Simon Henein

EPFL STI IGM INSTANT-LAB
MC B2 301 (Bâtiment MC)
Rue de la Maladière 71b, CP 526
2002 Neuchâtel 2

Web site:  Web site:  https://instantlab.epfl.ch/

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Fields of expertise

Engineering: Micromechanical Design; Precision Mechanisms; Flexure Mechanisms with applications to Aerospace, Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, Surgical Instruments,  Horology, Robotics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS).

Humanities: Creative process pedagogy; Transmitting and teaching creativity in arts and science; Theatre Studies; Performance Art; Improvisation; Contemporary Dance; Embodied cognition.

Publications

Other publications

Research

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Microengineering

Courses

Collective creation: improv-arts & engineering I

This course contrasts improvisation in the performing arts with engineering design. Creative processes will be compared and student projects will culminate in an improvised public performance evaluated by the interplay of their artistic and technical creations.

Collective creation: improv-arts & engineering II

This course contrasts improvisation in the performing arts with engineering design. Creative processes will be compared and student projects will culminate in an improvised public performance evaluated by the interplay of their artistic and technical creations.

Mechanism Design I

This course introduces the basics of structural mechanics: calculation of stresses and strains caused by external forces and calculation of strains. This theoretical training is applied to the design of important elements of precision mechanisms.

Mechanism Design II

This second semester develops creative design skills applied to the field of microtechnology mechanisms. It focuses both on knowledge (components, physical principles, dimensioning) and cognitive process of design.