Honors and Awards 2011

 

• Boulouchos' Aerothermochemistry and Combustion Systems Laboratory:

• Prof. Boulouchos was appointed as "Beirat für die Energiestrategie 2050" (Council for energy strategy 2050).

• D'Andrea's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control

• Sebastian Trimpe and Raffaello D'Andrea won the IFAC World Congress Interactive Paper Prize. Their paper, "An Experimental Demonstration of a Distributed and Event-based State Estimation Algorithm", was selected from 450 interactive papers presented at the triennial congress held in Milan.

• Dual's Center of Mechanics:

• Prof. C. Glocker was voted into the advisory committee of the "Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing"(FIBT)

• Ermanni's Centre of Structure Technologies:

• compliant concept received an innovations voucher in the field of Life Sciences. Compliant Concept is a Spin-off of Mazza's Center for Mechanics and Ermanni's Center of Structure Technologies. The price is to be worth 300 000 SFr. Philochem, another ETH-spin-off, and Lonza received the other two prices.

• Gassert's Rehabilitation Engineering Lab

• Dr. Marie-Christine Fluet from Prof. Gassert's Rehabilitation Engineering Lab received the Best Poster Award at the 2011 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2011).

• Guzzella's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control:

• Prof. Lino Guzzella nominated to the ETH Board for the post of Rector. That was the decision of the ETH Professorial Conference with 373 of 400 voices.

• Philipp Elbert, doctoral student in Prof. Lino Guzzella's team, is Switzerland's regional winner of the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) with his project AHEAD (Advanced Hybrid Electric Autobus Design). He made also 2nd place in the overall ranking.
  

• Philipp Elbert from Prof. L. Guzzella's IDSC group received the Hans-Eggenberger Award 2010 for his outstanding research work. The MAVT graduate devoted himself to improving the energy efficiency of the Advanced Hybrid Electric Autobus.

• Prof. Lino Guzzella was appointed as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to automotive control systems to reduce pollution emission and fuel consumption.

• Hierold's Professorship in Micro and Nanosystems:

• Dr. Lukas Durrer from Prof. Ch. Hierold's group received the Georg A. Fischer Award 2011 for his excellent doctoral thesis "Controlled Single-Walled Carbon Nantotube Growth for Sensing Applications".

• Kröger's Laboratory for Nuclear Systems:

• The Technische Universität München awarded Prof. Kröger with the honorary title of "TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor" for his work, which has had an international impact as well as has been a driving force in the scientific scene.

• Mazza's Center of Mechanics:

• compliant concept received an innovations voucher in the field of Life Sciences. Compliant Concept is a Spin-off of Mazza's Center for Mechanics and Ermanni's Center of Structure Technologies. The price is to be worth 300 000 SFr. Philochem, another ETH-spin-off, and Lonza received the other two prices.

• Mazzotti's Separation Processes Laboratory:

• Dr. Johannes Kluge from Prof. Mazzottis' Team won the ETH medal
  

• Johannes Kluge with Prof. M. Mazzotti's Team (Institute of Process Engineering) won a Poster Prize for his poster with the title "Stability of Amorphous Nano-formulations: The Solubility of Ketoprofen in Colloidal PLGA".

• Müller's Institute for Biomechanics:

• Dr. Friederike Schulte from Prof. Müllers' Team won the ETH medal
  

• Luc Nimeskern, a doctoral student at the Institute for Biomechanics, received a scholarship to attend the Summer School on Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine in Riva del Garda, Italy. The scholarship comes with an award prize of 400 Euro sponsored by the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine and TERMIS-EU.

• Laura Nebuloni, doctoral student from the Institute for Biomechanic received the Best Presentation Award at the 2nd TOPEA Meeting in Barcelona, Spain for her presentation, "A new imaging method for the in vivo assessment of angiogenesis using time-lapsed contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography."

• Dr. Benjamin Thimm from the Institute for Biomechanic was awarded with the European Doctoral Award from the European Society of Biomaterial for his thesis, "The importance of multi-modality imaging for the assessment of combined bone and vascular tissue engineering."

• Dr. Dr. Silvio Lorenzetti, a senior research associate at the Institute for Biomechanics, received the Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America from the National Science Foundation for his service in Antarctica and in recognition of his valuable contributions to exploration and scientific achievement in the U.S. Antarctic Program.

• Dr. Renate List from the Institute for Biomechanics received the International Society of Biomechanics Award 2011.

• Roberto Carretta, a doctoral student from Prof. R. Müller's group, received an ISB Student Dissertation Award from the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB).

