• School of Engineering

    AI generates first complete models of proteins in motion

    EPFL researchers have used a neural network to create all-atom models of proteins, as well as the dynamic movements that govern their function. Their comprehensive yet simplified approach resolves a major bottleneck in biology.

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  • School of Engineering

    Greener labs, high-quality science: EPFL's sustainability push

    A six-month sustainability program developed by sustainability managers from three faculties equips researchers to identify and reduce the environmental impact of daily lab practice.

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  • School of Engineering

    “First-year students ask the same questions as leading scientists”

    Philippe Müllhaupt, who was named the best teacher in the mechanical engineering Section for 2025, first learned to appreciate teaching thanks to his music theory professor. Although he quickly gave up music, he never lost his enjoyment of sharing knowledge with others.

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  • School of Engineering

    Martin Lentz honored at SPIE Photonics Europe

    School of Engineering PhD student Martin Lentz has received the first place student presentation award at the leading photonics conference SPIE Europe.

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  • School of Engineering

    Smart sweat patch helps doctors monitor high-risk pregnancies

    An EPFL spin-off is developing a patch-like medical device that reads sweat biomarkers. Its first application will be keeping a close watch on high-risk pregnancies.

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116 Professors
3116 Bachelor and Master Students
802 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

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Upcoming Events

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REGARD: Design your future: How to make professional choices (day 2/2) 11.5.2026 – 09:00 > 17:00 Speaker Afi Sika Kuzeawu,certified systemic coach & psychologist Place GC C2 413 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IDAHOBIT 2026 – Exposition “LGBTIQ-phobic Discrimination Around the World, in Europe, and in Switzerland” 13.5.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place RLC G1 231 Category Exhibitions Read more
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Turning Tissue Maps into Tissue Models: Spatial Biology, Machine Learning, and Dynamics 18.5.2026 – 12:15 > 13:15 Speaker Prof. John Hickey, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – The delivery challenges of nanoparticles to solid tumours 18.5.2026 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker Prof. Warren Chan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Place MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Flow control for turbulence and complex fluids 18.5.2026 – 16:00 > 17:00 Speaker Jae Sung Park, Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering  University of Nebraska-Lincoln Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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How do I get a Patent? – Talk on Patenting 18.5.2026 – 18:30 > 20:30 Speaker Place CL2 2624 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Pint of Science 18.5.2026 – 19:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Various locations in the Lausanne region (Cylure Binchroom, Base Bar,..) Category Public Science Events Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Toward a unified variational model of material failure 19.5.2026 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker Prof. Corrado Maurini, ∂’Alembert Institute, Sorbonne University Paris Place MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Electronic structure reading group – A Moreau–Yosida-Based Kohn–Sham Inversion Scheme 19.5.2026 – 16:00 > 17:30 Speaker Vebjørn H. Bakkestuen Mathematical Modelling Group, Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University Place MA B1 504 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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NVIDIA at EPFL : from research to real systems 20.5.2026 – 10:00 > 18:00 Speaker Place Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Measuring displacement fields 20.5.2026 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker Edward Ando Place BC 410 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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AI & Compute – Research Computing Platform (RCP) – Exchange session 20.5.2026 – 14:00 > 15:30 Speaker Research Computing Platform Team Place ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Training "Beyond Google: Find scientific information with advanced tools" 21.5.2026 – 09:30 > 11:30 Speaker EPFL Library Training Team Place Category Internal trainings Read more
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Training "Data/Code Publication" 21.5.2026 – 15:00 > 16:30 Speaker EPFL Library Research Data Team Place MED 0 1618 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Swiss Final of the Competition Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) 21.5.2026 – 18:30 > 20:45 Speaker Finalistes EPFL: Mehdi Ali Gadiri, Camille Lambert, Antoni Gralak Place EPFL Lausanne, Forum Rolex Category Public Science Events Read more
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AI Center Seminar – AI Fundamentals series – Maksym Andriushchenko 22.5.2026 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker Maksym Andriushchenko Place ELE 117 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Adaptive and Resilient Locomotion in Amphibious Robots: Investigating and Learning from Fishes and Amphibians 22.5.2026 – 13:00 > 00:00 Speaker Astha GUPTA Place MED 0 1618 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Atomic Layer Deposition of Copper using Cu(II) Hexafluoroacetylacetonate and Diethylzinc: Surface Reaction Mechanisms and Surface Material Selectivity 22.5.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker Camilla MINZONI Place EMPA Category Thesis defenses Read more
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A Design Methodology forCorrelated Disorder in Nanophotonic Structureswith Application toThin-Film Photovoltaic Absorbers 22.5.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker Anja TIEDE Place MXF 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Lunch Talks "AI and Ethical Scientific Practices" 26.5.2026 – 12:15 > 13:45 Speaker Orr Paradise; Gaia Barazzetti; Valentin Conrad; Pablo Diaz; Cécile Hardebolle Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Exploring new dimensions of the DNA damage response 28.5.2026 – 09:00 > 09:45 Speaker Sarah Moser, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Chromatin condensates through a computational microscope 28.5.2026 – 11:00 > 11:45 Speaker Julia Maristany, University of Cambridge Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Competition between mitochondrial and cytosolic ribosomes produces a bistable metabolic switch 28.5.2026 – 14:00 > 14:45 Speaker Piyush Nanda, Harvard Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Modeling tumor mutation trees for evolution-guided precision oncology 28.5.2026 – 16:00 > 16:45 Speaker Xiang Ge Luo, ETH Zurich Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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POB Seminar – Nonlinear and reconfigurable optical metasurfaces 28.5.2026 – 18:30 > 20:00 Speaker Agostino Di Francescantonio Place CO 124 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Special Seminar – Directed evolution of RNA for self-replication 29.5.2026 – 10:30 > 11:30 Speaker Edoardo Gianni Investigator Scientist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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QSE Center Spring Assembly 29.5.2026 – 14:00 > 16:00 Speaker Place CM 1 105 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Famelab Lausanne 2026 27.4.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Amphimax Room 410 Category Public Science Events Read more
