Larry Lessard

Larry Lessard is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University. His research focuses on materials and structures, with an emphasis on composite materials and their applications. He serves as an Academic and Career Advisor and Student Exchange Coordinator. Lessard's work includes the design of aerospace composites, failure analysis, and damage modeling of composite materials. He has published extensively in journals such as the Journal of Composite Materials and Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. His research group, Structures and Composite Materials, explores composite design from material behavior to structural testing and optimization.

Larry Lessard is a researcher at McGill University specializing in composite materials. His work focuses on the design, analysis, and optimization of composite structures, with an emphasis on variable stiffness laminates, fatigue behavior, and damage modeling. He has published extensively on topics such as automated fiber placement defects, progressive damage modeling, and the mechanical performance of composite materials under various loading conditions. His research also includes the development of surrogate-based optimization techniques and the investigation of recycling methods for composite waste. Lessard's contributions highlight the importance of understanding the interplay between material properties, manufacturing processes, and structural performance in composite systems.