Prof. Dr. Dimos Poulikakos (photo) was appointed president of the Scientific Advisory Board (WBR) of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). Prof. Sotiris E. Pratsinis was appointed as "Einzelmitglied" (full memberships). Full Members are people who are particularly committed to the objectives of the Academy or the engineering sciences.
SATW | Prof. Dimos Poulikakos | Prof. Sotiris E. Pratsinis

The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) honors Mark Davis, professor for chemical Enginnering at the California Institute of Technology, with the annual Aurel Stodola Medal. He will visit Zurich and give a lecture about fighting cancer with nanoparticle medicines.
Mark E. Davis' Presentation | Picture Gallery of the Aurel Stodola Lecture | ETH Life Article (German) | Invitation to the Aurel Stodola Lecture

Small fish bend themselves into a ‘C’ shape before they flee from predators. Observations have suggested that this shape helps them to abruptly put the greatest distance possible between themselves and their predators. ETH researchers have now tested this hypothesis for the first time using a supercomputer.
ETH-Life Article | Prof. Petros Koumoutsakos

A new generation of flying robots is ready to take over: Applied with cameras and a mini computer on board, developed at D-MAVT at the Autonomous Systems Lab by Prof. Roland Siegwart, they are able to fly inside and outside.
ETH-Life Article (German) | ETH-Life Report (German) | Videos | Article in the Tages-Anzeiger (German) | Article and Video in the NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)(German) | Project SFly | Prof. Roland Siegwart

«Guardian Angels are energy friendly and intelligent machines, which support people in everyday life», say ETH-Professor Christofer Hierold (photo) and his EPFL-colleague Adrian Ionescu, both coordinators of the European flagship initiative with the same name. The big plus of this technology-initiative is a good network with existing initiatives and industrial companies.
ETH-Life Article (German) | Prof. Christopher Hierold