Course

MSE-656: CCMX Advanced Course - Instrumented Nanoindentation

Summary

This course is intended for current nanoindentation users who want to gain the experience and knowledge required to extract useful data from challenging sample materials. It is also intended for users of conventional indentation methods who wish to add this approach to their portofolio of methods.

Lectures

Instructors (3)

Pierre-Etienne Bourban

Background 1990 Ingénieur en science des matériaux 1993 PhD in materials science Activities 1993-1994 Research at the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA (ccm.udel.edu), SNSF grant Since 1994 Research and teaching at EPFL, Composites, (LTC, LPAC) 1995-1999 Coordination Swiss Priority Program on Materials research: 2.2: Composites Since 1998 Biocomposites 2004-2009 Direction of the EPFL Transdisciplinary programme in Sport and Rehabilitation 2005-2008 Member of the EPFL Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Valorisation and direction a.i.EPFL-LTC Since 2016 Direction Discovery Learning Labs Materials/Bioengineering and Engineering

Andy Bushby

Nicholas X. Randall

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/ccmx-advanced-course-instrumented-nanoindentation-MSE-656

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/MSE-656

Summary

Lectures

Instructors (3)

Pierre-Etienne Bourban

Andy Bushby

Nicholas X. Randall

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/ccmx-advanced-course-instrumented-nanoindentation-MSE-656

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/MSE-656

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