Mechanics & Materials News
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.