Yves Perriard

Expertise Electric drivesLinear transducersComplex system optimizationInvasive blood pumpPiezo electric motorsSmart material (EAP, SMA) Mission Research at the Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI) is dealing with transducers, electric drives, motor design, transportation, contactless energy transmission, medical applications. Yves Perriard was born in Lausanne in 1965. He received the M. Sc. in Microengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne (EPFL) in 1989 and the Ph D. degree in 1992. Co-founder of Micro-Beam SA, he was CEO of this company involved in high precision electric drive. Senior lecturer from 1998 and professor since 2003, he is currently director of Laboratory of Integrated Actuators. His research interests are in the field of new actuator design and associated electronic devices. In 2009, he is appointed Vice-Director of the Microengineering Institute in Neuchâtel until 2011. In 2013 the Federal Council has named him the the CTI commission in Bern. In 2014 he is appointed guest professor at Zhejiang University in China. In 2017, the lab is granted by the Werner Siemens Foundation of an amount of 12 millions CHF in order to set up a new Center for Artificial Muscules. Since 2018, he is Expert with Innosuisse, the new Swiss Innovation Agency.http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fr&user=V2onuO8AAAAJhttps://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-12-million-franc-donation-to-create-a-center-for/Board Member Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry ApplicationsAssociate Editor IEE Journal of Electrical EngineeringMember of the Executive Council of the EPE Association, European Power Electronics, BrusselsPast-President of the EPFL School Council (Assemblée d'Ecole)Expert RTfl evaluator To the European Commission under 5th and 6th ProgramExpert for the Government of the Region Wallone in BelgiumMember of the Steering committee of the IEMDC-IEEE ConferenceMember of the Steering committee of the ELECTRIMACS-TC1 ConferenceMember of the Steering committee of EPE Education Gymnase | Maturité Fédérale type C 1984 – 1984 Neuchâtel Master | Microengineering 1989 – 1989 EPFL PhD | Electrical Machines 1992 – 1992 EPFL Directed by Prof. Marcel Jufer Honors Best paper award IEEE Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems "A novel electronically-controlled linear escapement mechanism" 2014Best paper award IEEE Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems "Modeling and characterization of a MEMS synchronous generator" 2014Best paper award IEEE Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems "Comparison of FPCB windings of BLDC machines with paralelly and radially magnetized rotor poles" 2014Student awards of best teacher of the STI Faculty - 2005Elected to Senior Grade of the IEEE Society – 2005Student awards of best teacher of the STI Faculty - 2006Invited Papers Y. Perriard, Small actuators: a multi-disciplinary approach and a strong link with industry, keynote speach at ICEMS Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2014Y. Perriard, Advanced mechatronics: A multi-disciplinary approach and a strong link with industry, Seminar at Besançon University, 2013Y. Perriard, Advanced mechatronics: A multi-disciplinary approach and a strong link with industry, MAM Meeting, Villars-sur-Ollons, 2013Y. Perriard, "Very small brushless motor for watch application", Zhejiang University, April 2010, Hangzhou, ChineY. Perriard, "Very High speed motor design", Zhejiang University, April 2010, Hangzhou, ChineY. Perriard, O. Scaglione, M. Markovic, "Self-Sensing Methods from MEMs to Solar Aircraft Motors", ICEMS 2008, Wuhan, China, October 17-20, 2008.Y. Perriard, "Le futur de l'Institut de Microtechnique à Neuchâtel", Micro08, Neuchâtel, 11-12 septembre 2008.Y. Perriard, "Self-sensing methods to drive micro-machines", invited speaker, 14th Int. Workshop IWPSD 2007, Session Sensors and MEM, Mumbai, India, December 16-20, 2007.Y. Perriard, "System optimization based on the example of the solar plane SolarImpulse", EPE 2007- 12th European conf. on Power Electronics and