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Students' information events

The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) regularly organizes information events to support their students to succeed in their studies. On this page you find the event dates and the newest presentations.

Upcoming events

Presentation events for individual focus projects 2025/26

  • NatureDrive: May 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m., ML J 34.3
  • Alsco, Swissloop, Beneath the Ice, Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, Formula Student Electric, CELLSIUS Project H₂: May 22, 2025, 3:30 p.m., IPZ Dübendorf
  • TONUS: May 27, 2025, 10:15 a.m., HG D 7.2
  • ORCA Humanoid: May 27, 2025, 4:30 p.m., CLA Glass Hall
  • AutoBike: May 27, 2025, 5:00 p.m., LEE J Floor
  • The Way of Water: May 28, 2025, 5:00 pm, ML K 40.1
  • Zephyr: May 28, 2025, 1:00 p.m., ML Foyer
  • Monobot: June 2, 2025, 3:00 p.m., LEE H Floor
  • DesignBONE: June 3rd, 3:00 p.m., GLC H 18
  • Firefighting Aerial Robotic Hose: June 3, 2025, 5:00 p.m., LEE H 203
  • AMFlux: June 5, 2025, 5:00 p.m., Technopark PFA L51

For your Bachelor's studies

Preparing students for their studies and meeting fellow students for the first time. Registration takes place after admission to the Bachelor's program in Mechanical Engineering.

The new Bachelor's students receive a brief overview of ETH Zurich and D-MAVT and how the Bachelor's program will proceed.

  • Date: first day of fall semester (Monday)
  • Target group: students starting their 1st semester

Download Presentation Welcome Day (Bachelor) 2024 (in German) (PDF, 5.9 MB)

The students receive useful advice on how to succeed in their first year of studies.

  • Date: October/November
  • Target group: students in the 1st semester

Download Presentation Erfolgreich@MAVT (PDF, 940 KB) 25.10.2023

Experts provide tips on how to deal with failure, what to look for when repeating, and what alternative paths to education and employment are available.

  • Date: first week of fall semester
  • Target group: students who did not pass the first-year exams on their first try

Download Presentation Block A und/oder Block B nicht bestanden 18.09.2024 (PDF, 3.4 MB)

Experts provide tips on how to deal with failure, what to look for when repeating, and what alternative paths to education and employment are available.

  • Date: end of February/beginning of March
  • Target group: students who did not pass the exam block 1 on their first try

Download Presentation of March 2, 2023 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

The professors or project supervisors presents the focus projects for 2025/26.

  • Target group: students in the 4th semester
  • 20 May 2025, 16.15-18.00, ETA F 5

Download Presentation Focus Projects 20.05.2025 (PDF, 1.9 GB)  

List of the HS 2025 / FS 2026 Focus Projects:

  1. Prof. Fuge – AIsco
  2. Prof. Bambach – AMFlux
  3. Prof. Siegwart – AutoBike
  4. Prof. Zeilinger – Beneath the Ice
  5. Prof. Onder – CELLSIUS Project H₂
  6. Prof. Qin / Prof. Müller – Designer Biomaterial Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration
  7. Prof. Leutenegger – Firefighting Aerial Robotic Hose
  8. Prof. Mohr – Formula Student Electric
  9. Prof. Snedeker – Innovative Surgical Technologies for Uterus Repair after C-Section
  10.  Prof. Hutter – Monobot
  11.  Prof. Mohr – NatureDrive
  12.  Prof. Katzschmann – ORCA Humanoid
  13.  Prof. Riener – Reactive Music Playlist Generator based on Neuro-Biofeedback
  14.  Prof. Meboldt – Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
  15.  Prof. De Lorenzis – Swissloop
  16.  Prof. D’Andrea – The Way of Water
  17.  Prof. Mazza – TONUS
  18.  Prof. Katzschmann / Prof. Meboldt – Zephyr

The professors of D-MAVT present their laboratory and its research focus. The aim is to support the Bachelor's students in their search for a Bachelor's thesis as well as in the choice of tutor for the Master's studies.

  • Date: November
  • Target group: Bachelor's students in the 5th semester

For your Master's studies

The new Master's students receive a brief overview of ETH Zurich and D-MAVT and how the Master's program will proceed.  

  • Date: first day of fall semester (Monday)
  • Target group: students starting their 1st semester

Download Presentation Welcome Day (Master) 16.09.2024 (PDF, 4.4 MB)

For an exchange semester

The students receive information on the opportunities for an exchange semester.

  • Date: October/November
  • Target group: Bachelor's students from the 5th semester and Master's students

Download Presentation Exchange 2024 (PDF, 698 KB)

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