Véronique Michaud

Mission Main research interests: (i) composite materials processing fundamentals, (ii) functional materials and structures (iii) sustainable and energy efficient manufacturing of composites. 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:January 2018-Dec 2023: Associate Dean of Engineering, in charge of EducationJune 2012-Dec.2017: Head of the Materials Science and Engineering SectionSince April 2017: Associate Professor at EPFL2009-2017 : Professeur Titulaire at EPFL1997-2009: Researcher at EPFL1994-1997 : Chef de Travaux au laboratoire MSS-MAT, Ecole Centrale Paris (France)1991-1994 : Post-doctoral research associate, MIT (USA)Curriculum vitae ORCID: 0000-0001-5699-740X, researcher ID: A-6390-2009Date of birth: 26/05/1965Civil: French, Swiss. Married, two children, Niels (28) and Erik (26).URL: https://people.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/people?id=113157&lang=en&cvlang=en   EDUCATION1994     Habilitation à diriger des recherches, INPG, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, September 1994.1991      Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.1987     Ingénieur Civil des Mines de Paris, Materials Science and Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France.        EMPLOYMENT HISTORY2017-now             Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandAssociate Professor, director of the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering. 2009-2017            Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandAdjunct Professor in the Laboratory for Polymer and Composite Technology, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering. 1997- 2009           Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandScientist in the Laboratory for Polymer and Composite Technology, Institute of Materials.1994 - 1997          Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, France.                          Chef de Travaux, Laboratoire de MSS-Mat, URA CNRS n° 850.       1991 - 1994          Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.                          Post-Doctoral Research Associate. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIESAssociate Dean of Engineering for Education, School of engineering, EPFL January 2018-Dec. 2023.Director of the Teaching Commission of the Humanities College at EPFL, since 2016, member since 2015.Member of the Committee of the Advanced Manufacturing doctoral program at EPFL, since 2016.Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Section, EPFL, between 2012 and 2017. RESEARCH Main research interests: (i) composite materials processing fundamentals, (ii) “smart” materials and structures featuring self-healing, shape and vibration control, or tailored damping properties, (iii) sustainable composite processes and materials. Author of 416 publications of which 200 in peer-reviewed journals, six book chapter contributions as well as twelve patents (2 granted and 10 applications); hindex= 47 in Clarivate, Web of Science found using the WoS researcherID, h-index=62 in Google Scholar. SUPERVISION AND MENTORINGSupervised or co-supervised 40 PhD theses (5 have been nominated for awards at EPFL since 2009), 6 currently in progress (J.B. Desbrest, A. Hoogmartins, M. Bonacina, P-A. Boschert, A. Aracama Luiz de Alegria and N. Balighieh) at EPFL, three outside EPFL, 100 Master theses and over 200 bachelor and master semester projects.Mentored 16 post-doctoral researchers (currently:  R.Raj), and 29 engineers working on research projects (currently: N. Kara-Yacoubian).  TEACHING ACTIVITIES 1997-now          Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland                        "Chargé de cours" since 2003, Professor since 2009. Current courses: Materials: from chemistry to properties (1st year undergrad Materials and Mechanical Engineering, 400 students), Polymer Composites (Bachelor, 3rd year), Composite Technology (Master course), Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering (Master course with college of Management since 2019), Advanced Modeling of Composites (PhD course, each 2 years).2011-now          CNAM-CACEMI, Paris, France                        Course manager for the continuing education course: CA01-Matériaux composites.1994-1997         Ecole CentraleParis, Châtenay-Malabry, France.                        Teaching duty of 192 equivalent hours/year, in the form of ex-cathedra lectures, exercise sessions, and laboratory courses in Materials Science and Metallurgy.1991-1994         Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.                        Teaching assistant for the course: "Introduction to solid state chemistry" (Undergraduate course 3.091), Fall 1991 and Fall 1992.      VISIBILITY AND SERVICEEditor for Europe (Applied Science and Manufacturing), Composites Part A (since 2023)Member of the Editorial Board of Composites Part A (2012-2023), of Frontiers /Composite materials (since 2014), of Springer Nature/Functional Composite Materials (since its creation in 2018) and of Polymer Composites (since 2022).Member of the board of the association: Ecoinvent (LCA database) since 2021.Member of the scientific board of the "Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénierie et des Systèmes", CNRS, 2019-2023.Member of the board of Composites United Switzerland since 2019.Member of the Scientific advisory board of the Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous materials systems (livMatS) at the University of Freiburg (DE) 2020-2024.Member of the scientific committee of the EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub, May 2017-2024.Member of the Scientific board of the Institut Mines Telecom since 2020.Member of the committee of the association "Alliance", partner of the Industrial Liaison Program of the French speaking part of Switzerland, since 2017.Member of the board of the Haenny Foundation, since 2017, president of the board since 2025.Vice-president of the scientific board of the Institut de Recherche Technologique Jules Verne (Nantes, F), and of the Institut de Recherche Technologique Matériaux, Métallurgie et Procédés (Metz, F) 2014-2021. Member of the Scientific Council of the Applied Mechanics Dept. of the FEMTO-STI institute in Besançon in 2014, 2017. Deputy lead of the capacity area A3, Minimization of vehicular energy demand, of the Swiss Competence Center in Energy Research: Efficient mobility, 2018-2021.Member of the scientific Council of the ANR Chimie, Matériaux et Procédés (2010-2012), and of the scientific Council of the Institut Carnot Ingenierie@Lyon (2009-2011).Member of the scientific committee of several international conferences (ECCM, FPCM, ICSHM, Polychar, Duracosys), and of the organizing committee of ICAST 2008, Comp Test 2011 and ICCM 19. Organiser of FPCM 10 international conference in Monte Verita (CH) in 2010, of a session on "Matrix Materials" at ICCM20 in 2015, and a session on "Bio-inspired and self-healing composites" at ECCM19 in 2016 and co-chair of the ECCM 20 in Lausanne in 2022.Member of the board, European Society for Composite MaterialsReviewer for several funding agencies in Europe, and peer-review journals. AWARDSRecipient of the best teacher award for Materials and Engineering section in 2020Recipient of three best-paper awards (1991 Marcus A. Grossmann Young Author Award, 1998 Best Paper Award, 2005, Best Applications Technical Paper Award, presented by the American Composite Manufacturers Association, sponsored by the R.J. Marshall Company).Recipient of the "Young researcher Award" of DRET (French Government, in 1995), of the Haenny prize at EPFL (in 2010), and of the Scientific research award of the Pôle de Plasturgie de l’Est in France (2011).Recipient of a Lavoisier Fellowship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1987-88. OTHERRESPONSIBILITIES 2020, Co-founder of CompPair Technologies SA, producing healable composites to reduce maintenance costs and improve sustainability.2007-2009, Co-founder and Committee Vice-President of the "CVER l'Arche de Noé", a children's day care in Colombier/Morges, for 52 children, with 20 employees and an annual operating budget of over 1 MCHF,2004-2007, Member of the committee of "UAPE Le Grand Record", Colombier/Morges, in charge of fund raising and relations with sponsors,2001-2005, Member of the committee of "La Croquignole" (EPFL day-care) in charge of personnel (contacts, salary) and relations with sponsors.Recent publications Please see google scholar or Orcid pages for recent publications. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Pierre-Alexandre Christophe Guy Claude Boschert, Anthony Ines P Hoogmartens, Ander Aracama Ruiz De Alegría, Nilufar Balighieh, Jean-Baptiste Desbrest, Michele Bonacina Past EPFL PhD Students Susanne Glock, Erica Manfredi, Federica Sordo, Amaël Maximilien Cohades, Damiano Salvatori, Jeroen Staal, Helena Luisa Teixido Pedarros, Guillaume Broggi, Alexios Argyropoulos, Vincent Werlen, Alexandre Achille Looten, Jialiang Fan, Francesco Taddei Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Simon Jespersen, Sandra Sequeira Lopes Tavares, Eva Kirkby, Basile Golaz, Sam Neuser, Mathieu Soutrenon Courses 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. Innovation & entrepreneurship in engineering MGT-555 This course is a joint initiative between the School of Engineering and the College of Management to encourage and promote entrepreneurship and management skills, engineering design, hands-on experience, teamwork, and awareness of social and ethical implications in engineering and management. Materials:from chemistry to properties MSE-101(a) This course enables to acquire the essential notions relative to the structure of matter, equilibrium and chemical reactions in relation to mechanical, thermal, electric, and magnetic properties of materials. 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. 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.