• 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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  • School of Engineering

    “Thanks to the Swiss education system, there are no closed doors”

    Recent EPFL graduate Martin Seydoux took an unconventional career path to a PhD, having discovered his passion for engineering as an apprentice in a campus mechanics workshop.

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  • School of Engineering

    An Unparalleled Map of the Brain-Spinal Cord Connection

    Researchers at EPFL unlock a detailed understanding of brain and spinal cord interactions. The tool paves the way for future research breakthroughs and innovative therapeutic approaches.

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  • School of Engineering

    Eleven Ambizione grants awarded to EPFL

    Congratulations to the eleven EPFL scientists, including four in the School of Engineering, who have been awarded Ambizione grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation to carry out their own independent research projects.

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  • School of Engineering

    Engineering a more sustainable skyscraper

    Construction is underway on the 85-meter Tilia Tower near Lausanne: the first large-scale building in Switzerland to be built with a low-carbon cement developed in EPFL’s Lab of Construction Materials.

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  • School of Engineering

    “There is a bit of materials science in everything”

    EPFL PhD student Stella Laperrousaz’s crowd-pleasing comparison of her research on electronic fibers to one of Switzerland’s most famous exports won her the audience prize at the My Thesis in 180 Seconds Competition Switzerland 2024.

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

Some highlights

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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Engineering discovery and fun at the EPFL Open Days

Members of the public enjoyed more than 20 engaging and educational activities on a wide variety of engineering topics, animated by researchers from the School of Engineering, at the 2023 edition of the EPFL Open Days on April 29 and 30.

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Appointment of EPFL professors

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment and promotion of professors at EPFL, including the School of Engineering (STI).

