• School of Engineering

    The future of construction with more sustainable cement

    A new material developed at EPFL could change how we make cement forever — and cut 500 million tons of emissions by 2030.

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  • School of Engineering

    The School of Engineering’s Highly Cited Researchers in 2023

    In the latest rankings issued by Clarivate, five 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

    The rigorous mathematician at the service of material 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 material science with numerical models.

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  • School of Engineering

    Insights into efficient solar cells from earth-abundant elements

    The School of Engineering’s Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials (LMSC), led by Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, has recently published an article on the potential of zinc phosphide, a semiconductor made of earth-abundant elements, for solar cell production.

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  • School of Engineering

    EPFL will train students on sustainability

    Starting fall 2024, all EPFL first-year students will be required to take a core class in sustainability, and each department will introduce a sustainability-oriented Bachelor’s class (including one co-led by Tiffany Abitbol of STI’s Sustainable Materials Laboratory) and Master’s class with a focus on real-world applications. These changes…

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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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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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