Category: News
2026 Net Zero Tech International Contest: ETA-Lab Won Advanced Net Zero Emission Technology Award
Gautier and Maria represented ETA-Lab at the 2026 Net Zero Tech International Contest, where our project, one of 20 finalists from 267 entries, received the Advanced Net Zero Emission Technology Award.
2026 Summer Group Outing
Many thanks to Léo for organizing ETA-Lab’s 2026 Summer Group Outing. Underground lake, tasty food, swimming in open water, card games on the grass — a lot of good memories.
IHTC-18: Gautier presented
Gautier presented a poster during the 18th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 2026.
ICBCHT 12: Rameez and Léo presented
Rameez and Léo participated in the 12th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT 12) held at MIT in June 2026
2026 Spring Group Dinner
Congratulations to Farkhondeh and Léo on passing their candidacy exams, and to Takehiro on publishing ETA-Lab’s first research article. We also wish Maria all the best as she completes her master’s internship with us.
ETA-Lab Has Won ERC Starting Grant
This ERC Starting Grant will support our team’s effort to deeply understand interface-molecule interactions in phase change devices under various working conditions in the next 5 years.
MicroFIP 2025: Takehiro and Rameez presented; Zhengmao received Outstanding Early Career Award
ETA-LAB members participating the Microflow and Interfacial Phenomena (MicroFIP) conference held at UCSB in June 2025: an oral talk (Takehiro) , a poster presentation (Rameez), and an outstanding early career award (Zhengmao)
2025 Spring Group Dinner
The event occurred at Maison 66, Lausanne, in April 2025, organized by Mr. Igor Reshetnikov, who kindly arranged with the chef a special tasting menu for ETA-Lab. This includes Baked Pirozhki, Caviar Toasts, Olivier Salad, Borscht, Siberian Pelmeni, Medovik Cake, and Lingonberry Kompot.
Igor Reshetnikov has received STI TA Award. Congrats!
The Teaching Assistant Award is an initiative of the School of Engineering of EPFL to reward extraordinary involvement of PhD students in the lectures given in the
Bachelor and Master programs of the school.
