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A fabric’s physical properties, such as its wettability and porosity, affect the stain left behind by an impacting droplet. How can forensic scientists decipher meaning from the shapes of these stains? Researchers have developed an approach to blood droplet analysis that can help investigate crime scenes.

Teaching assistants make a valuable contribution to the teaching activities at ETH Zurich. The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering honors the excellent performances with the “Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award”, which is now awarded for the second time and includes a monetary prize of CHF 500. The award for the fall semester 2020 goes to the Master’s students Rahel Rickenbach (“Regelungstechnik I” lecture) and Christian Miklautz (“Analysis I” lecture).

Researchers at the ETH Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering have explored how flying can become more climate friendly. They have developed a method to calculate the CO₂ emissions of air travel. Their current focus lies on estimating the future cost of renewable jet fuel.

Jan van den Broek, doctoral student at the Particle Technology Laboratory of Professor Sotiris Pratsinis at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, received the Best Poster Award at the 2021 Conference on Chemical Sensors for Wearable Devices.

BernerZeitung, Prof. Horst-Michael Prasser

Blick.ch, Prof. Roland Siegwart

After receiving the 2020 Research Award from the Swiss Society for Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Xiaopu Wang now has been appointed adjunct assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and associate researcher at the AIRS.

Tian-Yun Huang, postdoctoral researcher with Professor Bradley Nelson at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, has been appointed assistant professor at Peking University, Department of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics.