Andreas Mortensen has been an EPFL professor of materials science for the past 30 years and has held various management positions at the School, including vice president for research. He’s the winner of this year’s best teacher award for his section, handed out at the 2026 master’s graduation ceremony. .

EPFL researchers have discovered that a soft material originally optimized for 3D printing may solve a longstanding challenge in materials science: make 3D printable elastomers both tough and durable.

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

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.

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.

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.