Appointments at EPFL

08. The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of four professors at EPFL. Jürgen Brugger as Full Professor of Microtechnology in the School of Engineering (STI) Jürgen Brugger is an innovator in the field of microsystems. His research focuses in particular on microand nano-manufacturing techniques as well as on the integration of novel functional materials such as microlenses and conductive inks into the latest generation of microsystems. The results of his research have been applied, for instance, to the development of ultramodern drop-on-demand inkjet printers and implantable biodegradable medical devices. François Gallaire as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering (STI) François Gallaire is an internationally recognised researcher in the area of fluid mechanics. His fields of activity include the modelling of microfluidics, the control of unstable flows and the dynamics of turbulence.