D-MAVT News
James Dyson Award 2024
"Design something that solves a problem" -- The guidelines for participation in the James Dyson Award are deliberately broad. It is aimed at students and alumni (up to four years after graduation) who are working on projects in the fields of health, transportation, medicine, nutrition, etc. Q&A session on 15 May at 12 pm; registration until 17 July 2024.
Supporting students is a fulfilling task
ETH Zurich runs like a red thread through Paolo Ermanni's life. He first studied mechanical engineering here before returning as a professor in 1998. In this interview, he looks back on 26 eventful years in teaching and research.
Internship
Internship Bereich Energy Management in Building Automation 80-100% at Siemens Schweiz AG in Zug (office and remote work)
EASE Student Award 2024
For BSc, MSc and doctoral students who do research in the field of energy storage. The winner will receive a ticket to the Energy Storage Global Conference in Brussels in October, where they can present their research. Application deadline: 19 July 2024.
Internship
Solar power internship 100%, 6 months starting in August 2024, Energiebüro AG in Zurich/Bern
Internship
Solar power internship 100%, 6 months starting in May/June 2024, Energiebüro AG in Zurich
Internship
Internship in Hardware and Software System Evaluation for a Magnetic Microrobotics System, full-time, 6 months, start as soon as possible, MagnebotiX AG in Schlieren
Internship
Development of surface strain sensors , Senstech AG, Fehraltorf
Roland Siegwart achieves top ranking
Roland Siegwart is honored by the academic platform research.com in the field of mechanical and aerospace engineering as well as in the field of electronics and electrical engineering.
Internship
Internship Photovoltaics (60-100%), Energie21 GmbH, Basel area
Praktikum
Internship Reliability Testing Hardware, Lumiphase, Stäfa
Praktikum
Working Student Semiconductor Laboratory, 40%-60%, Lumiphase, Stäfa
Industrial internship
5-week industrial internship in mechanical engineering for MSc students or graduates at Three-Tec GmbH in Seon AG (near Lenzburg)
ETH Medal and Willi Studer Prize 2024
The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering has awarded 12 Master's students with the ETH Medal and five with the Willi Studer Prize. The awards for their outstanding achievements were presented during the Master's Ceremony 2024.
Internship
Robotics Engineer, Bota Systems, Zürich
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Patrick Benito Eberhard, Teresa Sánchez-Robles Herrero and Max Schaldach received the «Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award» of the D-MAVT for the fall semester 2023.
Kannan and Karapiperis appointed professors
Konstantinos Karapiperis and Vignesh Kannan, both postdoctoral researchers in Professor Dennis Kochmann's lab at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, have been appointed professors.
How to harvest moisture from the atmosphere
The Economist, Prof. Dimos Poulikakos
Manera and Hutter appointed members of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Annalisa Manera and Marco Hutter, professors at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich have been elected full members of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Internship
Innovative lubrication concepts, Hilti, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Internship
Tribology testing, Hilti, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Traineeship/Internship
Factory Digitalization, Accelleron, Baden (CH)
Faster to the target – new microrobotic catheter to improve the treatment of strokes
A new magnetically controlled microrobot helps navigate catheters faster and more accurately in brain surgery. Its unique surface structure improves catheter guidance in tortuous blood vessels. This tech aids emergency stroke or aneurysm surgeries, enhancing patient recovery chances.
