Lab News & Events
Celebrating Excellence: Jan-Hendrik Bastek wins SWICCOMAS PhD Thesis Award 2025

We are thrilled to share the great news that our team member, Dr. Jan-Hendrik Bastek, has been honored as one of the recipients of the SWICCOMAS PhD Thesis Award 2025!
Welcome New Talents to Our Team
We are excited to announce that our team is growing! Please join us in welcoming Emil and Tom, who bring fresh perspectives and exceptional skills to our research group.
Charles Dorn to become Assistant Professor

Charles Dorn, postdoctoral researcher at the Mechanics and Materials Laboratory under Professor Dennis Kochmann in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been appointed as Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
ETH Medal for Junyu Chen

Congratulations to Junyu Chen for receiving ETH Medal for his Master Thesis "Theoretical modelling and experimental investigation of 3D straw-based truss metamaterials".
Kannan and Karapiperis appointed professors

Konstantinos Karapiperis and Vignesh Kannan, both postdoctoral researchers in Professor Dennis Kochmann's lab at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, have been appointed professors.
Congratulations to Shashank Saxena for winning SWICCOMAS 2024 Poster Competition!

Our doctoral student, Shashank Saxena, recently won the best poster award in the SWICCOMMAS 2024 Poster Competition held at ETH Zurich on February 16th.
Modeling and characterizing ferroelectric materials across scales
Through multiscale simulations and many-scales-spanning experiments we explore the complex electro-mechanically behavior of ferroelectric ceramics.
Artificial intelligence for safer bike helmets and better shoe soles

Researchers have trained an artificial intelligence to design the structure of so-called metamaterials with desired mechanical properties for a wide range of applications.
Congratulations to Yannick Hollenweger for successfully defending his PhD Thesis

We are delighted to announce that Yannick Hollenweger successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on Wednesday, 22.11.2023. We would like to congratulate him warmly and wish him all the best for his future career!
New Doctoral Positions: Architected Materials
Over the next four years, the Mechanics and Materials Laboratory will investigate the mechanics of intertwined and straw-based architected materials - supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.