• School of Engineering

    Record efficiency for perovskite-silicon triple-junction solar cells

    EPFL and CSEM researchers have achieved a record 30% efficiency for triple-junction solar cells, which combine two thin-film perovskite cells and one silicon cell on a single device. The milestone could advance affordable next-generation solar technologies for space and terrestrial applications.

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  • School of Engineering

    Two STI professors promoted

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

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  • 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 four in the School of Engineering (STI).

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  • School of Engineering

    Saving educational robots from the trash

    EPFL master’s student Alexandre Viegas has teamed up with repair website iFixit to develop rankings and repair guides for educational robots. His work aims to help students build new skills while promoting sustainable technology use.

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  • School of Engineering

    “Chip cooling will be key to the future of AI”

    For his PhD, Remco van Erp conducted pioneering research on liquid cooling systems that can be integrated directly into computer chips. He spoke with us about how the cross-disciplinary approach at EPFL’s POWERlab coupled with the boom in generative AI have catalyzed the growth of his startup, Corintis.

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  • School of Engineering

    Stéphanie Lacour to give inaugural lecture at the Collège de France

    Stéphanie Lacour, the Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology in EPFL’s School of Engineering and head of the Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, will deliver her inaugural lecture on neurotechnology at the Collège de France on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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37 Professors
10 Adjunct Professors
11 Senior Scientists
25 ERC grants

Upcoming Events

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VAM workshop 10.4.2026 – 08:30 > 17:00 Speaker Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: New Frontiers in Terahertz Technology 15.4.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Mona Jarrahi, Professor and Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, USA Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Interrogating ultrafast processes with fast electrons 22.4.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Professor Javier García de Abajo, ICFO–Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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An Artificial Sphincter based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators in the context of Urinary Incontinence 24.4.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker Quentin Philippe Mario DE MENECH Place MC A1 272 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Towards photosynthetic synthetic cells 20.5.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Professor Jean-Christophe Baret, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal and Institut Universitaire de France, France Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Deep Learning for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging: Bridging Domain Gaps and Advancing Signal-Domain Reconstruction 22.5.2026 – 16:00 > 00:00 Speaker Roser VIÑALS TERRÉS Place ELA 1 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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Summer School on Light-Based 3D Printing 2026 21.6.2026 – 00:00 > 00:00 Speaker Place Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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