EPFL Space Center - e Space

Name: EPFL Space Center - e Space
Address: Station 13, Lausanne, 1015, CH
Telephone: +41 (0)21 693 69 67

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EPFL Space Center - e Space

The EPFL Space Center (eSpace) is a world class academic center promoting space-related education, research and development.

eSpace aims to establish EPFL as a center of excellence in space research. The center typically hosts scientists and engineers working on specific flight hardware project, often in the context of small satellites. The permanent staff of the center boasts a profound technical expertise, with two senior scientist trained at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and often acting as reviewers in the space

community. The internal skillset includes system engineering, mission design, multidisciplinary project management, planetology and actuator development. eSpace is also responsible for the Space Technology courses at EPFL, organising the Minor program in this field and providing teaching. This is often done in collaboration with EPFL labs, which bring their own expertise to the space domain. Finally, eSpace works with EPFL labs, helping them apply their research to space.

08/05/2026

Let’s come together!
Organised with the aim of bringing together the entire EPFL space community, the EPFL Space Day began this morning with a welcome address by President Anna Fontcuberta i Morral. The morning saw a succession of speakers at the microphone: Emmanuelle David, who emphasised the importance of collaboration; Daniel Neuenschwander, who spoke about the future of space in Europe, Switzerland and at EPFL; and the student teams, who presented their cutting-edge projects. Galactic Chloé is our talented host and will be with us again this afternoon!

07/05/2026

Let’s continue our intense space week! Here's a sneak peak of the kick off of our yearly Advisory Board at the unlimit trust campus in Prilly. Today we exchange on industry-academia partnerships and how to boost innovation in space & Switzerland.

18/02/2026

𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲

Thursday, 12 March 2026
12:30 to 14:00
EPFL Campus, PPB 019

Join us for coffee, cookies and conversation on space sustainability.

Guest speaker: Prof. Véronique Michaud will present SLICE, a doctoral network studying the environmental and climate impacts of space launches. Good to know: PhD positions are now open.

We’ll also announce the winner of this semester’s ClearSpace Prize, awarded by Jacques Viertl, Managing Director of .today , to an EPFL student whose project advances space sustainability.

Agenda:
12:30 — Welcome and networking, with coffee and cookies
13:00 — ClearSpace Prize announcement
13:10 — SLICE presentation
13:45 — Q&A and discussion

See you there!

02/02/2026

Today, we welcomed French highschool students to the EPFL campus to talk to them about space.

Emmanuelle David presented the activities of the EPFL Space Centre and the challenges associated with the space sector.

The group also had the opportunity to visit the plasma centre and the tokamak.

We were delighted to host this visit and wish these young students every success in their future careers!

14/01/2026

🚀 Concurrent Engineering Course (ENG-411)

Design a complete space mission as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Part of the EPFL Minor in Space Technologies
• 2 ECTS, during the first 7 weeks of the semester
• 4h per week, Wednesdays at 1:00 PM
• Course starts on February 18, 2026

🎓 Recommended for Master’s students who have completed EE-584 and EE-585

📍 Classes take place in the CDF room, located at the EPFL Space Center headquarters

Students work in a concurrent engineering environment, choose a specialized domain (structures, propulsion, electrical power systems, systems engineering, and more), and collaboratively design a full space mission. Details about this year’s mission objectives will be revealed soon!

⏳ Applications are still open, but places are limited. Don’t wait too long!

👉 More info in bio

24/11/2025

7th Sustainable Space Hub Coffee: student projects proposed for the spring semester

The main objective of this SSH Coffee is to announce the student projects that we will offer for the upcoming spring semester.

Agenda:

12:30 - Welcome, coffee, cookies & networking

13:00 - Summary of recent events and news about space sustainability (MCV2025, EcoDeltaV spinoff)

13:15 Announcement of open student projects for spring (semester projects, master's theses, industry internships)

13:45- Q&A and open discussion

And of course, the now-famous cookies, baked with love by Marnix Verkammen!

We look forward to seeing you, and having a coffee together!

12/11/2025

Several exciting projects are underway for 2026 at the EPFL Space Center. We can't wait to tell you more! Stay tuned!

17/09/2025

💫🍕

Yesterday, the EPFL Space Center held an info session about the Minor in Space Technologies.

After an introduction by Prof. Andreas Burg, Dean of the STI section, and Emmanuelle David, Executive Director of the EPFL Space Center, students enjoyed a short talk by Claude Nicollier, followed by testimonials from several alumni of the Minor.

The ClearSpace Prize was then presented to winner William Martin by Claude Nicollier.

The session ended with some networking over pizza 👌

Thank you to all participants!

08/07/2025

Dear students,
We hope the end of your academic year went smoothly! While we wish you a great summer away from the lecture halls, we also encourage you to look ahead and explore the 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 available at eSpace and within the student associations for the upcoming Autumn 2025 semester.

More info and registration: link in bio!

Adresse

Station 13
Lausanne
1015

Telefon

+41 (0)21 693 69 67

Webseite

http://espace.epfl.ch/

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