Jürgen Brugger

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Full Professor

juergen.brugger@epfl.ch +41 21 693 65 73 http://lmis1.epfl.ch

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BM 3107 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
CH-1015 Lausanne

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Administrative data

Fields of expertise

MEMS & Nanotechnology 
Micro/Nanomanufacturing

Professional course

Full Professor

EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1

EPFL

2016 to date

Associate Professor

EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1

EPFL

2009-2015

Assistant Professor

EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1

EPFL

2001-2009

Research Program Coordinator "NanoLink"

MESA Research Institute (Mentors: Jan Fluitman and David Reinhoudt)

University of Twente, The Netherlands

1998-2001

Postdoc and Research staff member

IBM Zuerich Research Laboratory (Mentor: Peter Vettiger)

1995-1998

Hitachi Research Fellow

Hitachi Central Research Laboratory Tokyo (Mentor: Ryo Imura)

1993-1994


Education

PhD

Physical-Electronics

Neuchatel

1995

Diplome (M.Sc.)

Electronique-Physique

Neuchatel

1990


Awards

ERC Advanced Grant

MEMS 4.0: Additive Micro-Manufacturing for Plastic Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems

2017

IEEE Fellow

"for contributions to micro and nano manufacturing technology"

2016

MNE Fellow

"in recognition of his contribution to the advancement of the field of MNE, in particular the development of innovative micro/nano manufacturing strategies for MEMS and Nanotechnology

2022

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Microengineering

PhD Students

Erbas Berke, Park Jongeon, Russo Roberto, Shan Qinglan, Torres Vila Pol, Zhang Chenxiang,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Banjevic Mirjana , Chavarria Varon Mario Andres , Fakhfouri Vahid , Flauraud Valentin , Grossenbacher Jonas , Hagelüken Lorenz , Henriksson Jonas Gustav , Howell Samuel Tobias , Jacot-Descombes Loïc , Kiaee Mohammadmahdi , Kiefer Thomas , Klein Mona Julia Katharina , Krishnamoorthy Sivashankar , Marelli Mattia , Mermoud Grégory , Montinaro Enrica , Pataky Kristopher , Rüegg Matthieu Jean Michel , Sidler Arnet Katrin , Steen Johannes , Sun Yi-Chiang , Vazquez Mena Oscar , Walger Thomas , Wang Ya , Xie Shenqi , Yang Zhiwei , Yu Henry Shao-Chi ,

Courses

Introduction to additive manufacturing

The state of the art in the domain of additive production processes (the part is built by material addition without use of a shape tool) will be presented. The main application/benefits/shortcomings of the common additive processes as well as technological and economical issues will be discussed.

Microfabrication technologies

The student will learn process techniques and applications of modern micro- and nanofabrication, as practiced in a clean room, with a focus on silicon, but also multi-material microsystems and flexible/stretchable systems technologies.

Microfabrication practicals

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the practical aspects of some basic micro-fabrication techniques.

Advanced microfabrication practicals

This TP allows for in-depth training on advanced micro and nanofabrication methods in a clean-room environment for selected applications, gain deeper knowledge in MEMS/NEMS processes, work in a small group together with PhD students/postdocs during 14 weeks touching all aspects of a microprocess.

Advanced additive manufacturing technologies

Advanced 3D forming techniques for high throughput and high resolution (nanometric) for large scale production. Digital manufacturing of functional layers, microsystems and smart systems.

MEMS practicals I

Objective of this practical is to apply in specific experimental settings the knowledge acquired in various MEMS related class

MEMS practicals II

Objective of this practical is to apply in specific experimental settings the knowledge acquired in various MEMS related class

Nanotechnology

This course gives the basics for understanding nanotechnology from an engineer's perspective: physical background, materials aspects and scaling laws, fabrication and imaging of nanoscale devices.

Soft Microsystems Processing and Devices

Amongst others, following topics will be covered during the course: - Soft Microsystems and Electronics - Electroactive polymers - Printed electronics and microsystems - Inkjet printing of polymers - Stretchable electronics - Mechanical reliability - Stencil lithography - Scanning Probe Lithography

MOOC: Micro and Nanofabrication (MEMS)

Micro- and nanofabrication can be taught to students and professionals by textbooks and ex-cathedra lectures, but the real learning comes from seeing the manufacturing steps as they happen. This MOOC will not only explain the basics of microfabrication but also show the practice through videos.

Advanced topics in micro- and nanomanufacturing: top-down meets bottom-up

This course introduces advanced fabrication methods enabling the manufacturing of novel micro- and nanosystems (NEMS/MEMS). Both top-down techniques (lithography, stenciling, scanning probes, additive techniques) and bottom-up approaches (self-assembly) are presented.