Master's thesis
Innovative Mask Design for Air Pollution Impact Mitigation in Blantyre, Malawi: A Particle Size Distribution Approach
Master's thesis
Establishing the HDPE recycling process at Art Malawi n Blantyre, Malawi
Master's thesis
Analysis and treatment of wastewater from plastic recycling in Blantyre, Malawi
Master's thesis
Informal dumpsite recognition of informal skips from Google Earth images with Random Forests/DNNs
Master's thesis
Design optimization of a mixing reactor for close to source urine stabilization
Master's thesis
Establishing the HDPE recycling process at Art Malawi n Blantyre, Malawi
Master's thesis
Waste Information Management and programming in Blantyre, Malawi
Master's thesis
Optimizing Membrane Technology for Water Filtration in Low and Middle-Income Settings, Openversum GmbH
Internship
Internship (or Master's thesis): Chemical- and Process Engineers in Switzerland and Germany, at nimeg.ag, Stein AG
Internship
Internship with the startup Rapidata, Data Science Intern, Zürich
Internship
Sumitomo Electric Global Internship Program 2024, 10 weeks, Japan
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Internship at GE: Condenser Optimization by Finite Element Analysis, full time, Baden
Internship
Internship Research and Development, minimum duration of 3 months, start by agreement, Thoratec Switzerland GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland
Collected and courageous
For 24 years, Ulrike Schlachter steered the fortunes of D-MAVT as Department Coordinator. Since September 2023, Karin Werer and Maddalena Velonà have been gradually taking over from her. In this interview, they talk about their lessons from the past and plans for the future.
Vacancy
University Assistant (Prae-Doc), limited to 3 years, application until 11.01.2024, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Internship
Data analysis with Matlab: comparison of different sensors and their measurement accuracy, Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Internship
Simulation and test with hardware in the loop, control/regulation of Line of Sight and Line of Fire using model based design, Rheinmetall Air Defence AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Best rated courses FS2023
Students give teaching in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering a very good rating. The department is pleased about the excellent teaching performance in the spring semester 2023.
Kohlendioxid - ab unter die Erde
Finanz und Wirtschaft, Spin-off Climeworks AG
Outstanding doctoral theses 2023
Eight doctoral students at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering received the ETH Silver Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses.
How to beat the heat in cities through urban climate modelling
Jan Carmeliet and Dominique Derome recently wrote a comment paper on invitation by Nature Reviews Physics. In the paper, they explain how computational fluid dynamics can help with designing more sustainable cities.
Schülerinnen*tag 2023
Each year, around 80 young women* from high schools from all over Switzerland take part in the Schülerinnen*tag, organized by the student organisation LIMES. During this all-day event, the participants do a campus tour, visit a couple of labs, and receive first-hand information about the study programmes in electrical and mechanical engineering.
Lukatskaya recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher
Maria Lukatskaya, Professor of Electrochemical Energy Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been recognized again as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2023 by global information service provider Clarivate.
Vacancy
Mechanical engineer, 80-100%, Gilgen Door Systems AG in Schwarzenburg
Semester / Bachelor or Master’s thesis
Signode Switzerland GmbH, Dietikon 1, Switzerland
Stanley Corrsin Award for George Haller
George Haller, Professor at the Institute for Mechanical Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, received the Stanley Corrsin Award 2023 by the American Physical Society (APS).
Konrad Wegener receives Golden Owl 2023
Konrad Wegener, Professor Emeritus for Machine Tools and Manufacturing at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, receives the Golden Owl for his excellent teaching. The Owl is awarded by the student association of ETH Zurich (VSETH) and honors particularly committed teachers.
Karen Bodie receives ABB Research Prize 2023
Karen Bodie was awarded the ABB Research Prize 2023 on the ETH Day. She received the award for her doctoral thesis „Omnidirectional Tilt-Rotor Flying Robots for Aerial Physical Interaction: Modelling, Control, Design and Experiments“.
Excellence scholarship for Mastroddi and Muttoni
Giacomo Matteo Mastroddi and Marco Muttoni, Bachelor’s graduates from the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, receive an excellence scholarship from the Fondazione Nizzola. With this scholarship, the foundation supports students from Ticino who are studying for a Master's degree at ETH Zurich or the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI).
Why the Student Project House is looking for more women
More female students in the Student Project House - that's what Rafael von Sury and Serena Stefanoni want to achieve. In the interview they talk about why this is important to them and introduce women in video portraits who already make use of the SPH.
Vacancy
Process Engineer, 80-100%, Maerz Ofenbau AG, Zurich Enge
ASAIO Abstract Award for Magkoutas
Konstantinos Magkoutas, former postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Control at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), has been awarded the 2023 ASAIO Top Biomedical Engineering Abstract Award.
