Josie Hughes
EPFL STI IGM CREATE Lab
ME C1 391 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne
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Office:
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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
Christopher Bascucci, Sofiia Butenko, Robin Carlet, Benhui Dai, Juliette Alexandra Philippine Hars, Haewon Jeong, Arnaud Vincent Klipfel, Sudong Lee, Cheng Pan, Guanran Pei, Gregorio Valenti, Lorenzo Vignoli, Valentin Yuryev, Yu Zhang
Past EPFL PhD Students
Stefan Ilic (2026), Kai Junge (2025), Nana Obayashi (2025), Max Polzin (2025), Francesco Stella (2025)
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
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.