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Florian Dörfler develops algorithms that keep our power grids stable using mathematics and, as he says, a strong willingness to take risks. He has now been awarded the Rössler Prize, the most prestigious honour for young professors at ETH Zurich.

The D-ITET- and Empa-spin-off BTRY has received the Venture Award in the category Industrials and Engineering. The company develops high-performance solid-state batteries.

Maitraya Desai is a doctoral student in the Power Systems Laboratory, researching at the intersection of power systems, power electronics and control. In this interview, he explains a novel control approach for grid-forming converters that could enhance the stability of future power grids, especially with high penetration of renewable energy sources.

ETH alumni Moritz Lechner and Felix Mayer have founded Sensirion, an internationally successful company. Now the two physicists look back. What has remained of their education at one of the best universities in the world?

In 2019, ETH Zurich launched one of the world’s first Master’s degrees in Quantum Engineering. Since then, interest in the programme has soared – and its first graduates are already making their mark in industry.

Prof. Dr. Fook-Choe Cheah from the Department of Paediatrics of the National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia-UKM) has joined D-ITET for an 11-week research stay, supported by a fellowship from the Basel Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH).

The QuadrupETH team from the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL) claimed first place in the Quadruped Robot Challenges at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) held in Atlanta.

Between 2 und 6 June, 20 high school students from German-speaking Switzerland explored our Department as part of the ETH Studienwoche. They gained insights into various areas of application in electrical engineering and built their own drones with guidance from the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL).

The group of Prof. Luca Benini, head of the Digital Circuits and Systems group of the Integrated Systems Laboratory, has received both the Best Paper Award and the Best Poster Award at the 22nd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (CF'25) in Cagliari.