• Nelson's Multiscale and Robotics Lab:

• The Artificial Bacterial Flagella (ABFs) made it into the Guinness Book of Records for 2012, described as "Most Advanced Mini Robot for Medical Use".

• The paper "Steerable Intravitreal Inserts for Drug Delivery: In Vitro and Ex Vivo Mobility Experiments" by Christos Bergeles, Michael P. Kummer, Bradley E. Kratochvil, Carsten Framme, and Bradley J. Nelson was a finalist for the Medical Robotics and CAI Systems Award at this year's MICCAI held in Toronto 18-22 September. MICCAI 2011 is the 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.

• Kathrin Eva Peyer from the IRIS Group received the Student Award 2010 from the SEW-EURODRIVE Stiftung for her excellent master thesis "Characterization of Frequency-dependent Swimming Behavior of Artificial Bacterial Flagella".

• The ETH Spin-off company Aeon Scientific won the final round of Venture Kick and received another 100'000 CHF in funds.

• Park's Nanoscience for Energy Technology and Sustainability Laboratory:

• Prof. Hyung Gyu Park received the 2011 MRC Sandpit Award.

• Poulikakos' Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies:

• Dr. Brian Burg from Prof. Poulikakos' Team won the ETH medal
  

• Prof. Dimos Poulikakos won the 2011 Max Jacob Memorial Award. The Prize is considered the most prestigious award recognizing eminent achievement in the field of heat transfer and it was established in 1961 by the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Heat Transfer Division.

• Pratsinis' Particle Technology Laboratory:

• Dr. Robert Büchel from Prof. Pratsinis' Team won the best poster award of the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Poster Session of the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, USA.

• Dr. Robert Büchel from Prof. Pratsinis' Team won the ETH medal

• Max Eggersdorfer from Prof. Pratsinis' team won the best poster award of the Particle Technology Forum at the Annual Meeting of the AIChE in Minneapolis, USA.

• George Sotirou from Prof. Pratsinis' team won the first place, BioNanotechnology Graduate Student Award for his paper at the 2011 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Minneapolis, USA.

• Max Eggersdorfer from Prof. Pratsinis’ team won the best poster award for aerosol fundamentals at the 2011 European Aerosol Conference in Manchester, UK.

• Prof. Sotiris Pratsinis was presented with the Alexander von Humboldt Award for senior scientists.

• Riener's Sensory Motors Systems Laboratory:

• Dr. Alexander Duschau-Wicke from Prof. Rieners' Team won the ETH medal

• Rudolf von Rohr's Transport Processes and Reactions Laboratory:

• Prof. Philipp Rudolf von Rohr was appointed member of the Nuclear Safety Commission. The NSC advises the Federal Council, the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (FNSI) on matters relating to the safety of nuclear facilities.

• Siegwart's Autonomous Systems Laboratory:

• Robin Born, from Prof. Siegwart's ASL Group, won the 2011 SAEE Student Award for his master thesis "Fueling Renewable Energy Diffusion in non-OECD Countries" with supervisor Prof. Hoffman from MTEC.

• Sammy Omari and Dr. Samir Bouabdallah from Prof. Siegwart's Autonomous Systems Lab have received the De Vigier Award 2011 with the Spin-off Skybotix.

• Snedeker's Institute for Biomechanics:

• Daniel Baumgartner and Philippe Favre from Prof. Snedeker's biomechanic group were awarded the Posterpreis from the Gesellschaft für Biomechanik DGfB in Murnau.

• Philippe Favre from Prof. Snedekers's biomechanic group received the Swiss Society of Biomedical Engineering Research Award at the annual meeting of the SSBE in Bern, Switzerland (August 22, 2011). The award was given for his outstanding PhD dissertation (“A model to study active shoulder motion and stability”).

• Steinfeld's Professorship in Renewable Energy Carriers:

• Dr. Sophia Haussener from Prof. Steinfelds' Team won the ETH medal
  

• Illias Hirsch, former student of D-MAVT, who received a doctor's degree at the Institute of Energy Technology with Prof. Aldo Steinfeld, was awarded the "swisselectric research award" for the developement of a sunray receiver.
  

• Prof. Dr. Aldo Steinfeld was named as an individual member by the SATW in recognition of his contributions as a Pioneer in the field of solar chemical energy engineering research and industrial practice.

• Prof. Aldo Steinfeld received the Idee-Suisse Award 2011 for the pioneering development of a novel solar reactor.