Herbert Shea

Prof. at EPFL in Soft Transducers

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Prof. at EPFL
    Apr 2004 - Present · 22 yrs 3 mos

    Head of Soft Transducers Laboratory at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). Our research activities cut across different miniaturized actuator technologies, with a primary focus on elastomer-based solutions and multi-functional stretchable materials. We develop soft complex machines, integrating actuations, position and force sensing, stiffness control, and stretchable electronics.

  • Bell Labs Lucent Technologies (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Technical Manager, MEMS reliability research
      2001 - 2004 · 3 yrs

    • Member of Technical Staff
      1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs

  • Postdoc at TJ Watson Research Center at IBM
    1997 - 1999 · 2 yrs