About me

Son Pham-Ba – Ph.D. in Mechanics – Research Software Engineer at EPFL
sphamba @sphamba in/son-phamba
Viola, Composing – YouTube channel – Sensations Spectacle project

Experience

Research software engineer
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
2023 - present
Developer, reviewer, and project manager within the ENAC-IT4Research group

Doctoral assistant
EPFL
2018 - 2022
Conducting a Ph.D. thesis at the Computational solid mechanics laboratory (LSMS)

Project manager
ROLEX
2017
Master project in industry, within the Watch construction department in the R&D division

Education

Docteur ès Sciences
EPFL
Thesis: Modeling the origins of adhesive wear across scales, supervised by Prof. J.-F. Molinari
2018 - 2022
Winner of the EPFL doctoral program distinction prize 2022 in Mechanics (top 8%)
Two papers selected as Best from STLS's research community (Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers)

Bachelor & Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
EPFL
2012 - 2017
Minor in Biocomputing (machine learning, image processing, biomechanics)

See full list of research outputs.