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Inspiring article about the academic trajectory of Bastien Aymon Bastien Aymon, an EPFL undergrad who took our Intro. to Structures class in his 1st year & remained connected to our lab ever since. Next stop: he will work with Carlos M. Portela MIT MechE. Wishing them the best!



Join Prof. Jürg Dual from D-MAVT, ETH Zurich for his talk "Quantitative gravitational excitation of a bending beam resonator ā theory and measurement" at the next SwissMech seminar on October 13, 2022, 4 to 5pm! swissmechseminars.ch



Recently New Scientist published a piece on our work where @UNFoLD_EPFL, Alexander Gehrke, and I show that water-treading helps increase efficiency by about 50% compared to normal hovering kinematics! newscientist.com/article/233333⦠University of Southampton @uosaeroastro EPFL Mechanical Engineering EPFL 1/2

Interested in #photovoltaics #research, #record performance and translation to #mass #market? Join us tomorrow (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Ballif. In-person: MED 0 1418, Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL #AcademicTwitter


Congratulations to William Curtin, project leader of our Pillar 1, Design and Discovery of Novel Materials, on winning the Multiscale Materials Modelling (MMM) Distinguished Career Achievement Award! EPFL School of Engineering actu.epfl.ch/news/prof-curtā¦



Ever wondered how #flight, #clouds and #turbulence #teach us about each other? Join us tomorrow (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Bewley Cornell University. In-person: MED 0 1418, Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL #AcademicTwitter


Congratulations to Sophia Haussener & Giulia Tagliabue from EPFL Mechanical Engineering, and SMaL from Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL for the award of the #STI Engineering Discovery Grant aimed at developing a mini-refinery for #solar-driven electrochemical #CO2 reduction! EPFL School of Engineering actu.epfl.ch/news/-artificiā¦

Interested in #flow, #transport and #mixing limited processes in confined media? Join us tomorrow (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. de Anna Université de Lausanne. In-person: MED 0 1418, Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL #AcademicTwitter


Warmest congratulations to Giulia Tagliabue on her Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grant! This exciting project aims to harness the hydrovoltaic effect, with the goal of contributing to making #evaporation a widespread, safe & continuous #renewableenergy source. EPFL Mechanical Engineering actu.epfl.ch/news/giulia-taā¦


Interested in #sunlight-surface #interactions to control atmospheric #condensation? Join us tomorrow (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Poulikakos ETH Zurich. In-person: BM 5202, on Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL #AcademicTwitter


Interested in #Converter-Dominated #Power #Systems and their Integration into Operation? Join us tomorrow (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Hug ETH Zurich. In-person: MED 0 1418, Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL #AcademicTwitter




Interested in the best #compromise between #strength, #ductility and #fracture toughness in #metallic alloys? Join us today (Mon) at 12:30 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Pardoen. In-person: MED 0 1418, on Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL


Interested in #failure in #granular #materials? Join us today (Tue) at 12 pm GMT+2 for the #MechEColloquium talk from Prof. Crassous University of Rennes. In-person: MED 0 1418, on Zoom: sti.epfl.ch/research-insti⦠EPFL School of Engineering EPFL
