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Herbert Shea

herbert.shea@epfl.ch https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lmts/

EPFL STI IGM LMTS
MC B4 177 (Bâtiment MC)
Rue de la Maladière 71b, CP 526
2002 Neuchâtel 2

Expertise

soft robotics, wearable haptics, electrostatic actuators, EHD

Mission

My lab develops flexible polymer-based actuators for a wide range of applications including haptics and soft robotics. More info at https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lmts/

Links from EPFL-LMTS Lab webpage

People
Research Activities
Publications
Teaching

Publications and Conference papers

Link to my lab

Education

PhD

| Physics

1997 – 1997 Harvard University

MA

| Physics

1993 – 1993 Harvard University

BSc

| Physics

1991 – 1991 McGill University

Research

Google Scholar profile

https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=N-oSbkMAAAAJ&hl=en

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Lucas Aurélien Jourdan, Rohit Kadungamparambil John, Myoungju Kim, Yichi Luo, Ayana Mizutani, Xintong Tong, Huapeng Zhang

Past EPFL PhD Students

Samin Akbari (2013), Bekir Aksoy (2021), Tobias Bandi (2014), Fabio Beco Albuquerque (2022), Nadine Besse (2018), Michael Bodendorfer (2008), Subha Chakraborty (2015), Simon Dandavino (2014), Marianna Fighera (2017), Kaustav Ghose (2012), Giulio Grasso (2024), Xiaobin Ji (2019), Renato Krpoun (2009), Vinu Lalgudi Venkatraman (2013), Luc Maffli (2014), Alexis Pierre Henri Marette (2018), Muhamed Niklaus (2010), Alexandre Poulin (2016), Pietro Romano (2015), Samuel Rosset (2009), Sylvain Thomas Schaller (2024), Samuel Schlatter (2020), Francesca Sorba (2019), Reto Wiesendanger (2019)

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Jun Shintake (2016)

Courses

Advanced micro-/nano- manufacturing

MICRO-632

This course contains lectures covering the latest research and development done in the field of micro-/nano- manufacturing methods and processes. It consists on an intensive 5 days training and is done in the framework of a collaboration between FEMTO-ST in France and EPFL.

Measurement techniques

ME-301

Theoretical and practical course on experimental techniques for observation and measurement of physical variables such as force, strain, temperature, flow velocity, structural deformation and vibrations, etc.

Mechanics of structures (For GM)

ME-232

Master the fundamentals of stress and strain analysis of linear elastic beams subjected to tension, shear, torsion, and bending; influence coefficients and the energy method for analyzing isostatic and hyperstatic systems; failure criteria.

Scaling in MEMS

MICRO-606

This doctoral class covers the scaling of MEMS devices, including mechanical, thermal, electrostatic, electromagnetic, and microfluidic aspects.

Sensors

MICRO-330

Physical principles and electronics used in sensors. Applications of sensors.

Soft Microsystems Processing and Devices

MICRO-618

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

Topics in Autonomous Robotics

ENG-615

Students will be introduced to modern approaches in control and design of autonomous robots through lectures and exercises.