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Upcoming Events

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Document selection “SEFI 2024 : Educating Responsible Engineers” 8.8.2024 – 07:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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EPC Photo Contest 2024 – Wild Light – 27.8.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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My Thesis in 180s: registration open 30.8.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Public Science Events Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Basics of Image Alignement 11.9.2024 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Edward Ando Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Sustainable Space Hub Coffee 11.9.2024 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Niki Sajjad Place: BC 410 Category Miscellaneous Read more
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POB Seminar – Enhancement of linear and nonlinear thermo-optic effects by epsilon-near-zero conditions 11.9.2024 – 18:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Jiaye Wu Place: CO 120 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Seminar Series – The EPFL Four Seasons of Tribology 2024 12.9.2024 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker: Prof. J. Cayer-Barrioz Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Distinguished Quantum Lecture: Marko Lončar 12.9.2024 – 18:00 > 19:45 Speaker: Prof. Marko Lončar Place: PO 01 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS : Smart City Innovations and Experiments using New Climate and Energy Simulations (SCIENCES) 13.9.2024 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Dr. Miguel Martin, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and Carnegie Mellon University (United States) Place: Smart Living Lab (Bâtiment B, Salle Douglas) Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Sony Research Award Program | Research Funding 15.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Climate Change AI | Innovation Grants 2024 15.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Control Theory for Optimisation [seminar co-sponsored by the IEEE-CSS] 17.9.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Thomas Parisini, Imperial College London, Aalborg University & University of Trieste Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Advances in the development of a Microsporidia MB endosymbiont-based Plasmodium transmission blocking strategy 17.9.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Jeremy Herren, icipe SYMBIOVECTOR programme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Model-Based Machine Learning for Inverse Problems in Imaging 18.9.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Pier Luigi Dragotti, Imperial College London Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI 18.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Dr. Andrea Dunbar, Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Scaling up genome engineering in yeast and mammals 19.9.2024 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Jef D. Boeke, Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU Langone Health Bio:
“Dr. Boeke is the founding director of The Institute for Systems Genetics at NYU Langone Health, is known for foundational work on mechanistic and genomic aspects of retrotransposition. He is a pioneer of synthetic genome construction, as he synthesized the first artificial yeast chromosomes de novo. He also leads an international consortium that built the highly engineered genome of the first synthetic eukaryote, Yeast 2.0. Using Big DNA technology to build mammalian gene loci in yeast and then delivering those loci and their variants to stem cells, Dr. Boeke and his team are working to understand the “instruction manuals” that specify how human genes are expressed in the context of the Dark Matter Project. This research has informed technology that enables the rapid design and development of humanized mouse models for studying the treatment of diseases. Boeke has founded several biotechnology companies, including Avigen Inc., CDI Labs, and Neochromosome, Inc. His lab developed a highly automated RT-PCR workflow and software infrastructure that was central to a COVID testing pipeline deployed by another company he helped found, the Pandemic Response Lab. His academic training was at Bowdoin College (A.B. in Biochemistry 1977) and Rockefeller University (Ph.D. in Molecular Biology 1982) and he performed postdoctoral work with Gerald Fink at the Whitehead Institute (1982-1985).” Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Quantum/Condensed Matter Seminar: Complexity beyond entanglement – magic of strongly interacting quantum matter 20.9.2024 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Dr Marcello Dalmonte Place: MA A1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Enhancing image quality in next-generation image compression 20.9.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Michela TESTOLINA Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Inaugural Lecture: Nako Nakatsuka – Chemical Nanotechnologies for Human Health 20.9.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker:  Nako Nakatsuka Place: BM 5202 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Night of the Museums / ARCHIZOOM 21.9.2024 – 14:00 > 23:59 Speaker: Collectif Affluent Place: Archizoom Space Category Cultural events Read more
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Roma Roma Roma, de Denis Savary – dans le cadre de la Nuit des Musées de Lausanne 21.9.2024 – 15:00 > 23:00 Speaker: Denis Savary, artiste Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Cultural events Read more
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Using Switzerland’s deep geological subsurface for CO2 sequestration and sustainable energy 23.9.2024 – 12:00 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Larryn Diamond Place: BC 420 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Microbially-driven materials manufacture and responsiveness 23.9.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Neel Joshi, Northeastern University, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Navigating the Loop: From Control Systems to Neural Networks and Back 23.9.2024 – 17:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Clara Lucía GALIMBERTI Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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CLIMACT Fall Semester Apero 23.9.2024 – 17:30 > 20:00 Speaker: Place: Le Perchoir Category Cultural events Read more
