News
Federico Somaini Honored with the 2024 Gruner Geotechnics Award
Gruner has presented its Geotechnics Award at ETH Zurich for the second time. This year, the award was bestowed upon Federico Somaini for his groundbreaking research on the behavior of landslides during earthquakes.
Marc Kohler received the award for excellent doctoral theses
Thesis: Effects of Earthquakes on the Mechanics of Active Landslides (Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Puzrin).
Portrait - Prof. Alexander Puzrin - Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Course
Congratulations to Prof. Alexander Puzrin
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
ETH Medal for Master Thesis to Tinet Ruch
Tinet Ruch was awarded the ETH Medal for his Master Thesis.
Recipient of the 3rd Heinrich Hatt-Bucher Prize
Mengyuan Zeng - Recipient of the 9th Pursuit of Excellence Award
Top three postgraduate students, Tongji University
ETH Medal for Master Thesis to Yannick Jäggi
Recipient of the 2nd Heinrich Hatt-Bucher Prize
ICE Publishing Award: Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya award
A.M. Puzrin
"Landslide influence zone - a hidden hazard"
Journal: Géotechnique
Volume 71, Issue 9, September 2021, pp. 781-794
Awards
SGEB-Master-Prize 2021 to David Hodel
David Hodel has been awarded the 2021 SGEB-Master-Prize for his Master Thesis "Seismic slope analysis with MPM (Material Point Method) – A case study at Lago di Luzzone"
Awards
ETH Silver Medal to Urias Morf
Urias Morf was awarded the Silver Medal of ETH Zürich for his Master Thesis "Optimisation of Network Tied-Arch Bridges - Arch Shape, Network Pattern and Density"
Awards
ETH Medal to Andreas Stöcklin
Andreas Stoecklin has been awarded the ETH Medal for his Doctoral Thesis "Sedimentation, Seismic Triggering and Post-failure Evolution of Submarine Landslides"
Culmann Prize to Julien Alberto Louis Gallacchi
Julien Alberto Louis Gallacchi has been awarded the 2020 Culmann-Prize for his Master Thesis
"Particle Scale Study on the Stress State in Wall Backfills"
ETH Silver Medal to Michelle Stucker
Michelle Lea Stucker was awarded the Silver Medal of ETH Zürich for her Master Thesis "Micro-Mechanical Modelling of Shear Zones in Granular Materials"
Culmann Prize to Jan Elias Attinger
Jan Elias Attinger has been awarded the 2019 Culmann-Prize for his Master Thesis
"A Study on Impact InducedVibrations in Sandy Soils"
Alexander Puzrin: ALERT Research Medal 2019
Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education Research and Technology.
Awards
ICE Publishing Award: David Hislop Award
A.M. Puzrin, T.E. Gray, A.J. Hill
"Retrogressive shear band propagation and spreading failure criteria for submarine landslides"
Journal: Géotechnique
Volume 67, Issue2, February 2017, pp. 95-105
Awards
SGEB-Master-Prize 2017 to Marc Kohler
Marc Kohler has been awarded the 2017 SGEB-Master-Prize for his Master Thesis "Seismic behaviour of creeping landslides at the flanks of water reservoirs"
Awards
Culmann-Prize to Simon Hug and Christian Buss
Simon Hug has been awarded the 2016 Culmann-Prize for his Master Thesis
"Soil-Structure Interaction in Creeping Landslides"
Christian Buss has been awarded the 2016 Culmann-Prize for his Master Thesis
"Post-failure evolution of submarine landslides"
Term as Géotechnique editor ends
With the end of 2014, Prof. Puzrin's term of three years as the Honorary Editor of Géotechnique, the oldest and most prestigious international geotechnical journal, came to an end.
Two awards from the Institution of Civil Engineers
Great honours for the Geomechanics group: The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE, London, UK) awarded the 2013 George Stephenson Medal for the second-best paper across more than 30 journals published by the ICE to Alexander Puzrin and Andreas Schmid, and the 2013 Geotechnical Research Medal for the best geotechnical paper published by the ICE to Alexander Puzrin, John Burland and Jamie Standing.
Golden Owl 2013 to Alexander Puzrin
Professor Puzrin received one of the 2013 Golden Owls. The award was initiated by the students association of ETH Zurich, VSETH and honours lecturers who have provided exceptional teaching. This is the second Golden Owl for Prof. Puzrin, after having received the award already in 2009.