• School of Engineering

    “I enjoy getting my hands dirty”

    Adil Koukab spends most of his time with the hundreds of students who attend his classes each semester. His aim? To help prepare them for a “dazzling career.” His efforts are appreciated, as he has been named the best teacher in the Electrical Engineering Section for 2023.

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    Volkan Cevher elected IEEE Fellow

    Volkan Cevher, head of the Laboratory for Information and Inference Systems in the School of Engineering, will assume the prestigious title of IEEE Fellow on January 1, 2024.

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    New technology can collect CO2 from a truck’s exhaust pipe

    EPFL spin-off Qaptis has developed a system that can cut freight trucks’ carbon emissions by up to 90%. The company just installed a prototype of its technology at a freight carrier based in Tolochenaz in order to conduct pilot tests locally.

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  • School of Engineering

    The rigorous mathematician at the service of materials science

    Michael Herbst is a newly arrived tenure track professor with a joint affiliation between EPFL’s School of Engineering and School of Basic Sciences. What does he bring to both schools? The desire to bridge mathematics and materials science with numerical models.

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  • School of Engineering

    “Learning the language of data technologies for agile operations”

    Dimitris Kiritsis, Professor Emeritus of Information and Telecommunication Technology for Sustainable Manufacturing at EPFL, points out the power of shared language around data technologies for agile and resilient operations.

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  • School of Engineering

    Robots that adapt to their environment – and you

    On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab, a demonstration of daily-use devices showcased director Jamie Paik’s vision – now a reality – for a new category of versatile robots.

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Some highlights

STUDENT PROJECTS: Bringing Leonardo da Vinci’s designs to life

Fourteen mechanical engineering students spent a semester getting inside the head of Leonardo da Vinci. Using his drawings from the 15th and 16th centuries, the teams built ingenious machines – altering the design in some cases – in order to better understand how they worked.

