S. Koelemeijer Chollet

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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S. Koelemeijer Chollet is a leading researcher in the economics and engineering of microassembly, specializing in the design of flexible, cost-effective automation for small-scale manufacturing. Her work addresses a critical bottleneck in microsystems production: the prohibitive cost of assembling small and medium-sized batches. Her most influential paper, “Economical justification of flexible microassembly cells” (2004, 16 citations), established a framework for evaluating the cost trade-offs between manual and automated assembly, arguing that precision and quality demands in microassembly necessitate automation. She further demonstrated the viability of this approach in “A Flexible Microassembly Cell for Small and Medium Sized Batches” (2002, 10 citations), showing how a reconfigurable cell can make microassembly economically feasible. Her innovative work on vibration feeding, detailed in “First results on vibration feeding of small parts in the presence of adhesive forces” (2004, 3 citations), tackles the unique challenge of handling parts between 0.5 and 5.0 mm, where adhesive forces dominate. By integrating vision-guided vibration plates, she offers a flexible solution for part separation and reorientation. Koelemeijer Chollet’s research is essential reading for engineers and researchers seeking to bridge the gap between microsystem design and scalable, economical production.