Honors and prizes
ETH Medal and Willi Studer Prize 2025
As part of this year’s Master's graduation ceremony on 12 June 2025, the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT) honored the achievements of its graduates. Fourteen graduates were awarded the ETH Medal for their outstanding Master's theses, and five received the Willi Studer Prize for achieving the highest final grade.
Elena Totter receives Student Award from the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation
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.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for Nicolas Bartzsch
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”.
Antonio Gasós receives the 2025 Inflection Award
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.
George Haller receives the 2025 Lyapunov Award
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).