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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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Fall 2023 SDSC PhD fellows workshop 28.11.2023 – 10:25 > 16:20 Speaker: Martin Josifoski, Laura Manduchi, Clément Vignac, Andreas Schlaginhaufen, Aditya Varre Place: BC 420 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Photothermal systems – from ultrafast nanophotonics to heat oscillations in solar thermal desalination 28.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Alessandro Alabastri, Rice University Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Information Session: Space Sustainability Continuing Education Course 28.11.2023 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: EPFL Extension School, eSpace Place: Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Self-Supervised Learning for Patient Stratification and Survival Analysis in Computational Pathology: An Application to Colorectal Cancer 28.11.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Christian Robert ABBET Place: ELA 002 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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The European Aerospace Sector: Perspectives from the industry, academia and the public sector 28.11.2023 – 17:30 > 19:30 Speaker: Isabel PÉREZ GRANDE, Miguel BELLÓ MORA, Pablo GALLEGO SANMIGUEL Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Indie Video Games Event – The document selection 2.11.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Espace découverte Category Exhibitions Read more
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Neuro-X seminar: Imaging whole-brain activity with functional ultrasound imaging to understand behavior 29.11.2023 – 16:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Dr Emilie Macé Place: H8-1-D Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Enabling Fast, Robust, and Personalized Federated Learning 29.11.2023 – 16:15 > 17:15 Speaker: Prof. Ramtin Pedarsani Associate Professor
​Electrical and Computer Engineering / UCSB Place: BC 129 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Honorary Lecture – Prof. Eugen Brühwiler 29.11.2023 – 18:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. Eugen Brühwiler Place: sg1 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Course: Introduction to scanning electron microscopy microanalysis techniques 29.11.2023 – 08:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Dr. Xavier Maeder
Prof. Johann Michler Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Quantum metrology with interacting many-body systems: Fundamental bounds and attainability 30.11.2023 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Martí Perarnau-Llobet Place: BS 270 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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CESS Seminar : Stability Problems in Mechanics: Multiphysics & Multiscale Aspects (A Mechanician’s Perspective…) 1.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Prof. Nicolas Triantafyllidis, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Data-Driven Control and Optimization under Noisy and Uncertain Conditions 1.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Baiwei GUO Place: ME B3 31 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Multivalent Virucidal Antivirals: Synthesis, Mechanisms of Action, and Immune-stimulating Effects 1.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Yong ZHU Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning on Graphs 1.12.2023 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Sina SAJADMANESH Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Magnetic orderings and electronic structure of complex oxides from advanced Hubbard functionals 1.12.2023 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Luca BINCI Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) 1.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Cancer Research Institute – Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) | Research Funding 1.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Wood materials – future potentials and limitations 4.12.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Ingo Burgert, ETHZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Smart Publishing 4.12.2023 – 14:00 > 16:30 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: ELE 111 Category Internal trainings Read more
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CIS – “Get to know your neighbors” Seminar series – Dr. Pascal Miéville 4.12.2023 – 15:15 > 16:15 Speaker: Dr Pascal Miéville Place: INF 328 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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LASER: Linear Compression in Wireless Distributed Optimization 4.12.2023 – 16:15 > 17:15 Speaker: Dr. Ashok Makkuva (LINX) Place: BC 129 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Distinguished Quantum Lecture: John Martinis 4.12.2023 – 17:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. John Martinis Place: CO 3 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SIAM Career Event 2023 4.12.2023 – 17:15 > 19:00 Speaker: Matthew Wiener (CSL Behring, Bern CH), Justina Ivanauskaite (MSD, Prague CZ), Radu Popescu (Logitech, Lausanne CH). Place: CM 1 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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U.S. DOD DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide 4.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 28th call 4.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Design of composite materials and structures across the scales: physical and data-driven models 5.12.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Pedro Camanho, University of Porto Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Unveiling the dynamic journey of ETH’s Project-Based Learning for electrical engineering at the D-ITET Center 5.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr. Michele Magno, Dr. Victoria Abou-Khalil  Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Evolution of the outer mitochondrial membrane 5.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Lena Pernas, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA / Metabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany / HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar                                                                                                        Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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The inductive bias of deep learning: Connecting weights and functions 5.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Guillermo ORTIZ JIMENEZ Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Up to Speed with Zotero 7.12.2023 – 09:00 > 11:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Online Category Internal trainings Read more
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QSE Quantum Seminars: Denis Seletskiy and Cornelius Hempel 7.12.2023 – 11:30 > 13:15 Speaker: Denis Seletskiy Cornelius Hempel Place: BS 270 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MEchanics GAthering –MEGA- Seminar: Harnessing buckling instabilities in accelerating rotating systems towards enhanced functionality 7.12.2023 – 16:15 > 17:30 Speaker: Davide Bernardo Preso (EPFL) Place: MED 2 2423 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Space Center – 20 years Celebration 7.12.2023 – 18:30 > 21:00 Speaker: Martine Harmel, VPA, Maurice Borgeaud, Stéphane Michaud, Muriel Richard, Prof Jean-Paul Kneib, Emmanuelle David Place: Forum Rolex Category Miscellaneous Read more
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CESS Seminar : Second Generation of Eurocode 2: Concrete Structures. 2023 8.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Dr. Hans Rudolf Ganz, Past Chair CEN TC250 SC2 Place: GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Nonlocally-resonant metamaterials 8.12.2023 – 18:15 > 00:00 Speaker: Aleksi Antoine BOSSART Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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CIS – “Get to know your neighbors” Seminar series – Prof. Berend Smit 11.12.2023 – 15:15 > 16:15 Speaker: Prof. Berend Smit Place: INF 328 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Fluid dynamics of pulsed fusion machines 12.12.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof Jovan Nedic, Mc Gill University Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Research Visibility: Impact beyond citation 12.12.2023 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker: EPFL Library Place: Online Category Internal trainings Read more
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MechE Honorary Lecture: A Random Walk Through Random Materials 12.12.2023 – 18:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. William Curtin, Laboratory for Multiscale Mechanics Modeling (LAMMM), Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM), School of Engineering (STI), EPFL Place: SG 1138 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Honorary Lecture – Prof. D. Andrew Barry 12.12.2023 – 18:00 > 19:00 Speaker: Prof. D. Andrew Barry Place: CO 1 Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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Le dessin qui se déplace 12.12.2023 – 19:30 > 21:00 Speaker: Gianluigi Maria Masucci, artiste; David Zerbib, enseignant de philosophie de l’art à la HEAD-Genève; les étudiants EPFL du cours SHS Pratiques artistiques C Place: Hall du RLC Category Cultural events Read more
