Sébastien Soubielle
Scientist
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Fields of expertise
Machine-tools -- Transfer machine-tools -- Special machines -- Wire tension management devices -- Machine safety (2006/42/CE) -- Microcellular metals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2016 - 2019 : Design engineer & project manager / Bumotec SA / Five-axis machine-tools / Watch industry - jewellery - medtech - defense
- R&D s1000/C product line manager : continuous improvement & design of custom options.
- Multidisciplinary projects : mechatronics with electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic actuation / digital microvision / sheetmetal & encolsures / clamping & handling devices / precision mechanics / posages et mécanique de précision / peripheral devices.
- Internal referent for safety machine / compliance with European directive 2006/42/CE & its related norms (ISO 12100 - ISO 13849 - ISO 13850 - ISO 13851 - ISO 13855 - ISO 13857 - ISO 14118 - ISO 14119 - ISO 14120 - ISO/TR 14121 - ISO 14738 - ISO 16090 - ISO 23125 - ISO 7250...).
- 2011 - 2015 : Design engineer / Applied Materials / Special machine-tool / Photovoltaïc industry
- Developpement of several mechanical and mechatronics complex devices with a high focus on innovation (four patents under published status) for wire saw machines, including design for manufacturing and design for cost optimization.
- Projects starting from blank page / tight collaboration with electrical and software departments.
- Multicultural environmnet (US, China, India, Europe).
- 2010 : Consulting engineer / Almatech / Aerospatial & naval industry
- Market studies, technological watch, writing of technical offer.
- Part of the mechanical design and dimensioning of instrumented device for scientific satellite.
- 2006 - 2010 : PhD in Material Science / "Cyclic & creep behavior of a replicated microcellular aluminium"
- Expérimental approach : material manufacturing (pure aluminium microscaled with open-porosity foam), design of test benches, experimental campaigne, metallography, MEB & EBSD observation.
- Phenomenological approach : scaling of the macroscopic behavior laws.
- Theoretical approach : correlation of the phenomenological behavior laws and the microscale material configuration (dislocation sub-structure).
- 2006 - 2009 : Teacher in engineering school / Grenoble Institute of Technology
- Teaching of "Mechanical engineering" courses (Bachelor).
- Teaching of metallurgy practical exercise : "Physico-chemistry of a solid metal subjected to straining under heat".
EDUCATION
- 2015 - ... : Continuing education
- "Certified Machinery Safety Expert", certification for machine safety, PILZ, Yverdon-les-Bains (mars 2018).
- "Basics of plastic injection molding", Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche en Microtechnique, Vevey (oct. 2015).
- "ANSYS, Introduction (structural et thermal)", CADFEM, Renens (sept. 2015).
- 2002 - 2006 : Master "Mechanics and System Engineering" / Ecole Normale Supérieure / Cachan, France
- University education focused on teaching and research, in theoretical mechanics, mechanical engineering, material science.
- 2000 - 2002 : Preparatory classes for engineering school (PTSI - PT) / Lycée Jean Mermoz / Montpellier, France
- Basic education in theoretical mechanics, mechanical engineering, material science.
Publications
Selected publications
| Y. Chinoune, F. Bornet, S. Soubielle, J. Speyrer European Patent Office, EP2842676A1, 2013 |
Wire saw device |
| S. Soubielle European Patent Office, EP2939777A1, 2014 |
Pulley for a wire saw device |
| S. Soubielle European Patent Office, EP2939778A1, 2014 |
Quick mountable pulley for a wire saw device |
| D. Cretegny, S. Soubielle European Patent Office, EP2865502A1, 2013 |
Semiconductor wire saw including a nozzle for generating a fluid jet |
| R. Mueller, S. Soubielle, R. Goodall, F. Diologent, A. Mortensen Scripta Materialia 57 (2007) 33-36 |
On the steady-state creep of microcellular metals |
| S. Soubielle, F. Diologent, L. Salvo, A. Mortensen Acta Materialia, vol. 59, num. 2, pp. 440-450, 2011 |
Creep of replicated microcellular aluminium |
| S. Soubielle, L. Salvo, F. Diologent, A. Mortensen Materials Science and Engineering: A, 528, 6, pp. 2657-2663, 2011 |
Fatigue & cyclic behavior of replicated microcellular aluminium |
| S. Soubielle, A. Mortensen Scripta Materialia, 65, 9, 787-790, 2011 |
On measured activation volumes as relevant to ratcheting or cyclic creep |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering
Courses
Mechanical construction I (for MT)
The ME-106 course aims at acquiring the rules and the standardized language of the technical communication, and foundations in mechanical design.
This course integrates practical work on Computer Aided Design using the CATIA V5 software.
Mechanical construction II (for MT)
The ME-107 course aims at acquiring a solid basis in technical culture in order to be able to apply it to real-life examples of mechanical engineering, through a review of the concepts, components, and methodologies used in this field, and the achievement by the students of a group-based project.