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    Cristina Benea-Chelmus wins 2025 Fresnel Prize

    Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus, head of the Hybrid Photonics Lab in EPFL’s School of Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2025 Fresnel Prize for Applied Aspects from the European Physical Society for her contributions to terahertz and microwave photonics. 

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  • School of Engineering

    Soft robot modules for new haptic interactions

    EPFL researchers have developed a customizable soft robotic system that uses compressed air to produce shape changes, vibrations, and other haptic, or tactile, feedback in a variety of configurations. The device holds significant promise for applications in virtual reality, physical therapy, and rehabilitation.

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  • School of Engineering

    Adrian Ionescu Appointed Dean of EPFL’s School of Engineering

    Renowned nanoelectronics expert Adrian Ionescu will lead EPFL’s School of Engineering starting November 1, 2025.

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  • School of Engineering

    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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  • 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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116 Professors
3392 Bachelor and Master Students
771 PhD Students
13 Centers

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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HALOS 5.6.2025 – 18:00 > 20:00 Speaker: Place: ART A0 100 Category Exhibitions 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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Accelerated Enzyme Engineering With Transcription Factors 23.6.2025 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Simon d’Oelsnitz, Ph.D., Synthetic Biology HIVE and Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge/Boston, MA (USA) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Empowering Connectivity: Wearable Antennas for Wi-Fi and 5G Applications 23.6.2025 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Dr. Sima Noghanian Place: ELD 020 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The atomic simulation environment ecosystem: Present and perspectives 23.6.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Practical Course by BIOP : Optimize Your Confocal Imaging 24.6.2025 – 13:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Arne Seitz , Nicolas Chiaruttini , José Artacho Place: AI 0140 Category Internal trainings Read more
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AI Center Seminar – AI Fundamentals series – Dr. Denny Wu 25.6.2025 – 15:15 > 16:15 Speaker: Denny Wu Place: ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Venice Data Week 2025 – Workshop on Historical Data and Digital Methods 25.6.2025 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: INJ 218 Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Training “Stay Away from Plagiarism” 26.6.2025 – 09:30 > 11:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Training Team Place: MED 0 1418 Category Internal trainings Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Students’ Learning Through a Training Portfolio Approach 26.6.2025 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Alexandra Niculescu Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Spatial Single-Cell Metabolomics: Decoding Metabolism One Cell at a Time 26.6.2025 – 13:30 > 14:30 Speaker: Prof. Theodore Alexandrov, Departments of Pharmacology and Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Inverse material design to tailor helmet protection against brain injury 26.6.2025 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Vincent Marc VARANGES Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Advanced encoding strategies for sensory neuroprostheses 26.6.2025 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: EPFL Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 202 Genève Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Re-Imagining Biology With Computational Protein Design 27.6.2025 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Prof. Bruno Correia, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne (CH) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI meets entrepreneurship – “Perspectives on Startups: Talks & Discussion” – David Brown & Romeo Bütler 27.6.2025 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: David Brown & Romeo Bütler Place: ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Role and Opportunities of Gas bearing supported Turbomachinery in small-scale SOFC-CHP systems 27.6.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Victoria Xu Hong HE Place: MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Trustworthy Data Science and AI Workshop 30.6.2025 – 08:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Bin Yu (University of California, Berkeley) ; Prof. Fanny Yang (ETH Zurich) ; Prof. Frauke Kreuter (LMU Munich) ; Prof. Su-In Lee (University of Washington) ; Prof. Stefan Bauer (Technical University of Munich) Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Nanoscale 3D Printing of Structural Colors and Multi-Spectral Filters for Light Control 30.6.2025 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Prof. Joel K.W. Yang, Department of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (SG) Place: BM 3241 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Synthetic microbial differentiation for engineered division of labour and population growth control 1.7.2025 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Tobias Bergmiller, University of Exeter Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI Center Seminar – AI Fundamentals series – Prof. Risto Miikkulainen 1.7.2025 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Prof. Risto Miikkulainen Place: ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Open software for neural wavefunctions 2.7.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Seminar – Tongyang Li 3.7.2025 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Tongyang Li Place: BS 270 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Workshop: Hands-on generative AI for education 3.7.2025 – 13:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Patrick Jermann, Javier Lloret Pardo, Florian Dufour, Kim Lynn Uittenhove, Aitor Perez Place: BC 129 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Pre-ICML 2025 Research Highlights 3.7.2025 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Place: ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Time-resolved phenotyping at subcellular resolution reveals shared principles and key trade-offs across antimicrobial peptide activities 3.7.2025 – 15:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Alessio Fragasso – Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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A Bio-Inspired Learning and Control Framework for Cross-Embodiment and Cross-Task Locomotion 4.7.2025 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Milad SHAFIEE ASHTIANI Place: CO 3 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Deconstructing pathogen-symbiont interactions in the Drosophila model 7.7.2025 – 14:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Igor Iatsenko – Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ELLIS Unit Lausanne – AI for Health Summer School 2025 7.7.2025 – 08:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Confirmed speakers Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Applicant workshop – CYD Fellowships – 12th call: A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research 8.7.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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IMX Talks – Using a genetic approach to develop mycelial materials 16.7.2025 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Prof. Mark R. Marten, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) USA Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Advancing simulation, analysis and prediction of complex chemical systems using modern chemical graph theory and computational topology 16.7.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Showcase: Innovating for the Wellbeing of Humans and Ecosystems 10.9.2025 – 09:00 > 17:00 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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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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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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Photonics Day 2025 23.10.2025 – 08:30 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 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

Research

Ultra-selective aptamers give viruses a taste of their own medicine

Inspired by the way viruses attach to cells, EPFL scientists have developed a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers. These synthetic molecules bind to specific targets like viral spike proteins, making them useful for biomedical diagnostics and treatments.

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Education

Fifteen PhD students receive STI Teaching Assistant Awards

Fifteen PhD students have been selected to receive a School of Engineering (STI) Teaching Assistant Award for their outstanding commitment to education in EPFL bachelor and master courses during the fall 2024 semester.

Education
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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.

Innovation
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