Simon Henein is Professor in Microengineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) and Director of the Micromechanical and Horological Design Laboratory (Instant-Lab). He has a Courtesy Appointment from EPFL’s College of Humanities where he teaches a course entitled “Collective creation: improvised arts and engineering” (Improgineering) within the Social and Human Sciences (SHS) programme. In 2013 he founded the dance company L’Âmede-Fonds with international artists. His teachings in the field of engineering are project-based courses on the design of precision mechanisms. His engineering research focuses on the design of micromechanical mechanisms for mechanical horology, biomedical instrumentation and aerospace mechanisms. In 2018 he initiated a research project in learning sciences entitled “Performing Arts as Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education” (ASCOPET) which led to the present book.
Simon Henein is Professor in Microengineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) and Director of the Micromechanical and Horological Design Laboratory (Instant-Lab)....
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Simon Henein
Simon Henein is Professor in Microengineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) and Director of the Micromechanical and Horological Design Laboratory (Instant-Lab). He has a Courtesy Appointment from EPFL’s College of Humanities where he teaches a course entitled “Collective creation: improvised arts and engineering” (Improgineering) within the Social and Human Sciences (SHS) programme. In 2013 he founded the dance company L’Âmede-Fonds with international artists. His teachings in the field of engineering are project-based courses on the design of precision mechanisms. His engineering research focuses on the design of micromechanical mechanisms for mechanical horology, biomedical instrumentation and aerospace mechanisms. In 2018 he initiated a research project in learning sciences entitled “Performing Arts as Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education” (ASCOPET) which led to the present book.
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