Civil Engineering

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To provide a training in Civil Engineering with specializations in Structural Engineering, Hydraulics and Energy, Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation and Mobility.

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Nominations of EPFL professors

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The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

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HOBEL members won 3 awards in Healthy Buildings 2021 !

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HOBEL lab participated with three papers on Healthy Buildings 2021, and these three papers were selected as short paper of distinction award (student), best short paper (student), and short papers of distinction award (non-student), respectively. 

Romain van Wassenhoffe wants to increase the commercialization of bamboo in Europe. © Alain Herzog / 2021 EPFL

New connector for sustainable structures on Earth and in space

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As part of his Master’s degree in civil engineering, an EPFL student developed a connector for use in building sustainable structures. His initial project has expanded into an online program for designing bamboo furniture that’s stylish, modular and customizable. And now his connector is being looked at for use by astronauts in outer space.

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