The “Design Project” (10 ECTS) is a mandatory course to be carried out in the spring semester (M2). The organization of this project is led by the SIE Section which suggests a series of topics proposed by external partners or in collaboration with research laboratories affiliated to SIE. Registration for this course is mandatory and is to be done on IS-Academia.
At the end of the year, the SIE Section organizes a presentation of the Design Projects. Then the students take note of the proposed topics, make their choice and form groups in pairs.
- Instructions on the completion of the Design Project
- Budget estimation form
- Searching for scientific information and citation basis for your Design Project (pdf presentation of 25th March 2026)
- Agreement (pdf) ou Agreement (docx)
- Completion of the Poster :
Before the semester starts: please get in touch with your EPFL supervisor and with the company in order to schedule the first meeting.
- Friday 20th February 2026 latest: 1st meeting between the 3 parties (students, industrial partner and SIE Professor)
- Friday 27th February 2026: submission of the signed contract and budget estimation to the Section (scanned version)
- Friday 6th March 2026: submission of the goals, expectations and calendar to the SIE Professor and external partner
- Wednesday 25th March 2026 (12h-13h – room GR C0 01): permanence office hour on the information sources (Beast, Google Scholar, Web of Science), and literature search, by Myriam Petrilli, Teaching Librarian
- Friday 17th April 2026: submission of intermediate report to the SIE Professor and external partner
- Wednesday 20th May 2026: deadline for sending the PDF version of report to the SIE Professor and external partner for comments before finalization
- This report’s version serves as a basis for the oral presentation
- Thursday 28th May 2026 : printing of A0 poster at SG 0215 office (ENAC-IT – Nikita Duarte Montoya) – 13h – 17h
- Friday 29th May 2026: poster session of the Design Projects, from 14h to 17h, room GC A3 30, GC A3 31 et GC B3 31.
- Friday 5th June 2026: submission of the final report version (PDF) to the SIE Professor and industrial partner
- Between 1st and 12th June 2026: oral presentation of the Design Projects
- Monday 13th July 2026: submission of the grades to the SAC (by SIE Professors)
Design Project 2026
24 Topics
Click on Project’s title to see the students’ posters
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N°
|
Entreprise
|
Nom
partenaire externe |
Nom superviseur EPFL
|
Titre sujet
|
Etudiants
|
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1
|
Haleon Sàrl
|
Tom
Austin |
Florian
Breider |
Noé Halter
Laura Hebert |
|
|
3
|
Arborise
|
Philippe
Nicod |
Christoph
Bachofen |
Feryel El Phil
Camille Dupré Tabti |
|
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4
|
Arborise
|
Philippe
Nicod
|
Meret
Aeppli |
Camille Perrin
Alena Vasilyeva |
|
|
6
|
Office cantonal
de l’eau (OCEau) Etat de Genève |
Ion
Iorgulescu |
Sara
Bonetti |
Raphaëlle Simonet
Inès Laury |
|
|
9
|
EERL – Extreme
Environments Research Laboratory |
Julia
Schmale |
|
Development and optimization of a miniature aerosol sampling system for airborne measurements
|
Adrien Billaud
|
|
10
|
Service Intercommunal
des Energies (SIE SA) |
Mathieu
Veriter
|
Alcherio
Martinoli |
Ainhoa Vilanova
Gaétane van der Bruggen |
|
|
11
|
Service de
l’agriculture du canton du Valais |
Marie
Zufferey
|
Devis
Tuia |
Clarisse Ollivier
Clara Cornet |
|
|
12
|
AFRY Suisse SA
|
David
Cordier |
Ivan Hajdukovic
|
Lucille Rosenblatt
Martin Metier |
|
|
13
|
Emch+Berger
AG Bern |
Matthias Thalmann
|
Gabriele
Manoli |
Alexia Behrend
Alicia Pérez Domouso |
|
|
15
|
Ville de Lausanne /
Service de l’Eau / Epura SA |
Anoys
Magnet
|
Rizlan Bernier-Latmani
|
Samia Benhalima
Ana Victoria Sibaja Zepeda |
|
|
17
|
Office Cantonal
de l’Eau (OCEAu GE) |
Jacopo
Grazioli
|
Alexis
Berne |
Flore Reboud
Cyrielle Manissadjian |
|
|
18
|
Ville de Sion
|
Christophe Schlicht /
Patrick
Astori |
Stéphane
Joost |
Isabelle Saugy
Emilie Maillard |
|
|
20
|
Aerospec SA
|
Andrea
Baccarini
|
Satoshi
Takahama |
Naroa Rodriguez Fernandez
Lucas Massot |
|
|
22
|
EuroAirport
|
Jérémy Unternährer
|
Thanos
Nenes |
Corentin Rouault
Clément Danichert |
|
|
25
|
DGE-FORET, inspection
des forêts du 3ème arrondissement |
Marina
Beck |
Charlotte
Grossiord |
Anna Istepanyan
Noemi Montelaghi |
|
|
26
|
Vuna GmbH
|
Bastian
Etter / Dorothee Spuhler
|
Claudia
Binder |
Léa Rommelaere
Fabien Cabassu |
|
|
28
|
Unisanté
|
Myriam
Borgatta
|
Florian
Breider |
Technological solutions to generate airborne solid particles for
human exposure studies |
Andrea Giacobbi
Jules Tresca |
|
29
|
Vuna GmbH
|
Florian
Meier / Martine Guex / Bastian Etter |
Tamar
Kohn |
Dorine Walther
Lola Pricam |
|
|
30
|
Direction générale
de l’environnement du canton de Vaud |
Sébastien
Lévy /
Laurianne Jeanneret
|
Stéphane
Joost |
Dany Montandon
Loïc Trochen |
|
|
31
|
Canton de Vaud,
Inspection cantonale des forêts |
Laurianne Jeanneret
|
Michel
Bierlaire |
Jordi Della Bruna
Adrien Renard |
|
|
32
|
CSEM – Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique
|
Alexis
Barrou |
Claudia
Binder |
Towards Greener Solar Energy: Identifying Best Practices for PV Installers and Operators
|
Nico Lüthi
Miguel Coutinho Simões |
|
35
|
Services Industriels de Genève (SIG)
|
Nicolas
Michon
|
Mirko
Musa |
Yélèna Höhler
Nolan Rotsaert |
|
|
36
|
aneco
|
Marius
Klinger |
Tamar
Kohn |
Julia Derijard-Pelegri
Juliette de Wasseige |
|
|
37
|
Ville de La
Chaux-de-Fonds |
Bekir
Omerovic
|
Michi
Lehning |
Teresa Zabala Beatrice Saitta |