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Recent news articles at the Institute for Geotechnical Engineering
ETHZ Geotechnical Centrifuge Center Inauguration event
On Friday 17th January 2025 the Inauguration event of the ETH Zurich Geotechnical Centrifuge Centre (GCC) took place in the Hönggerberg campus...
Spinning for science
Planning and building Europe’s largest capacity geotechnical centrifuge took seven years. Now, after one and a half years of operation, its official inauguration is finally being celebrated at the Hönggerberg campus. And it’s no coincidence that this is happening today.
Environmental Geotechnics Prize 2023
Prof. Dr. Alexander Puzrin - Paper: Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy
ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talk Episode 12: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (TC104)
The twelfth episode of International Interactive Technical Talk has just been launched and is supported by TC104. Prof. Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Prof. Cristina Tsuha and Dr. Federico Pisano are discussing with Dr. Marc Ballouz about Physical Modelling in Geotechnics.
The Big Blue
The research centrifuge with the highest capacity in Europe has been in operation at the ETH Hönggerberg campus since June 2023. It’s being used to investigate the effects of earthquakes and floods on buildings, bridges and dams. A visit with Professor Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Head of the Geotechnical Centrifuge Center at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.