Honors and prizes
ETH medals for outstanding doctoral theses
Seven doctoral students from the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering have been awarded the ETH Zurich Silver Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses. The awards were presented by Rector Günther Dissertori during the graduation ceremony on Friday, January 24, 2025, in the Paul Scherrer Lecture Hall at ETH Zurich.
Raffaello D’Andrea elected to Logistics Hall of Fame
Raffaello D’Andrea, ETH Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control, has been inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame. Together with Mick Mountz and Peter Wurman, he has revolutionized the “goods to person” concept.
National Prize for Open Research Data
Elizabeth Tilley, Professor of Global Health Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, and her team have been awarded the National ORD Prize 2024 by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences for their research project «openwashdata».
Prototypes for Humanity Award
The ANGIE research project was honored with the «Prototypes for Humanity Award» in the «Health» category. At the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab of the D-MAVT, Fabian Landers and his team are developing magnetically controlled microcapsules that precisely release drugs in the human body.
Highly Cited Researchers from D-MAVT
Maria Lukatskaya, Professor of Electrochemical Energy Systems, and André Bardow, Professor for Energy and Process Systems Engineering, have both been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers in 2024 by global information service provider Clarivate.