Raphaëlle Ruppen CoutazTeaching & PhD Courses Foreign relations and Switzerland HUM-371 Based on a critical analysis of archives, this course will address the major stages in Swiss History in the 19th-20th centuries through the scope of the country's international relations. Press and digital history I HUM-474 Combining digital technology and history, this course offers a fresh approach to media history. By exploring digitized press archives using digital tools, students will learn to critically an
Pierre EichenbergerTeaching & PhD Courses History of globalization I HUM-427 Globalization is the linguistic omnivore of our times. This course addresses the long history of worldwide encounters and goes behind the rosy vision of a global village. It gives particular attention to inequalities and to the men and women who fought for alternatives to capitalism. History of globalization II HUM-462 Globalization is the linguistic omnivore of our times. This course addresses the long history of worl
Ruth EbachTeaching & PhD Courses Ancient Mediterranean: gods, heroes and monsters HUM-237 The course explores the myths and founding texts of ancient cultures (the biblical world, Greece, Rome, Egypt). By exploring their meanings and how they have been received, it aims to unfold a history of the imagination that helps us better understand the diverse nature of our own culture.
Martin Alfred GrandjeanExpertise
Digital Humanities, History, Digital History, Contemporary History, Data Visualisation, Social Network Analysis
Teaching & PhD Courses Press and digital history I HUM-474 Combining digital technology and history, this course offers a fresh approach to media history. By exploring digitized press archives using digital tools, students will learn to critically analyze massive amounts of data from the past. Press and digital history II HUM-475 Combining digital technolo
François AllissonTeaching & PhD Courses History of economic thought HUM-340 An introduction to the history of economic thought that invites us to reflect on a current debate - planning for the ecological transition - through the historical socialist calculation debate, which opposed proponents of self-regulating markets against proponents of economic planning.
Laurence DanguyExpertise
History of European Art, 19th–21st CenturiesCultural History, 19th–21st Centuries
Laurence Danguy studied art history, history and archaeology at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). She also studied management sciences at the University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne (MBA – IAE Paris). In 2006, she completed her PhD in History and Art Sciences as part of a joint supervision arrangement between the EHESS and the University of Konstanz (
Raffael BaurExpertise
Architect, teacher and researcher. Expertise in sustainable and circular construction systems, detailing, the art and history of craft and fabrication in relation to space and tectonics. Experimental research in timber- and plywood construction, folded sheet metal and textile reinforced concrete (with civil engineers).
Expertise
Architect, teacher and researcher. Expertise in sustainable and circular construction systems, detailing, the art and history of craft and fabrication in relation to space
Ben Ori GitaiExpertise
Landscape architecture, urban planning, political geography, Mapping, ecology and History of landscape
Dr. Ben Gitai brings together geography, architecture, and interconnected fields through his multidisciplinary research and practice. He has held teaching positions at leading Swiss and French institutions, including ETH Zurich and EPFL, as well as scientific collaborations with the David Rumsey Mapping Center at Stanford University.His work draws from landscape architecture, landscape ecology, u
Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie DavidMission
After six years leading the EPFL Space Center — spanning teaching, student associations, research, and innovation — I have a grounded understanding of what makes EPFL exceptional and where it faces real complexity. I want to bring that perspective into institutional governance.Constructive by nature. I am solution-oriented, genuinely enjoy working across large and diverse stakeholder groups, and know how to navigate the constraints of a complex organization while keeping things moving forward.A brid
Pedro Correa FernandezPedro Correa Fernández is a Doctoral Candidate in Architecture at Columbia GSAPP. Before joining GSAPP, he was an adjunct professor at the Architecture School of Universidad Católica de Chile where he taught seminars and lectures on architecture history and related epistemological, aesthetic, and political issues. His current work examines the mediations between technical knowledge, artisanal crafts, and global industrial capitalism in early nineteenth-century Latin America.Pedro holds an architecture degre
Bruno MarchandMission
Head of the Theory and History of Architecture Laboratory 2 of the Institute of Architecture, ENAC Faculty.Head of the Institute of Architecture, ENAC Faculty.Teaching and research in the theory of architecture.
Bruno Marchand studied architecture at the EPFL and here he graduated in 1980. He obtained his doctorate at the EPFL in 1992. The subject of his thesis was the presentation of a typology of collective housing in Geneva. Appointed as assistant professor in the EPFL’s Department of Architectur
Jakov OrebTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Mati Ullah ShahTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Arthur Grégoire Jacques EmileExpertise
Environmental historyHistory of technologyHistory of transport and mobility
Arthur émile holds a master's degree in political science from the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a master's degree in history from the University Paris Cité, with a specialisation in industrial heritage. After initial training in media and public opinion studies, he turned to the history of technology and environmental concerns.
ResearchPhD dissertation The «smoke locomotive». Environmental impacts, conflicts, a
David Carlos Fernandez-Ordoñez HernandezExpertise
Construction.Structures.Concrete.Prefabrication.History of Construction.
Teaching & PhD Courses Design of precast concrete structures CIVIL-414 The course deals with the design of precast reinforced concrete structures, both for bridges and for buildings. The course is focused in learning by projects supplemented by some lectures by the teachers.The students will work in groups to design a precast structure. Drawing structures CIVIL-126 The Drawing Structures I wil
Savvas SaloustrosEducation PhD | Construction Engineering 2017 – 2017 UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain MSc | Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) 2013 – 2013 University of Padova, Italy & UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain Diploma | Civil Engineering 2012 – 2012 National Technical University of Athens, Greece Professionals experiences Co-founder & Board Member 2019–2019 FENECStructural Engineer 2019–2019 Windmill Structural Constultants, Barcel
Anja FröhlichTeaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students Tiago André Pratas Borges
Hatice Altug2020-current Full Professor at the Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL, Switzerland2013-2020 Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL, Switzerland 2013 Associate Professor (with tenure) at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Boston University, USA 2007-2013 Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Boston University, USA 2007 Post-doctoral Fellow at Center for Engineering in Medicine of Harvard Medical School, USA 2000-2007 PhD. in Applied Physics at Stanford University, USA 1996-2000 B.S. in Physics at Bilkent University, Turkey
Aurélie Anne-Laure TerrierAn architect and archaeologist, Aurélie Terrier has been developing for more than two decades a singular expertise at the interface of architectural archaeology, digital heritage and the history of ancient built environments. Her research focuses on ancient and medieval architecture, architectural archaeology, the reuse of building materials, issues related to construction sites, new technologies and digital humanities, as well as the valorisation and restoration of heritage. Trained in architecture at the
