Pierre-Etienne Bourban

Expertise Elaboration and mechanics of polymer composites. Cellular biocomposites. Biodegradable and resorbable composites. Anisotropic materials Discovery learning : DLL-Engineering, DLL-Materials and Bioengineering Mission ResearchProcessing and properties of composite materials.Polymers and biocomposites for regenerative medicine and biomed applications.Cellular materials and hydrogels.Bio-based degradable composites for packaging and engineering applications.Natural fibres composites.TeachingDiscovery Learning Labs in Engineering and Materials BioengineeringPolymer composites.Composites technology.Mechanics of materials.Introduction to materials.Materials for sport (AISTS)IP and tech transferPatents on Integrated processing, Cellular gradient composites and Composite hydrogels.Manufacturing of porous biocomposites for implants Background1990 Ingénieur en science des matériaux1993 PhD in materials scienceActivities1993-1994 Research at the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, USA (ccm.udel.edu), SNSF grantSince 1994 Research and teaching at EPFL, Composites, (LTC, LPAC)1995-1999 Coordination Swiss Priority Program on Materials research: 2.2: CompositesSince 1998 Biocomposites2004-2009 Direction of the EPFL Transdisciplinary programme in Sport and Rehabilitation2005-2008 Member of the EPFL Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Valorisation and direction a.i.EPFL-LTCSince 2016 Direction Discovery Learning Labs Materials/Bioengineering and EngineeringPrevious Research 2025Ph.D.thesis 11345. V. Varanges2021 Ph.D.thesis 8128, C. Wyss2018 Ph.D.thesis 8388, M. Marascio2017 Ph.D thesis 7868, R.Chandran2016 Ph.D thesis 7061, A.Khoushaby2014 Ph.D thesis 6275, F.Duc2012 Ph.D thesis 5495, M.Cuenoud2012 Ph.D thesis 5499, C.Boissard2010 Ph.D thesis 4817, A.Borges2008 Ph.D thesis 4029, M.Buhler2007 Ph.D thesis 3890, C.Fischer2004 Ph.D thesis 3121, L.Mathieu2003 Ph.D thesis 2906, L.Zingraff2001 Ph.D thesis 2453, A.Luisier2000 Ph.D thesis 2317, J.E.Zanetto2000 Ph.D thesis 2154, N.Bernet1999 Ph.D thesis 2109, O.Rozant1996 Ph.D thesis 1597, G.Smith ResearchCurrent Research Fields Materials design, Biocomposites, Hybrid hydrogels Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Christian Fischer, Manuel Bühler, Ana Borges, Carole Boissard, Matthieu Cuénoud, Fabien Duc, Azadeh Khoushabi, Rajasundar Chandran, Matteo Gregorio Modesto Marascio, Céline Samira Wyss, Vincent Varanges Courses CCMX Advanced Course - Instrumented Nanoindentation MSE-656 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. Composites technology MSE-440 The latest developments in processing and the novel generations of organic composites are discussed.Nanocomposites, adaptive composites and biocomposites are presented. Product development, cost analysis and studyof new markets are practiced in team work. Materials engineering II MSE-215 After Materials engineering I on polymers and metals, the links between processing-structures-properties of ceramics for microtechnology are presented. Hands-on works will allow to process and characterize properties of the 3 types of materials. Materials mechanics MSE-205 Mechanics of deformable solids is introduced to determine stresses and strains into various isotropic materials loaded in tension, compression, shear, torsion and bending. Failure criteria and limits of elasticity are discussed. Structures from engineering and biology are provided. Materials structure MSE-100 Polymer composites + Laboratory Work MSE-340 Mechanical and physical properties of anisotropic materials and calculation tools are presented. Constituents, processing techniques and structure-processing-properties relationships are given for different types of organic matrix composites. Applications in transport,sport and energy are discussed.