Teaching

Teaching and inspiring new generation of students is at the core mission of university. Our teaching activities span from courses at the bachelor and master level to practical semester projects.

Bachelor, BA5: Functional properties of materials (Fall, taught by Dr Valerio Piazza). 

Master (Temporarily not offered): Properties of Semiconductors from the bulk to the nanostructure (Spring, taught by Dr Valerio Piazza)

For Master and Bachelor students enrolled at EPFL we offer the following semester projects for the Fall Semester 2026 (Title, Supervisor):

  • Characterization of in-plane Ge NWs, Ludovica Lunghi
  • Thickness dependent luminescence in exfoliated GaSe, Julia Marhic
  • Multi-parameter platform for advanced selective area epitaxy, Matilde Cantele
  • Interface design for efficient charge extraction in Earth-abundant photovoltaic ensembles, Javier Castillo Soane
  • Characterization of sputtered GeSn thin films, Reyhaneh Ramezani
    Deep-diving into hyperspectral analysis: tracking emission peak displacements, Valerio Piazza, Edward Andó (Center for Imaging)

If you are interested on one of the projects, please contact the supervisor directly. The projects are given on a first-come first-serve basis.