• School of Engineering

    Giovanni De Micheli enters American National Academy of Engineering

    School of Engineering Emeritus Professor Giovanni De Micheli has been named an international member of the US NAE Class of 2026.

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  • School of Engineering

    Reversible, detachable robotic hand redefines dexterity

    A robotic hand developed at EPFL surpasses the limits of human dexterity with a dual-thumbed, reversible-palm design that can detach from its robotic ‘arm’ to reach and grasp multiple objects.

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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

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Campus Lecture de Steve Anavi « 9 idées reçues sur l’entrepreneuriat – retour d'expérience sur la création d'une licorne » 4.3.2026 – 17:30 > 19:30 Speaker Place CO 2 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Bio-Semiconductor Technologies: From Memristors to Neuromorphic sensing Networks 10.3.2026 – 17:30 > 00:00 Speaker Junrui CHEN Place ELA 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Leveraging Microfluidic devices to Emerging Technology & New Opportunity 11.3.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Prof. Yoshikazu Hirai, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Japan Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Efficient photon and phonon interfaces for spin qubits in diamond 12.3.2026 – 16:15 > 17:00 Speaker Prof. Marko Lončar, Harvard University, USA Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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Software-hardware co-design for continuous health monitoring with edge Artificial Intelligence 13.3.2026 – 17:00 > 00:00 Speaker Lara ORLANDIC Place CO 2 Category Thesis defenses Read more
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IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Nonlinear Nanomaterials for Optical Computing and Quantum Sources 1.4.2026 – 12:15 > 13:00 Speaker Prof. Rachel Grange, ETH Zurich, Department of Physics, Institute for Quantum Electronics, Optical Nanomaterial Group Place BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars 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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