Mission

Research:
- fundamentals of polymer composite processing
- processing and properties of adaptive composites, with shape memory alloys, optical fibers, shear thickening suspensions and/or self-healing mechanisms.
Teaching:
- Composite materials processing
- Introduction to materials science

Biography

Background:
1994 Habilitation à diriger des recherches ( INPG, France)
1991 PhD in Materials Engineering ( MIT, USA)
1987 Ingénieur Civil des Mines ( Ecole des Mines de Paris, France)

Activities:
Since January 2018: Associate Dean of Engineering, in charge of Education
June 2012-Dec.2017: Head of the Materials Science and Engineering Section
Since April 2017: Associate Professor at EPFL
2009-2017 : Professeur Titulaire at EPFL
1997-2009: Researcher at EPFL
1994-1997 : Chef de Travaux au laboratoire MSS-MAT, Ecole Centrale Paris (France)
1991-1994 : Post-doctoral research associate, MIT (USA)

Author of about 300 publications of which 140 in peer-reviewed journals

Recent publications

R1. A. Cohades, V. Michaud "Shape memory alloys in fibre-reinforced polymer composites", Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research, 1, 2018, pp.66-81.
R2. Amaël Cohades, Callum Branfoot, Steven Rae, Ian Bond, Véronique Michaud, Progress in Self-healing Fiber reinforced Polymer Composites, invited Progress report, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201800177.
R3. V. Michaud, A review of non-saturated resin flow in Liquid Composite Molding Processes, Transport in porous media, 115(3), 581-601, DOI: 10.1007/s11242-016-0629-7, 2016.
A1. B.Caglar, T. Cekin, F. Karasu, V.Michaud, Assessment of Capillary Phenomena in Liquid Composite Molding, Composites Part A, 120, 2019, pp. 73-83.
A2. D. Salvatori, B. Caglar, V. Michaud, 3D Spacers Enhance Flow Kinetics in Resin Transfer Molding with Woven Fabrics, Composites part A, 119, (2019) pp. 206-216.
A3. F.Sordo, E.R. Janecek, Y. Qu V. Michaud, F. Stellacci, J.Engman, T.J. Wooster, F.Sorin, Micro-structured fibers for the production of food, Advanced Materials, 1807282 (1 of 10), 2019.
A4. Sara Dalle Vacche, Véronique Michaud, Dragan Damjanovic, Jan-Anders E. Månson, Yves Leterrier, Improved mechanical dispersion or use of coupling agents? Advantages and disadvantages for the properties of fluoropolymer/ceramic composites, Polymer, Polymer 154 (2018) 8–16.
A5. B. Caglar, D. Salvatori, E. Murat Sozer, V. Michaud, In-plane permeability distribution mapping using resin flow front detection, Composites Part A 113 (2018), p.275-286.
A6. Amaël Cohades, Lode Daelemans, Charlie Ward, Timo Meireman, Wim Van Paepegem, Karen De Clerck, Véronique Michaud, Size limitations on achieving tough and healable fibre reinforced composites through the use of thermoplastic nanofibres, Composites Part A 112 (2018) 485–495.
A7. A.Cohades, N.Hostettler, M. Pauchard, C.J.G Plummer, V. Michaud, Stitched shape memory alloy wires enhance damage recovery in self-healing fiber reinforced polymer composites, Composite Science and Technology, Volume 161, 16 June 2018, Pages 22-31.
A8. D. Salvatori, B. Caglar, H. Teixido, V. Michaud, Permeability and Capillary Effects in a Channel-wise Non-Crimp Fabric, Composites part A, Volume 108, May 2018, Pages 41–52.
A9. Lode Daelemans, Amaël Cohades, Timo Meireman, Jasper Beckx, Siebe Spronk, Mathias Kersemans, Ives De Baere, Hubert Rahier, Véronique Michaud, Wim Van Paepegem, Karen De Clerck, Electrospun nanofibrous interleaves for improved low velocity impact resistance of glass fibre reinforced polymer laminates, J.Materials and Design 141 (2018) 170–184.
A10. G. Pappas, S. Joncas, V. Michaud, J. Botsis, The Influence of Through-Thickness Reinforcement Geometry and Pattern on Delamination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Part I - Experimental results, Composite Structures, Volume 184, (2018), Pages 924-934.
A11. H. De Oliveira, B. Yoon, V. Michaud, Jae-Do Nam and J. Suhr, All natural Cork Composites with Suberin-based Polyester and Lignocellulosic Residue, Industrial Crops and Products 109, pp. 843-849, 2017
A12. C. Paul-Victor, S. Dalle Vacche, F. Sordo, S. Fink, T. Speck, V. Michaud, O. Speck, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis on the effect of mechanical damage and wound healing on the viscoelastic properties of stems of flax cultivars (Linum usitatissimum L. cv. Eden and cv. Drakkar), PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185958. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone 0185958
A13. W. Post, A.M. Cohades, V. Michaud, S. van der Zwaag, S. J. García, Healing of a glass fibre reinforced composite with a disulphide containing organic-inorganic epoxy matrix, Composite Science and Technology, 152 (2017), 85-93.
A14. G. Pappas, S. Joncas, V. Michaud, J. Botsis, The Influence of Through-Thickness Reinforcement Geometry and Pattern on Delamination of Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Part II- Modelling, Composite Structures, 181 (2017), 379-390.
A15. A. Cohades, V. Michaud, Damage recovery after impact in E-glass reinforced Poly(ε-caprolactone)/epoxy blends, Composite Structures 180 (2017) 439–447.
A16. A. Cohades, V. Michaud, "Thermal mending in E-glass reinforced Poly(ε-caprolactone)/epoxy blends", Composites Part A, Volume 99, August 2017, Pages 129–138.
A17. B. Caglar, L. Orgéas, S. Rolland du Roscoat, E. M. Sozer, V. Michaud, Permeability of textile fabrics with spherical inclusions, Composites Part A, Composites: Part A 99 (2017) 1–14.
A18. F. Sordo, V.Michaud, Adhesion and Interfacial Healing between Supramolecular Hybrid Networks and Glass Substrates, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 73 (2017), 100-108.
A19. K. A. Fröhlich, E. Mitrentsis, F. Clemens, B. Hoffmann, V. Michaud and T. Graule, Assessment of the Dispersion Quality of refractive index-matched nanodispersions, Applied Rheology, 26, 65050, DOI: 10.3933/APPLRHEOL-26-65050, 2016.
A20. J.Cretenoud, S. Galland, V. Michaud, C. Plummer, H. Frauenrath, High Temperature Copolyamides by Efficient Transamidation of Crystalline-Crystalline Polyamide Blends, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2016, DOI: 10.1002/APP.44349.
A21. A.Cohades, E. Manfredi, C. J.G. Plummer, V. Michaud, Thermal Mending in phase-separated Epoxy -polycaprolactone blends, European Polymer Journal, Volume 81, August 2016, Pages 114–128.
A22. J.Cullinan, P. Velut, V. Michaud, M.Wisnom, I. Bond, In-Situ Repair of Composite Sandwich Structures using Cyanoacrylates, Composites Part A, 87, pp.203-211, 2016.
A23. F.Sordo and V. Michaud, Processing and damage recovery of intrinsic self-healing glass fiber reinforced composites, Smart Materials and Structures, 25, n°8, (2016) 084012 (9pp)