• School of Engineering

    Appointment of STI professors

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

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  • School of Engineering

    Gregor Jotzu named CIFAR Global Scholar

    School of Engineering professor Gregor Jotzu is one of 15 early-career researchers named CIFAR Global Scholars for 2026-2028.

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  • School of Engineering

    “When I need a boost, I turn to the music I grew up with”

    EPFL President Anna Fontcuberta i Morral describes herself as someone who has always had a hyperactive streak. To recharge, she counts on her family, exercise and a team she knows she can rely on.

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  • School of Engineering

    New sustainable materials course rewards best projects

    On Monday, three teams of students from the first edition of MSE-433: Towards Sustainable Materials, received prizes for semester projects that proposed creative alternatives to existing products.

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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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8 Associate professors
5 Assistant professors
2 Adjunct professors
7 Senior scientists

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IMX Talks – Interplay of Cooper Quartets, Finite Momentum Pairing, and Josephson Diode Effect in 1T Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 15.6.2026 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker Dr. Pranava Keerthi Sivakumar, Department of Nano-systems from Ions, Spins and Electrons(NISE), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany Place BM 3241 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – When Nature meets Nanotechnology: Development of novel materials using renewable resources 15.6.2026 – 15:30 > 16:30 Speaker Prof. Shachar Richter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Place MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Friction-Induced Vibrations in Dry Contacts: A Matter of Dynamic Coupling Across Scales 17.6.2026 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker Prof. Francesco Massi ( Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome) Place GC B1 10 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – The Geography of Biological Matter: From Cells to Sustainable Material Systems 6.7.2026 – 11:00 > 12:00 Speaker Prof. Blaise Tardy, Khalifa University, UAE Place MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IMX Talks – General route to the design of 3D printable Pickering emulsions 6.7.2026 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker Prof. Madivala G. Basavaraj, Centre of Excellence in Soft and Biological Matter (CSBM) IIT Madras, India   Place MXF 312 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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BioEngineering Day 2026 31.8.2026 – 11:30 > 21:00 Speaker Various speakers Place SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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