-aided design and, more specifically, that of 3D geometric modelling, which was rapidly evolving in the early 1990s.

Denis Teissandier then began researching geometric tolerancing, contributing to the incorporation of geometric variability in manufacturing processes into the product design cycle. Hired as Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering by the University of Bordeaux I in 1996, he continued his work at the Physical Mechanics Laboratory (LMP), which became the Bordeaux Institute of Mechanics and Engineering (I2M – UMR 5295) in January 2011. These activities enabled him to obtain his HDR (qualification permitting him to supervise research) in 2012. Promoted to Professor in 2016, he is now Co-Head of the Mechanical Engineering and Design (IMC) Department within the I2M.

Denis Teissandier has held teaching responsibilities continuously since 1998. After coordinating its establishment, he oversaw the Science and Technology for Engineering (STPI) specialisation within the DEUG (1998–2002). During the LMD (Bachelor’s-Master’s-Doctorate) reform, he led the establishment of the Physics and Engineering specialisation within the Science and Technology Bachelor’s programme, which was the result of a merger between the three Bachelor’s degrees offered by the Department of Physics, and for which he was subsequently responsible (2003–2006). Having been involved in the Mechanical Engineering pathway of the Master’s in Mechanics since 2007, he was placed in charge of it in 2019.

Denis Teissandier has also been involved in university life as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the University of Bordeaux I (2008–2014), followed by that of the University of Bordeaux (2014–2016). His first two terms were marked in particular by the vote on ‘Opération Campus’, followed by the vote on the merger between Bordeaux’s universities, which led to the creation of the University of Bordeaux in 2014.

Dates clés

1992: DEA (Advanced Postgraduate Diploma) in Automated Production from ENS Cachan

1995: PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bordeaux I

1996: Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bordeaux I
2012: Habilitation à diriger les recherches (qualification for supervising research [HDR])

2016: Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bordeaux

2019: Head of the Bachelor’s and Master’s Mechanics and Engineering pathway

2026: Vice-President for Estates, Environment and Facilities