Scientific contributions 2024

Journal Articles

Investigation of buckling instabilities in fiber-reinforced DEAs

S. M. A. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; T. G. Martinez; A. Benouhiba; J. Mersch et al. 

Composites Science and Technology. 2024. Vol. 258. DOI : 10.1016/j.compscitech.2024.110849.

Fiber-Reinforced Equibiaxial Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Out-of-Plane Displacement

S. Holzer; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; T. Martinez; Y. Civet et al. 

Materials. 2024. Vol. 17, num. 15. DOI : 10.3390/ma17153672.

Prototyping and Experimental Analysis of Active Offloading Footwear for Patients With Diabetes Using an Array of Magnetorheological Fluid–Based Modules

B. Tiwari; P. Germano; S. L. Hemler; C. Koechli; Z. Pataky et al. 

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2024. DOI : 10.1177/19322968241260037.

Dielectric elastomer actuator-based valveless pump as Fontan failure assist device: introduction and preliminary study

A. Benouhiba; A. M. Walter; S. E. Jahren; T. G. Martinez; F. Clavica et al. 

Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery. 2024. Vol. 38, num. 4, p. ivae041. DOI : 10.1093/icvts/ivae041.

Novel para-aortic cardiac assistance using a pre-stretched dielectric elastomer actuator

S. E. Jahren; T. G. Martinez; A. M. Walter; F. Clavica; P. P. Heinisch et al. 

Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2024. DOI : 10.1093/icvts/ivae027.

Modeling and experimental study of a miniaturized magnetorheological valve with high performance

S. L. Ntella; C. Koechli; Y. Perriard 

Journal Of Intelligent Material Systems And Structures. 2024. DOI : 10.1177/1045389X241226992.

A Tunable Self-Offloading Module for Plantar Pressure Regulation in Diabetic Patients

B. Tiwari; K. Jeanmonod; P. Germano; C. Köchli; S. L. Ntella et al. 

Applied System Innovation. 2024. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 9. DOI : 10.3390/asi7010009.

Conference Papers

A Dielectric Elastomer based Miniaturized Soft Planar Microactuator

S. Holzer; B. Tiwari; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; Y. R. C. Civet; Y. Perriard 

2024. ACTUATOR 2024; International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications, Wiesbaden, 2024-06-13 – 2024-06-14.

Energy-based modeling and robust position control of a dielectric elastomer cardiac assist device

A. Hammoud; N. Liu; Y. Le Gorrec; Y. R. C. Civet; Y. Perriard 

2024. 8th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, Besançon, France, 2024-06-10 – 2024-06-12. p. 25 – 30. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.08.251.

Carbon based printed electrodes for DEAs: study of pad, inkjet, and stencil printing

S. Holzer; A. M. Walter; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; T. G. Martinez; Y. R. C. Civet et al. 

2024. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2024, Long Beach, California, USA, March 24-28, 2024. DOI : 10.1117/12.3010530.

Frequency response of fiber reinforced DEAs

S. M. A. Konstantinidi; M. Koenigsdorff; T. G. Martinez; Y. R. C. Civet; G. Gerlach et al. 

2024. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2024, Long Beach, California, USA, March 24-28, 2024. DOI : 10.1117/12.3010528.

Inversing the actuation cycle of dielectric elastomer actuators for a facial prosthesis

S. M. A. Konstantinidi; Q. P. M. De Menech; T. G. Martinez; P. Germano; A. Boegli et al. 

2024. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2024, Long Beach, California, USA, March 24-28, 2024. DOI : 10.1117/12.3010529.

An artificial urinary sphincter based on dielectric elastomer technology

Q. P. M. De Menech; S. Zammouri; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; A. Benouhiba; Y. R. C. Civet et al. 

2024. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2024, Long Beach, California, USA, March 24-28, 2024. DOI : 10.1117/12.3004813.

Highly anisotropic carbon fiber electrodes for DEAs and their dynamic non-monotonic conductive properties

M. Koenigsdorff; J. Mersch; S. M. A. Konstantinidi; Y. Perriard; G. Gerlach 

2024. SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation 2024, Long Beach, California, USA, March 24-28, 2024. DOI : 10.1117/12.3010366.

Student Projects

Design and control of a humanoid facial robot

M. O. Mez 

2024.

Inkjet Printing of Fibre Reinforced Actuators

P. Lorthiois 

2024.

Control and lmplementation of a Soft Planar Actuator for a Precise Assembly Station

A. Rol 

2024.

Implementation of an Electrostatic Device for Investigation of Electric Fields on Cells

A. A. K. Aziz 

2024.

Structured auxetic fiber reinforced actuators

L. Bou Khaled 

2024.

Design and modeling of a tissue surrogate for a humanoid face robot

C. Evangelisti 

2024.

Design of a bistable element to enhance the movement of artificial muscles

M. Charfeddine 

2024.

Implementation of HV Multiplexer for Actuation of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

R. Jungius 

2024.

CONSTANT FORCE DRIVE

J. Wagnières 

2024.

Design of an Eye Prosthesis for post Paralysis Reanimation

P-J. Martin 

2024.

Increasing the heat transfer using high thermally conductive metal homogenous and non-homogenous deposition

J. Kodeih 

2024.

Depth of anaesthesia monitoring in veterinary species: Development of an automatic Jaw Tone measuring Device (JTD)

N. Tnani 

2024.

DEA For Facial Reanimation

A. S. F. Bittan-Mosseri 

2024.

Inkjet printing of fiber reinforced actuator

L. Romano 

2024.