Philippe Lutz

Philippe Lutz (Member, IEEE) received the Engineer degree from the National School of Mechanics and Microtechnology (ENSMM), Besançon, France, in 1990 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, in automation and computer science, in 1994. He has been a Professor with the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, since 2002. He was the Head of the research group “Automated Systems for Micromanipulation and Micro-Assembly” of the AS2M Department, FEMTO-ST Instituteé, Besançon, France, from 2005 to 2011. He was the Director of the Ph.D. Graduate School of Engineering Science and Microsystems with more than 400 Ph.D. students from 2011 to 2017, and he is currently the Head of the Doctoral College. Since January 2017, he is the Director of the AS2M Research Department, FEMTO-ST. He has authored or coauthored more than 90 refereed publications (50 in high standard journals). His research activities at FEMTO-ST are focused on the design and control of micro-nano systems, microgrippers, micro-nano robots, feeding systems and micro-nano manipulation, assembly stations, and optimal design and control of piezoelectrically actuated compliant structures. Prof. Lutz was the recipient of several awards of the IEEE. He serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, as a Technical Editor for the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, is a Member of several steering committees, and is also a Member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Committee on Micro-Nano Robotics.