1. Assemblée CIME
3 Avril 2006

2. ~ 20% of PhDs completed in 2004 and 2003 were “Materials” Related
Materials research at EPFL
Materials Research at EPFL 2003, includes work from more than 20 laboratories
~ 20% of PhDs completed in 2004 and were “Materials” Related
Outstanding bibliometric performance..
50% of financial resources from external funding

3. Competence Center for Materials Science :
EPFL vision and proposal to the ETH Board
EPFL named leading house JUNE
National vocation
Multidsiciplinary exchange platform with industry
Participation of industry to governance and strategy
Create the School of Materials science at EPFL (FMX)
Reposition EMPA : mission complementary to EPFs
Connect CSEM to ETH Domain (EPFL in governance)
The Center
Preliminary
reengineering
(3-fold)

4. The Center Scope Materials and micro- nanotechnologies From basic to
applied research
(including systems, devices)
Structure
ETH Domain, CSEM & industry
Engineering & Research Units
Machinery and transportation,
Building & construction,
Biomedical,
Micro- & nanotechnologies, … )
( e.g.

5. Planification
Annonce de la création d’une Faculté des Matériaux
consultation interne
Retour de la direction

6. Leading House of Centre for Materials Science
School of Materials Science : Faculté MX
Leading House of Centre for Materials Science
Anchors Center and ERUs in basic research
Regroups and reinforces Materials Science at EPFL

7. A truly interdisciplinary faculty
Common basis in Materials characterisation and processing at all length scales from nano to macro
Need to extend beyond the conventional areas of materials science and technology – bridge to basic sciences, life science and engineering
Joint appointments of staff from other faculties, participating in research, doctoral school and masters courses ;

8. Areas to be strengthened through new faculty hires and collaborations
an evolution of the CIME from a mission primarily of service to a mixture of research and service with a strong academic component, accompanied by an expansion of its scope to biology
a partial re-orientation of the fundamental and applied research in thin films, surfaces and interfaces towards areas such as functional interfaces and novel surface characterization techniques.
the enhancement of the activities in materials synthesis, soft matter and biomaterials.
the reinforcement of modelling activities done in materials particularly at the atomistic scale (MD, ab initio)
the physics of nanodevices, particularly electronic, optical and biochemical devices based on novel nanostructured materials and systems

9. Search for new director
Post advertised, ~30 applications
Short list of ~ 5 drawn up
Visits / Seminars to be arranged at beginning of May

10. Questions?