A publication by researchers at the Irradiated Solids Laboratory (LSI*) has just been awarded the Brunauer Prize by the American Ceramic Society. The researchers succeeded in isolating and studying the structure and reactivity of a concrete mineral to demonstrate its role in the problem of concrete degradation in sulfated environments. This problem directly affects the durability of buildings.
François Levin has just been awarded the Prix Michel Serres de thèse interdisciplinaire 2025 for his doctorate at l’X Interdisciplinary Laboratory (LINX*). His thesis is entitled “L'intelligence artificielle au défi de ses critiques philosophiques”.
Of the eight start-ups incubated at École Polytechnique and present at VivaTech 2025, five have been selected for the Tech for Change 2025 program, which recognizes start-ups helping to address major contemporary environmental and societal challenges. Six École Polytechnique-incubated start-ups feature in VivaTech's Top 100 most promising start-ups in Europe.
Stefania Cacovich, a researcher at the Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France (IPVF*), is to receive a bronze medal from the CNRS. Laurent Bopp of the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD*) has been awarded a silver medal.
The European Physical Society has awarded the Aflvén Prize to Michel Koenig, CNRS Research Director at the Intense Laser Laboratory (LULI*), for his contributions to plasma physics.
Antonin Bergeaud has graduated from the Cycle ingénieur polytechnicien program and is the winner of the 2025 Best Young Economist award. Currently associate professor at HEC Paris, he specializes in growth, productivity and innovation systems.
Claude Sabbah, a mathematician at Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Center (CMLS*), has just been awarded two Frontiers of Science prizes for two of his scientific articles.
Professor of Applied Mathematics at École Polytechnique, Sylvie Méléard has been awarded the Prix Irène Joliot-Curie Prize - Woman Scientist of the Year by the French Academy of Sciences, which recognizes a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to research.
Physicist and CNRS research director at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics, Claude Weisbuch has been honored by the French Academy of Sciences.
Madeleine Kubasch receives the L'Oréal-Unesco Young Talents prize for women in science for her doctoral work on mathematical models of epidemic propagation at the Center for Applied Mathematics (CMAP*) and INRAE's Mathematics and Informatics Applied from the Genome to the Environment (MaIAGE) unit.
X66 and CNRS Research Director at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LMS) between 1973 and 2010, Gérard Gary has just been awarded the John Rinehart Prize for his work on the dynamic behavior of materials.
Six start-ups created or run by X alumni or incubated at École Polytechique are among the winners of the I-Lab 2024 competition, including two in the Grand Prix category. They illustrate the entrepreneurial dynamism of X researchers and graduates, the now well-established multi-curricular nature of the School and the wide range of its research.
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