May 2024
New Professor for the Institute for Building Materials
At its meeting on 22 and 23 May 2024, the ETH Board appointed numerous new professors at the request of ETH President Joël Mesot, including Professor Ueli Angst for the Institute of Building Materials at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.
When stones start rolling
The landslide in Brienz (GR) in 2023 kept Switzerland on tenterhooks for weeks. Researchers from ETH Zurich, WSL and SLF used a model to provide a highly accurate blind prediction of where the sliding mass would come to rest. D-BAUG Professor Johan Gaume explains how the model works and where its limitations lie.
Oxara wins two renowned investors
The ETH spin-off Oxara, which emerged from D-BAUG in 2019, announces the successful completion of its pre-series A financing round. With the aim of advancing the circular economy and reducing CO2 emissions in the construction industry, Oxara has reached a significant milestone with this capital injection and added two new investors to its circle. Congratulations!
“Humans and machines work together to find better solutions”
Bernd Bickel conducts research at the interface between the digital and real world. The ETH professor works with augmented reality, machine learning and interactive design tools. He has been awarded a technical Oscar for his work.
Medical Engineering block course wins prize for innovative teaching
Medical students at ETH Zurich build a gripper hand for elbow exoskeletons in a crash course lasting just one week. This course has now been honoured with the 2024 Kite Award, the ETH prize for particularly innovative teaching.