LOPFA in Pictures

When Science Meets Aesthetics

Each month, an image contest is held at LOPFA, and every member is invited to participate.

On this page, you’ll find all the winning images from past monthly contests.

59. Thomas Pedron - Septembre 2026 — Morphology [-2112] Burger
Thomas Pedron
September 2026

58. Mathias Bollinger - Août 2026 — Kanji Ti64 LPBF
Mathias Bollinger
August 2026

57. Yann Austernaud - Juillet 2026 — Woven steel
Yann Austernaud
July 2026

56. Leo Gandoin - Juin 26 — Blobfish
Leo Gandoin
June 2026

55. Monoclinic C2m crystal - Saleh — Monoclinic C2m Crystal
Saleh Rasouli Jouryabi
May 2026

54. Mathias Bollinger - Avril 26 — Meteorite Entering the Atmosphere
Mathias Bollinger
April 2026

53. Luna Legrand - Mars 26 — Fracture Coating T6
Luna Legrand
March 2026

52. Tom Jaulin - Fév. 26 — Partially Etching
Tom Jaulin
February 2026

51. Luna Legrand - Janv. 26 — EBSD IFP Z TT 300°C 1h
Luna Legrand
January 2026

50. Majid Yazdaniesmaeilabad - Dec 25 — Seeing the Dragon – An Artistic Interpretation of EBSD
Majid Yazdani
December 2025

49. Clément Pot - Nov 25 — AA6063 poli déformé
Clément Pot
November 2025

48. Timon Jacquemin - Oct 25 — Unexpected Microstructure
Timon Jacquemin
October 2025

47. Luna Legrand - Sept 25 — Microstructure of an Aluminum 6061 Deposit Heated to 200°C for 2 hours
Luna Legrand
September 2025

46. Timon Jacquemin - Juillet 25 — MEP
Timon Jacquemin
July 2025

Yann Austernaud — Deformed 316L
Yann Austernaud
June 2025

44. Christophe Ducassy - Juin 25 — Zone trempée (en blanc) suite à une chauffe rapide par induction d’une dent d’engrenage aérospatial
Christophe Ducassy
June 2025

43. Benoît Beaulieu - Mai 25 — My own work is judging me (Shake that!)
Benoît Beaulieu
May 2025

42. Maëlys Tronche - Avril 25 — Chouette accrochée à la roche
Maëlys Tronche
April 2025

41. Erwan Marchand - Mars 25 — Sol martien
Erwan Marchand
March 2025

40. Yann Austernaud - Fév 25 — GND Galloping Necessary Dislocation (find the horse)
Yann Austernaud
February 2025

39. Thibault Cisey - Janv. 25 — Dark Side of The Moon
Thibault Cisey
January 2025

38. Erwan Marchand - Janv 25 — Ice
Erwan Marchand
January 2025

38. Douglas Cole - Dec 24 — Snowflake Fracture in Borosilicate Glass
Douglas Cole
December 2024

37. Majid Yazdaniesmaeilabad - Dec 24 — Grain Symphony – The Texture of Transformation
Majid Yazdaniesmaeilabad
December 2024

36. Yann Austernaud - Nov 24 — SMAT-crack
Yann Austernaud
November 2024

Shamim Pourrahimi Seyghalani — Layers in Focus – Confocal Microscopy of an Additive Manufactured Lattice
Shamim Pourrahimi Seyghalani
October 2024

34. Abbas Ahmadi Siahboumi - Sept 24 — Dendrites
Abbas Ahmadi Siahboumi
September 2024

32. Clément Pot - Juillet 24 — AA6063 déformé
Clément Pot
July 2024

31. Yann Austernaud - Juin 24 — Warm SMAT Corrosion
Yann Austernaud
June 2024

30. Antonio d Andrea - Mai 24 — Meteorite Strike
Antonio d Andrea
May 2024

29. Julien Milanese - Avril 24 — Thunderstorm
Julien Milanese
April 2024

27. Ewann Gautier - Mars 24 — Astroid Belt
Ewann Gautier
March 2024

26. Antonio d Andrea - Fév. 24 — The Eye
Antonio d Andrea
February 2024

25. Noam Mati - Janv 24 — Sartan Defect
Noam Mati
January 2024

24. Clément Pot et Noé Dupont - Déc 23 — 6082 mis en solution 2h
Clément Pot et Noé Dupont
December 2023

23. Rémy Serre - Nov 23 — Ellipsoïde 3
Rémy Serre
November 2023

22. Ewann Gautier - Oct 23 — Dark Side of the Moon
Ewann Gautier
October 2023

21. Pirooz - Sept 23 — EBSD-Map – Order in Disorder
Pirooz Dibayan
September 2023

20. Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei - Août 23 — Pole Figure 3D – Presentation Of Any HKL
Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
August 2023

19. Julien Milanese - Juin 23 — Ti64 Powder Particle
Julien Milanese
June 2023

18. Clément Pot - Mai 23 — 6063 déformé x100
Clément Pot
May 2023

Antonio d’Andrea — Titanium Oxide Particle
Antonio d’Andrea
May 2023

16. Antonio d Andrea - Avril 23 — 500x 6A Bottom Middle Crack Final Rupture
Antonio d’Andrea
April 23

15. Julien Milanese - Mars 23 — EBSD of LPBF AlSiMg
Julien Milanese
March 2023

14. Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei - Fév 23 — In the desert
Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
February 2023

13. Clément Pot - Janv 23 — AA6063 polished and anodized
Clément Pot
January 2023

12. Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei - Janv 23 — Anodized Al Compression
Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
January 2023

11. Mehrdad Paknezhad - Déc 22 — Manufacturing irregularities implication in a cubic porous structure
Mehrdad Paknezhad
December 2022

10. Yann Austernaud - Nov 22 — GND on BC + IPF map
Yann Austernaud
November 2022

09. Rémy Serre - Oct 22 — Agregat Abaqus Ellipsoides
Rémy Serre
October 2022

08. Ahad Shafie - Sept 22 — Ti alloy-R0-AB-XY-50X
Ahad Shafie
September 2022

07. Rémy Serre - Août 22 — Axes and lines – Construction of a Kelvin Structure
Rémy Serre
August 2022

06. Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei - Août 22 — 13Cr4Ni weld-Crsytals Visual Presentation-MTEX
Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
August 2022

05. Majid - Juillet 22 — Explosively welded interface of Ck60-St37 steels
Majid Yazdani
July 2022

04. Antonio d Andrea - Juin 22 — Multipass welding 13Cr-4Ni Martensitic Stainless Steel
Antonio d’Andrea
June 2022

03. Rémy Serre - Mai 22 — High stress zones around an off-axis isotropic inclusion
Rémy Serre
May 2022

02. Mohsen - Avril 22 — Parent austenite grain reconstruction
Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
April 2022

01. Yann Austernaud - mars 22 — IPF of the surface of a 316L steel ultrasonically shot-blasted at 500°C
Yann Austernaud
March 2022

Website Photo Credits

“Join Us” page: Mohsen Mokhtabad-Amrei
“About” page: Yann Austernaud
“LOPFA in Pictures” page: Tom Jaulin