From the lab
ICNS 2025 Presentation Award — Amirhossein Esteghamat & Invited Talk — Cankat Gür
Best Presentation Award at the International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors for E-mode multichannel GaN-on-Si power devices, and invited talk upgrade on Enhanced RF Performance of GaN HEMTs via Displacement Field Coupling with fMAX of 420 GHz.
Elison Matioli awarded an ERC Advanced Grant
Elison Matioli has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to push GaN power electronics into the multi-kilovolt regime — part of a strong EPFL cohort returning to the top of the European research stage.
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Gilbert Hausmann Prize — Cankat Gur
MS student Cankat Gur received the 2024 Gilbert Hausmann Prize for the best master's thesis in Physics, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering at EPFL — one prize per year across the school.
Elison Matioli at TEDx Arendal: Can materials mimic the human body?
Elison Matioli delivered a TEDx talk on new and efficient semiconductor device concepts at TEDx Arendal. The video has been published on the TEDx website.
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Electronic metadevices break barriers to ultra-fast communications
POWERlab researchers introduce a new approach engineering metastructures at the sub-wavelength scale — opening the next generation of ultra-fast devices for 6G communications and beyond. Published in Nature.
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ICNS 2023 Best Presentation Award — Mohammad Rezaei
Best Presentation Award at the 14th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-14), 2023, on Modal Analysis of Electronic Metadevices: Understanding their ultra-high cut-off frequency.
POWERlab team awarded the IEEE TPEL Prize Letter Award
The POWERlab and co-authors received the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Letter Award for the best publication — a top recognition in the field of power electronics.
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EPFL Microsystems & Microelectronics Thesis Award — Luca Nela
PhD student Luca Nela received the EPFL Microsystems & Microelectronics Thesis Award — the single top PhD thesis award conferred each year in the doctoral program. Remco van Erp received the thesis distinction the same year.
Researchers discover a material that can learn like the brain
The POWERlab shows that vanadium dioxide (VO₂) can "remember" the entire history of previous external stimuli — the first material identified with this property, opening a path to neuromorphic memory and computation.
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New nanotransistors keep their cool at high voltages
A new class of GaN multi-channel transistors developed at EPFL enables high-power converters to run at substantially improved efficiencies — critical for electric vehicles and solar power.
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Interview with Linus Tech
POWERlab's research featured in an interview with Linus Tech Tips.
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Transistor-integrated cooling for a more powerful chip
A single chip combining a GaN transistor with monolithically-integrated microfluidic cooling, published in Nature — a new paradigm for co-designed electronics that saves energy and shrinks power-system footprint. Foundation of Corintis.
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A nanoscale device that can see through walls
A nanoplasma device operating >10× faster than today's fastest transistors enables compact, high-power terahertz wave generation — with applications in imaging, sensing, wireless communications, and cancer therapy. Published in Nature.
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Charitat Award for Luca Nela at ISPSD'21
Luca Nela's paper on enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN multi-channel power transistors received the Charitat Award at ISPSD 2021 in Nagoya — the POWERlab's second Charitat Award in a row.
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