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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 1h

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium
🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025
🕐 13:15
🎙️ Prof. Ingrid Graz, Linz School of Education, Austria
🔎 Smart by Nature: Bio-Inspired sensors and actuators
Find out more: lnkd.in/eysPGHrE

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 3d

🎓 Huge congratulations to our 42 graduates who received their Master’s degrees last Saturday at the Magistrale!
We are proud of all our graduates.

Thank you for being part of our community, and we wish you every success in your next chapter!

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 EPFL’s Institute of Materials (IMX) is offering 6-month funded fellowships for external Master’s students in Materials Science.
Join one of IMX’s world-class labs and gain hands-on research experience at the cutting edge of materials science.
👉 lnkd.in/enNeKmTh

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 6d

🎓 Congrats to Dr. Huixin Guo (LMGN) on defending her PhD thesis “Additive Manufacturing and Exploration of Three-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Nanonetworks for 3D Magnonics and 3D Spintronics” with Prof. Dirk Grundler. Nominated for the Thesis Distinction Award!

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 13d

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Calixe Bénier from the Tribology and Interfacial Chemistry (TIC) Group for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Lubrication of the watch pivot contact: a multi-physics approach” under Dr. Stefano Mischler's supervision.

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 13d

Join the next IMX talk
🗓️ Wednesday, 1 October 2025 at 10:15
🎙️ Dr. Marios H. Michael, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
🔎 Interlayer coherence at room temperature in high Tc cuprates and photo-induced superconductivity
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

IMX Talks - Interlayer coherence at room temperature in high Tc cuprates and photo-induced superconductivity - EPFL

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium
🗓️ Monday, 29 September 2025
🕐 13:15
🎙️ Prof. Jörg F. Löffler, Department of Materials, ETHZ, Switzerland
🔎 Ultrahigh-purified lean magnesium alloys for bioresorbable implant applications
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 20d

👏 Congratulations to Prof. @micheleceriotti.bsky.social (@labcosmo.bsky.social) and Prof. Roland Logé (LMTM)
on their promotion to Full Professor of Materials Science in the School of Engineering!
More info: actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 23d

Don't miss the next IMX talk:
🗓️ Thursday, 18 September 2025 at 16:00
🎙️ Dr. Laura Porath from ESPCI, Paris, France
🔎 Viscoelasticity and Applications of Self-Healing Polymers
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 23d

Don't miss the next IMX talk:
🗓️ Friday, 19 September 2025 at 12:00
🎙️ Prof. Véronique Michaud
🔎 Sustainability driven composite materials development
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for the IMX Colloquium - Fall 2025
🗓️ Monday, 15 September 2025
🕐 13:15
🎙️ Prof. John Kolinski, Engineering Mechanics of Soft lnterfaces, EPFL
🔎 Defects in cracks and contact: enhancing toughness and suppressing wetting
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚀 What an inspiring three days! The Alloys for Additive Manufacturing 2025 symposium in Neuchâtel co-organized by EPFL and EMPA has just wrapped up.
With 170 participants from around the world, the symposium sparked exciting discussions on the latest advances in metal additive manufacturing.

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎓 Welcome to all our new Bachelor’s and Master’s students in Materials Science! We wish you an exciting academic journey and hope this new chapter will be filled with discovery, growth, and success.

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Melis Özkan for successfully defending her PhD thesis (nominated for the Best thesis award) “Development of Small Molecule Heparin Glycomimetics for Applications in Nerve Regeneration Therapies” under Prof. Stellacci and Prof. Micera supervision.

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Sep 1

Don't miss the next IMX talks on Sep 8 at 13:15 & 14:15

🎙️ Prof. Massimo Mastrangeli, Delft University of Technology
🔎 Micro electro-mechanical physiological systems (MEMPhyS)

🎙️ Prof. Achilleas Savva, Delft University of Technology
🔎 Reverse Engineering the Nervous System with Biohybrid Electronics

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Antonios Baganis from EMPA for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Fabrication of Multi-Material and Functionally Graded Metal Structures with Additive and Hybrid Manufacturing Methods” under the supervision of Dr. Christian Leinenbach.

Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Aug 22

Don't miss the next IMX talk:
📅 September 1 at 11:00
🎙️ Prof. Christopher Hutchinson, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
🔎 Strengthening and strain hardening from solute clusters in Aluminium alloys
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Register before August 29!
Join us for the inaugural lecture by Professor Maartje Bastings @Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL
🧬 "Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language"
🗓 Friday Sept 5
🕛 17:15 - 18:15
📍 Room SV1717 & Online
memento.epfl.ch/event/inaugu...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Save the Date!
Join us for the inaugural lecture by Professor Maartje Bastings
🧬 "Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language"
🗓 Friday Sept 5
🕛 17:15 - 18:15
📍 Room SV1717 & Online

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congratulations to Dr. Sophia Thiele from the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials for successfully defending her PhD thesis "Supramolecular Materials from Sustainable Polyesters: Structure, Dynamics, and Performance" under Prof. Holger Frauenrath's supervision.

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Don't miss the next IMX talk:
📅 16 July 2025 at 11:00
🎙️ Prof. Mark R. Marten, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
🔎 Using a genetic approach to develop mycelial materials
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jun 23

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Barbey-Binggeli from the Laboratory for in situ nanomaterials characterisation with electrons (INE) for successfully defending his PhD thesis under Prof. Vasiliki Tileli's supervision.

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jun 17

🏆 Congratulations to Prof Francesco Stellacci from Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant for his project Engineering Protein Interactions Using Small Molecules

Find out more: actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-re...

EPFL research is back on the European stage

Eight EPFL researchers have been selected by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the 2024 call for proposals for the Advanced Grant competition, including four in the School of Engineering.

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jun 11

"Don't miss the next IMX talk:
📅 12 June 2025 at 17:00
🎙️ Prof. Giovanni M. Pavan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
🔎 From microscopic dynamics to dominant fluctuations to complex emergent behaviors in self-organizing matter
Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/talk-f...

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Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL @materials-epfl.bsky.social · Jun 10

Check the portrait of Dr. Pierre-Etienne Bourban, senior scientist from the LPAC at EPFL and director of the DLL Materials and Bioengineering, who was named best teacher for 2024 in the materials science section.
Thank you Pierre-Etienne for your commitment!
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“My job is to facilitate the transition from theory to practice”

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, recently named the best teacher for 2024 in the materials science section, has 40 years of EPFL under his belt – including 30 as a teacher. He’s just as motivated about his job...

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