The railway sector discusses automotive trains. These can be realized much faster than automotive cars. Prof. Roland Siegwart in an interview with SRF.

Prof. Philipp Rudolf von Rohr feels confident that the "green economy" initiative is realizable. The "one world" goal is very ambitious, but possible. He speaks about it in an interview with 20 Minuten.

Dr. Elena Glavez, a former postdoc in Prof. Aldo Steinfeld's group, was appointed Associate Professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne Universités.

Simon Ackermann, a doctoral student in Prof. Aldo Steinfeld's group, received theASME Solar Energy Graduate Student Award 2016 for his Doctoral thesis "Redox Kinetics and Transport Phenomena of Reticulated Porous Ceria".

George Kelesidis, a doctoral student in Prof. Sotiris E. Pratsinis' group, received the Best Poster Award for Combustion Aerosols during the annual meeting of the European Aerosol Association, 4 to 9 September 2016 in Tours, France.

Michael Grubenmann, a Bachelor student in Prof. Pavel Hora's group, received 3rd place at the Audi Tool Trophy 2016 with his Bachelor's Thesis.

David Harsch, a Master student in Prof. Pavel Hora's group, receivedthe Johann Puch Automative Award for his Master's thesis "Realitätsnahe stochastische Simulation eines Blechumformteils und Metamodellierung zur Reglerauslegung".

Prof. Paolo Ermanni was nominated for the SAMPE Fellow Award 2016. The Fellow Award represents prestigious recognition of a SAMPE Member for distinguished contributions in the fields of materials and processes.

Mark Müller, former doctoral student in Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea's group, was appointed Assistant Professor Tenure Track at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley. He's starting in fall 2016.

Prof. Dimos Poulikakos was one of the four invited speakers in the Kavli Prize Symposium in Nanoscience. The biannual award ceremony and symposium took place from 5 to 8 September 2016 in Oslo and Trondheim, Norway.

Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos has been appointed to the Energy Steering Panel of the Advisory Council of the European Academy of Science for the period 2017-2020.

Stephanie Schlatter, former doctoral student of Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos has been awarded a Kamm-Jante Medal. This prize is awarded every two years for the best dissertation on Engine Combustion Technologies in the German-speaking countries, which means Germany, Austria and Switzerland.