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On September 10 and 11, École Polytechnique hosted the world premiere demonstration of the project called ROSS (for Remotely Operated Service at Sea).This proof of concept, which illustrates the involvement of l’X, its students, its professors and researchers and its alumni in the development…

At LULI, laser beams are amplified and used for nuclear fusion experiments, among other studies.On 18 August, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced that it had released 1.3 megajoules of energy in a fraction of a second during a nucle…

The start of the new academic year for the Cycle ingénénieur polytechnicien program class of 2023 (X23) is marked by the launch of the course “Engineering Sustainability, s'ingénier pour durer”, led by economist Céline Guivarch. Featuring some real teaching innovations, the course was launched on M…

Thales Alenia Space and ArianeGroup inaugurate with the École polytechnique the « Espace: Sciences et Défis du Spatial » academic sponsorship program. Started in July 2019, This program develops teaching in the space field thanks to the creation of a specialization track for 3rd year st…

Ines El-Bouzaidi Tiali (X22), a student at École Polytechnique, is one of the finalists for the McCall MacBain scholarship from McGill University, an important partner institution of École Polytechnique in Canada. The only student from a French higher education institution among the finalists, Ines…

From May 31st to June 2nd, at the premises of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Natalia Pietruszewska, a Master of Science & Technology student at École Polytechnique, and Abu Bakar Ali, a Bachelor student at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), both represented the EuroTeQ Engineering U…

Scientists from the Center for Applied Mathematics (CMAP*) co-organized a scientific program at NASA Ames Research Center, combining applied mathematics and aerospace. They collaborated on projects involving about entry systems modeling.

Bruno Cattan, X1993 and a 1998 graduate of Télécom Paris, has been appointed Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the École Polytechnique from June 7. He began his career in telecommunications and was involved in the early days of the mobile Internet, at Motorola, Nokia Networks, and then…

A team of Ecole Polytechnique’s students has won the tenth Tournament of Young French Physicists, qualifying for the International Physicist’s Tournament (IPT) to be held at the Ecole Polytechnique from April 23rd to 29th.

Organised by the students of the Sustainable Development Association at l’X (Association Développement durable à l'X-DDX), the 13th edition puts ecological issues at the heart of debates and conduct on the campus through a wide variety of activities.Taking place from the 18th to the 23rd …

École Polytechnique Academic and Research Departments bring together professors and researchers from the Research Center laboratories, combining academic studies and research for each given discipline.

Maria Martinez, department assistant, maria.martinez[@]polytechnique.edu Ndieme Ndiaye, Practical work center Olivier Bec, workshop The Chemistry Department is located in the Salle Lavoisier in the Ecole Polytechnique laboratory building.Director: Grégory Nocton, gregory.nocton[@]…

Organised by Julie Diani on November 30th, the theme of this year's annual symposium of the "Design and modelling of innovative materials" Chair was adhesion. It brought together researchers from different fields in order to approach this theme from several angles.

Adrien Bilal (X2010), an assistant professor of economics at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2026 Best Young Economist Award. Adrien Bilal’s research focuses on the economic consequences of global warming. Two of the three other economists honored with this award are also alumni of École …

• Space is an attractive field, as much for the dream of space exploration and scientific discoveries as for its economic and strategic importance in terms of national sovereignty. • The students have a strong taste for space and the student association AstronautiX is very active. The Éco…