Category: STI
Summer internship at EPFL
My summer at EPFL was perhaps one of the best summers I have ever had! If you wonder why, here is a bit of my story: At EPFL, I worked in the Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering (LRESE) and I worked there from July to September 2015. My project was about maximizing the performance (…)
My summer in Switzerland
Last year, my friend came back from an internship at EPFL in Switzerland. She was ecstatic about her time there. So, I decided to look into EPFL as well. And in the end, even though our experiences were completely different, after having spent my summer in Switzerland, I only wish that I could have stayed (…)
Summer in Lausanne – challenging and fun
Since this blog is mainly read by potential future interns I will focus on trying to give you guys a few general comments and tips. For a bit of context, I spent a bit more than two and a half months at EPFL working at LIONS on convex optimization. I had a great time both (…)
Work-life in EPFL
It wasn’t until my final day at EPFL when it suddenly dawned upon me — I have been here for 3 whole months, and I am now at the end of my internship. Everything felt (and still feels) so surreal. As I reminisce about my summer break, I thought to penning my thoughts into this (…)
Research and life in Confoederatio Helvetica
When I first saw the address for EPFL on paper: Route CantonaleCH- 1015 Lausanne I wondered, how C.H. could be an abbreviation for Switzerland? After some research I found that it stands for Confoederatio Helvetica. Which, still made little sense. Now, after spending the last 3 months in Lausanne, I understand. The latin name preserves (…)
Research internship in Lausanne ? Yes, please!
I had been working with a Professor back at MIT for quite some time in various capacities and I was fortunate enough to notice the EPFL Research Internship info-session around the time he inquired what my summer plans were. It was a no-brainer at the time, and proved to be one of my best internship experiences (…)
While in Switzerland
I worked at the Laboratory for Multiscale Mechanics Modeling (LAMMM), under the supervision of professor William Curtin. Since the LAMMM lab’s work is very theoretical and computational and requires a lot of experience, they usually do not take summer interns. I was honored to be the first ever undergrad to work there. At first I (…)
Life after Switzerland
I spent 6 months in Lausanne, Switzerland working as a research intern in the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab at EPFL, from June to December 2014. Looking back at this time spent in one of the most beautiful countries on Earth, I find myself at a loss of words to describe it. (I’m an engineer, words are (…)