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Chairs Technology for Change: Environment, Society & Industry Open systems, systemic innovation, sustainable development, social and inclusive innovation, technological innovation, transformation, change The Chair “Technology for Cha…

Chairs Design and modélisation of innovative materials Polymers, mechanical behaviour, microstructure Since its creation in 2018, the chair « Design and modeling of innovative materials » ambitions to invent tomorrow’s materials, with a strong focus on th…

Chairs Biomedical engineering Connected health, biomechanics, new technologies The ongoing revolution in medicine that involves the development of more personalized, connected and targeted medical practice presents significant challenges. To respond to th…

Chairs Decarbonising the economyFinance, sustainable development, ecological transitionThe sponsorship programme "Decarbonising the economy" of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris supports the teaching and research activities of the interdisciplinary Energy 4 Climate Centre (E4C). This sponsorship …

Chairs André Citroën Green mobility, sensors, electrification, batteriesSince its creation, the chair « André Citroën » develops green mobility thanks to its research on electrical engine and battery optimisation. Its research is also focused on NO2 detection and absorption through t…

Chairs are sponsorship programmes that aim to develop both pluridisciplinary and innovative research projects and specific courses with the support of industrial partners, thus reinforcing Ecole Polytechnique's expertise in areas of interest for the School and its partners. Chairs and sponsorship …

Charles Roques-Carmes is a Polytechnique engineer and is currently a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Electronics Research Laboratory, where he received his Ph.D. in 2022 after completing a Master's degree in electrical and computer engineering. He is one of…

Chemical ecology aims to study the roles of chemical mediators in the interaction between organisms. Our interests, in collaboration with ecologists and/or natural product specialists, focus on the notion of holobiont (association of a macro-organism with its micro-organisms) and on the chemical me…

Among the interfaces developed in organic chemistry, the one with biology is one of the most prolific, due to the many possible interactions of small organic molecules with living organisms, and the resulting applications. The methods and targeted synthesis of complex molecules make it possible to …

Crédit photo : Bengt Nyman - (CC BY 2.0)Invented in 1985 by Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, the Chirped Pulse Amplification method (CPA) paved the way for ultra-intense lasers and revolutionized their uses, ranging from eye surgery to the particles physics.Today, thousands of researchers arou…

Sixteen École Polytechnique’s alumni and students appear in the 2023 edition of the French think tank Institut Choiseul ranking of business leaders under 40. Seven of them are in the Top 100.

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Two students (X2021) completed the civil training part of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program in Yamoussoukro, at the high school Mamie Adjoua, and at Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny. To both, the training represented an opportunity to engage as citizens and to discover the …

Portrait ©Fondation L’OréalClaire Dessalles (X2013), a young researcher in the "Cardiovascular Cellular Engineering" Chair, is the winner of the "For Women in Science" prize awarded annually by the L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO. This prize aims to develop the visi…

On March 26, 2025, Claire Fauvarque Nuytten was awarded the 2024 Pierre Faurre prize by Jean-Paul Cottet (class X 1974), Executive Director of École Polytechnique Foundation. A graduate of École Polytechnique (class X 2009), she is currently in charge of new elastomer process developments in the Mi…