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Polina Holub - 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I wanted to study a subject that has meaning”

Education

For her EPFL master’s project, Polina Holub developed a plan for recycling the rubble from buildings destroyed during the war in Ukraine – a particularly meaningful endeavor for someone who grew up in a Ukrainian town near the Russian border.

© 2025 EPFL, Daryl Jeker

EPFL launches of sustainability course for all first-year students

Education

Whether they study mathematics, microengineering, life sciences or architecture, all 1862 first-year EPFL students experienced their first session of the common sustainability course on Tuesday February 18. The course is organized by the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Section of ENAC.

Raphaël Angeles in front of the Dynamo hydropower plant in Courrendlin, on which he worked to make its exploitation more sustainable. © EPFL / 2025

Reconciling hydropower generation with biodiversity

Education

For his master’s project in environmental science and engineering, EPFL student Raphaël Angeles came up with methods for making hydropower generation more environmentally responsible, taking the Dynamo hydropower plant in Courrendlin, in Jura Canton, as his case study.

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Michela Bonomo highlights that we need to anticipate the rising sea levels predicted by 2100. © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

How long will the dream of the seaside holiday villa last?

Research

Michela Bonomo examines in this column the ideology of the luxury seaside villa and shows its limits. Her column was published in three daily newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland. 

31% of the samples contained traces of the compounds typically found in tire additives © iStock

Tire additives found deposited on fruits and vegetables

Research

A study by EPFL and the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) has found that tire additives enter into and pass through the food chain. Further research is needed to establish the implications for human health.

Biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms. 2025 CleanCloud/EPFL CC-BY-SA 4.0

Biological particles may be crucial for inducing heavy rain

Research

EPFL atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms, owing to their ability to precipitate ice formation in clouds. They call for an update of meteorological and climate models.

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Innovation

© 2024 EPFL

Medusoil involved in valorizing construction waste project

Innovation

The startup has been awarded a collaborative project by the Service of Economic Promotion and Innovation of Vaud canton 

Dimitrios Terzis,0 Medusoil's cofounder.© EPFL/Alain Herzog

Medusoil secures 5.2 million CHF and continues to expand

Innovation

The ENAC startup, a pioneer in innovative biocement-related technologies, has successfully completed a funding round to expand its activities across Switzerland and Europe. 

AeroSpec cofounders Satoshi Takahama and Nikunj Dudani. © EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

The ENAC spin-off AeroSpec awarded 150'000 CHF from Venture Kick

Innovation

The company won the third stage of the program dedicated to support start-ups from Swiss universities.

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Video | New, sustainable structures installed at three iconic sites in Geneva

13-12-2023

Education project led by the Design Studio on the Conception of Space (ALICE) – 2023

Video | What will the Grande Dixence region look like 200 years from now?

13-12-2023

Master’s project in architecture – 2023

Video | Science popularization “Une ville où tu respires”

31-10-2023

In the video intended for young audiences «Une ville où tu respires», our experts present their research on traffic and congestion management, urban greening, urban planning on a neighborhood scale, and the impact of pollution on health and mobility.

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Alain Nussbaumer © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I'd call my teaching style ‘old school-plus'”

EPFL community

Alain Nussbaumer, voted best teacher in the civil engineering section for 2024, could very well have studied mechanical engineering and gone into the aerospace or shipbuilding industry. Because what he’s really excited about are structures of all shapes and sizes.

Sophie Delhay, an architect and EPFL professor, is promoting an entirely new approach to designing and building homes - 2024 EPFL/Jeanne Guerard - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“Architects write the score, and residents interpret the music”

EPFL community

Sophie Delhay, an architect and EPFL professor, is promoting an entirely new approach to designing and building homes. She believes we urgently need to break away from standard housing types that no longer correspond to today’s reality or modern-day imperatives.

Aline Rosset - 2024 EPFL Jamani Caillet - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“I love a battle and the fact that there's a winner and looser.”

EPFL community

Aline Rosset is someone to be reckoned with. A judoka with a first dan black belt, she’s recovered from a major neck injury two years ago and now, at 20 years old, is successfully combining judo competition with classes at EPFL.

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