Awards
2024
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).
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Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Alexander Puzrin
Whose paper was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Paper: How Small Slip Surfaces Evolve Into Large Submarine Landslides-Insight From 3D Numerical Modeling
2023
Environmental Geotechnics Prize 2023
Prof. Dr. Alexander Puzrin
Paper: Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy
Published in: Environmental Geotechnics
Awarded by: Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
2022
ICE Publishing Award: Overseas Prizes
Prof. Dr. Alexander Puzrin
Paper: Landslide influence zone - a hidden hazard
Journal: Géotechnique
Volume 71, Issue 9, September 2021, pp. 781-794
external page https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jgeot.15.P.078
Tinet Ruch: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich / Recipient of the 3rd Heinrich Hatt-Bucher Prize
Yannick Jäggi: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich / Recipient of the 2nd Heinrich Hatt-Bucher Prize
Mengyuan Zeng: Top three postgraduate students, Tongji University/ Recipient of the 9th Pursuit of Excellence Award
2021
David Hodel: SGEB-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Urias Morf: Silver Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2020
Julien Alberto Louis Gallacchi: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Andreas Stöcklin: ETH Medal for PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2019
Alexander Puzrin: ALERT Research Medal
Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education Research and Technology.
Michelle Lea Stucker: Silver Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Jan Elias Attinger: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2018
ICE Publishing Award: David Hislop Award.
A.M. Puzrin, T.E. Gray, A.J. Hill.
Paper: Retrogressive shear band propagation and spreading failure criteria for submarine landslides
Journal: Géotechnique
Volume 67 Issue 2, February, 2017, pp. 95-105
external page https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10.1680/jgeot.15.P.078
2017
Marc Kohler: SGEB-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2016
Alexander Puzrin: Fellow (by presidential invitation), Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
Christian Buss: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Simon Hug: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2015
Markus Schwager: Culmann-Prize for PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2014
Alexander Puzrin: Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK.
Andreas Stöcklin: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2013
Alexander Puzrin and Andreas Schmid: George Stephenson Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK.
Alexander Puzrin (together with John Burland and Jamie Standing): Geotechnical Research Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK.
Alexander Puzrin: Golden Owl (awards given by ETH students to those lecturers who had proved especially outstanding in their commitment during courses organised by their departments).
2012
Balz Friedli: Hatt-Bucher-Prize, Hatt-Bucher-Foundation, Zurich.
Alexander Puzrin: Honorary Editor and Chairman of the Géotechnique Advisory Panel, UK Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom.
2011
Michael Iten: Venture Leaders, Swissnex Boston.
Philipp Oberender: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Alexander Puzrin: Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowship, University of Western Australia, Australia.
2010
Frank Fischli: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Michelle Hagmann: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Michael Iten, Andreas Schmid, Dominik Hauswirth, Linard Cantieni and Erich Saurer: Venture 2010: Top 10 best business ideas, Venture 2010 (ETH, KTI, McKinsey & Company).
Michael Iten, Andreas Schmid, Dominik Hauswirth, Linard Cantieni and Alexander Puzrin: Venture 2010: Top 5 best business plan, Venture 2010 (ETH, KTI, McKinsey & Company).
Michael Iten, Andreas Schmid, Dominik Hauswirth and Alexander Puzrin: Venture Kick, Phase 1 and 2, Venture Kick Foundation.
Pascal Minder: Nachwuchspreis DTTG (Deutsche Ton- und Tonmineralgruppe).
2009
Florian Dieterle: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Michael Iten: Young Researchers Award, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, Kyoto.
Pascal Minder: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Pascal Minder: Willi-Studer Preis, ETH Zurich.
Alexander Puzrin: Golden Owl (awards given by ETH students to those lecturers who had proved especially outstanding in their commitment during courses organised by their departments).
2008
Dominik Hauswirth: Willi-Studer Preis, ETH Zurich.
Dominik Hauswirth: ETH Medal for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Carlo Rabaiotti: Second best paper and presentation, 19th European Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conference, Györ (Hungary).
Markus Rüttimann: Culmann-Prize for Master Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Markus Schwager: Hatt-Bucher-Preis, Hatt-Bucher-Foundation, Zurich.
2007
Alexander Puzrin: MTS Distinguished Visiting Professorship 2007, University of Minnesota, USA.
Jacqueline Tront: Outstanding Poster and presentation award, Latsis Symposium 2007: Research Frontiers in Environment and Stustainability, ETH Zurich.
2006
Erich Saurer: Culmann-Prize for Diploma Thesis, ETH Zurich.
Andreas Schmid: Culmann-Prize for Diploma Thesis, ETH Zurich.
2004
Alexander Puzrin: Geotechnical Research Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK.