Micky RAKOTONDRABE...

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Appointments:

Sept 2019->onwards: Full Professor, ENIT / Toulouse INP , research appointment at LGP, Tarbes France
2012: Visiting Researcher, University of Newcastle/CDSC, Australia, 3 months
2011: Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Arlington/ARRI Institute, TX USA, 1 month
2011-2012: CNRS fellow (délégation CNRS), 1 year
2007->Aug 2019: Associate Professor, University of Franche-Comté at Besançon, research appointment at FEMTO-ST
2006-2007: Assistant Professor at the University of Franche-Comté at Besançon, research appointment at FEMTO-ST

Institutional responsabilities:

2016->Aug 2019: Founder and head of the GREEM (HERE and HERE), "International Master on "Control for Green Mechatronics", UBFC University
Aug 2017->Aug 2019: Founder and head of the MACS research group, "Methodologies for the Design and for the Automatic Control of Mechatronic Systems", FEMTO-ST
July 2015->August 2017: Head of the CODE research group
July 2015->Aug 2019: Member of the Scientific Council of the AS2M department of FEMTO-ST
July 2015->Aug 2019: Member of the Governing Board of the AS2M departmentof FEMTO-ST
Nov 2015->May 2017: Member of the Scientific Council of the ENSMM engineering school
2012-2015: Elected Consultant at the AIP-Primeca-pôle

Prizes, awards and recognition:

2019: Best Paper Award finalist, IEEE MARSS Helsinki Finland
2018-2022: ANR Young investigator grant award, via the ANR Jeune Chercheur CODE-Track project
2018: Distinguished Lecturer of Micro/Nano Robotics & Automation at the IEEE/RAS Society.
2016: The international Big-On-Small award
2013: Five most cited IEEE TASE papers regardless the topics (1st most cited in the topics of microrobotics and microsystems)
2012-2015: ANR Young investigator grant award, via the ANR Jeune Chercheur C-MUMS project
2011-onwards: The French PES/PEDR Excellence-Activities-Award (A-level from 2015)
Nov 2011: Romanian Scientific-Activities-Award (shared with Dr Ioan Alexandru Ivan)
2011: CNRS fellow, 1 year
2011: Best Application Paper finalist, IEEE CASE Triesta Italy
2006: Best PhD thesis finalist, University of Franche-Comté
2006: Best Paper Award finalist (4 selected among 580 papers), IEEE ICARCV Singapour
2003-2006: Ministerial grant award (allocation ministérielle) for the PhD works

Supervised students prizes and awards:

2020: Article on the Frontpage of the journal, MDPI Micromachines journal, Romain Catry (PhD student)
2015-2016: Prematuration grant award for the AMAROB company creation, Sergio Lescano (PhD student)
2015: Inovation award, French MEDTEC exhibitions, Sergio Lescano (PhD student)
2014: µ-d'OR special jury award, French Micronora exhibitions, Sergio Lescano (PhD student)
2014: Best presentation award in sessions, ACC American Control Conference, Didace Habineza (PhD student)

Journal editorial activities:

2018->onward: Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Journal
2016->onward: Associate Editor, IFAC Mechatronics Journal
2015->onward: Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters (RAL) Journal

2021: Guest Editor, IFAC Mechatronics Journal, 'SI: Physical Human-Robot Interaction and Co-Manipulation: Mechatronics Approaches'
2021: Guest Editor, IFAC Mechatronics Journal, 'SI: Robotics and Mechatronics in IFAC World Congress 2020'
2021: Guest Editor, MDPI Micromachines Journal, 'SI: Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Micro-Energy and Self-Powered Sensors'
2016: Guest Editor, MDPI Actuators Journal, 'SI: High resolution actuators'
2015: Guest Editor, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Journal, 'FS: Hysteresis in Smart Mechatronic Systems: Modeling, Identification, and Control'
2012: Guest Editor, Hindawi Journal of Control Science and Engineering, 'SI: advanced control in micro/nanosystems'

2020->onward: Editorial board, MDPI Micromachines Journal
2018->onward: Editorial board, MDPI Actuators Journal

Technical committee activities:

2020->2023: TC Vice-Chair for Education of the IFAC-TC4.2 Technical Committee on Mechatronics
2019->onward: TC Vice-Chair for the working group "Micro/Nano, Smart Materials/Structures" of the IFAC-TC4.2 Technical Committee on Mechatronics
2015->onward: Member of the IFAC-TC4.2 Technical Committee on Mechatronics
2014->onward: Member of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation

