Institute IMX – STI - School of Engineering

School of Engineering
“Discussing a problem is the first step towards finding a solution”

Jürgen Brugger, a professor of microengineering, is the winner of this year’s EPFL Award for Best Teaching. His approach shows students that discussion and group work can be highly effective for learning new skills.

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Li Tang wins BRIDGE Discovery Grant

Li Tang, head of the Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering in the School of Engineering, is part of a team of researchers from EPFL, the Lausanne University Hospital, and the University of Lausanne that has been awarded a BRIDGE Discovery Grant to develop new CAR-T cell therapies against neuroblastoma in children.

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Li Tang wins RSC Biomaterials Science Lectureship

Li Tang, head of the Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering in the School of Engineering, has received the 2025 Biomaterials Science Lectureship from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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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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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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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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Atome, énergie, lumière: la quantique pour grand public ! 18.10.2025 – 10:00 > 17:00 Speaker: Place: SwissTech Convention Center Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

IMX Colloquium & MARVEL distinguished lecture – Translating Breakthroughs: From Scientific Discovery to Human Impact 27.10.2025 – 13:15 > 14:15 Speaker: Prof. Cody Friesen, Arizona State University USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

Special IMX/ISIC Colloquium – Semiconductor nanowire building blocks: from gate-all-around transistors, nanolasers to photochemical diodes 19.11.2025 – 16:15 > 17:15 Speaker: Prof. Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley USA Place: MXF 1 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

NanoEngineering gone #viral: plant virus-based therapeutics 28.11.2025 – 12:00 > 13:30 Speaker: Nicole F. Steinmetz, Ph.D. Leo and Trude Szilard Chancellor’s Endowed Chair Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering University of California, San Diego Place: SV 1717 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more