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Ukrainian-Swiss Joint Research Projects: Call for Proposals 2023 – Joint Research Proposal (JPR) 12.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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CECAM-QSE joint workshop: “Quantum Algorithms for Chemistry and Material Science Simulations: Bridging the gap Between Classical and Quantum Approaches” 12.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: coming soon, check the website! Place: BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Visualizing mechanical properties in biology using Brillouin microscopy 13.12.2023 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Dr. Robert Prevedel, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg  Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Using Deep Learning Models in Imaging 13.12.2023 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Dr Daniel Sage Place: CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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L’énergie : où la trouver, comment la conserver ? #1 13.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Alain Beltran historien de l’électricité, directeur de recherche au CNRS; Anais Kistler cinq fois championne suisse amateure de boxe anglaise, boxeuse professionnelle depuis 2021; Sophie Lufkin architecte, collaboratrice scientifique au Laboratoire d’architecture et de technologie durable de L’EPFL Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Cultural events Read more
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Faculty seminar – Making the Plasma Membrane: uncovering the principles and significance of lipid remodeling along the biosynthetic pathway 14.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Giovanni D’Angelo Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Interdisciplinary collaborations in the Learning Sciences: Research on instruction with visualizations 15.12.2023 – 10:30 > 11:45 Speaker: Professor Martina Rau, ETH Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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L’énergie : où la trouver, comment la conserver ? #2 15.12.2023 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker: Ambrogio Fasoli, physicien, vice-président associé pour la Recherche à l’EPFL, directeur du Swiss Plasma Center et du programme EUROfusion; Marina Viotti, chanteuse lyrique; Felix Calmon, doctorant en philosophie, section philosophie antique et médiévale à l’UNIL. Place: Hall du Rolex Learning Center Category Cultural events Read more
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Vapor Deposition of Perovskite Solar Cells 15.12.2023 – 16:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Quentin Jean-Marie Armand GUESNAY Place: MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Process development of pre-impregnated hybrid thin-ply composites 15.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Alexios ARGYROPOULOS Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Hardware Implementation of Digital Signal Processing Algorithms for Programmable Epilepsy Control Systems 15.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Keyvan FARHANG RAZI Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Energy-Efficient Electronic Functions Based on the Co-integration of 2D and Ferroelectric Materials 15.12.2023 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Sadegh KAMAEI BAHMAEI Place: MED 0 1418 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Neuromechanical Simulations of Animats with Decentralised Control 15.12.2023 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker: Jonathan Patrick ARREGUIT O’NEILL Place: CO 3 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Human Interactive Robotic Surfaces for Physical Immersion 15.12.2023 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Fabio ZULIANI Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IMX Seminar Series – Additive manufacturing of bio-inspired materials 18.12.2023 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Kunal Masania, Tu Delft, Netherlands Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Cusps, tips, and threads: fluid dynamics and elasticity 19.12.2023 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Jens Eggers, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia | IRP Postdoctoral Fellowship 20.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia | IRP Research Grant 20.12.2023 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Fondation Gelbert | Research funding 1.1.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Randomized experiments to evaluate learning technologies 9.1.2024 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker: Maria Paula Cacault Place: ME A3 31 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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ENAC Fribourg Grants 9.1.2024 – 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 15.1.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Effective Lecturing 16.1.2024 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Ingrid Le Duc and Reinaldo Saavedra Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Nanofluidics 2024 21.1.2024 – 18:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Lydéric Bocquet, École Normale Supérieure Paris, France | Meni Wanunu, Northeastern U., USA | Slava Freger, Technion, Israel | Manish Kumar, UT Austin, USA | Meagan Mauter, Stanford U., USA | Michael Strano , MIT, USA | Rohit Karnik , MIT, USA | Radha Boya, U. Manchester, UK | Slaven Garaj, NUS, Singapore | Mihai Barboiu, Université de Montpellier, France | Sophie Marbach, Sorbonne U., France | Marija Drndic , U. of Pennsilvanya, USA | Menachem Elimelech , Yale U., USA | Alex Smolyanitsky, NIST, USA | Michael Mayer , Freiburg U., Switzerland | Rahul Nair , U. Manchester, UK | Narayana Aluru , UT Austin, USA | Sylvie Roke, EPFL, Switzerland Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EdgeAI-Aware Design of In-Memory Computing Architectures 22.1.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Marco Antonio RIOS Place: ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Enhancing Chondrocyte Biosynthetic Activities: Harnessing the Power of Loading-Induced Evolved Temperature 26.1.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Theofanis STAMPOULTZIS Place: MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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MechE Honorary Lecture: Water Turbines, Storage Pumps and Pump-Turbines Key Technology for Hydropower 1.2.2024 – 17:15 > 18:00 Speaker: Prof François Avellan,Technology Platform for Hydraulic Machines,Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM), School of Engineering (STI), EPFL Place: L’Aula des Cèdres, Av. de Cour 33, Lausanne Category Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture Read more
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[SNSF Starting Grants 2024 | Research funding] 1.2.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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Exploring High-Performance and Energy-Efficient Architectures for Edge AI-Enabled Applications 2.2.2024 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Joshua Alexander Harrison KLEIN Place: ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Teaser lecture “Digital Twins” 19.2.2024 – 18:30 > 19:30 Speaker: – Elaine Moran, SRVC Executive Director
– Prof. Dimitris Kiritsis, SRVC Academic Director and EPFL Place: Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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U.S. DOD DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide 4.3.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Call for proposal Read more
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TransformTech: Drive innovation with new technologies 15.4.2024 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker: Place: Category Miscellaneous 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

Research

Nine Research Prizes reward EPFL Researchers

Nine young EPFL researchers, including those in the School of Engineering (STI), have been rewarded for their research projects this year again. These prizes are offered by Foundations and EPFL.

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Innovation

ZEISS and EPFL: A Blueprint for Collaborative Innovation

A research collaboration between industry and academia that dares to take risks and foster scientific creativity.

Innovation
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Education

Bringing Leonardo da Vinci’s designs to life

STUDENT PROJECTS – Fourteen mechanical engineering students spent a semester getting inside the head of Leonardo da Vinci. Using his drawings from the 15th and 16th centuries, the teams built ingenious machines – altering the design in some cases – in order to better understand how they worked.

Education
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