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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed the first technology that is able to recognise biomarkers in menstrual blood – directly in sanitary towels. MenstruAI promises a simple, non-invasive method for recording health data in everyday life.

Elena Totter, a Master's graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) at ETH Zurich, has received the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation Student Award for her Master's thesis.

At the meeting on 21st and 22nd May 2025, the ETH Board appointed two female and four male professors at the request of ETH President Joël Mesot. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor" three times and the title of "Professor of Practice" twice.

By 2050, the aim is for Switzerland’s energy system to be decarbonised and no longer reliant on nuclear power. How this can be achieved and the costs of doing so are set out in a new report by a Swiss research consortium involving researchers from ETH Zurich, the universities of Geneva and Bern, EPFL, WSL, and ZHAW.

Around 100 Bachelor’s students from the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering have spent two semesters working on their Focus projects in 11 teams. They will present the results of their projects on 28 May.

New smart textiles developed by researchers at ETH Zurich use acoustic waves and glass fibres to help make precise measurements. They are light, breathable and inexpensive, and offer great potential for medicine, sports and everyday life.

Aldo Steinfeld, a pioneer in synthetic fuels, retires at the end of July 2025. This provides a compelling reason to present a portrait of the engineer and to find out how you can fill up your fuel tank with sun. 

An interdisciplinary research team from Bern and Zurich has developed a method to clean urinary stents and catheters non-invasively – through the skin and without surgery – using ultrasound-activated microstructures.

The focus projects MONKEE and ReefRanger will each receive CHF 10,000 from the Sustainability Fund of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). 

The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering has awarded Nicolas Bartzsch the “Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award” for the fall semester of 2024, recognizing his dedication to the Bachelor's course “Control Systems I”.

Stefan Leutenegger has been appointed Associate Professor of Mobile Robotics in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. Starting on 1 April 2025, the 42-year-old will return to his alma mater, ETH Zurich, bringing with him extensive expertise in aerial robotics and AI.

Kent Warren has been appointed Professor of Solar Energy Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering. The 32-year-old is an expert in exploiting solar energy with the aid of thermochemical processes and co-founder of OMC Thermochemistry, a startup company focused on producing green hydrogen from water and sustainable heat sources. He will take up his position on 1 April 2025.

Noémie Martin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at ETH Zurich, wants to enhance the performance of industrial parts while reducing their environmental impact. She explores how to strategically combine different metal alloys in additive manufacturing processes. 

Antonio Gasós, a doctoral student at the Separation Processes Laboratory within the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has received the Inflection Award for his research on CO₂ storage in mineral materials.

In a total of 16 disciplines, the university ranks among the 10 best in the world. These are the latest results of the QS World University Rankings according to subject.

George Haller, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has been honoured with the 2025 Lyapunov Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Una Trivanovic, a former doctoral student at the Particle Technology Laboratory under Professor Sotiris Pratsinis, has been awarded the GAeF PhD Award by the Association for Aerosol Research (GAeF) for her outstanding doctoral thesis.

This year's Energy Summer School provides an opportunity to explore the energy transition and its technical, societal and (geo)political dimensions in an increasingly complex and uncertain global context.

ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound. For the first time, they have visualised how tiny liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate the cell membrane enabling the drug uptake.