D-MAVT News
All stories by Lina Scarborough
Stefano Moret receives ERC Grant
Stefano Moret, Ambizione Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for five years and 1.5 million euros. His research project, UNITES, aims to integrate uncertainties into energy and climate models in order to define a more reliable energy policy in the face of unforeseeable future scenarios. UNITES is hosted by the Energy & Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) laboratory, headed by Prof André Bardow.
Stanley Corrsin Award for George Haller
George Haller, Professor at the Institute for Mechanical Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, received the Stanley Corrsin Award 2023 by the American Physical Society (APS).
Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Prize 2023 for Iwan Hächler
Iwan Hächler has been awarded the "Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Prize 2023" by the Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network. He is a former doctoral student at Professor Dimos Poulikakos’ Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies.
ABB Research Award 2022
Anne Streb receives the ABB Research Award 2022 for her doctoral thesis "Low Carbon Hydrogen Production: Development of an Adsorption Process for H₂-CO₂ Co-Purification"
Microbubbles for medicine
Researchers from the Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare group of Professor Daniel Ahmed at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering have steered microbubbles through the bloodstream using acoustic signals in vivo. This method offers novel therapeutic options.
De Lorenzis elected Euromech Fellow
Laura De Lorenzis, Professor of Computational Mechanics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been elected as Solid Mechanics Fellow of the European Mechanics Society (Euromech).
Maria Lukatskaya listed as Highly Cited Researcher
Maria Lukatskaya, Professor of the Electrochemical Energy Systems Laboratory at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, is listed as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in 2021. The list is compiled by Clarivate's Institute for Scientific Information.
David Norris appointed as President of ETH Prize Committee
Prof. Dr. David Norris (D-MAVT) was elected President of the Prize Committee by the Executive Board of ETH Zurich. The commission advises the Executive Board on science prizes and proposes suitable ETH candidates for nomination for such prizes.
GAeF Award
Jan van den Broek, former doctoral student of ETH Professor Sotiris Pratsinis, received the GAeF PhD Award. This award is presented to young researchers for their excellent PhD theses by the Association for Aerosol Research (GAeF). The award ceremony took place during the 2021 virtual European Aerosol Conference, 30 August – 4 September in Birmingham, UK, which was attended by more than 700 registered participants.