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Marc Kohler received the award for excellent doctoral theses

Thesis: Effects of Earthquakes on the Mechanics of Active Landslides (Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Puzrin).

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Portrait - Prof. Alexander Puzrin - Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Course

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Congratulations to Prof. Alexander Puzrin

Top Downloaded Article

Whose paper was one of the most downloaded during the first 12 months of publication in:

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

"How Small Slip Surfaces Evolve Into Large Submarine Landslides - Insight From 3D Numerical Modeling"


New article in the ETH News - January 2024 edition

Brumadinho dam collapse: The danger emerged after the decommissioning
A study by Professor Alexander Puzrin and his team

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Editor’s Choice

The Paper: "Construction on Slow-Moving Landslides: Effects of Excavation on Neighboring Structures" - has been chosen as an Editor’s Choice selection. It is featured in the Announcements: Editor’s Choice section of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering page in the ASCE Library external page https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jggefk.

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental EngineeringVolume 149, Issue 9
Roman Hettelingh and Prof. Alexander M. Puzrin


A New Take on an old Mystery

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/10/djatlow-pass-mysterium-podcast.html

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/01/ein-neuer-blick-auf-ein-altes-raetsel.html

Johan Gaume & Alexander M. Puzrin

"Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959"
Communications Earth & Environment
volume 2, Article number: 10 (2021)

external page https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8


Events



Group excursion Vitznau 2024