Mission

Research:
- fundamentals of polymer composite processing
- processing and properties of adaptive composites, including shape memory alloys, optical fibers, shear thickening suspensions and/or self-healing mechanisms.
Teaching:
- Composite materials processing
- Introduction to Materials Science

Biographie

Background:
1994 Habilitation à diriger des recherches ( INPG, France)
1991 PhD in Materials Engineering ( MIT, USA)
1987 Ingénieur Civil des Mines ( Ecole des Mines de Paris, France)

Activités:
Depuis Janvier 2018: Vice-Doyenne de la faculté des ingénieurs, en charge de l'éducation.
Juin 2012-Dec.2017: Directrice de la Section Science et Génie des Matériaux
Depuis Avril 2017, Professeur Associée EPFL
2009-2017 : Professeur Titulaire at EPFL
1997-2009 : collaboratrice Scientifique EPFL
1994-1997 : Chef de Travaux au laboratoire MSS-MAT, Ecole Centrale Paris (France)
1991-1994 : Post-doctoral research associate, MIT (USA)

Author of about 300 publications of which 131 in peer-reviewed journals

Recent publications

R1. A. Cohades, V. Michaud "Shape memory alloys in fibre-reinforced polymer composites", Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, in print 2018.
R2. Amaël Cohades, Callum Branfoot, Steven Rae, Ian Bond, Véronique Michaud, Progress in Self-healing Fiber reinforced Polymer Composites, invited Progress report, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201800177.
R3. V. Michaud, A review of non-saturated resin flow in Liquid Composite Molding Processes, Transport in porous media, 115(3), 581-601, DOI: 10.1007/s11242-016-0629-7, 2016.
A1. Sara Dalle Vacche, Véronique Michaud, Dragan Damjanovic, Jan-Anders E. Månson, Yves Leterrier, Improved mechanical dispersion or use of coupling agents? Advantages and disadvantages for the properties of fluoropolymer/ceramic composites, Polymer, in print, 2018.
A2. B. Caglar, D. Salvatori, E. Murat Sozer, V. Michaud, In-plane permeability distribution mapping using resin flow front detection, Composites Part A 113 (2018), p.275-286.
A3. Amaël Cohades, Lode Daelemans, Charlie Ward, Timo Meireman, Wim Van Paepegem, Karen De Clerck, Véronique Michaud, Size limitations on achieving tough and healable fibre reinforced composites through the use of thermoplastic nanofibres, Composites Part A 112 (2018) 485–495.
A4. A.Cohades, N.Hostettler, M. Pauchard, C.J.G Plummer, V. Michaud, Stitched shape memory alloy wires enhance damage recovery in self-healing fiber reinforced polymer composites, Composite Science and Technology, Volume 161, 16 June 2018, Pages 22-31.
A5. D. Salvatori, B. Caglar, H. Teixido, V. Michaud, Permeability and Capillary Effects in a Channel-wise Non-Crimp Fabric, Composites part A, Volume 108, May 2018, Pages 41–52.
A6. Lode Daelemans, Amaël Cohades, Timo Meireman, Jasper Beckx, Siebe Spronk, Mathias Kersemans, Ives De Baere, Hubert Rahier, Véronique Michaud, Wim Van Paepegem, Karen De Clerck, Electrospun nanofibrous interleaves for improved low velocity impact resistance of glass fibre reinforced polymer laminates, J.Materials and Design 141 (2018) 170–184.
A7. G. Pappas, S. Joncas, V. Michaud, J. Botsis, The Influence of Through-Thickness Reinforcement Geometry and Pattern on Delamination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Part I - Experimental results, Composite Structures, Volume 184, (2018), Pages 924-934.
A8. H. De Oliveira, B. Yoon, V. Michaud, Jae-Do Nam and J. Suhr, All natural Cork Composites with Suberin-based Polyester and Lignocellulosic Residue, Industrial Crops and Products 109, pp. 843-849, 2017
A9. C. Paul-Victor, S. Dalle Vacche, F. Sordo, S. Fink, T. Speck, V. Michaud, O. Speck, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis on the effect of mechanical damage and wound healing on the viscoelastic properties of stems of flax cultivars (Linum usitatissimum L. cv. Eden and cv. Drakkar), PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185958. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone 0185958
A10. W. Post, A.M. Cohades, V. Michaud, S. van der Zwaag, S. J. García, Healing of a glass fibre reinforced composite with a disulphide containing organic-inorganic epoxy matrix, Composite Science and Technology, 152 (2017), 85-93.
A11. G. Pappas, S. Joncas, V. Michaud, J. Botsis, The Influence of Through-Thickness Reinforcement Geometry and Pattern on Delamination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Part II- Modelling, Composite Structures, 181 (2017), 379-390.
A12. A. Cohades, V. Michaud, Damage recovery after impact in E-glass reinforced Poly(ε-caprolactone)/epoxy blends, Composite Structures 180 (2017) 439–447.
A13. A. Cohades, V. Michaud, "Thermal mending in E-glass reinforced Poly(ε-caprolactone)/epoxy blends", Composites Part A, Volume 99, August 2017, Pages 129–138.
A14. B. Caglar, L. Orgéas, S. Rolland du Roscoat, E. M. Sozer, V. Michaud, Permeability of textile fabrics with spherical inclusions, Composites Part A, Composites: Part A 99 (2017) 1–14.
A15. F. Sordo, V.Michaud, Adhesion and Interfacial Healing between Supramolecular Hybrid Networks and Glass Substrates, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 73 (2017), 100-108.
A16. K. A. Fröhlich, E. Mitrentsis, F. Clemens, B. Hoffmann, V. Michaud and T. Graule, Assessment of the Dispersion Quality of refractive index-matched nanodispersions, Applied Rheology, 26, 65050, DOI: 10.3933/APPLRHEOL-26-65050, 2016.
A17. J.Cretenoud, S. Galland, V. Michaud, C. Plummer, H. Frauenrath, High Temperature Copolyamides by Efficient Transamidation of Crystalline-Crystalline Polyamide Blends, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/APP.44349.
A18. A.Cohades, E. Manfredi, C. J.G. Plummer, V. Michaud, Thermal Mending in phase-separated Epoxy -polycaprolactone blends, European Polymer Journal, Volume 81, August 2016, Pages 114–128.
A19. J.Cullinan, P. Velut, V. Michaud, M.Wisnom, I. Bond, In-Situ Repair of Composite Sandwich Structures using Cyanoacrylates, Composites Part A, 87, pp.203-211, 2016.