Upcoming Courses and Events

These courses and events give participants a chance to learn from and network with a wide range of researchers from academia and industry,  from Switzerland and abroad.

25 – 29 August, 2025 / Visp, Switzerland

2025 Tribology and Surfaces Interactions Summer School

2 – 5 September, 2025 / EPFL Lausanne

2025 Characterization of Materials Summer School

15 – 19 September, 2025 / PSI, Villigen

2025 Synchrotron Powder Diffraction School at PSI

5 – 7 November, 2025 / Empa Dübendorf

2025 Advanced X-Ray Diffraction Methods for Coatings: Strain, Defects and Deformation Analysis of Thin Films

18 – 21 November, 2025 / Empa Thun

Introduction to SEM and FIB Microanalysis

25 – 28 November, 2025 / Empa Thun

2025 Thin film and small scale mechanics

11 – 13 February, 2026 / EPFL

2026 Nanoindentation Course