The team

We are a team of experienced scientists and engineers coming from horizons as diverse as mechanical engineering, materials science, microengineering, electrical engineering, computer science and communication systems engineering.

We all have spent part of our career as scientists at the well renowned EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland).


Bogdan LAZAR

Harm CRONIE

Christophe YAMAHATA

Profiles


Bogdan LAZAR  ●  Bogdan received his MSc (2003) in Material Science and Engineering from Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania. In the process, he completed a one-year exchange program with research activity in the Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer at TUAT, Tokyo, Japan.

After three years in the automotive industry, he joined the Laboratory of CAD/CAM at EPFL where he completed his PhD (2012) in Manufacturing Systems and Robotics (delamination of composite materials). Since then, he is working on applied innovative solutions for fine watch manufactures and for the space industry.

Bogdan's technical expertise is in the field of Composite (carbon fiber) and Piezoelectric materials, Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing systems, and X-Ray Computed-Tomography.




Harm CRONIE  ●  Harm received his MSc (2003) and PhD (2008) from the University of Twente, The Netherlands, in the field of Communication Systems.

In 2009, he joined the EPFL's Algorithms Laboratory to work on the next generation of storage and communication systems. In 2010, his research led to a spin-off from the EPFL (Kandou Bus SA) to commercialize the developed technology, and he served as the CTO for two years.

Harm's expertise is in the area of Communication Systems, Signal Processing, Electronics, and Intellectual Property.





Christophe YAMAHATA  ●  Christophe received his MSc in Microengineering (2000) and his PhD in Microfluidics & Microsystems (2005) from the EPFL, Switzerland.

From 2005 to 2012, he pursued applied research in the field of silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) first at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2005-2008) and later at the EPFL. In 2013, his work on video analysis of MEMS led to the launch of a start-up (VeoSwiss) that developed a metrology instrument for the characterization of mechanical watches.

Christophe's expertise is in the area of Sensors, Microactuators, and Microfabrication technologies.