Pierre-Etienne Bourban

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Senior Scientist

pierre-etienne.bourban@epfl.ch +41 21 693 58 06

EPFL STI DLL-STI
MED 3 1019 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 58 06
Office:  MED 3 1019
EPFL > STI > DLL-STI > DLL-STI-GE

EPFL STI DLL-STI
MED 3 1019 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 58 06
EPFL > STI > DLL-STI > DLL-STI-ENG

EPFL STI DLL-STI
MED 3 1019 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 58 06
EPFL > STI > DLL-STI > DLL-STI-MATB

EPFL STI IMX LPAC
MXG 139 (Bâtiment MXG)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 58 06
Office:  MXG 139
EPFL > STI > IMX > LPAC

+41 21 693 58 06
EPFL > STI > DLL-STI > DLL-STI-PROT

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Administrative data

Fields of expertise

Elaboration and mechanics of polymer composites.
Cellular biocomposites.
Biodegradable and resorbable composites.
Anisotropic materials
Discovery learning :  DLL-Engineering, DLL-Materials and Bioengineering

Publications

Infoscience publications

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Materials Science and Engineering

PhD Students

Varanges Vincent Marc,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Boissard Carole , Borges de Couraça Ana , Bühler Manuel , Chandran Rajasundar , Cuénoud Matthieu , Duc Fabien , Fischer Christian , Khoushabi Azadeh , Marascio Matteo Gregorio Modesto , Wyss Céline Samira ,

Courses

Materials structure

This course links the various structural scales of matter with the mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties of materials. Hands-on works and a team project provide a first experience as materials engineer.

Materials mechanics

Mechanics of deformable solids is introduced to determine stresses and strains into various isotropic materials loaded in tension, compression, shear, torsion and bending. Failure criteria and limits of elasticity are discussed. Structures from engineering and biology are provided.

Materials engineering II

After Materials engineering I on polymers and metals, the links between processing-structures-properties of ceramics for microtechnology are presented. Hands-on works will allow to process and characterize properties of the 3 types of materials.

Polymer composites Laboratory Work

Mechanical and physical properties of anisotropic materials and calculation tools are presented. Constituents, processing techniques and structure-processing-properties relationships are given for different types of organic matrix composites. Applications in transport,sport and energy are discussed.

Composites technology

The latest developments in processing and the novel generations of organic composites are discussed. Nanocomposites, adaptive composites and biocomposites are presented. Product development, cost analysis and study of new markets are practiced in team work.

CCMX Advanced Course - Instrumented Nanoindentation

This course is intended for current nanoindentation users who want to gain the experience and knowledge required to extract useful data from challenging sample materials. It is also intended for users of conventional indentation methods who wish to add this approach to their portofolio of methods.