• School of Engineering

    Interfacing the nervous system for rehabilitation

    Memory loss, tremors, paralysis: when parts of the nervous system start to break down – or get broken – the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can we fix the nervous system, and how are scientists approaching the problem? We take a deep dive into various strategies
    for interfacing with the nervous system to restore neuronal f…

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  • School of Engineering

    Nergiz Sahin Solmaz Awarded Raymond Andrew Prize

    Nergiz Sahin Solmaz, who received her PhD from EPFL’s doctoral program in Microsystems and Microelectronics, has been awarded the Raymond Andrew Prize by the magnetic resonance society Groupement AMPERE at EUROMAR 2025.

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  • School of Engineering

    Jamie Paik promoted to full professor

    The School of Engineering congratulates Jamie Paik, who has been promoted to Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering by the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology!

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  • School of Engineering

    “Once you’re talking about a problem, you’ve started to solve it”

    By shifting the focus from learning correct answers to participating in small group discussions, student-led tutorials are fostering a better grasp of engineering concepts – as well as class connection.

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  • School of Engineering

    EPFL hosts RoboSoft 2025

    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. 

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  • School of Engineering

    New type of weather radiosonde can find its way back

    Some 80% of weather radiosondes – remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts – end up lost in nature after one flight. But a startup created by a microengineering master’s student is set to change that with a new, ultra-lightweight “glidersonde” that can automatically return to where it was launched.

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771 PhD Students
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Some highlights

Materials Science Section celebrates 50 years

The Materials Science Section (SMX) in the School of Engineering celebrated its 50th birthday with an event highlighting the history and future of materials research and education at EPFL.

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RRL Demo Day: Discover how technologies can transform our daily lives

Since 2016, the RRL Demo Day has been an annual must-see event where students showcase their innovative soft robotic technologies. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore futuristic applications of these technologies in everyday life

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The School of Engineering’s Highly Cited Researchers in 2024

In the latest rankings issued by Clarivate, three distinguished professors from EPFL’s School of Engineering have been recognized as part of the elite group of the most cited researchers of the year.

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Research clusters

Advanced manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Bio-Inspired Technology Energy Science and Research Health Science & Technology Imaging Science Nanotechnology Quantum Science & Technology Robotics Soft Materials Sustainability

