Michael Frazier, postdoctoral researcher of Professor Dennis M. Kochmann’s group at the Institute for Mechanical Systems, has been appointed Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego.

The GE Girls Camp was a success. For three days, 22 girls from the district school in Baden were introduced to the world of technology. The camp was organized by General Electric (GE) and the ETH Institute for Product Development PDZ to promote young women in technical and scientific disciplines.

The die has been cast: The winners of the D-MAVT video competition have been selected. Watch the videos that came in first and take a look at how students experience their studies at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering.

Aldo Steinfeld, Professor at the Institute of Energy Technology, has been appointed the Boelter Chair in Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) during his sabbatical 2017-2018.

Konstantinos Boulouchos, Professor at the Institute of Energy Technology at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, was elected President of the Commission "Energy, Environment, Resources" of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences

More students than ever! The speakers of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) spoke in front of an almost full house on 18 September. The Department welcomed 492 new Bachelor students and more than 260 Master students. Registration to the Master’s degree programs is still open.

Building a zero-carbon economy and climate resilient society needs people skilled to initiate and lead change processes. The Climate-KIC Master Label Program aims to empower the next generation of climate leaders.

How can robots be used in the construction of buildings, in agriculture or in mines? From 12 to 15 September 2017, international experts discussed the development of field and service robots at the "FSR 2017 - 11th Conference on Field and Service Robotics" at ETH Zurich.

Three doctoral students from the research group of Professor Sotiris Pratsinis at the Particle Technology Laboratory received Best Poster Awards at the annual meeting of the European Aerosol Association from 27 August to 1 September in Zurich.

David J. Norris, Professor for material engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, received the ACS Nano Lectureship Award 2017.