Swiss Robotics Day 2023 in Zürich
SRF «Schweiz Aktuell», Prof. Roland Siegwart, Prof. Robert Katzschmann
Vacancy
Academic Positions (Tenure-Track), Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, University of Sydney, Australia
Die Schweiz baut richtig gute Solarmobile
SRF 1 - 10 vor 10, aCentauri Solar Racing
Vacancy
Open positions and internships in the field of electromobility, SUNCAR AG
Scholarship for excellent Master’s students
Eight Master’s students of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering receive scholarships from the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme of ETH Zurich.
Dandelion Award for Ahmed
Professor Daniel Ahmed, head of the Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare Group at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been awarded the Dandelion Award for his outstanding efforts to promote entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and beyond.
Another weapon to fight climate change? Put carbon back where we found it
National Geographic, Prof. Aldo Steinfeld, Climeworks AG
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – FS 2023
Andrea Veciana and Maximilian Eberlein receive the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Maximilian Eberlein is being recognized for his outstanding performance in the course Introduction to Quantum Mechanics for Engineers during the spring semester 2023. Andrea Veciana is honored for the Nanorobotics course.
Internship
Internship in R&D, Packaging & Labeling Development, 100%, from Feburarz 2024, 6 months, Biotronik, Bülach
Outstanding D-MAVT Bachelor Award 2023 - Best examination block B
The students Jonas Bauer, Gino Kreis, Alexandros Ntakoulas, Gabriele Piovan and Justin Weiss receive the Outstanding D-MAVT Bachelor Award for the best examination block B in the examination session Summer 2023. Congratulations!
Outstanding D-MAVT Bachelor Award 2023 - Best Bachelor's degrees
The Outstanding D-MAVT Bachelor Award for the best Bachelor's degrees issued between 1 October 2022 and 2 October 2023 goes to Patrick Eberhard Benito, Laurent Hoffmann, André Muff, Roland Stärk and Emma Steinke. Congratulations!
Aurel Stodola Medal for Jennifer A. Lewis
Jennifer A. Lewis has been awarded the Aurel Stodola Medal 2023 by the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. At the award ceremony, the Harvard professor presented her groundbreaking research on the 3D printing of soft and living matter.
Stanley Corrsin Award for George Haller
George Haller, Professor at the Institute for Mechanical Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, received the Stanley Corrsin Award 2023 by the American Physical Society (APS).
From focus project to world record
Every year, students invest many hours in developing and constructing the focus project Formula Student Electric at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). Now their efforts have paid off. The racing car “mythen” they initially helped develop has broken the world acceleration record.
Emilio Frazzoli new chairman of the Center for Sustainable Future Mobility
Emilio Frazzoli, Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control, is the new chairperson of the Center for Sustainable Future Mobility (CSFM). He takes over the role from Professor Kay Axhausen, who will retire early next year.
What do I want to study?
At the ETH information days, the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering introduced prospective students to the broad field of mechanical engineering.
Wasserstoff-Lkw von Gebrüder Weiss bringt Solarmobil der ETH Zürich auf den Weg
Wirtschaftszeit.at, Focus project aCentauri
Scientists build better nets to turn fog into usable water
Weather Network, Prof. Thomas Schutzius
Voliro erleichtert risikoreiche Arbeiten in der Höhe – mit Drohnen
Bilanz, Spin-off Voliro AG
Robo-Gecko: Dieser Roboter läuft an der Decke
t3n, Focus project Magnecko
Better together
The positive impact of transdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration on medical solutions is demonstrated by a project involving Julian Wolf, a doctoral student at ETH Zurich, working together with Florentin Liebman and Marco von Atzigen from the University of Zurich/Balgrist.
«Die Schweiz ist der Tigerstaat im Werkzeugmaschinenbau»
Schweizer Maschinenmarkt, Prof. Konrad Wegener
Pané i Vidal appointed member of the Institute of Catalan Studies
Salvador Pané i Vidal, Professor of Materials for Robotics at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems and Co-Director of the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, appointed corresponding member of the Institute of Catalan Studies in the Section of Sciences and Technology.
