D-BAUG Spotlight Seminar Series
The D-BAUG Gender and Diversity Commission (GDK) is pleased to announce the launch of a new seminar series that aims to bring highly successful and prominent female academics to ETH Zurich. It features women in engineering who are addressing key challenges of today. The first event on 27 September 2023 will focus on challenges in environmental engineering, the second event on 16 November on civil engineering challenges. Join us for this public event! Registration is requested, see details below.
27 September, 17:30-19:00
Drought in the Anthropocene
Dr. Anne van Loon
Associate Professor in Drought Risk, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wood in rivers: hazards and benefits
Dr. Isabella Schalko
Junior Group Leader (SNSF Ambizione Fellow), Institute of Fluid Dynamics, ETH Zurich and Research Affiliate, Nepf Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, MIT.
Program
17.30 - 18.00 Seminar and Q&A with Dr. Anne van Loon
18.00 - 18.30 Seminar and Q&A with Dr. Isabella Schalko
18.30 - 19.00 Panel discussion with speakers and D-BAUG students
19.00 - 20.00 Apéro
Please external pageregister here
16 November, 17:30-19:00
The future of mobility: the quest for smart and sustainable transportation systems
Dr. Maria Laura Delle Monache
Assistant professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
Seismic and blast loading on underground structures
Dr. Stavroula Kontoe
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Patras Greece.
Program
17.30 - 18.00 Seminar and Q&A with Dr. Maria Laura Delle Monache
18.00 - 18.30 Seminar and Q&A with Dr. Stavroula Kontoe
18.30 - 19.00 Panel discussion with speakers and D-BAUG students
19.00 - 20.00 Apéro
Please external pageregister here
The seminar series will take place at ETH Hönggerberg, HCI G3. More details about the invited speakers can be found on the GDK website.