Transport and Mobility Laboratory

Directed by Michel Bierlaire, the Transport and Mobility Laboratory is active in modeling, optimization and simulation of transportation systems, with a specific emphasis on the mobility of individuals.

Michel Bierlaire, the winner of the 2025 best teacher award for the civil engineering Section. - 2026 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“The best way to learn something is to teach it”

11.05.26Education

Michel Bierlaire, a world-renowned expert who always makes time for his students, isn’t just “Mr. Transport” – he’s also the winner of the 2025 best teacher award for the civil engineering Section.

Dissertation Prize for Janody Pougala

15.01.26EPFL

Janody Pougala has been awarded the 2024 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize by the International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR) for her doctoral dissertation, “OASIS: An Integrated Optimisation Framework for Daily Scheduling,” completed at the Transport and Mobility Laboratory at EPFL.

Civil engineering student Anne-Valérie Preto used Lausanne’s planned new tram line, illustrated here at the Renens station, as the case study for her master’s project. Alain Herzog/EPFL, 2025

Modeling travel behavior to support Lausanne's future tram

20.11.25Education

Taking Lausanne’s planned new tram line as a case study, Anne-Valérie Preto focused her master’s project in civil engineering on improving a computer model that’s used to forecast how people will use public transportation.

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