About Pierre Avenas Pierre Avenas is former Director of the Center for Material Forming (CEMEF) of MINES ParisTech and held several senior positions in French government research policy and in industry, notably managing R&D Chemistry at Total Group until 2004. Books by Pierre Avenas Polymer Processing 2E Principles and Modeling by (author) Jean-François Agassant, Pierre Avenas, Pierre J. Carreau, Bruno Vergnes & Michel Vincent