2020
Tom Emerson appointed to the Order of the British Empire
Prof. Tom Emerson, Department of Architecture, has been appointed to be Ordinary Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, a promotion for his?services to Architecture (together wir his partner Stephanie Macdonald, office 6a architects)?and to architectural Education?(ETH Zurich).
Georg von Krogh named Fellow of the European Academy of Management
Professor Georg von Krogh (D-MTEC) has been named a Fellow of the European Academy of Management (EURAM). He received this prestigious honour in recognition of his contribution to management research and education in Europe, and as a sign of appreciation for his contributions to the EURAM community.
Field trips turned on their head
Professor Torbj?rn Netland and his team (D-MTEC) have won the Bronze Award in the Virtual/Augmented Reality category of the 2020 Reimagine Education competition. Their project, FactoryVR, enables students to remotely explore production facilities.
Grand Hamdan Award for Brad Nelson
Brad Nelson, ETH Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), receives the Grand Hamdan International Award for his research on nanorobots for healthcare.
Olga Sorkine-Hornung and Torsten Hoefler receive 2 ERC Consolidator Grants
Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung (D-INFK) and Prof. Torsten Hoefler (D-INFK) have been honoured with 2 ERC Consolidator Grants for the outstanding work in their respective research field. Whereas Torsten Hoefler focuses on high-performance computing systems, Olga Sorkine-Hornung does research in the area of computer graphics.