Yesterday we went on our yearly summer lab hike. We hiked from BiΓ¨re, through the arboretum du Vallon all the way down to the lake πΊπ₯Ύπ³π₯ΎποΈ
If you want to be part of next year's outing, apply now to one of our open PhD positions: careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
Several past and current PhD students of UNFoLD have shared their stories through www.storiesofwomeninfluids.org. Support this fantastic initiative and help these stories reach their readers!
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π¬βοΈ With funding from the SNSF, researchers can gain experience formative for their careers. The Postdoc.Mobility π§³π scheme is allocating a total of 24.8 million Swiss francs to support 200 postdocs either to carry out a research project abroad or to return to Switzerland.
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We are currently looking for multiple PhD students to join our lab in the fall or winter. Are you interested in experimental research on vortex-dominated flow? Apply now or share the link! careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne...
A huge thanks to the Swiss Radio #CQFD #RTS for hosting me this morning, especially to Sarah Dirren and StΓ©phane Gabioud! They gave me the opportunity to chat about the representation of scientific research, outreach and some aspects of fundamental work in fluid structure interaction ππ
Here also the link to @gaetan-raynaud.bsky.social's talk at the #MT180 EPFL final mentioned in the podcast: youtu.be/MUGnJY-3lUE?...
This morning rts.ch invited GaΓ©tan to talk a more about his photo and his work: www.rts.ch/audio-podcas... (in french)
Merci #CQFD!
Vanishing self-portrait, by our PhD student @gaetan-raynaud.bsky.social is among this year's winners π π· π¨π
and Alexandros and his robot 1guila can be spotted in Yan Tomaszewski's exposition Β«La CorrectionΒ» ferme-asile.ch/evenements/v...
What happens in the lab, should not stay in the lab! Sebastien and his vertical axis wind turbine model are now featured in the latest issue of Bild der Wissenschaft π¬οΈhttps://www.wissenschaft.de/bdw-hefte-specials/aktuelles-heft/
Great work by our colleagues from the Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS) at EPFL, to which we were able to make a small contribution βΊοΈ
Highly agile flat swimming robot | Science Robotics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out @alexandergehrke.bsky.social's work on flexible membrane wings in @pnas.org π¦π
Taking inspiration from bats, researchers build a flexible membrane wing that can create more lift than a stiff wing by bending and changing shape when it is flapped back and forth, causing air to flow along the wing without creating a vortex. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Exciting to see EPFL News featuring our (@unfold-epfl.bsky.social) work on how flexible, bat-like wings generate lift more efficiently! π¦ By bending just right, they boost performanceβinsights that could shape future drones & energy tech. π
actu.epfl.ch/news/bat-win...
#Science #FlappingWings
π¨ New paper alert π¨
@alexandergehrke.bsky.social's work on membrane wings is now published in @pnas.org π
Flexible membrane wings can outperform stiο¬ wings and, surprisingly, they perform best when the formation of a leading edge vortex is suppressed π
π www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410833121
