• School of Engineering

    Scientists discover mechanism driving molecular network formation

    EPFL scientists have identified a new property, interface flexibility, that controls how certain molecules naturally self-organize into crystalline supramolecular networks. This significant discovery could change the design of synthetic molecules for network growth at the nanoscale.

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  • School of Engineering

    Powdered Soap Dispenser Wins Circular Economy Innovation Prize

    The graduate course “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering” brought together students from various fields of study at EPFL to tackle prototyping challenges focused on developing devices for a circular economy.

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  • School of Engineering

    Li Tang wins Friedrich Miescher Award

    School of Engineering Professor Li Tang has won one of the two Friedrich Miescher Awards for 2025 for his outstanding achievements in biochemistry.

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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

    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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Electronic Structure Reading Group: Moreau-Yosida regularisation meets DFTK: How to do Kohn-Sham forward and inverse 24.2.2025 – 16:00 > 17:30 Speaker: Michael Herbst Place: BCH 3113 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – The Role of Advanced Analytical Characterization in Energy Storage Materials R&D 28.2.2025 – 10:00 > 11:00 Speaker: Dr. Nikhilendra Singh, Toyota Research Institute of North America, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – Revealing the Structural and Chemical Evolution of Electrocatalysts using Correlated Operando Electron and X-ray Microscopy 28.2.2025 – 11:15 > 12:15 Speaker: Dr. See Wee Chee, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – Advances in In-Situ Electron and X-Ray Microscopy Techniques 28.2.2025 – 13:30 > 14:30 Speaker: Dr. Daan Hein Alsem, Director of Research, Hummingbird Scientific Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Martensite, twins and math 3.3.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Dr. Cyril Cayron, Laboratory of Thermomechanical Metallurgy, EPFL Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Probing the nanoscale structure and dynamics or solid-liquid interfaces: from minerals to complex biological membranes 10.3.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Kislon Voïtchovsky, Durham University, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – New test methods in support of composites manufacturing research: a tale of two fixtures 17.3.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Davide De Focatiis, University of Nottingham, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Radiation damage of high temperature superconductors for fusion magnets 24.3.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Susie Speller, University of Oxford, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Brain-targeted drug delivery systems and AI-generated synthetic biology medications 31.3.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Avi Schroeder, Technion, Israel Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – TBD 14.4.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Carl Thompson, MIT, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – TBD 5.5.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Anton van der Ven, UC Santa Barbara, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Surface Engineering of Nanocellulose for Sustainable Bioproduct Development 12.5.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Emily Cranston, Unviersity of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – Metal Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications 19.5.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Laura Herz, Oxford University, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Colloquium – From supramolecular polymers to functional materials and systems 26.5.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Bert Meijer, University Groningen, The Netherlands Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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