Editorial activities and organization responsabilities in conferences:

2022: Program Committee, IFAC MATHMOD, Vienna Austria
2021: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Toronto Canada
2020: Program Committee, IEEE/RAS IROS, Las Vegas NV USA
2020: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Toronto Canada, postponed
2020: Program Committee, IFAC World Congress, Berlin Germany
2019: Program Committee, IFAC MECHATRONICS & NOLCOS, Vienna Austria
2019: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Helsinki Finland
2018: Organizing committee chair, webmaster, program committee, JNRSE, Besançon France
2018: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Nagoya Japan
2017: Program Committee, IEEE/ASME AIM, Munich Germany
2017: Program Committee, IFAC World Congress, Toulouse France
2017: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Montréal Canada
2016: Program Committee, IFAC Symposium on Mechatronics, Loughborough UK
2016: Program Committee, IEEE MARSS, Paris France
2016: Program Committee, SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, Baltimore MD USA
2015: Program Committee, IEEE ICIA, Yunnan China
2015: Program Committee, IEEE MSC, Sydney Australia
2015: Program Committee, IEEE/ASME AIM, Pusan South Korea
2015: Program Committee, IEEE ICRA, Seattle WA USA
2015: Program Committee, SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, Baltimore MD USA
2014: Program Committee, IEEE ROBIO, Hanoi Vietnam
2014: Program Committee, IEEE ICRA, Hong Kong China
2014: Program Committee, SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, Baltimore MD USA
2014: Program Committee, Organizing committe chair, Webmaster of the conference website, Papercept and Papercept-registration technical co-administrator, IEEE/ASME AIM, Besançon France
2013: Program Committee, IEEE/ASME AIM, Wollongong Australia
2013: Program Committee, IEEE ICRA, Karlsruhe Germany
2012: Program Committee, workshop on µCONTROL, Besançon France
2012: Committee member, IEEE ICRA 2012 Best Automation Paper Award, St Paul MN USA
2010: Program Committee, IEEE CASE, Toronto Canada
2006: Local organizing committee, Génie Industrielle, Besançon France
2006: Local organizing committee, IWMF, Besançon France

Organized workshops, tutorials, special/invited sessions/tracks in conferences and Summer School organization:

Special/invited sessions/tracks:

2021: Invited session on 'Control Methods for Mechatronic Systems', ACC New Orleans LO USA, organizers: Helon Vicente Hultmann Ayala, Mohammad Al Janaideh, Tom Oomen and Micky Rakotondrabe
2020: Invited session on 'Mechatronics', CDC Jeju-do South Korea, organizers: Mohammad Al Janaideh, Tom Oomen and Micky Rakotondrabe
2020: Invited track on 'Mechatronics tools and control related to robotic manipulation', IFAC WC Berlin Germany, organizers: Mourad Benoussaad, Mathieu Grossard and Micky Rakotondrabe
2020: Invited track on 'Modeling, Identification, Estimation and Control in micromechatronic systems', IFAC WC Berlin Germany, organizers: Helon Vicente Hultmann Ayala, Tom Oomen, Andrew J Fleming and Micky Rakotondrabe
2019: Special session on 'Methodologies for the design and for the control of miniaturized mechatronic systems', CDC Nice France, organizers: Micky Rakotondrabe, Mokrane Boudaoud and Mohammad Al Janaideh
2018: Special session on 'Control methods fo high-resolution microscopy', ACC Milwaukee WI USA, organizers: Mokrane Boudaoud, Alina Voda, Murti Salapaka and Micky Rakotondrabe
2018: Special session on 'Measurement and estimation for control, investigation and manipulation at the Small-Scales', ACC Milwaukee WI USA, organizers: Mokrane Boudaoud, Alina Voda, Murti Salapaka and Micky Rakotondrabe
2017: Invited track on 'Mechanical design and advanced control methodologies for flexible systems', IFAC WC Toulouse France, organizers: Mathieu Grossard, Abdenbi Mohand-Ousaid and Micky Rakotondrabe
2017: Invited track on 'Modeling and Control of Micro and Nano systems for Nanosciences and Nanorobotics', IFAC WC Toulouse France, organizers: Alina Voda-Besançon and Micky Rakotondrabe
2016: Special session on 'Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Systems with Hysteresis', ACC Boston MA USA, organizers: Mohammad Al Janaideh, Xiaobo Tan and Micky Rakotondrabe
2015: Special session on 'Control of smart mechatronic systems', ACC Chicago IL USA, organizers: Xiaobo Tan, Micky Rakotondrabe and Mohammad Al Janaideh
2014: Two Special sessions on 'Advances in micro and nano-scale positioning: design and control', IEEE/ASME AIM Besançon France, organizers: Yuenkuan Yong, Andrew J Fleming and Micky Rakotondrabe

Workshops, tutorials:

2020: Workshop on 'Robotic manipulation: mechatronic tools, modeling, identification and control', IFAC WC Berlin Germany, organizers: Mourad Benoussaad, Mathieu Grossard and Micky Rakotondrabe
2018: Workshop on 'On Bio-inspired Miniaturized Aerial Vehicles', IFAC MICNON Guadalajara Mexico, organizers: Juan Antonio Escareno, Thibaut Raharijaona, Jonatan-Uziel Alvarez and Micky Rakotondrabe
2014: Tutorial on 'Advanced control and noise reduction for micromanipulation', IEEE/ASME AIM Besançon France, organizers: Yassine Haddab, Micky Rakotondrabe and Philippe Lutz
2011: Workshop on 'Automation of assembly and packaging at the micro/nano-world', IEEE CASE Triesta Italy, organiers: Micky Rakotondrabe, Yassine Haddab, Cédric Clévy, and Philippe Lutz
2011: Tutorial on 'Dynamics, characterization and control at the micro/nano-world', IEEE ICRA Shanghai China, organizers: Micky Rakotondrabe, Ioan Alexandru Ivan, Yassine Haddab, Yann Le Gorrec and Nicolas Chaillet
2010: Workshop on 'Signal measurement and estimation techniques issues in the micro/nano world', IEEE ICRA Anchorage Alaska, organizers: Cédric Clévy, Micky Rakotondrabe and Nicolas Chaillet
2009: Workshop on 'Control issue in the micro/nanoworld', IEEE ICRA Kobé Japan, organizers: Micky Rakotondrabe, Philippe Lutz and John T Wen

Invited talks and seminars (excluding invited talks in conferences and workshops/tutorials during conferences):

2020: SIRYUS Federation, Tarbes France
2020: ENIM-University of Lorraine-ENSAM Paris Tech, Metz France
2020: IEEE Student Branch Chapters, section of College of Engineering karunagappally, (CEK) Karunagappally, Kerala, India.
(Lecture as part of my position at the IEEE/RAS Society as distinguished lecturer on "Micro/Nano Robotics & Automation". Attendees: 60-70 students.)
2019: Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya, Celaya MXQ
2019: FIME, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey MXQ
2019: Centro de Investigacione en Optico, Leon MXQ
2018: GIPSA lab, 39th International Summer School of Automatic Control, Grenoble France
2018: Centro de Investigacione en Optico, Leon MXQ
2018: Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, ENHANCE European Summer School on Energy Harvesting, Besançon France
2018: University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé Cameroun
2017: DKUT University, Nyeri Kenya
2017: UNI University, Lima Peru
2017: ISM Institute, Marseille France
2017: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey MXQ
2017: TIMA Institute, Grenoble France
2017: SYMME Institute, Annecy France
2014: USTO University, Oran Algeria
2013: TEXAS A & M University at Qatar, Doha Qatar
2012: University of Newcastle, Australia
2011: University of Texas at Arlington, TX USA
2011: ARRI Institute, TX USA
2011: Néel Institute, Grenoble France
2010: IIT, Genova Italy
2007: ARRI Institute, TX USA

PhD committee participation (does not include supervised PhD students):

2021: Bhawnath Tiwari, 'Multi-axis instrumentation for robotized micro-assembly', UBFC University / FEMTO-ST institute, position: referee (rapporteur)
2020: Jonathan Cailliez, 'Contributions à la modélisation et la commande de capteurs de forces actifs pour la méso et micro-robotique', Sorbonne University / ISIR-lab, position: referee (rapporteur)
2020: Anis Kaci, 'Méthodologies de commande de vibration multimodales par modulation-démodulation synchrone : application au retour tactile "multi-touch"', University of Lille / L2EP-lab, position: referee (rapporteur)
2019: Andrei Popescu, 'On control approaches for estimation purposes - Applications to tunneling current and magnetic levitation processes', University of Grenoble Alpes / GIPSA-lab and TIMA lab, position: referee (rapporteur)
2019: Victor Vieille, 'Exploration de l'actionnement magnétique à distance de petits objets : application aux laboratoires sur puce', University of Grenoble Alpes / GE2A-lab, Liphy lab and Néel institute position: referee (rapporteur)
2016: Raouia Oubellil, 'Modeling and control of a 3-axes SEM-integrated nano-robotic system driven by piezoelectric stick-slip actuators', University of Grenoble Alpes / GIPSA-lab, position: examiner
2015: Lukasz Ryba, '3D Nanopositioning based on tunneling current measurement and piezoactuation', University of Grenoble Alpes / GIPSA-lab, position: examiner
2012: Muhamed Rasid PacRyba, 'Precision and mobility analysis for microrobot design and control', University of Texas at Arlington TX USA, position: examiner