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Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) | Forecasting Tipping Points 23.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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TransformTech: Drive innovation with new technologies 23.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Design of chiral coupling in fluids 24.9.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Greg Voth, Fluid Dynamics and Soft Condensed Matter Lab, Wesleyan University Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Workshop: Reproducible figures with Inkscape and ImageJ/Python 25.9.2024 – 10:30 > 14:00 Speaker: Dr. Jérôme Mutterer, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg  Place: BC 410 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) | Synthetic Plants 25.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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QSE Quantum Seminar: Inside the Nature portfolio 26.9.2024 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Dr Cristiano Matricardi Place: BS 260 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ABC of Research Data Management 26.9.2024 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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Combining Hydrodynamic and Electrokinetic Forces for Particle Manipulation in Bioanalytical Microsystems 27.9.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Gloria PORRO Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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PhD Course “Communication in Science and Technology” 27.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Failure Mechanics of High Performance Composite Sailing Yachts, including Hull Water Slamming, Thick Laminates in Spars and Hydrofoils and Crashworthiness 30.9.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Mark Battley, University of Auckland, NZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Open Science – ETH Domain Open Research Data (ORD) program – Launch of 8th & final call of Contribute 30.9.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Fatigue modelling and mitigation in hydraulic machines 1.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr. Elena Vagnoni, Hydraulic Machines Platform, EPFL Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Effective Interactive teaching 1.10.2024 – 13:00 > 16:30 Speaker: Valentina Rossi, Olga Vladimirovna Kasatkina Place: CM 1 104 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Teaching the Very Hard Skills – Vienna 4.10.2024 – 09:30 > 16:15 Speaker: 3T PLAY Team Place: MAXX by Steigenberger Hotel Vienna, Margaretengürtel 142, Wien, Margareten, 1050 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Distributed Machine Learning Targeting Embedded Systems for Epilepsy Detection 4.10.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Saleh BAGHERSALIMI Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Second Harmonic Ripple Voltage Mitigation for Single-Phase Solid-State Transformers 4.10.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Tianyu WEI Place: DLLEL 1 50 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Engineering Food for All 7.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Christoph Hartmann, Nestlé & Technische Universität Berlin Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Nanoengineered Photonic Materials for Advancing Solar Redox Flow Batteries 7.10.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Jiaming MA Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Teaching the Very Hard Skills – Brussels 8.10.2024 – 09:30 > 16:15 Speaker: 3T PLAY Team Place: Sparks Meeting, Rue Ravenstein 60, Bruxelles, Pentagone, 1000 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Inaugural Lecture: Bridging linear and nonlinear fluid dynamics and their applications to hydropower 8.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Eunok Yim, Hydro Energy and Applied fluid Dynamics Laboratory (HEAD), Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM), School of Engineering (STI), EPFL Place: BM 5202 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Concert “Ad Astra” 8.10.2024 – 18:30 > 19:30 Speaker: Ensemble vocal Evohé, Anne Briset, Aurélien Hallopeau Place: EPFL Pavilions, pavillon A Category Cultural events Read more
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EcoCloud Annual Event 8.10.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: There will be a range of speakers and two keynotes, from EPFL and Industry. Place: Lausanne Palace Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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How to leave your name in the history of science without leaving home: the case of Darwin 9.10.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Adrien Miqueu, diplômé de l’EPFL en physique et doctorant en histoire des sciences et des religions à l’UNIL et Camille Van Belle, journaliste scientifique et dessinatrice Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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La Rampe, artistic installation by Delphine Reist 9.10.2024 – 18:30 > 20:00 Speaker: Delphine Reist, artiste Place: Rolex Learning Center Category Exhibitions Read more
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QSE Quantum Seminar: Efficient device optimization through GPU-accelerated simulations and automatic differentiation 10.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Dr Momchil Minkov Place: BS 260 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data/Code Publication 10.10.2024 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: AAC 1 06 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Ma cuisine végétale 10.10.2024 – 18:00 > 21:30 Speaker: Rémy Tranchida et Laurence Froidevaux (auteurs du livre) Bruno Rossignol et Gisou van der Goot (EPFL, préfaciers du livre) Place: Espace Hodler Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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DIĜITA, musical and visual performance 10.10.2024 – 18:30 > 19:15 Speaker: Ensemble Batida, collectif Hécatombe, Yann Gioria, Giuseppe Greco et David Poissonnier Place: EPFL Pavilions, pavillon A Category Cultural events Read more
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CESS Seminar : Mechanics of Rapidly Compacted Granular Materials Across Length Scales: Insights from X-ray Imaging and Modeling 11.10.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Ryan Hurley, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Quantifying the total energy and emissions impact of telework 11.10.2024 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Liam O’Brien, Carleton University Place: Fribourg, HEIA-FR room, HBL 1 22B. Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Proof-of-Principle Positron Source for Future Colliders 11.10.2024 – 15:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Nicolas VALLIS Place: PSI -Paul Scherrer Institute Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen Switzerland Category Thesis defenses Read more
