Yann Leost
Senior Project Engineer, Fraunhofer Crash Test Centre
Yann Leost earned his engineering degree and master’s in material mechanics from the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. His professional journey has alternated between aerospace (DLR), automotive (Mercedes Benz and EDAG), and defense, focusing on crash calculations and modeling impacts and ballistics.. Since 2012, he has been at the Fraunhofer Institute EMI, leading projects at the crash center, including the development of the X-ray Car Crash X-CC technology, which captures 1 kHz X-ray videos of internal structures during crash tests to enhance safety. He is currently preparing a joint publication with Nissan detailing the latest advancements in reconstructing the 3D trajectory of fast-moving objects tracked under X-rays.