Volker GassAfter completing his master’s degree in Microtechnology at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 1989 he worked as a Project Manager at Mecanex SA, a Swiss High-Tech company active in the field of Aerospace Mechanisms. While working at Mecanex he completed a PhD in Science in the field of applied Micro-Systems Technologies at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1994. In 1995, Volker Gass participated in the Management Buy Out of Mecanex SA. In 2000, Mecanex was acquired by the Swiss Defence and Technology group RUAG . He was appointed to lead Customer Relations and Business Development of the newly formed Systems & Space Division at RUAG Aerospace in 2004. In the same year he was appointed member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences for his contribution in the field of High-Technology Space applications. From November 2006 to June 2007, Volker Gass successfully graduated RUAG’s Top Leadership Course, and held the position of General Manager, Sales & Marketing in the Space Division of RUAG in Switzerland as well as Member of the Board of Directors (President) of Mecanex USA Inc., Berlin, CT, until December 2009.In 2008 he successfully led the acquisition of SAAB Space and its subsidiary Austrian Aerospace. From January to June 2009 Volker Gass led the business team in the successful acquisition of Oerlikon Space. From mid-2009 to September 2011 he was responsible for Special Projects in the Marketing & Sales Organization of RUAG Space Switzerland. Since October 2011, Dr. Volker Gass is nominated Director of the Swiss Space Center at the Ecole Politechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. In March 2012, he is awarded the title of Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering (STI) of the EPFL. From January 2014 to December 2017, he was nominated member of ESA’s Human Spaceflight and Exploration Science Advisory Committee (HESAC) and from spring 2015 to December 2018, observer at ESA’s Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC).As of January 1, 2021, The Swiss Space Center is renamed "Space Innovation"
Sangwoo KimSangwoo Kim is set to join EPFL as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in September 2023. Prior to his appointment at EPFL, he served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned his graduate degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research delved into the relationships between statistics, geometry, and mechanical states in cellular matters. Currently, his research focus on fundamental understanding of biological and living systems, as well as the study of soft and active matter employing principles from mechanics and physics. His research interests encompass embryonic development, tissue morphogenesis, structure and mechanics of soft materials, inherent structure of amorphous materials, and non-equilibrium dynamics of active matter.
Jean-Marie FuerbringerDr. Jean-Marie Fürbringer obtient un diplôme d'Ingénieur Physicien en 1987 à l'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Dans la même institution, il défend sa thèse de doctorat en 1992 sur le thème de l'analyse de sensibilité de modèles de simulation numérique.
De 1995 à 1997, Il est chercheur invité au NIST à Gaithersburg (Maryland).
De 1997 à 2001 Il est professeur invité à la faculté des Sciences de L'ingénieur de l'Université Catholique de Lima(PUCP) au Pérou. Durant la même période, il fonde et dirige le Learning Center de Graña y Montero, un groupe de service d'ingénierie à Lima.
De 2001 à 2008, il rejoint le Laboratoire de Gestion et Procédés de production (LGPP) à l'EPFL comme chef de projets dans les domaines de la gestion des compétences et de la pédagogique universitaire.
De 2007 à 2010, il est l'adjoint de la Section de Génie Mécanique et depuis 2008 aussi auprès de la direction de l'Institut de Génie Mécanique.
De 2010 à 2013, il assume la charge d'adjoint du doyen de l'école doctorale (EDOC).
Depuis novembre 2013, il est collaborateur scientifique à la section de physique.
