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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

CH
academic
Lausanne, Switzerland
www.epfl.ch/
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Claudio Grimaldi of EPFL’s Laboratory of Statistical Biophysics authored a theoretical study on undetected past contacts with technological species.

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2026Study questions assumptions about hidden alien technosignals

Claudio Grimaldi, an EPFL physicist, published a theoretical study in The Astronomical Journal on undetected past contacts with technological species.

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026Study revisits chances of detecting alien technosignatures

The study was jointly led by Durham University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Mentioned as: ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanneTechnical ProductJan 30, 2026Webb sharpens view of dark matter shaping the cosmos

Jeanne Bourgeois carried out the work as a Masters student at the University of Geneva and is now a doctoral student at EPFL.

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralJan 27, 2026Quantum transport method reads open quantum states

CREATE Lab at EPFL's School of Engineering has developed a robotic manipulator that incorporates langoustine abdomen exoskeletons.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2024MDA SPACE AWARDED ANTENNA SYSTEM CONTRACT BY SWISSTO12 TO SUPPORT HUMMINGSAT GEO SATELLITES

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned and backed by Swiss and European investors.

Mentioned as: EPFLOrg RelationshipMay 13, 2024SWISSto12 supplies Northrop Grumman with critical Radio Frequency products for a GEOStar-3 Commercial Satellite Program

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralMay 13, 2024SWISSto12 to supply Northrop Grumman with RF products for GEOStar-3 program

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned and backed by Swiss and European investors.

Mentioned as: EPFLOrg RelationshipMar 18, 2024SWISSto12 continues expansion with additional production space, growing team by adding leading Satcom Engineers

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralFeb 21, 2024SWISSto12 named by Via Satellite as one of “10 Hottest Companies” in Annual Shortlist

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned.

Mentioned as: EPFLOrg RelationshipSep 13, 2023SWISSto12 Secures CHF 25 Million (€26.15million) Working Capital Financing Facility from UBS for HummingSat Satellite Business

ClearSpace and LeoLabs jointly hosted the LEO Kinetic Space Safety Workshop in May 2022 at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralApr 5, 2023ClearSpace and LeoLabs’ MOU to advance a safer, more sustainable space environment

The initiative of the EPFL Spacecraft Team fosters the creation of stronger links between academia and industry to impact scientific research and the space ecosystem.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2022Hosted payload agreement signed between D-Orbit + EPFL Spacecraft Team

D-Orbit has entered into an agreement with the spacecraft team of the Swiss Institute École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) for the in-orbit demonstration of the HOBC onboard computer.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2022Hosted payload agreement signed between D-Orbit + EPFL Spacecraft Team

The EPFL Spacecraft Team aims to stimulate the Swiss space ecosystem with complex educational projects involving university students.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2022Hosted payload agreement signed between D-Orbit + EPFL Spacecraft Team

SWISSto12 is the fastest growing Swiss aerospace company, spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Mentioned as: epflNarrative GeneralMar 23, 2022Lockheed Martin Space partners with SWISSto12 & CAES for Advanced 3D-Printed Phased Array Antennas

Researchers at the EPFL Space Center have worked on space debris capture systems since 2010, and their engineering knowledge contributed to the development of ClearSpace One.

Mentioned as: EPFL Space CenterTechnical ProductNov 17, 2020ClearSpace SA to head ESA’s first debris removal mission worth EUR 100 million

ClearSpace spun out of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) university in 2017 after working since 2012 on an academic mission to deorbit SwissCube.

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2019Swiss startup ClearSpace wins ESA contract to deorbit Vega rocket debris

ClearSpace receives research and technical support from the EPFL Space Center and is part of the ESA Business Incubation Center in Switzerland.

Mentioned as: EPFL Space CenterOrg RelationshipOct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris

ClearSpace was established in December 2017 as a spinoff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

Mentioned as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris