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Yves Bellouard

yves.bellouard@epfl.ch http://galatea.epfl.ch

EPFL STI IMT GALATEA
MC A1 288 (Bâtiment MC)
Rue de la Maladière 71b, CP 526
2002 Neuchâtel 2

Expertise

Micromanufacturing
Laser processing
Optical packaging and sensing
Ultrafast lasers
Smart materials
System engineering at the micro-scales
Prof. Yves Bellouard heads the Galatea Lab at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. 

He received a BS in Theoretical Physics and an MS in Applied Physics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France in 1994–1995 and a PhD in Microengineering from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2000. Before joining EPFL in 2015, he was Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technologies (TU/e) in the Netherlands and prior to that, Research Scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. 

He receives several awards including an Omega Scientific Prize (2001), Excellentie Fund form the TU/e (2008), ERC Grant (Starting-Consolidator transition 2012), Best project finalist award (Femtoprint) (2013), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2013), Innovation Award in laser technology ILT (2014), ERC Proof-of-Concept (2018), Best teacher Award from the Microengineering section (2020) and is a OPTICA fellow (2023) (former Optical Society of America).

His current research interests are in laser-based methods in advanced manufacturing, photonics and system integration.

Awards

ERC Starting / Consolidator Grant (transition phase)

2012

JSPS Fellowship Science

2013

Innovation Award in Laser Technology (ILT)

2014

Excellentie funds

2008

ERC Proof-of-concept

2018

Best Teacher Award (Microengineering section)

2019

Omega Scientific Award

2011

Elected a Fellow Member of the Optical Society (Optica)

Optica

2022

Journals

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Camar Cheayto, Antoine Duret, Martin Thibaud Lentz, Chrysoula Stathaki

Past EPFL PhD Students

Christos Edouardos Athanasiou (2018), Samuel Youcef Benketaf (2024), Olivier Bernard (2023), Enrico Casamenti (2022), Ernesto Gribaudo (2026), Saood Nazir (2021), Arunkrishnan Radhakrishnan (2022), Ruben Ricca (2023), Gözden Torun (2023), Pieter Vlugter (2020), Tao Yang (2017)

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Luciano Borasi (2023)

Courses

Advanced Photonics

MICRO-725

The course offers an overview on selected advanced photonics topics. It targets students with a broad photonics background or equivalent, who are willing to broaden their knowledge in the discipline. The course is given by lecturers from both EPFL and FEMTO-ST.

Advanced micro-/nano- manufacturing

MICRO-632

This course contains lectures covering the latest research and development done in the field of micro-/nano- manufacturing methods and processes. It consists on an intensive 5 days training and is done in the framework of a collaboration between FEMTO-ST in France and EPFL.

Manufacturing technologies

MICRO-301

This course gives an introduction to production methods and manufacturing technologies used in microengineering. The focus is given on the understanding of physical phenomena underlying the processes, the relation between materials, manufacturing processes and design, as well as economical aspects.

Products design & systems engineering

MICRO-406

This course will cover all the aspects of product design and system engineering from learning relevant methods to the actual implementation in a hands-on practice of product development.

Selected topics in advanced manufacturing

MICRO-631

The course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of ongoing advanced manufacturing research topics and an opportunity for students to investigate current research trends.