▁He ▁was ▁emer it us ▁professor ▁in ▁the ▁Labor atoire ▁de ▁Mé can ique ▁et ▁Gén ie ▁Civil , ▁a ▁joint ▁research ▁unit ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁and ▁the ▁C N RS . ▁ ▁More au ' s ▁principal ▁works ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁non - sm ooth ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁convex ▁analysis . ▁He ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁convex ▁analysis , ▁where ▁several ▁fundamental ▁and ▁now ▁classical ▁results ▁have ▁his ▁name ▁( More au ' s ▁lemma ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁con es , ▁More au ' s ▁en velop es , ▁More au - Y os ida ' s ▁approxim ations , ▁Fen ch el - More au ' s ▁theorem , ▁etc .). ▁He ▁founded ▁the ▁Con vex ▁Analysis ▁Group ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁at ▁Mont pel lier ▁University ▁( France ). ▁ ▁He ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁non - sm ooth ▁mechan ics , ▁a ▁field ▁of ▁Sol id ▁Mechan ics ▁dealing ▁with ▁mechanical ▁systems ▁subject ed ▁to ▁un il ater al ▁and ▁bil ater al ▁constraints , ▁impact s ▁and ▁set - valu ed ▁fr iction ▁laws ▁( like ▁C oul omb ' s ▁fr iction ▁law ▁and ▁its ▁variations ). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁introduce ▁complement ar ity ▁conditions ▁in ▁L agr ang ian ▁systems , ▁and ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁the ▁G auss ' ▁principle ▁of ▁Mechan ics ▁extends ▁to ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁non - sm ooth ▁mechan ics ▁( one ▁C . R . A .