François Cluzel is an assistant professor and head of the Design Engineering research group in the Industrial Engineering

Research Department at CentraleSupélec, University Paris-Saclay. He holds a PhD in industrial engineering from Ecole Centrale

Paris (2012), a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris (2008) and a mechanical engineering degree

from Supméca Paris (2008). He is a member of the Design Society and the French network of eco-design researchers EcoSD.

His research and teaching projects deal with innovation engineering and circular economy. In teaching, he created the finalyear

specialization "Design & System Sciences" at CentraleSupélec, where he teaches engineering design. He also created

several courses on circular economy, eco-design and industrial ecology. He has taught Radical Innovation Design® methodology

since 2008 and has coached numerous RID student projects with industrial partners. He has co-supervised 8 PhD

theses, most of them in industrial contexts. He has authored or co-authored 24 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Since 2008, he has collaborated with Bernard Yannou in developing the Radical Innovation Design® methodology. He is a

founding partner of the start-up HyB’RID, founded in 2018, and he is currently the company’s Chief Operation Officer.