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The D-ITET Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL) was successfully accepted to receive an ESA Idea project grant for the groundbreaking initiative "Energy-aware infrastructure-free localization for robotic swarms on lunar south pole missions."

As of 1 September 2023, Ueli Koch has joined D-​ITET as educational devoloper and lecturer. In his function, he will be the contact person in the department for issues in the area of teaching.

Prof. Luca Benini has been honored with the Dandelion Award 2023. The award recognises professors for their outstanding commitment to promoting entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and beyond.

The SRF science editorial team discusses the Nobel Prizes in medicine, physics and chemistry. In a visit to the lab of Prof. Vanessa Wood, they learn more about the key technology of quantum dots, for which Moungi Bawendi from MIT received the Nobel prize 2023.  

At yesterday’s Departemental Conference, the newly established "Best BSc Thesis Award" was granted for the first time to three outstanding Bachelor’s students at D-ITET. It was handed over to the laureates Jan Brändle, Jente Clarysse, and Zhenrong Lang by the prize donors Christophe Beaud, CEO and his wife Danette Beaud, COO of Peoplefone. The donation also supports flagship projects within the Center for Project-Based Learning D-ITET (PBL).

On 4 October, the traditional "Spaghettiplausch" took place for first-semester female students* at D-ITET and their female mentors* . In the "Commihalle", there was a lively exchange between the first-year students* and the students* from higher semesters. Prof. Gabriela Hug shared experiences from her own studies with the students. The annual event is organised by the student association LIMES, Women* in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich.