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Génie physique

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Assessing the implementation of user-centred design standards on assistive technology for persons with visual impairments: a systematic review

Klaus Benedikt Schönenberger, Mario Andres Chavarria Varon

Despite scientific and technological advances in the field of assistive technology (AT) for people with visual impairment (VI), technological designs are frequently based on a poor understanding of the physical and social context of use, resulting in devic ...

Frontiers Media Sa2023

Real-time model calibration with deep reinforcement learning

Olga Fink

The real-time, and accurate inference of model parameters is of great importance in many scientific and engineering disciplines that use computational models (such as a digital twin) for the analysis and prediction of complex physical processes. However, f ...

2022

3D Printed Acoustically Programmable Soft Microactuators

Mahmut Selman Sakar, Murat Kaynak, Amit Yedidia Dolev

The concept of creating all-mechanical soft microrobotic systems has great potential to address outstanding challenges in biomedical applications, and introduce more sustainable and multifunctional products. To this end, magnetic fields and light have been ...

2023

Large Steps in Inverse Rendering of Geometry

Wenzel Alban Jakob, Baptiste Alexandre Marie Philippe Claude Nicolet

Inverse reconstruction from images is a central problem in many scientific and engineering disciplines. Recent progress on differentiable rendering has led to methods that can efficiently differentiate the full process of image formation with respect to mi ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2021

A Measure of Dynamical Efficiency for Multimodal Interconnected Urban Systems

Nikolaos Geroliminis, Leonardo Bellocchi

Complex network theory describes network performance mostly based on topological characteristics, like betweenness centrality. This work integrates concepts from complex networks and traffic engineering. We propose a new measure for spatial networks and, i ...

2020

Postural Control and Consciousness and Their Applications to Lower-Limb Exoskeletons

Jemina Fasola

Human postural control requires high coordination and is distributed over the whole musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Hence, postural balance can be impaired due to various pathologies. Efficient rehabilitation programs and technological solutions are t ...

EPFL2020

Negative Capacitance Double-Gate Junctionless FETs: A Charge-Based Modeling Investigation of Swing, Overdrive and Short Channel Effect

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Jean-Michel Sallese, Farzan Jazaeri, Amin Rassekh

In this article, an analytical predictive model of the negative capacitance (NC) effect in symmetric long channel double-gate junctionless transistor is proposed based on a charge-based model. In particular, we have investigated the effect of the thickness ...

2020

Education in Process Systems Engineering: Why it matters more than ever and how it can be structured

Dominique Bonvin

This position paper is an outcome of discussions that took place at the third FIPSE Symposium in Rhodes, Greece, between June 20-22, 2016 (http://fi-in-pse.org). The FIPSE objective is to discuss open research challenges in topics of Process Systems Engine ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Emergence of Cracklike Behavior of Frictional Rupture: The Origin of Stress Drops

Jean-François Molinari, Fabian Barras, Thibault Didier Roch

The process of frictional rupture, i.e., the failure of frictional systems, abounds in the technological and natural world around us, ranging from squealing car brake pads to earthquakes along geological faults. A general framework for understanding and in ...

American Physical Society2019

Advanced models for stress evaluation and safety assessment in steel-lined pressure tunnels

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Alexandre Jean Pachoud

An accurate estimation of the stress in a steel liner is required for the design of steel-lined pressure shafts, both with regard to safety assessment of ageing steel-lined waterways of hydropower plants built in the 20th century, and for new projects whic ...

2018

Does gender-sensitive teacher training have a place in Engineering Education? Assessing pedagogical training as a step towards gender-inclusive curricula

Roland John Tormey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Cécile Hardebolle, Ingrid Le Duc

Teaching advisors work to sensitize teachers to use inclusive teaching pedagogy because it facilitates learning to all students and makes teachers aware of how the gender composition of a class and its management can promote or hamper student learning and ...

European Society for Engineering Education2018

Characterization and Compact Modeling of Nanometer CMOS Transistors at Deep-Cryogenic Temperatures

Edoardo Charbon

Cryogenic characterization and modeling of two nanometer bulk CMOS technologies (0.16-μm and 40-nm) are presented in this paper. Several devices from both technologies were extensively characterized at temperatures of 4 K and below. Based on a detailed und ...

2018

Nanometer CMOS characterization and compact modeling at deep-cryogenic temperatures

Edoardo Charbon

The characterization of nanometer CMOS transistors of different aspect ratios at deep-cryogenic temperatures (4 K and 100 mK) is presented for two standard CMOS technologies (40 nm and 160 nm). A detailed understanding of the device physics at those temper ...

2017

Talsperren und Speicher als lebenswichtige Infrastrukturanlagen für den weltweiten Wohlstand = Dams and Reservoirs as Vital Water Infrastructures Ensuring Worldwide Economic Prosperity

Anton Schleiss

History shows that the economic prosperity of a society and its cultural wealth was always closely related to the level of the development of the hydraulic schemes, including dams and reservoirs. In view of climate change, dams and reservoirs will and have ...

2016

Control of agent swarms in random environments

Guillaume Adrien Sartoretti

The collective dynamic behavior of large groups of interacting autonomous agents (swarms) have inspired much research in both fundamental and engineering sciences. It is now widely acknowledged that the intrinsic nonlinearities due to mutual interactions c ...

EPFL2016

Improved analytical solutions for the response of underground excavations in rock masses satisfying the generalized Hoek-Brown failure criterion

Vincent Labiouse

Analytical solutions for tunnel design are widely used in practical engineering, as they allow a quick analysis of design issues such as estimation of support requirement. In recent years, several papers analyzing the behavior of rock masses that obey the ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Multi-period analysis of heat integration measures in industrial clusters

François Maréchal, Laurent Gabriel Félix Alexandre Stéphane Bungener, Greta Martha Van Eetvelde

TSA (total site analysis) has shown to be an efficient tool for identifying heat integration measures in industrial clusters, leading to the optimal design of utility systems and energy bill reduction. In order to justify investments, any proposed utility ...

2015

Do we need "more research" or better implementation through knowledge brokering?

Janet Gordon Hering

More research is needed is an iconic catchphrase used by scientists worldwide. Yet policy and management decisions are continually being made with variable levels of reliance on scientific knowledge. Funding agencies have provided incentives for knowledge ...

Springer2015

Single florescent nanodiamond in a three dimensional ABEL trap

Aleksandra Radenovic, Metin Kayci

Three dimensional single particle trapping and manipulation is an outstanding challenge in various fields ranging from basic physics to life sciences. By monitoring the response of a trapped particle to a designed environment one can extract its characteri ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

From Discrete Measurements to Bounded Gradient Estimates: A Look at Some Regularizing Structures

Dominique Bonvin, Grégory François, Gene Bunin

Obtaining a reliable gradient estimate for an unknown function when given only its discrete measurements is a common problem in many engineering disciplines. While there are many approaches to obtaining an estimate of a gradient, obtaining lower and upper ...

American Chemical Society2013