Applications, Aalborg, September 2-5, 2007.Y. Perriard, "Complex energy system optimization : from the solar aircraft to the artificial heart pump, Workshop on Electric Drives, University of Padova, Italy, June 8, 2007.Y. Perriard, "Optimisation de systèmes énergétiques complexes : de l'avion solaire à la pompe cardiaque implantable", UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain, 8 novembre 2006.Y. Perriard, "Solar Impulse : une aventure humaine, scientifique, écologique et mécatronique", 3èmes rencontres européennes de mécatronique", Annecy, 28-29 juin 2005.Y. Perriard, "Integrated Actuators for Micro Systems", First EPFL-IIS Joint Workshop on Micro/Nano Mechatronics, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2002.Master Projects 2001 – 201487 graduated Master projects at LAI (in 3 sections SMT, SEL, SME)Patents Y. Perriard, Z. Pataky, D. Grivon and Y. Civet. Système de régulation de pression agissant localement sur la peau et le tissu sous-cutané, 1460869, 2014.R. Besuchet, Y. Perriard and B.-P. Legrand. Injection device, 14174633.9-1662, 2014.D. Ladas, Y. Perriard, C. Auvigne and P. Germano. Système de conversion d'énergie, 13181857.7-1809, 2013.F. Bonvin, L. Cardoletti, Y. Perriard, "Procédé de détermination de la position du rotor d'un moteur électromagnétique sans collecteur et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre", EU. Patent No 00810479.6-1522, August 1, 2000.L. Cardoletti, Y. Perriard, "Procédé et dispositif de commande d'un moteur synchrone à aimant permanent", Europe Patent No EP 98944947.5, Monde PCT/CH98/00421, France FR 9712575.L. Cardoletti, Y. Perriard, "Method and Device for Controlling a Synchronous Motor with Permanent Magnet", Japon JP G7P004Y, USA US 09/529,039.V. Mosimann, L. Cardoletti, Y. Perriard, "Pièce à main dentaire motorisée munie d'un accessoire électrique tel qu'un éclairage", Brevet européen EP 0 688 539 B1, 25.08.99.J. Persson, M. Markovic, Y. Perriard, "A Method and Device to Estimate the Position of a Rotor in a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine" European patent pending. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Maël Dagon, Maribel Caceres Rivera, Marc Michel Charles Favier, Simon Holzer, Xiaohan Han Past EPFL PhD Students Frédéric Bonvin, Cédric Paroz, Matteo Bullo, Jan Persson, José Fernandez Lopez, Igor Stefanini, John Murphy, Patrick Ragot, Daniel Porto, Markus Flückiger, Pierre-Daniel Pfister, Sebastiano Merzaghi, Hans Bernhard, Joël Maridor, Grégory Savioz, Pascal Meyer, Omar Scaglione, Alessandro Danisi, Christophe Winter, Leopoldo Rossini, Christophe Bruno Auvigne, Quentin Theurillat-Bonjour, Romain David Besuchet, Dan Shi, Chafic Abu Antoun, Xinchang Liu, Daniel Grivon, Florian Louis Copt, Jasha Poliakine, Jonathan Chavanne, Louis Antoine Masson, Guillaume Burnand, Guzmán Borque Gallego, Raphaël Johannes Charles Mottet, Sean Thomas, Juan Patricio Tomás Peralta Fierro, Adrien Thabuis, Sofia Lydia Ntella, Camilo Hernandez Mejia, Pooneh Mohaghegh, Konstantinidi Stefania Maria Aliki, Marjan Ghorbani, Quentin Philippe Mario De Menech Courses Actuators and Electromagnetic systems I MICRO-313 The course covers the main methods for the analysis of electromechanical systems. A study of magnetic physical quantities is followed by the conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy. The permanent magnet is studied macroscopically. The dynamic aspect of the system is seen at the end. Actuators and Electromagnetic systems II MICRO-314 The students will be able to model, simulate and measure actuators and electrical motors Electrotechnics I MICRO-100 The course covers the basics of electrical circuits composed of linear components, in direct current (DC) operation. A series of transforming methods are studied. At the end of the semester, alternate current (AC) systems are treated (complex numbers). Many examples and demos illustrate the course. Embedded motor control MICRO-510 The student will be able to design, implement and program a motor control electronic. He will know how to apply the theory of motor control to real systems. Awards Elected to Senior Grade of the IEEE Society IEEE 0