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Herbert Shea

herbert.shea@epfl.ch +41 21 693 66 63 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

EPFL STI IGM-GE
ME A2 399 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

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

PhD Students

Michael Bodendorfer, Renato Krpoun, Samuel Rosset, Lucas Aurélien Jourdan, Xintong Tong, Yichi Luo, Huapeng Zhang, Ayana Mizutani, Rohit Kadungamparambil John, Myoungju Kim

Past EPFL PhD Students

Muhamed Niklaus, Kaustav Ghose, Samin Akbari, Vinu Lalgudi Venkatraman, Luc Maffli, Simon Dandavino, Tobias Bandi, Subha Chakraborty, Pietro Romano, Alexandre Poulin, Marianna Fighera, Nadine Besse, Alexis Pierre Henri Marette, Reto Wiesendanger, Francesca Sorba, Xiaobin Ji, Samuel Schlatter, Bekir Aksoy, Fabio Beco Albuquerque, Giulio Grasso, Sylvain Thomas Schaller, Robert Marius Hennig

Jun Shintake

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.

Mechanics of structures (For GM)

ME-232

The student acquires the basics of stress analysis and deformation of linear elastic beams subjected to traction, shear, torsion, flexure; the influence coefficients an energy method to analyze statically determined and indetermined structures; rupture 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.