• School of Engineering

    Safer receipt paper from wood

    EPFL researchers have developed formulations for the kind of paper used in cash receipts or shipping tags using wood-based chemicals that reduces reliance on toxic bisphenols while keeping print performance.

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  • School of Engineering

    Three STI Professors win ERC Consolidator Grants

    EPFL School of Engineering professors Sophia Haussener, Maryam Kamgarpour, and Li Tang have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants.

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  • School of Engineering

    Appointment of EPFL professors

    The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

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  • School of Engineering

    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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  • School of Engineering

    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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  • 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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