EPFL Valais Wallis

With its 17 laboratories active in the key areas of energy, environment and health, managed by researchers and doctoral students from 40 nationalities, the Valais campus, solidly integrated into the Energypolis project, plays a full role in promoting research and innovation in the heart of the Alps.

Pole of Excellence at the foot of the peaks

The EPFL Valais Wallis campus is mainly dedicated to scientific research and innovation in the fields of energy, health and the environment and brings together researchers from four faculties. EPFL and the Valais State Council have also signed an agreement in principle to create a national research, innovation and training pole around the green energy transition.

Deux personnes, derrière une vitre, travaillant sur un ordinateur au Energypolis Sion, Valais-Walis

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EPFL scientists travel to the Arctic to measure the consequences of climate change - 2024 EPFL/SENSE- CC-BY-SA 4.0

From clouds to fjords, the Arctic bears witness to climate change

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Climate change is particularly intense in the Arctic. To assess its consequences and determine what role this region plays in global warming, two teams of scientists from EPFL have visited the area. One to gain a better understanding of the region's air composition, the other to quantify the greenhouse gases sequestered in Greenland fjords sourced by glacial water.

EPFL to create six new research chairs in Valais by 2032

07.06.24NewsEPFL

EPFL and the Valais Cantonal Government signed a third amendment to their agreement today in Sion, officially launching the third phase of EPFL’s expansion into the region. The two parties will pool their resources to create a new teaching, research and innovation hub devoted to the energy transition, with the goal of contributing to technological advancement in Switzerland and abroad. EPFL will set up six additional research chairs at the EPFL Valais Wallis campus, including two funded by the Canton of Valais.

How EPFL will make the most of its carbon emissions

05.06.24NewsResearch

By supporting a large-scale research project for carbon capture, utilization and storage, EPFL will shrink its carbon footprint while giving a boost to emerging technology.

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EPFL Valais Wallis
Route des Ronquos 86
1951 Sion
SWITZERLAND
Tél. +41 21 695 82 00

Operational Director EPFL Valais Wallis
Vincent Hiroz

Deputy to the Operational Director EPFL Valais Wallis
Rachel Gay

Executive Assistant to the Operational Director
Jennifer Brady

EESS talk on "Improving AI-Driven Subgrid Parameterizations in Climate Models Using Long-Term Observational Data’"

Abstract: Small-scale processes like cloud formation, turbulence, and boundary layer dynamics are difficult to represent in global climate models and constitute a major source of uncertainty in climate predictions….

22-11-202422-11-2024

With: Dr. Donifan Barahona, NASA/GSFC
Place and room: GR A1 402
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63024531408?pwd=VjkybUhwTWlVQUhOcG9ydCt3R1pUQT09
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Advanced STEM EBIC Imaging of Operating Electronic Devices

27-11-202427-11-2024

With: Dr. William A. Hubbard | CEO of NanoElectronic Imaging, Inc.
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61800515930
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Teaser lecture "A world in permacrisis"

03-12-202403-12-2024

With: – Elaine Moran, SRVC Executive Director – Prof. Guido Palazzo, UNIL – Corinna Dreschel, APICS CSCP
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Elc-2hqToiHddIrE0h1rCT2ImJEPAnuysm
Category: Miscellaneous

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