Austrian State Prize for best dissertation
Florian Kogelbauer from Prof. George Haller’s group has received the prestigious Austrian Award of Excellence for his dissertation entitled “Some Topics in Mathematical Water Wave Theory”. Hearty congratulations to Florian Kogelbauer for his achievements!
Schoolgirls for engineering sciences
Fully booked! About 80 female pupils from all over Switzerland participated in the taster day for schoolgirls 2016 on December 9th to learn more about the two engineering sciences mechanical and electrical engineering in the departments MAVT and ITET.
Elasticity increases water resistance
Various publications cite Prof. Dimos Poulikakos’ newest research regarding the water resistance of flexible surfaces.
SRF Puls Show
Andreas Güntner, doctoral student at Prof. Sotiris Pratsinis, highlighted in the SRF Show Puls the use of flame-made and portable gas sensors for monitoring trace organic vapors in the human breath. This new technology could in the future be used for medical diagnostics and disease monitoring.
Best Poster Award
Prof. Giovanni Sansavini and his group were awarded the Best Poster Award for their poster about their study on “Security Analysis of the Operations of Interdependent Electric and Gas Networks” at the 2016 SCCER-FURIES (Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research) Annual Conference on 2 December 2016 in Lausanne.
Thiago Cunha Boaventura obtains professorship in Brazil
Dr. Thiago Cunha Boaventura, Post doc at the Agile and Dexterous Robotics Lab obtained a professorship at the Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil.
New technologies will make our lives easier
Prof. Margarita Chli is an assistant professor in the field of Computer Vision for Robotics at ETH Zurich. In an interview she reveals what she finds fascinating about her profession and shares her vision of the technology of the future. An article in the "Tages-Anzeiger" (Mediaplanet).
The king of drones
Raffaello D'Andrea is professor of dynamic systems and control at the ETH Zurich - and embodies in many ways what research in Switzerland stands for. An article in "Finanz und Wirtschaft".
Pioneer of Microrobotics
His robots are so tiny that in the future we will be able to inject them into the body. They are supposed to fight pathogens right on the spot. An NZZ portrait of Prof. Bradley Nelson.