Research areas
Communications
Guidance, Navigation and Control
ESL
David Atienza
High performance and low power embedded electronics. Health monitoring.
Embedded Systems Laboratory
David Atienza
High performance and low power embedded electronics. Health monitoring.
Materials and structures
CCLAB
Anastasios Vasilopoulos
Composite materials environmental reliability, joining methods, reliability modelling.
Composite Construction Laboratory
Anastasios Vasilopoulos
Composite materials environmental reliability, joining methods, reliability modelling.
IMAC
Ian Smith
Self-sensing and adaptive deformable structures.
Applied Computing and Mechanics Laboratory
Ian Smith
Self-sensing and adaptive deformable structures.
LMM
Andreas Mortensen
Science and engineering of advanced metallic materials.
Laboratory of Mechanical Metallurgy
Andreas Mortensen
Science and engineering of advanced metallic materials.
Microsystems and Photonics
GFO
Luc Thevenaz
Advanced optical signal processing, optical fibre sensing, microwave photonics.
Group for Fibre Optics
Luc Thevenaz
Advanced optical signal processing, optical fibre sensing, microwave photonics.
LPQM
Tobias Kippenberg
Monolithic frequency comb generators, cavity optomechanics.
Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements
Tobias Kippenberg
Monolithic frequency comb generators, cavity optomechanics.
Q-LAB
Prof. Niels Quack
Photonic micro- and nanosystems for satellite communication, navigation systems and scientific instrumentation in space
Quack Group
Prof. Niels Quack
Photonic micro- and nanosystems for satellite communication, navigation systems and scientific instrumentation in space
Modeling and astrodynamics
MCSS
Jan Hesthaven
High performance modelling, predictive collision avoidance.
Computational Mathematics and Simulation Science
Jan Hesthaven
High performance modelling, predictive collision avoidance.
Plasma and energy science
LRESE
Sophia Haussener
Efficient energy conversion and storage processes, reactor and device engineering and system optimization.
Renewable Energy Science and Engineering
Sophia Haussener
Efficient energy conversion and storage processes, reactor and device engineering and system optimization.
Robotics and mechanical systems
LAMD
Jürg Schiffmann
Small scale turbomachinery for decentralized energy conversion.
Laboratory for Applied Mechanical Design
Jürg Schiffmann
Small scale turbomachinery for decentralized energy conversion.
Science and payloads
APHYS
Johny Wüest
Management of natural water resources as natural scale-up "laboratories" for stratified environmental flow studies.
Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory
Johny Wüest
Management of natural water resources as natural scale-up "laboratories" for stratified environmental flow studies.
EPSL
Philippe Gillet
Study of planetary bodies formation and evolution through processes happening on surfaces, in mantles and in cores
Earth and Planetary Science Laboratory
Philippe Gillet
Study of planetary bodies formation and evolution through processes happening on surfaces, in mantles and in cores
LASTRO
Jean-Paul Kneib
Formation and evolution of galaxies, early Universe and dark matter.
Astrophysics Laboratory
Jean-Paul Kneib
Formation and evolution of galaxies, early Universe and dark matter.
TOPO
Bertrand Merminod and Jan Skaloud
Position and attitude determination of moving platforms.
Geodetic Engineering Laboratory
Bertrand Merminod and Jan Skaloud
Position and attitude determination of moving platforms.
Software
LARA
Viktor Kuncak
Automated reasoning techniques: tools, algorithms, languages. synthesis and verification of computer systems.
Laboratory for Automated Reasoning and Analysis
Viktor Kuncak
Automated reasoning techniques: tools, algorithms, languages. synthesis and verification of computer systems.