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As of 1 August 2018, Prof. Vanessa Wood has taken over the Electronics Laboratory from Prof. Gerhard Tröster.

On 1 August, Prof. Taekwang Jang (*1983) has started as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Analogue and Mixed Signal Interfaces.

In May 2018 the MEST programme celebrated 10 successful years since its first students graduated. The celebration was held in Zurich with former and past faculty, students and friends of the programme.

D-ITET is proud that ETH Zurich is in the Top 3 in "Automation & Control" in the Academic Ranking of the World Universities. As the Automatic Control Laboratory is part of D-ITET, our department is an important contributor to this success.

Gregor Schuhknecht, doctoral student at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, was selected as one of 600 students world wide to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2018.

The OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, taking place from 2 to 5 July 2018 in Zurich, addressed the many aspects of photonic device research and development and their use in networks. D-ITET was proud to be a partner of this event, which was organized and headed by Prof. Juerg Leuthold.

The ETH board appointed two new professors at D-ITET: Dr Taekwang Jang as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Analogue and Mixed Signal Interfaces; and Professor Daniel Razansky, successor of Prof. Markus Rudin, as Full Professor of Biomedical Imaging.

David Menzi, PhD Student at the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory, has won the ETEL Prize 2018 for his Master Thesis "Design and Realization of a Fuel-Cell Powered High-Speed Motor Drive". He received the award during the Master Ceremony held on 22 June 2018.