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Defining EPFL Values – Workshops and Online Platform 15.4.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place CO 216 et campus associés Category Miscellaneous Read more
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Document selection: Toward the Moon 30.4.2026 – 07:00 > 23:45 Speaker Place Espace Découverte Category Exhibitions Read more
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Call for projects CROSS 2027 18.3.2026 – 00:00 > 23:59 Speaker Place Category Call for proposal Read more
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BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 38th call 1.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Call for proposal Read more
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Training "Reshaping Information Research with AI" 2.6.2026 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker EPFL Library Training Team Place GR A3 31 Category Internal trainings Read more
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First Swiss Ultra High Field MRI Symposium 3.6.2026 – 09:00 > 17:30 Speaker Place Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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9th Sustainable Space Hub Coffee 3.6.2026 – 12:30 > 14:00 Speaker Stephan Hellmich Place PPB 019 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Cryogenic Thermometry Based on Superconducting Microwave Resonators 5.6.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker André CHATEL Place CM 1 4 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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EEG Research Day 2026 8.6.2026 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker Place Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Summer School in Image Analysis 8.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Palace de Caux, Montreux Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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lunch&LEARN: Learning with AI: Designing AI Tutors that foster learning in robotics and CS courses 9.6.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Jérôme Brender Place ME B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MRI Research Day 2026 10.6.2026 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker Place Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Be Seen and Heard – Seminar and Workshop 10.6.2026 – 12:00 > 17:15 Speaker BIOP & SV Communications Teams Place AI 1153 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Hybrid silicon-organic integrated photonic circuits for broadband terahertz field-resolved detection 12.6.2026 – 18:00 > 00:00 Speaker Francesco BERTOT Place INJ 218 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Imaging Lunch: Introduction to image visualization with Napari 17.6.2026 – 11:00 > 13:00 Speaker Jules Vanaret Place CE 1 711.2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Complex Fluids at Interfaces: Structure, Stability, and Molecular Effects 17.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Dynamic Decisions and Temporal Frictions in On-Demand Mobility 22.6.2026 – 10:30 > 11:30 Speaker Dr Andrés Fielbaum Place GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Theoretical Realisation of Quantum Phenomena In Computational Materials Discovery 22.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Training "Smart Publishing" 23.6.2026 – 10:00 > 12:00 Speaker EPFL Library Training Team Place MED 0 1418 Category Internal trainings Read more
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Imaging Seminar: Mapping cellular function with 3D single-molecule tracking and super-resolution microscopy 25.6.2026 – 17:00 > 18:00 Speaker Anna-Karin Gustavsson Place TBC Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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SERI – Leading House MENA | Research Partnership Grants 2026 26.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Call for proposal Read more
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Toward Intelligent Behavior in Macroscopic Active Matter 6.7.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Nanoscale analysis of membrane proteins in native milieu 7.7.2026 – 15:00 > 16:00 Speaker Moitrayee Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine   Place Conference room SV.1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Idiap Create Challenge (ICC), 15th edition 20.8.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Public Science Events Read more
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Prototype Pavilion in Textile Reinforced Concrete with LC3 2026_ ENAC Summer Workshop 24.8.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place EPFL Fribourg Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Multi-scale and multi-purpose simulations of DNA: the importance of data 26.8.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Summer School: Capitalizing on Uncertainty — Structures, Processes, Mindsets 31.8.2026 – 09:00 > 18:00 Speaker Place GC B3 30 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI 2.9.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Miscellaneous Read more
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SpectroDynamics 2026: Connecting Computational Spectroscopic Methods Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum 7.9.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Bridging Biomolecular Simulations and Experiments Across Time and Length Scales: from Single Molecules to Entire Organelles 14.9.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place BCH 2103 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Innovate with AI and Tech 5.10.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Miscellaneous Read more
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NovoNordisk Fonden – Challenge Programme 2027 7.10.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Category Call for proposal Read more
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G protein-coupled receptors functional dynamics revealed by experimental and computational structural data 7.10.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Aula Magna, USI Lugano Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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From Data to Dynamics: Machine Learning in Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Simulations 14.10.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Aula Magna, USI Lugano Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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EPFL Latsis Symposium 2026: “Decoding the Cell: Modeling, Predicting, and Engineering Cellular States” 29.10.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker SPEAKERS Place Olympic Museum Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

Research

Scientists program materials just by spinning them

Scientists program materials just by spinning them

A team including EPFL engineers has designed a rotating platform whose controlled spin can make flexible beams snap between two stable states. The simple, fast method can encode binary information directly into materials without electronics.

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Education

Saving educational robots from the trash

Saving educational robots from the trash

EPFL master’s student Alexandre Viegas has teamed up with repair website iFixit to develop rankings and repair guides for educational robots. His work aims to help students build new skills while promoting sustainable technology use.

Education
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Innovation

“Chip cooling will be key to the future of AI”

“Chip cooling will be key to the future of AI”

For his PhD, Remco van Erp conducted pioneering research on liquid cooling systems that can be integrated directly into computer chips. He spoke with us about how the cross-disciplinary approach at EPFL’s POWERlab coupled with the boom in generative AI have catalyzed the growth of his startup, Corintis.

Innovation
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