Esther Amstad

EPFL STI IMX SMAL
MXC 230 (Bâtiment MXC)
Station 12
CH-1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://smal.epfl.ch/

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Professional course

PhD student

Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology

ETH Zurich

2007 – 2011

Postdoctoral fellow

Soft matter group

Harvard University

2011-2014

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Soft Materials Laboratory

EPFL

2014 -

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Materials Science and Engineering

Courses

Transfer phenomena in materials science

This course encompasses transport of heat by conduction, convection and radiation as well as solid-state diffusion. Based on phenomenological rules (Fourier and Fick equations) 1-D and simple 2-D solutions problems will be treated. In addition, atomistic models of atom transport will be discussed.

Soft matter

The first part of the course is devoted to the self-assembly of molecules. In the second part we discuss basic physical chemical principles of polymers in solutions, at interfaces, and in bulk. Finally, we look at colloids and emulsions.