Researchers from the Autonomous Systems Lab honored at ICRA
Roland Siegwart, head of the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL), and Samir Bouabdallah received the Most Influential Paper Award at ICRA 2023. Andrei Cramariuc, also from ASL, won the Hilti Multi-Session SLAM Challenge.
Schweizer Erfindungen könnten das Ende des WCs bedeuten
Blick, Prof. Elizabeth Tilley
European Control Award for Melanie Zeilinger
Melanie Zeilinger, Professor at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, received the European Control Award 2023.
Saporischja ist nicht Tschernobyl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Prof. Annalisa Manera
Gorji appointed Assistant Professor at USC
Hossein Gorji, former doctoral student with Professor Patrick Jenny at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has been appointed Adjunct Research Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California (USC).
Awards for doctoral students at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2023
At the MaP Graduate Symposium 2023, four doctoral students from the D-MAVT received awards for their research. Awards went to Oscar Cipolato, Anna De Vries, Yannik Glauser, and Sonja Schreiner.
Markus Bambach new Vice Rector for Study Programs
Markus Bambach, Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), will assume the position of Vice Rector for Study Programs at ETH Zurich as of 1 July 2023.
Mit diesem Stück Stoff spüren Sie den virtuellen Vogel auf dem Arm
Spiegel Online, Focus project MetaSuit
Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Prize 2023 for Iwan Hächler
Iwan Hächler has been awarded the "Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Prize 2023" by the Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network. He is a former doctoral student at Professor Dimos Poulikakos’ Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies.
Zardini appointed Assistant Professor at MIT
Gioele Zardini, doctoral student with Professor Emilio Frazzoli at the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Control at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Internship
Internship mechanical engineering, full-time, 6-12 months at Micronel AG in Tagelswangen
Robots, race cars and recycling - that was the Focus Rollout 2023
Thirteen teams, nine months, countless hours of work. With an exhibition and presentations on 30 May 2023, the third-year Bachelor’s students of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering presented their Focus Projects.
Edward N. Lorenz Early Career Award for Tiemo Pedergnana
Tiemo Pedergnana has been awarded the "2022 Edward N. Lorenz Early Career Award" from the AIP Journal Chaos. He is a doctoral student at Professor Nicolas Noiray’s laboratory of Combustion and Acoustics for Power and Propulsion Systems.
Dieser Forscher stört die Umwelt nicht
20 Minuten, Focus project SURF-eDNA
"Machine tool is cool"
Spin-offs, focus projects, industrial partnerships: Konrad Wegener has made a lot of things happen in his 20 years at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. His approach has been to tackle problems courageously and to solve them. Konrad Wegener will retire at the end of July 2023.
Schweizer CO2-Staubsauger in Island wird ausgebaut
Handelszeitung, Spin-off Climeworks, Prof. Marco Mazzotti
Chen appointed to Fudan University
Xiangzhong Chen, former senior researcher in the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, was appointed Associate Professor of Ferroic Materials for Smart Biodevices at Fudan University.
ETH Medal and Willi Studer Prize 2023
The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering has awarded nine Master’s students with the ETH Medal and six with the Willi Studer Prize. The awards for their outstanding achievements were presented during the Master's Ceremony 2023.
Brendan Bulfin appointed Professor
Brendan Bulfin, senior researcher in the Renewable Energy Carriers group of Professor Aldo Steinfeld at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, was appointed to an Associate Professor (Lectureship) position in Sustainable Materials at University College Cork, Ireland.
Schwäbisch Gmünd Prize for Young Scientists 2023
Donghoon Kim, former doctoral student of Salvador Pané i Vidal, Professor of Materials for Robotics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Schwäbisch Gmünd Prize for Young Scientists 2023.
La sfida, per il clima: rispedire la CO2 al mittente
RSI News, Prof. Marco Mazzotti
The opening of "Metal Makerspace”
The "Metal Makerspace" in the CLA building officially opened yesterday. The new facility is a joint project of D-MAVT, the techpool and the Student Project House (SPH). Students will have access to the metal workshops starting in the fall semester of 2023.