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Yves Bellouard is an Associate Professor in Microengineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he heads the Galatea lab and holds the Richemont Chair in Micromanufacturing. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Theoretical Physics and a Master's in Applied Physics from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France, before completing his PhD in Microengineering at EPFL in 2000. He joined EPFL in 2015, having previously served as an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and worked as a Research Scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing with an emphasis on laser-based methods for tailoring material properties and self-organization processes. Bellouard initiated the EU-funded Femtoprint project, which investigates microsystems using tabletop printers. He has received several prestigious grants and awards, including the ERC Starting and Proof-of-Concept Grants and the JSPS Fellowship. In addition to his research, he teaches courses on micro- and nano-manufacturing, product design, and advanced manufacturing technologies, actively supervising PhD students in these areas.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) • Switzerland
Head of the Galatea lab and Richemont Chair in Micromanufacturing.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) • Troy, New York, USA
Worked on femtosecond laser processing of glass materials.
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) • Netherlands
Prior teaching and research role.
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