Campus
Students want to invite the ocean on EPFL campus
Teaching
EPFL
To build awareness about the importance of oceans, Sailowtech, a student association, has launched a project to develop low-tech methods for collecting data at sea. The methods will be tested during a sailing expedition around the North Atlantic Ocean. Various EPFL labs are also involved.
Startups: boost of early stage funding in 2022
TechTransfer
EPFL
EPFL startups had a successful fundraising year in 2022 despite the economic headwinds. In a sign of investor confidence, 28 of these startups raised CHF 1–5 million each in seed funding, for a record total of CHF 73 million.
Visit of the President of the Republic of Korea to ETH Zurich
Politics
ETH Zurich
The 19 January visit of Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea, to ETH Zurich focused on Quantum Science.
Energy efficiency in times of potential power shortages
Research
PSI
Markus Jörg is head of Infrastructure and Electrical Installation Department at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. In this role he is responsible for ensuring PSI and its large research facilities are always supplied with the electricity they need. In this interview, he explains how PSI is continuously improving its energy efficiency and preparing for possible power shortages this winter.
EPFL holds a giant hackathon on sustainability
Teaching
EPFL
With its Solutions4Sustainability initiative, EPFL aims to channel its community members’ knowledge and skills towards the goal of promoting more environmentally friendly lifestyles. To that end, projects selected under the initiative will be granted a hefty chunk of funding.
Powering vocational education and training with technology
Teaching
EPFL
For more than 15 years, EPFL researchers have been exploring ways to improve training for apprentices. The findings are summarized in a recently published book and a website for teachers, and new educational technologies are currently being developed.
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