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School of Engineering
“Teaching the subject is how I really learned it”

Sometimes, good things happen simply by chance. For EPFL lecturer Stefano Mischler, a series of fortuitous events opened up the fascinating world of tribology. Now, over 30 years later, he’s looking forward to retirement.

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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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School of Engineering
Two prizes for Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, a professor in the School of Engineering and EPFL’s next president, has recently been awarded two different prizes that honor the achievements of women in science and engineering.

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School of Engineering
An ink for 3D-printing flexible devices without mechanical joints

EPFL researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for cumbersome mechanical joints.

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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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5 Assistant professors

2 Adjunct professors

7 Senior scientists

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IMX Seminar Series – Microbially-driven materials manufacture and responsiveness 23.9.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Neel Joshi, Northeastern University, USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Failure Mechanics of High Performance Composite Sailing Yachts, including Hull Water Slamming, Thick Laminates in Spars and Hydrofoils and Crashworthiness 30.9.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Mark Battley, University of Auckland, NZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Engineering Food for All 7.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Christoph Hartmann, Nestlé & Technische Universität Berlin Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – IMX Seminar Series – Design and assembly of responsive soft (bio)materials 14.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Mark Tibbitt, ETHZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Chemical and physical processes in the confined environment of an aerosol particle 28.10.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Ruth Signorell, ETHZ Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Additive Manufacture of Metals with Complex Microstructure 4.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Matteo Seita, University of Cambridge, UK Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Nucleation of diffusion controlled phase transformations in the solid state, beyond or beside classical nucleation theory ? 11.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Yves Bréchet, Collège de France Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Mapping and controlling three dimensional spin textures 18.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Dr. Claire Donnelly, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Novel mathematics to discover novel materials 25.11.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Michael Herbst, EPFL Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Quantum sensing for nanoscale materials research and engineering 2.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Patrick Maletinsky, University of Basel Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Seminar Series – Short Peptides and Amino Acids as Building Blocks for Sustainable Materials and Coatings 9.12.2024 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Meital Reches, Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more