Lab News & Events
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.
Welcome to our new Postdoc!
The M&M Group is excited to welcome Dr. Claire Griesbach as a new postdoctoral researcher.
Doctoral Position at EMPA
EMPA in Thun is searching for a PhD Student in the field of Biomimetic Metamaterials.
Congratulations to Roman Indergand for defending his PhD thesis
On April 6, 2023 Roman Indergand successfully passed his PhD defense "Finite-Temperature Phase-Field Investigation of Switching Kinetics in Ferroelectric Ceramics". All the best for your future, Dr. Indergand!