Josie Hughes

EPFL STI IGM CREATE Lab
ME C1 391 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

Awards

Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)

IEEE

2024

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Sudong Lee, Stefan Ilic, Cheng Pan, Benhui Dai, Guanran Pei, Robin Carlet, Christopher Bascucci, Yu Zhang, Sofiia Butenko, Haewon Jeong, Arnaud Vincent Klipfel, Valentin Yuryev, Lorenzo Vignoli, Gregorio Valenti, Juliette Alexandra Philippine Hars

Past EPFL PhD Students

Francesco Stella, Kai Junge, Max Polzin, Nana Obayashi

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Vincenzo Scamarcio

Courses

Data-driven design & fabrication methods

ME-428

There is an increasing need for data-driven methods for automated design and fabrication of complex mechanical systems. This course covers methods for encoding the design space, optimization and search approaches and digital fabrication methods.

Product development and engineering design

ME-320

The course introduces product development and the application of fundamental mechanics to develop engineering solutions. This focuses on the product development process including ideation, design selection, engineering analysis, prototyping and life cycle analysis.