EPFL researchers have pioneered a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel, resulting in exceptionally dense, yet intricate constructions for next-generation energy, biomedical, and sensing technologies.

Jürgen Brugger, a professor of microengineering, is the winner of this year’s EPFL Award for Best Teaching. His approach shows students that discussion and group work can be highly effective for learning new skills.

A new intensive machining course gives microengineering students the opportunity to develop practical skills using the equipment and expertise of EPFL’s Technical Workshops Platform.

Gregor Taylor, a postdoctoral student in the School of Engineering’s Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory (AQUA), led by Edoardo Charbon, has received a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione grant for his project, “Superconducting Circuits for Superconducting Photon Detector Readout”.

For his PhD, Remco van Erp conducted pioneering research on liquid cooling systems that can be integrated directly into computer chips. He spoke with us about how the cross-disciplinary approach at EPFL’s POWERlab coupled with the boom in generative AI have catalyzed the growth of his startup, Corintis.

From April 23rd-26th, EPFL hosted the largest annual soft robotics conference, IEEE-RAS RoboSoft. This year’s international event, whose theme was ‘Interdisciplinarity and Widening Horizons’, featured a soft robotics competition and an art expo.