Edouard Laroche

Edouard Laroche is a Professor of Automation (CNU 61 section) at the University of Strasbourg, where he has been teaching since 2008. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering since 2016 and as Training Quality Officer for the Vice President of Training and Success Pathways since 2021. His academic journey includes being a Lecturer at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg from 2000 to 2008, and he earned his Doctorate from ENS Cachan in 2000 with a thesis on multi-model methodologies for the identification and robust control of asynchronous machines.

His educational background includes:

• Engineer from the National School of Electricity and Mechanics of Nancy
• DEA PROTEE in 1994
• Former student of ENS de Cachan/Paris Saclay
• Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1995
• DEA in science and technology teaching (1996)
• Authorized to direct research in 2007 with HDR on 'Identification and Robust Control of Electromechanical Systems'

Laroche's research focuses on robust control, modeling and identification, robot control, flexible systems, and control of electrical systems. His primary research area since 2002 has been the robust control of flexible robots, with collaborations with G. Mercère (LIAS, Poitiers) and O. Prot (XLim, Limoges). His work addresses LPV modeling and identification of series manipulators with flexibilities, robust control across workspace, and identification and control of cable parallel robots. He has secured funding from Région Grand-Est, FEDER, CNRS PEPS IDRAC (2010-2011), and Preciput-ANR (2009).

His recent publications primarily focus on university pedagogy, examining student working methods development, online teaching enhancement, cross-curricular teaching implementation, curriculum redesign, and innovative assessment methods. These works reflect his dual commitment to advancing control systems research and improving educational practices in higher education.

Notable scientific contributions include organizing major conferences: CDC 2019 (1600 participants) as local organization lead, IFAC World Congress 2017 (3000 participants) as registration manager, and ECC'14 as local organization lead. He also served as animator for the 'Methods and Tools for Synthesis and Robustness Analysis' working group of the GDR MACS from 2007 to 2014.

His teaching spans multiple programs:

• Faculty of Physics and Engineering: Automatic Control, Methodologies of University Work
• Telecom-Physics-Strasbourg: Continuous Automatic Control, Sustainable Engineering, Robust Control
• Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences: Methodologies of University Work

Laroche maintains his research laboratory at ICube - AVR (Bd S. Brant, BP 10413, F-67412 Illkirch cedex) and actively offers doctoral thesis topics and internships in automation and control systems.