The MaP Doctoral School of ETH Zurich provides topclass international doctoral education in advanced materials, processes and manufacturing technologies.
ETH Sabbatical | CAS Advanced Materials and Processes
The tailor-made continuing education programme CAS ETH in Advanced Materials and Processes (CAS ETH AMaP) individually and specifically promotes the competence profile of industry specialists.
Advanced Materials Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum
Professors from D-MATL have curated a Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum on the topic of “Advanced Materials”. World experts are yearly contacted by the WEF to produce interactive maps on specific topics of societal and technological importance and to illustrate their global connectivity.
The Department of Materials at ETH Zurich hosted this year’s Materials Day under the theme “Materials for Energy.” Eight invited speakers gave exciting insights into current research topics related to energy and sustainability to an interested audience of students, professors and other guests from industry and academia in the Audi Max lecture hall.
The Prix Schläfli, awarded by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), is one of the oldest prizes in Switzerland and rewards outstanding dissertations in the natural sciences since 1866. Bestowed every three years, the Prix Schläfli in Physics goes this year to advances in the control of ferroelectric order using light.
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has awarded ETH Zurich Materials scientist, Nicola Spaldin, the Carus Medal 2024 for her outstanding research work. The award will be presented on 22 May 2025 in Schweinfurt, Germany.
For the first time, ETH Zurich Materials Scientists are measuring the rolling friction of tiny, micrometre-sized particles. These measurements permit them to better understand everyday products such as concrete.
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin with Marcel Benoist Prizewinner Nicola Spaldin (Copyright: Daniel Rihs, picture taken on behalf of the SNSF)
Nicola Spaldin, head of Materials Theory group, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for her outstanding research into multiferroic materials. Read more
