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Raphaël Angeles in front of the Dynamo hydropower plant in Courrendlin, on which he worked to make its exploitation more sustainable. © EPFL / 2025

Reconciling hydropower generation with biodiversity

22.01.25Education

For his master’s project in environmental science and engineering, EPFL student Raphaël Angeles came up with methods for making hydropower generation more environmentally responsible, taking the Dynamo hydropower plant in Courrendlin, in Jura Canton, as his case study.

Alexandre Fourrier and Giovanni De Cesare are taking measurements in the Chamberonne delta on the shores of Lake Geneva.© 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

Engineers facilitate the restoration of lake deltas

06.03.24Research

Engineers from EPFL and partner organizations have developed a method for classifying lacustrine deltas based on morphological parameters, in order to determine which of the deltas severely altered by human activity are best suited for restoration to their natural state.

Monitoring of the Arve river

30.11.23EPFL

Le Temps – Face aux crues extraordinaires de l’Arve, Genève ne peut qu’observer et espérer (in French)

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Eco-morphodynamic carbon pumping of the world’s large tropical rivers

20-09-202420-09-2024

With: Dr Luca Salerno, Politecnico di Torino
Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65649378946
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Nam Ngum 1 dam, on the Mekong River, 1st dam of the Lao PDR commissioned in 197

Dam construction development in Lao PDR and DSTIA project

18-06-202418-06-2024

Place and room: GC B1 10
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69394867817?pwd=r6yHA906gUP8X4Qd3OKj7btuui5fGg.hONKIuaOQMtAG3WF
Category: Conferences – Seminars