• School of Engineering

    Christophe Ballif receives honorary doctorate

    School of Engineering professor Christophe Ballif has received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for his outstanding scientific achievements and long-term collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana.

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  • School of Engineering

    Stanislav Sergeev wins Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. (ABB) Award 2024

    Plasma-based Electroacoustic Actuator for Broadband Sound Absorption

    EPFL thesis n°9784

    Thesis directors: Prof. P. Vandergheynst, Dr H. Lissek

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  • School of Engineering

    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 (STI) have been recognized as part of the elite group of the most cited researchers of the year.

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  • School of Engineering

    Materials Science Section celebrates 50 years

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

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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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  • School of Engineering

    “I was looking to connect neuroscience with engineering.”

    Mélina Lasfargues has the honor of being the first student to finish the Neuro X Masters. She completed her master’s project on thermal illusions earlier this year. 

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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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MechE Colloquium: Mechanics in the Data era 3.12.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Antoine Jérusalem, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Thulium-doped fiber cavities for frequency comb generation at 2 micron 3.12.2024 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Moritz BARTNICK Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Let’s freeze the fines! 1.12.2024 – 07:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Seizure detection challenge 1.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Smart Publishing 5.12.2024 – 09:30 > 11:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Advancing Computer Science Education through Visual-Semantic Programming 5.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Sverrir Thorgeirsson, ETHZ Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Pre-NeurIPS 2024 Regional Event 5.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BC 01 & ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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RRL RDD: 2024 RRL Robot Demo Day 6.12.2024 – 12:00 > 15:00 Speaker: RRL (Reconfigurable Robotics Lab) Place: MED 0 94.22 Category Exhibitions Read more
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Intervenir dans un réseau en exploitation 6.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Amélie Rieder & Stéphane Meylan, bureau Emch + Berger, Bern Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Development of a crack arrest toughness measurement technique using small specimens to evaluate the fracture behavior in the ductile-brittle transition of “ferritic” steels 6.12.2024 – 15:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Puyi GAO Place: PSI, OSGA/EG6b Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Task-Adaptive Control Strategies of Augmentative Hip Exoskeletons for Deployable Assistance 6.12.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ali Reza MANZOORI Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Reliability of Advanced Nanoscale CMOS Technology for High-Radiation Environments 6.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Gennaro TERMO Place: CERN, Geneva Category Thesis defenses Read more
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EPFL BioE Talks SERIES “Enveloped Viruses and Coated Vesicles: New Insights From Cryo-Electron Microscopy” 9.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. John Briggs, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried/Munich (DE) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Short Peptides and Amino Acids as Building Blocks for Sustainable Materials and Coatings 9.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Meital Reches, Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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How phagocytic cells kill bacteria 9.12.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Prof. Pierre Cosson, Department of cell physiology and metabolism. University of Geneva. Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Tech4Eva Conference 2024 9.12.2024 – 16:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Lymph node microstructure imaging using diffusion MRI: From simulations to acquisitions 9.12.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Rémy Marc M GARDIER Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Fluidic shaping of optical components – from eyeglasses to space telescopes 10.12.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Moran Bercovici, Fluidic Technologies Laboratory, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Contraction Theory for Optimization, Control, and Neural Networks 10.12.2024 – 13:30 > 14:30 Speaker: Professor Francesco Bullo, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Place: ME C2 405 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Single-cell and Spatial Metabolomics Online Day 10.12.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Theodore Alexandrov (UCSD)
Jonathan Sweedler (UIUC)
Peter Nemes (UMD)
Marlen Knobloch (UNIL)
Elizabeth Neumann (UW)
Melanie Bailey (UoS)
Ruixuan Gao (HUST)
Jian Shu (MIT)
Ryan Kelly (BYU)
Manuel Liebeke (MPI)
Carsten Hopf (UMM)
Lauren Saunders (UH) Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Fluctuation-Induced Couplings at the Solid-Liquid Interface 11.12.2024 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Baptiste Coquinot, Ph.D., Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Vienna-Klosterneuburg (AT) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Unique Membrane Complex in the Type VI Secretion System of Bacteroidota 11.12.2024 – 14:30 > 15:30 Speaker: Thibault Bongiovanni, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille (FR) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Combining AI and Physical Modeling for Contemporary Simulations 11.12.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Lessons learned from the first edition of a large second-year course in software construction 12.12.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Shardul Chiplunkar and Clément Pit-Claudel  Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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POB Seminar – Single-photon-assisted two-photon polymerization (Christmas Special) 12.12.2024 – 18:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Buse Unlu Place: CO 016 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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CROSS event highlights 3 years of projects for science and society 13.12.2024 – 13:30 > 16:30 Speaker: Moderation by: Jamie Paik, Alain Kaufmann, Frederic Kaplan, Gabriela Tejada and Claire Arnold Place: BC 420 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Identification and Integration of Aerodynamics into Fixed-Wing Drone Navigation 13.12.2024 – 16:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Aman SHARMA Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Advancing understanding and practical performance of machine learning interatomic potentials 13.12.2024 – 16:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Sergey POZDNYAKOV Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Atomic investigations of dislocation phenomena in HCP magnesium and BCC high entropy alloys 13.12.