Bodies and Committees

The Department Conference is the highest governing body of the department and determines the department's scientific and academic strategy and orientation. The Department Conference nominates or elects the Department Executive Board and members of other bodies and committees, decrees the Download procedural rules (PDF, 145 KB) of the department and guidelines concerning the distribution of the budget. A detailed compilation of its duties and responsibilities can be found in the Organisationsverordnung of the ETH Zurich (Art. 46) and in the procedural rules.

Members:

• all full, associate and assistant professors of the department
• a total of two further representatives of the lecturers (titular professors, private lecturers and authorized teachers):
     Dr. L. Quentin
     Dr. M. Schmid Daners                

• a total of six representatives of the middle management of the department (assistants, research assistants and doctoral students):
  D. Biri
  M. Grasso
  M. Hosseinalipour
  R. Louis
  G. Pulver
  F. Püntener
  R. Büchner (Substitute)
  M. Escande (Substitute)
  C. Smid (Substitute)
  S. Bielefeldt (Substitute)

• a total of seven students and auditors of the department; all possible representatives can be found on the page of AMIV
  
• a total of two representatives of the technical and administrative staff of the department:
     C. Schürch
     C. Della Casa
  

• titular professors who are not already part of the Department Conference as representatives of the lecturers
• affiliated and accredited members of the department

The Professors' Conference is composed of all full, associate, assistant professors of the department, as well as accredited and affiliated professors of the department. The Professors' Conference can invite further parties as guests for specific agenda items.

The duties and responsibilities of the Professors' Conference are described in the Organisationsverordnung of the ETH Zurich (Art. 49) and in the Download procedural rules (PDF, 145 KB). They include proposals for the appointment and promotion of associate to full professors and for awarding the titles of professor and honorary doctorate. In addition, the Professors' Conference prepares subjects for the Department Conference and discusses teaching assignments with regard to staffing.

The Grading Conference is composed of all examiners involved in first year examinations and examination blocks, as well as one student observer.  

The Grading Conference usually takes place after a written examination session has finished. It assesses the performances in all examinations based on the proposals of the examiners and it is chaired by the Director of Studies.   

The Doctoral Committee is composed of at least three full, associate or assistant professors and is responsible for the admission of doctoral candidates, the approval of research plans and co-examiners as well as for the nominations for doctoral awards. Its members are elected by the Department Conference for a period of two years.

Members:

• Prof. Dr. F. Coletti
• Prof. Dr. L. De Lorenzis (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. D. Kochmann
• Prof. Dr. A. Manera
• Prof. Dr. D. J. Norris
• Prof. Dr. R. Siegwart
• Prof. Dr. A. Steinfeld

Delegate of Doctoral Affairs (Deputy Head of Department):

Prof. Dr. Laura De Lorenzis
ETH Zürich, CLA J 13
8092 Zürich

Consultation by appointment

The task of the Sustainability Commission is to set sustainability targets based on the best available data, to develop measures, and to monitor and report on the outcome of their implementation. The goals of those measures are:

• to reduce emissions and to improve sustainability;
• to improve our knowledge on the subject of sustainability;
• to promote exchange on sustainability issues within ETH.

Such measures should impact all areas (i.e., teaching, research, and operations) with the goal of reducing emissions significantly and measurably by 2030, as well as of fostering sustainability in a way that can benefit society.

Members:

• five representatives of the professors of the department
  Prof. Dr. A. Manera (lead)
  Prof. Dr. F. Coletti
  Prof. Dr. E. Mazza
  Prof. Dr. B. Nelson
  Prof. Dr. S. E. Pratsinis
  
• two representatives of the scientific staff
  C. Hemprich, M. Escande
• two student representatives
  T. Csokona, tbd
  
• two representatives of the administrative and technical staff of the department may also be part of the Sustainability Commission
  M. Egli
  

The Department Conference may expand the Sustainability Commission depending on the subject matter. Members of the faculty of the department as well as members of the scientific staff and students who are not members of D-MAVT can also be included in an advisory capacity.

An inclusive, diverse and equitable environment is nowadays essential for excellence in research and teaching. The goal of the EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Commission is to create an environment at D-MAVT for study and research where all people feel welcome and which allows them to flourish. The focus is on creating cultural and environment change; it is less about rules, processes or statistics.

Members:

• Kristina Shea (co-lead)
• Dirk Mohr (co-lead)

• Marie-Luce Baudelet
  
• Linda Brodnicke
• Filippo Coletti
• Inken De Wit
• Börte Emiroglu
• Silvia Häfliger
• Mercedeh Hosseinalipour
• Celine Labouesse
• Stefan Meyer
• Salvador Pané Vidal
• Julian Santen
• Marianne Schmid Daners
• Klara Subaric
• Mark Tibbitt
• Elizabeth Tilley
• Maddalena Velonà
• Melanie Zeilinger