Recruitment committee participation:

2019: Evaluator for Associate Professorship position for Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh UK
2016: Committee member of Maître de Conférences recruitment (commissions universitaires) at University of Franche-Comté Besançon France
2014: Committee member of Maître de Conférences recruitment (commissions universitaires) at INSA Lyon France
2013: Committee member of Maître de Conférences recruitment (commissions universitaires) at INSA Lyon France

Book reviewing:

2014: referee for a book at the following publisher: Elsevier Chandos Publishing

Conferences referee:

IEEE ICRA, IEEE IROS, IEEE CASE, IEEE IECON, IEEE ICIT, IEEE NANO, IEEE MSC, IEEE ROBIO, IEEE CoDIT, IEEE/ASME AIM, ASME IDETC, IFAC Symposium on Mechatronics, IFAC Symposium on NOLCOS, IFAC World Congress, WorldHaptics, ROCOND, CDC, ACC, RSI ICRoM, MARSS

Journals referee:

SCIENCE Robotics
NATURE Microsystems & Nanoengineering
IEEE Access
IEEE Control Systems Magazine
IEEE Control Systems Letters
IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters
IEEE Sensors
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
SIAM Journal of Optimization and Control
IFAC AUTOMATICA
IFAC Control Engineering Practice
IFAC Journal of Systems and Control
IFAC Mechatronics
International Journal of Control
International Journal of Applied Mechanics
Asian Journal of Control
IET Control Theory & Applications
IET Micro & Nano Letters
Elsevier Sensors & Actuators A: Physical
Elsevier Energy Conversion and Management
Elsevier Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
Elsevier Measurement
Elsevier Results In Physics
Elseiver Journal of Materials and Design
Elsevier Sensors Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Elsevier Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Elsevier Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Elsevier Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems
Taylor & Francis Electric Power Components and Systems
Taylor & Francis International Journal of Systems Science
Taylor & Francis IETE Journal of Research
Taylor & Francis Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical System
AIP Journal of Applied Physics
IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
IOP Review of Scientific Instruments
IOP Smart Materials and Structures
OSA Optics Express
Springer Meccanica
Springer Cell Biochemistry & Biophysics
Springer International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design
Springer Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Springer Control Theory and Technology (Journal of Control Theory and Applications)
Springer Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
Springer Microsystem Technologies
Springer Nonlinear Dynamics
Birkhäuser/Springer Journal of Mathematics in Computer Science
SAGE Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering
SAGE Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
SAGE Journal of Vibration and Control
SAGE Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
SAGE Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
SAGE Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
CCSE Journal of Molecular Biology Research
MDPI Actuators
MDPI Algorithms
MDPI Energies
MDPI International Journal of Molecular Sciences
MDPI Sensors
MDPI Micromachines
MDPI Materials
MDPI Nanomaterials
ACS Langmuir
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Hindawi Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Hindawi Journal of Robotics
Hindawi Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Hindawi Journal of Applied Mathematics
Hindawi Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Merit Research Journal of Education and Review
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, section Mechatronics
Journal of Reliable Computing

Projects expertise:

I am referee for the following agencies and grants

Mexican CONACYT, Ciencia de frontera call
European FLAG-ERA JTC, a Joint FET Graphene Flagship and FET Human Brain Flagship
Nederland Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, Research Program "Applied and Engineering Researches"
French National Agency for Research (ANR)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
French National Agency for Technological Research (ANRT)
Danish Council for Independent Research / Technology and Production Sciences, DFF-Research Project
French PES/PEDR grants

Education:

2014: habilitation to direct research (HDR), University of Franche-Comté, Besançon France
2006: PhD on Control Systems, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon France
2003: MSc on Control Systems, INSA, Lyon Lyon France
2002: Engineering diploma, ICAM, Lille France
1996: Baccalauréat (the A-level), Lycée Jésuite St François Xavier, Fianarantsoa Madagascar

Misc:

summer 2011, summer 2018: volunteer, Balimba center in Sarh (Chad)
1996-1997: Sabbatical year, journey throughout Madagascar with my Renault 12

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