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Xin LIU Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Extrusion-based 3D printing of stiff materials for advanced photonic applications 16.12.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Pauline Camille Charlotte PRADAL Place: MA B1 11 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Turbulent water surface (and what floats on it) 17.12.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Filippo Coletti, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich   Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI & Compute – Research Computing Platform (RCP) – Exchange session 18.12.2024 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker: EPFL AI Center, Khadidja Malleck, Nicolas Barrière, Miguel Fontes Medeiros, Yoann Moulin, Mateo Muller   Place: ELE 117 – AI Center Lounge Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Show “From Switzerland to the Moon” 19.12.2024 – 19:30 > 21:30 Speaker: Place: STCC -1 9101 Category Cultural events Read more
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Document selection: Artificial intelligences 24.10.2024 – 07:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Place: Espace Découverte Category Exhibitions Read more
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La Rampe, artistic installation by Delphine Reist 9.10.2024 – 06:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Delphine Reist, artiste Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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The SwissTech Village Chalet 11.11.2024 – 12:00 > 23:00 Speaker: Place: Place du SwissTech Village Category Cultural events Read more
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Fungi, un monde sans fin 28.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Mario Del Curto, photographe Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 1.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days 6.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Ludovic Monnerat, Emmanuelle David, Lucia Kleint, Jean-Paul Kneib, Natalia Archinard, Josef Koller, Camilla Columbo Place: The Glacier Hotel, Les Diablerets Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation | Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program 14.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNSF Starting Grants 2025 15.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Lloyd J. Old STAR Program | Research Funding 15.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Wellcome Trust | Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health 21.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNIS | Research Funding 22.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Honorary Lecture | Prof. Denis Duboule | Et ce fut tout 27.1.2025 – 17:15 > 19:00 Speaker: Professor Denis Duboule Place: SV 1717 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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In Situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Essential Tool for Studying Dynamic Processes at the Nanoscale 29.1.2025 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Dr. Madeline Dressel Dukes | Sr. Applications Engineer & Training Specialist at Protochips Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SCIEX Scientific Exchanges between Switzerland and Bulgaria | Call for proposals 3.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Greening AI with Software Engineering 3.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Volkswagen Stiftung | NEXT – Quantum Biology 11.2.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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AMLD EPFL 2025 – Early bird rates end December 11 11.2.2025 – 09:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Place: SwissTech Convention Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Info Session: CAS Value Chain Data Technologies 25.2.2025 – 18:00 > 18:30 Speaker: – Elaine Moran, SRVC Executive Director Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Density Functional Theory and Artificial Intelligence learning from each other 3.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Predicting and understanding drug-target binding kinetics via molecular simulations 10.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI 12.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Dr. Andrea Dunbar, Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Automated ab initio workflows with jobflow, FireWorks, and atomate 17.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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BRIDGE Discovery: 9th call 25.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Fulfilling the Multiscale Promise in Materials: Getting Information out of the Atomistic Scale 31.3.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Swiss Foundation for Alcohol Research | Funding for research projects, conferences and publications 1.4.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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DÆNCITY: Artistic residency for EPFL Students at Théâtre Sévelin 36 22.4.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Simona Ferrar, Performance Lighthouse, EPFL Place: Théâtre Sévelin 36 Category Cultural events Read more
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Lemanic Life Sciences Hackathon 2025 23.4.2025 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: SV 1204 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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BMI Seminar // Chris Summerfield: Learning and Decision Making in Humans and Models 1.5.2025 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Chris Summerfield, Universitiy of Oxford, UK Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The body on stage in light of improvisation 14.6.2025 – 19:30 > 21:00 Speaker: Simon Henein (professeur in microengineering, EPFL) and Joëlle Valterio (performer and teaching assistant, EPFL)  Place: Arsenic Lausanne Category Cultural events Read more

Research

Giulia Tagliabue wins Latsis University Award EPFL 2024

School of Engineering professor Giulia Tagliabue, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technologies (LNET) received the 2024 Latsis University prize for EPFL for her exceptional achievements in nanophotonics for sustainable energy generation, which push the boundaries of scientific knowledge and contribute directly to solving some of the most pressing challenges of today.

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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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Education

Five PhD students receive STI Teaching Assistant Awards

Five engineering 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.

Education
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