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School of Engineering
Research team led by Li Tang wins Leenaards Foundation Science Prize

Two research groups in the Lake Geneva region have been selected for the 2025 Leenaards Science Prize, which comes with a total of CHF 1.4 million in award money. One of the research groups, led by Li Tang of the Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering in EPFL’s School of Engineering, is exploring a new approach to overcoming canc…
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Fifteen PhD students receive STI Teaching Assistant Awards

Fifteen 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 during the fall 2024 semester.

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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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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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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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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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IMX Colloquium – Morphological Stability of Thin Films and Micro/Nano-Structures 14.4.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Carl Thompson, MIT, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

Immune Calibration of Neuroendocrine Homeostasis 16.4.2025 – 10:15 > 11:15 Speaker: Chuan Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA) Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Colloquium – Soft Electronics: Multimaterial Innovations for Wearable and Biomedical Devices 28.4.2025 – 13:14 > 14:15 Speaker: Dr. Chaoqun Dong, Columbia University, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX/IPHYS Talks – Unravelling the multiscale surface mechanics of soft solids 30.4.2025 – 14:00 > 15:00 Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Bain, Institut Lumière Matière, Lyon Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX/IPHYS Talks – Designing Hierarchical Soft Materials through Self-Assembly and Phase Separation 1.5.2025 – 09:00 > 10:00 Speaker: Dr. Carla Fernández Rico, ETHZ Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Colloquium – First-principles statistical mechanics as applied to Li-ion and Na-ion battery materials 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

MEchanics GAthering –MEGA- Seminar: No Strain No Gain, Tunable materials through training 8.5.2025 – 16:15 > 17:00 Speaker: Savannah D. Gowen, (Soft Materials Laboratory), ETHZ Place: MED 1 1518 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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

IMX Talks – Infrared correlation nanoscopy with unprecedented spectral coverage 16.5.2025 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker: Dr. Bogdan Sava, Attocube Systems AG, Germany Place: MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

Distinguished Lecture – Plastics for Good 16.5.2025 – 17:15 > 18:15 Speaker: Prof. Harm-Anton Klok, Polymers Laboratory, EPFL Place: ELA 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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

IMX Colloquium – From supramolecular polymers to functional materials and systems 26.5.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more