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The influence of data on adversarial robustness 11.10.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Javier Alejandro MAROTO MORALES Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Masterclass de piano avec Cédric Pescia 14.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:45 Speaker: Cédric Pescia Place: Forum Rolex Category Cultural events Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – IMX Seminar Series – Design and assembly of responsive soft (bio)materials 14.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Mark Tibbitt, ETHZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Concord Sonata, by Charles Ives 14.10.2024 – 18:45 > 20:00 Speaker: Cédric Pescia, pianiste Place: Forum Rolex Category Cultural events Read more
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ArchiTango danse sur l’Esplanade 15.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: ArchiTango Place: Esplanade EPFL Category Cultural events Read more
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MechE Colloquium: High-frequency viscoelastic bandgaps and thermal transport in organic -inorganic nanolaminates: Phonons meet mechanics 15.10.2024 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Pawel Keblinski, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Douceur de la ville, strolling with two dancers 16.10.2024 – 12:00 > 12:40 Speaker: Luana Volet et Lia Schädler, danseuses Place: Départ de l’Esplanade Category Cultural events Read more
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Assyr Abdulle Lecture: Prof. Stanislav Smirnov – Tiles and Puzzles 16.10.2024 – 16:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Prof. Stanislav Smirnov Place: ELA 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SNSF & Innosuisse funding schemes ¦ information event 1/3 16.10.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Hybrid Mind Conference, Geneva, 16-18 October 2024 16.10.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Olaf Blanke, Christoph Bublitz, Claude Castelluccia, Inria Grenoble, Jennifer Chandler, Milena Costas Trascasas, Hervé Chneiweiss, Peggy Hicks, Olivia Matshabane, Roberto Portillo Lara, Anders Sandberg, Surjo Soekadar, David Winickoff Place: Campus Biotech in Geneva Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Opening of two exhibitions: Aetherocohedron and el.ba 17.10.2024 – 18:00 > 20:00 Speaker: Josua Putzke and Alison Martin Place: Category Exhibitions Read more
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EPFL LATSIS SYMPOSIUM 2024 on Smart Microscopy 21.10.2024 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Speakers list  Place: RLC E1 240 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SNSF – COST projects in Switzerland 2024 23.10.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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SNSF & Innosuisse funding schemes ¦ information event 2/3 24.10.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Chemical and physical processes in the confined environment of an aerosol particle 28.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Ruth Signorell, ETHZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Showcase 2030: Embracing sufficiency in innovation 29.10.2024 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Around 30 speakers, among which: Julia Binder, Professor @ IMD  Maxime Blondeau, Cosmograph @ Sciences Po Paris & School of Mines  Guido Palazzo, Professor @ HEC – University of Lausanne, André Hoffmann Co-Founder and Co-Chair @ InTent Place: STCC 0 7127.1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data Organization & Storage Solutions 31.10.2024 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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SNSF Ambizione 2024 Call Open 1.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Additive Manufacture of Metals with Complex Microstructure 4.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Matteo Seita, University of Cambridge, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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PhD candidates: Welcome to EPFL! 4.11.2024 – 16:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Place: RLC E1 240 Category Convention Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Exploring and Explaining: Leveraging data visualization for research, communication and public health 7.11.2024 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof. Helena Jambor, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (CH)  Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Marie Skłodovska-Curie Global Fellowships | Research and career funding 9.11.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Nucleation of diffusion controlled phase transformations in the solid state, beyond or beside classical nucleation theory ? 11.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Yves Bréchet, Collège de France Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Mapping and controlling three dimensional spin textures 18.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data/Code Publication 19.11.2024 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: ELD 120 Category Internal trainings Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Novel mathematics to discover novel materials 25.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Michael Herbst, EPFL Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Up to Speed with Zotero 26.11.2024 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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Beyond Google: Find scientific information with advanced tools 28.11.2024 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Category Internal trainings Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Quantum sensing for nanoscale materials research and engineering 2.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Patrick Maletinsky, University of Basel Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars 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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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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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 1.1.2025 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more

Research

Grayscale nanotopography for improved performance in 2D transistors

A team of researchers led by Jürgen Brugger, head of the Microsystems Laboratory in the School of Engineering, has published a new paper that describes a novel approach to improving the performance of next-generation transistors made from two-dimensional semiconducting materials.

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Innovation

Two engineering professors win Melexis grants

Adrian Ionescu and Hatice Altug will receive funding from Melexis to develop sensors in the field of digital health. They were selected following a call for projects conducted as part of the industrial affiliation program offered by the Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering (IEM).

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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.

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