MT180: Public Selections - 1st series

Some fourty EPFL Students registered to take part in the 8^th Edition of the Competition My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180).

For each participant, the goal is to present his or her research in simple, straightforward terms in 3 minutes before an audience. This is thus an exercise in popularizing the thesis and explaining it, in French or English, in a clear, concise and compelling manner – all with the support of a single slide !

The selections are open to the public and will take place on Wednesday 24 January, Friday 2 February and Wednesday 7 February 2024. Unlike the final, the selections are not recorded for the public. Colleagues, friends, families, thesis directors, come to listen to them and encourage them!

Fourteen participants will be selected by the jury for the EPFL final which will take place on 21 March 2024.

Running Order - Selections 24 January 2024

1. Santhanu Ramanandan, « Germanium nanowires : a scalable platform for quantum computing » (Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral), English
2. Roman Pohorsky, « Aerosol vertical distribution and properties in the planetary boundary layer and lower free troposphere measured with a tethered-balloon system » (Prof. Julia Schmale), Français
3. Suhas Nuggehalli Sampathkumar, « Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis » (Dr Jan Van Herle), English
4. Morgan Binggeli, « Liquid phase electron microscopy for electrochemical processes » (Prof. Vasiliki Tileli), Français
5. Qianyi Zhang, « 3D printing assisted by upconversion nanoparticles » (Prof. Christophe Moser), English
6. Valeriia Timonina, « Clonal Hematopoiesis and infectious diseases: epidemiology, longitudinal dynamics and cell-specificity » (Prof. Jacques Fellay), English
7. Stella Laperrousaz, « Development of soft electronic and optoelectronic fibers via the thermal drawing process » (Prof. Fabien Sorin), Français
8. Hung-Wei Li, « Ferroelectric Non-linear Capacitors for on-chip Energy Storage » (Prof. Adrian M. Ionescu), English
9. Nana Obayashi, « Morphology-driven soft robots in the fluid environment » (Prof. Josie Hughes), English
10. Willem Lambrichts, « Optimal Control of Hybrid AC/DC Micro Grids » (Prof. Mario Paolone), English
11. Marie Jones, « Process design strategies for the development of a novel integrated lignin-first biorefinery » (Prof. François Maréchal and Jeremy Luterbacher), Français
12. Amir Jamili, « Manufacturing multi-material metallic structures with engineered interfacial regions and microstructures using laser-based additive manufacturing techniques » (Prof. Roland Logé), English
13. Stefano Barison, « Simulating Interacting Quantum Systems with Near-Term Quantum Computers » (Prof. Giuseppe Carleo), English