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Recent news articles at the Institute for Geotechnical Engineering
ETH Zurich ranked 2nd worldwide in Civil & Structural Engineering
The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich is one of the best in the world: in the latest QS World University Rankings 2025, ETH is ranked second in Civil & Structural Engineering, marking a steady rise from 9th place in 2021.
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.