Julien Gamerro

Expertise

Structural Engineering
Timber Constructions
Wood Technologies
Innovative Constructive Solutions

Expertise

Structural Engineering
Timber Constructions
Wood Technologies
Innovative Constructive Solutions
Julien is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Timber Construction, with core expertise in digital fabrication, civil engineering and sustainable building systems. His doctoral research on novel timber construction systems using the best of automation and engineered wood products was funded by the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication. He currently focuses his research on human-centered technologies and human-machine collaborations to develop hybrid manufacturing environments for timber construction.

Education

PhD

| Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (EDCE)

2020 – 2020 EPFL

Master

| Engineering Sciences

2016 – 2016 National School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering (ENSTIB, France)

Master (MBA)

| Business Administration

2016 – 2016 School of Business and Administration IAE (Nancy, France)

BTEC Higher National Diploma

| Timber Construction

2012 – 2012 (France)

Youth Training

| Carpentry

2010 – 2010 Les Compagnons du Tour de France

Academic Publications and Activities

Journal Articles

- TSLAM: a tag-based object-centered monocular navigation system for augmented manual woodworking.

S. AndreaH.-B. YangG. JulienW. Yves

Construction Robotics

2024-04-16

DOI : 10.1007/s41693-024-00118-w

- TTool: A Supervised Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Visual Pose Detector for Tool Heads in Augmented Reality Woodworking

A. SettimiChutisilp NaravichF. AymannsJ. GamerroY. Weinand

applied sciences

2024-04-03

DOI : 10.3390/app14073011

- Projector-based augmented stacking framework for irregularly shaped objects

A. SettimiQ. WangE. AndòJ. GamerroK. Beyer  et al.

Construction Robotics

2023-05-05

DOI : 10.1007/s41693-023-00099-2

- Geometrical digital twins of the as-built microstructure of three-leaf stone masonry walls with laser scanning

S. SaloustrosA. SettimiA. C. AscencioJ. GamerroY. Weinand  et al.

Scientific Data

2023

DOI : 10.1038/s41597-023-02417-3

- Design considerations for robotically assembled through-tenon timber joints

N. RogeauJ. GamerroP. LatteurY. Weinand

Construction Robotics

2022-09-26

DOI : 10.1007/s41693-022-00080-5

- Augmented-reality-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools

A. SettimiJ. GamerroY. Weinand

Automation in Construction

2022-04-29

DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104272

- Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections

J. GamerroJ. F. BocquetY. Weinand

Engineering Structures

2020-03-24

DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110576

- A Calculation Method for Interconnected Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

J. GamerroJ. F. BocquetY. Weinand

Buildings

2020-03-20

DOI : 10.3390/buildings10030061

- Rotational mechanical behaviour of wood-wood connections with application to double-layered folded timber-plate structure

J. GamerroC. RobellerY. Weinand

Construction and Building Materials

2018

DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.178

- Théâtre Vidy Lausanne - A Double-Layered Timber Folded Plate Structure

C. RobellerJ. GamerroY. Weinand

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

2017

DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2017.194.864

Conference Papers

- Cockroach: an open-source tool for point cloud processing in cad

A. SettimiP. VestartasJ. GamerroY. Weinand

2022-04-09. CAADRIA 2022 POST-CARBON , Sydney, Australia , April 9-12, 2022. p. 325-334.

DOI : 10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.325.

- Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections

J. GamerroM. T. NakadJ.-F. BocquetY. Weinand

2021-08-12. WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering , Santiago, Chile , August 9-12, 2021.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-287997.

- Modelling Workflow for Segmented Timber Shells using Wood-wood Connections.

P. VestartasN. RogeauJ. GamerroY. Weinand

2019. Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2019. Impact: Design with all Senses , Berlin, Germany , September 23-25, 2019. p. 596-607.

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_46.

- Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements Using Integral Mechanical Attachments

J. GamerroI. LemaîtreY. Weinand

2018-08-20. World Conference on Timber Engineering , Seoul, South Korea , August 20-23, 2018.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-256646.

- Théâtre Vidy Lausanne - Ein zweischichtiges gefaltetes Flächentragwerk aus Brettsperrholz

C. RobellerJ. GamerroP.-O. CoanonY. Weinand

2016. S-WIN FBK Weinfelden 2016: Digitale Fertigung im Holzbau , Weinfelden, Switzerland , October 18-19, 2016. p. 9-20.

- Multiple Tab-and-Slot Joint : Improvement of the Rotational Stiffness for the Connection of Thin Structural Wood Panels

S. RocheJ. GamerroY. Weinand

2016. World Conference on Timber Engineering , Vienna, Austria , August 22-25, 2016.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-221012.

Books

- Le pavillon en bois du Théâtre de Vidy

V. BaudrillerJ. GamerroM. JaccardC. RobellerY. Weinand

Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR).

Theses

- Development of Novel Standardized Structural Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

J. Gamerro

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8302.

Reports

- Initial experimental tests, setups, discussions and challenges for OSB connections

A. Rezaei RadJ. GamerroG. GhionY. Weinand

2016-10-01

Talks

- La realité augmenté au service de l'usinage de charpente

A. Settimi

13e Forum International Bois Construction (FBC), Épinal, Nancy, April 3-5, 2024.

- Land of thousand dances

C. FauvelJ. Lafontaine CarboniJ. Gamerro

Colloque- Rencontres du Réseau Scientifique Thématique PhilAU (ENSACF École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Clermont-Ferrand) intitulé “ Architecture & philosophie - Prendre soin ” 2021, Clermont-Ferrand, France, December 10 2021.

- Modelling Workflow for Segmented Timber Shells using Wood-wood Connections.

P. VestartasN. RogeauJ. GamerroY. Weinand

Design Modelling Symposium Berlin, Impact : Design with all Senses, Berlin, Germany, Septembre 24, 2019.

- 3D Finite Element Model for Shear Stiffness of Wood-Wood Connections for Engineered Timber Panels

A. C. NguyenJ. GamerroJ.-F. BocquetY. Weinand

International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.

- Simplified calculation model for interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections

J. Gamerro

International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.

- Future challenges and need for research in timber engineering

J. Gamerro

8th Workshop of COST Action FP1402, Basis of Structural Timber Design - from research to standards, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2018-10-25.

- How will we plan and build in 25 years and how will this process be regulated?

J. Gamerro

Workshop of COST Action FP1402, Oskar von Miller Forum, Munich, Germany, 2018-09-12.

- Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements

J. GamerroI. Lemaître

World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018.

Student Projects

- Design and automated fabrication scenario for a wood shingle-based envelope system

A. Broyet

2021-09-21

Advisor(s) : Y. WeinandJ. Gamerro

- Numerical Model of a Timber Tab-and- Slot Joint

V. Lestang

2019

Advisor(s) : J. GamerroA. C. NguyenY. Weinand

- Mechanical characterization of a prefabricated orthotropic slab made out of OSB Panels using wood-wood connections

L. Ingebrigt

2017

Advisor(s) : Y. WeinandJ. Gamerro

- Connexions pour les structures plissées en bois

J. Gamerro

2016

Advisor(s) : Y. Weinand

Media

- augmented-stacking

A. SettimiQ. WangD. RebifféE. AndòJ. Gamerro  et al.

2022-11-23.

Datasets

- Supplementary material for "AR-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools"

A. SettimiJ. GamerroY. Weinand

2021.

- Dataset of the paper: "Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections".

J. GamerroJ.-F. BocquetY. Weinand

2020-04-09.

- Vibration tests on interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections

J. GamerroJ.-F. BocquetY. Weinand

2019-12-19.