Semester Projects

For students who have chosen the specialization, an optional research project in Materials III (MSE-493) is also available.

Recommendation for the writing of report

⚠️ Authors must correctly cite all sources used. Failure to comply with this rule constitutes plagiarism and may result in academic sanctions. More information can be found here.

Information and Timeline

Each semester, the IMX laboratories provide a list of the Semester Projects available for the following semester. The list is prepared at least four weeks before the end of the current semester and published on the laboratories’ webpages no later than two weeks before the end of the semester.

The SMX Section informs students when the list is available and invites them to identify and register for a project for the following semester.

The laboratories are responsible for keeping the list up to date and ensuring that the project information is accurate.

For students

• Choose a project
  Review the list of available semester projects and select a project.
• Contact the project supervisor
  Contact the person in charge of the project to discuss the project and confirm your assignment.
• Register on IS-Academia
  Register for the project through IS-Academia before the registration deadline.
• Complete the registration form
  Download the registration form and complete it before the course/project registration deadline.
• Submit the signed form
  Have the form signed by the person in charge of the project, then send it by email to smx@epfl.ch or bring it to the SMX Secretariat.
• Submit your report
  At the end of the project, submit your written report to the project supervisor by the following deadlines:
  • Fall semester: Friday of the second week after the end of teaching
  • Spring semester: Friday of the first week after the end of teaching

For labs

• 4 to 2 weeks before the end of the preceding semester: Publish the list of available semester projects on the lab’s website.
• Before the start of the project: sign the student’s registration form.
• At the end of the project: Enter the student’s grade in IS-Academia in accordance with the academic calendar.

List of projects suggested by laboratory

• Laboratory of construction materials (LMC)
• Laboratory of mechanical metallurgy (LMM)
• Polymers laboratory (LP)
• Laboratory of processing of advanced composites (LPAC)
• Laboratory of semiconductor materials (LMSC)
• Laboratory of organic and macromolecular materials (LMOM)
• Supramolecular nanomaterials and interfaces Laboratory (SUNMIL)
• Laboratory of theory and simulation of materials (THEOS)
• Laboratory of photonic materials and fibre devices (FIMAP)
• Laboratory of computational science and modelling (COSMO)
• Soft materials laboratory (SMAL)
• Laboratory of thermomechanical metallurgy (LMTM)
• Laboratory of nanoscale magnetic materials and magnonics (LMGN)
• Laboratory for in situ nanomaterials characterisation with electrons (INE)
• Programmable biomaterials laboratory (PBL)
• Laboratory of biomaterials for immunoengineering (LBI)
• Laboratory of materials design and simulation (MADES)
• Laboratory for X-ray characterization of materials (CAM-X)
• Sustainable materials laboratory (SML)
• Dynamic Quantum Materials Laboratory (DQML)
• Mathematics for Materials Modelling (MATMAT)
• Interdisciplinary centre for electron microscopy (CIME)

Other laboratories

• Computational solid mechanics laboratory (LSMS)
• Laboratory for the Chemistry of Materials and Manufacturing (ALCHEMY)
• Bioenergy and catalysis laboratory (PSI) Dr Andrea Testino
• Laboratory of intelligent systems (LIS) (the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)
• Electron spectrometry and microscopy laboratory (LSME)
• Laboratory of biomechanical orthopedics (LBO)(the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)
• Photovoltaics and thin film electronics laboratory (PV-LAB)
• Galatea Lab (the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)
• MAKE Projects (the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)
• GEM Group (the project has to be supervised by Dr Van Herle). Check the two proposals here
• E4S Center (the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)
• Materials in Transition Laboratory (MATR) (the project has to be supervised by a SMX teacher)