Mechanics & Materials News
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.
Helen Le Clézio successfully defends her PhD Thesis

We are proud to announce that on August 29, 2024, Helen Le Clézio successfully defended her PhD dissertation, titled Efficient Computational Modeling of Hyperelastic Beam Networks.
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".