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PENS-309: Urban neighborhoods, infrastructures and sustainable development

Summary

Cette Unité d'Enseignement ENAC vise à présenter et mettre en oeuvre de nouvelles notions de planification durable de quartiers urbains.

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Christian Ludwig

2005 - today: Adjunct Professor at EPFL in the field of Solid Waste Treatment and head of the Chemical Processes and Materials research group (CPM) at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Joint EPFL-PSI Professorship on Solid Waste Treatment. 2000 - today: Head, Group of Chemical Processes and Materials (CPM) at Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI). In 2009 the LEM unit was closed and the CPM group is now affiliated to the Bioenergy and Catalysis Laboratory (LBK) of the Energy and Environment Research Division (ENE). Since June 2002 permanent position ("tenure"). 1997 - 1999: Senior Scientist. Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), General Energy Research Department, Element Cycles Section. 1995 - 1997: Research Fellow. Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Department of Resource and Waste Management. 1993 - 1995: Post-doc Fellow. University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources (LAWR). 1990 - 1993: PhD Student. University of Berne, Department of Inorganic, Analytical, and Physical Chemistry. 1989 - 1990: Master Student. University of Berne, Department of Inorganic, Analytical, and Physical Chemistry.

Silvia Coccolo

Antoine Christian François Zbinden

Beate Jessel

Hugues Lepesant

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Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PENS-309

Summary

Cette Unité d'Enseignement ENAC vise à présenter et mettre en oeuvre de nouvelles notions de planification durable de quartiers urbains.

Lectures

Instructors (5)

Christian Ludwig

Silvia Coccolo

Antoine Christian François Zbinden

Beate Jessel

Hugues Lepesant

Official source

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PENS-309

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