Upcoming Events

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Internal Call for Educational Quantum Equipment open 30.6.2025 – 00:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Science in strips: a selection of comics 19.6.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Espace Découverte Category Exhibitions Read more
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Modeling, Optimal Design, and Control of Linear Induction Motors for Medium-to-High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems 4.8.2025 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Simone RAMETTI Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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SNSF Postdoc.Mobility call ¦ Career funding 5.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Transferability of Learnt Speech Representations for Decoding Non-Human Vocal Communication 8.8.2025 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Eklavya SARKAR Place: BCH 2201 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Biomarkers in Interstitial Fluid: From Screening to Sensor Development 8.8.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Yann Christophe SPRUNGER Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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(Un)leashed Robots Leverage Environmental Constraints and Compliant Interactions To Explore Extreme Environments 11.8.2025 – 13:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Max Mirko POLZIN Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Pattern formation in transitional turbulent thermal convection: invariant solutions and their bifurcation structures 15.8.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Zheng ZHENG Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Summer School – From Science to Action 18.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Speakers Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships – Info Session 20.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Prof. Grançois Gallaire, Alessandra Rovero Michel Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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12th Call for Proposals – CYD Fellowships: A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research 20.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Renewable Energies Cluster Meeting – Workshop 21.8.2025 – 13:30 > 16:00 Speaker: Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Gaznat – EPFL Research Programme – Call for proposals 21.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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IBISSBRM2025 – EXCELLENCE in BIOMATERIALS SYMPOSIUM – annual ‘BioE Days 2025’ research meeting of the EPFL Institute of Bioengineering 21.8.2025 – 13:30 > 17:00 Speaker: Carlijn Bouten, Technical University, Eindhoven (NL)
Cole DeForest, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA)
Matteo D’Este, AO Davos (CH)
Eileen Gentleman, University of Lausanne (CH)
Kam Leong, Columbia University, New York (USA)
Xiao-Hua Qin, ETH Zurich (CH)
Simone Schürle-Finke, ETH Zurich (CH) + 12 Short Talk speakers and 5 Award Talk speakers to be announced Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Fabrication of Multi-Material and Functionally Graded Metal Structures with Additive and Hybrid Manufacturing Methods 22.8.2025 – 14:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Antonios Nikolaos BAGANIS Place: EMPA Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Engineering the Mechanics of Microstructured Hydrogels 22.8.2025 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Tianyu YUAN Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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How to Prepare Successful Grant Proposals: a course for Postdocs 29.8.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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REGARD: Design your future: How to make professional choices (day 1/2) 1.9.2025 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Afi Sika Kuzeawu,certified systemic coach & psychologist Place: BI A0 448 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AAMS 2025 – Alloys for Additive Manufac­tu­ring Symposium – Sept. 3-5 EPFL Neuchâtel campus 3.9.2025 – 08:30 > 16:00 Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Florian Hengsbach, Dr. Lukas Kaserer, Prof. Aude Simar, Prof. Christian Haase, Prof. Venkata Karthik Nadimpalli, Prof. Marie-Agathe Charpagne Place: MC A1 272 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Hyphenated elemental analysis methods for characterizing trace gas compounds and nano-objects for energy and environmental applications 5.9.2025 – 16:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Ayush AGARWAL Place: SZ-WHGA/001 ; Forschungsstrasse 111, PSI Auditorium ; 5232 Villigen PSI Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Inaugural lecture: Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language 5.9.2025 – 17:15 > 18:15 Speaker: Prof. Maartje Bastings, Programmable Biomaterials Laboratory Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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IMX Talks – Reverse Engineering the Nervous System with Biohybrid Electronics 8.9.2025 – 14:15 > 14:55 Speaker: Prof. Achilleas Savva, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – Micro electro-mechanical physiological systems (MEMPhyS) 8.9.2025 – 15:00 > 15:45 Speaker: Prof. Massimo Mastrangeli, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI 8.9.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Value Chain Data Techonologies – Certificate of Advanced Studies 8.9.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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SNSF Ambizione 2025 – Applicant workshop 9.9.2025 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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Showcase: Innovating for the Wellbeing of Humans and Ecosystems 10.9.2025 – 09:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Jean-Marc Jancovici, Founding Partner, Carbone 4 Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President, EPFL   Abhishek Jain, Director of Green Economy & Impact Innovations, CEEW   Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Climate Change & Health, WHO   Sophie Bacq, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, IMD   Bastien Sachet, CEO, Earthworm Foundation Place: STCC -1 9101 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Introduction to Python for Image Analysis 10.9.2025 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Florian Aymanns, Mallory Wittwer  Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ETH Domain MOOCathon: E-Learning for RDM 10.9.2025 – 09:30 > 16:00 Speaker: Place: ETH Zurich Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Honorary Lecture | Hilal Lashuel | Decoding Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Journey Through Complexity, Collaboration, and Reverse Engineering Disease Mechanisms 12.9.2025 – 16:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. Hilal Lashuel Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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REGARD: Design your future: How to make professional choices (day 2/2) 15.9.2025 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Afi Sika Kuzeawu,certified systemic coach & psychologist Place: BI A0 448 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Inaugural Lecture | Sara Gallini | Uncovering tumor suppression mechanisms through in vivo two-photon imaging 16.9.2025 – 17:15 > 19:00 Speaker: Sara Gallini Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Statistical physics of living systems 16.9.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Voir Est Savoir – Zoom in. Look Closer. Wonder More. 23.9.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Hall SV Category Exhibitions Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Introduction to ImageJ/Fiji for Image Analysis and Macros Scripting 24.9.2025 – 11:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Dr Daniel Sage Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Faculty Seminar Mackenzie W. Mathis: Measuring and modeling neural circuits driving adaptive behavior 25.9.2025 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Mackenzie W. Mathis Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Industry Talk by Dotphoton – Raw image data: What it really is and how to handle it at scale? 2.10.2025 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Dr. Bruno Sanguinetti Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Heterostructures for Electrical, Optical and Plasmonic Applications 9.10.2025 – 10:15 > 11:15 Speaker: Prof. Alois Lugstein, Institute for Solid State Electronics, Vienna Institute of Technology, Vienna (AT) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Honorary Lecture – Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg 9.10.2025 – 18:00 > 21:00 Speaker: Place: PO 01 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Swiss Quantum Week 13.10.2025 – 08:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: Category Public Science Events Read more
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Imaging Lunch: An overall view of image file formats 15.10.2025 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Edward Andò  Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Photonics Day 2025 23.10.2025 – 08:30 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Build your own microscope 29.10.2025 – 10:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Florian Aymanns, Mallory Wittwer, Dr Romain Guiet  Place: BC 410 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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PhD candidates: Welcome to EPFL! 6.11.2025 – 16:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 Category Convention Read more
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Imaging Seminar: New microstructure and functional MRI techniques for the investigation of the human brain 13.11.2025 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Ileana Jelescu, CHUV/UNIL Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Particle Tracking with TrackMate 19.11.2025 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Laure Le Blanc, Unité du Prof. Persat, EPFL  Dr Daniel Sage, EPFL Center for Imaging  Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Investor Day 2025 26.11.2025 – 09:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Place: STCC Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: DeepInverse: a PyTorch library for solving imaging inverse problems with deep learning 10.12.2025 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Julian Tachella, CNRS & ENS de Lyon Place: BC 410 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI [March 2026] 11.3.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more

Research

Studying collective bee behavior thanks to robotics

EPFL researchers are developing robotic beehive frames that help locate honey stores inside of beehives over time, without relying on cameras. The aim is to develop new observation tools to study honeybee behavior that better fit the bees’ natural way to occupy space compared to current methods.

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Education

New sustainable materials course rewards best projects

On Monday, three teams of students from the first edition of MSE-433: Towards Sustainable Materials, received prizes for semester projects that proposed creative alternatives to existing products.

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Innovation

EPFL robotics spin-off MIROS unveils smart workspaces

MIROS Technology has announced the first commercial implementation of their transformable workspace: a smart system developed using technology patented in the Reconfigurable Robotics lab led by Jamie Paik in EPFL’s School of Engineering.

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