Teaching and Mentoring

I am actively involved in teaching and mentoring at EPFL, primarily by teaching two courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and supervising Master’s students on their semester and thesis projects.

Teaching

I instruct two graduate-level courses at EPFL during the Fall semester each year.

Fall 2025

Fall 2024

Course Project Demo Day

Fall 2023

Course Project Demo Day

Student Mentoring

I typically supervise one to three Master’s students each Spring semester for their semester projects or theses.

Previous Mentored Students

NameTopicProgramPeriodNotes
Goncalo Pais1Development of Energy Storage and Release Mechanisms for Rapid Dynamic Motions in Canfield Origami RobotsMS in Mechanical EngineeringSpring 2025Semester Project
Aurora Ruggeri1Study on soft metamaterials for object sensing and geometry generationMS in Mechanical EngineeringSpring 2024Semester Project
Louis Flahault1Kinematic study and design for spatial reconfigurable modular robotic platformMS in RoboticsSpring 2024Semester Project
Serge Asmar1Locomotion design and control using surface wave change generated by ori-pixel platformMS in RoboticsSpring 2024Semester Project
Nicolas Nouel2*Programmable surface using bistable structureMS in RoboticsSpring 2024Thesis
1 Semester Project   2 Thesis   * Co-advisor