MaP Graduate Symposium

The MaP Graduate Symposium & MaP Award Final is an annual event for the ETH Materials and Processes community. Originally organised by the MRC and MaP, it is now hosted by MaP Doctoral School. Each year, around 180 people attend the symposium, showcasing their research and networking across departments.

Download Save the date (ICS, 42 KB): The next MaP Graduate Symposium will take place on Thursday, 19 June 2025 at ETH Zentrum.

Recap MaP Graduate Symposium 2024

MaP Graduate Symposium announcement poster

The 19th annual meetup of the ETH Materials and Processes community is history!

On 20 June 2024, the 19th edition of the MaP Graduate Symposium & MaP Award Final was held at ETH Zentrum. This annual event showcased the innovative research of doctoral students across ten MaP departments, fostering a vibrant exchange of ideas and collaboration.

Download Symposium Booklet (download) (PDF, 5.8 MB)
Download Programme (download) (PDF, 373 KB)

The event kicked off at Audi Max with opening remarks, followed by several sessions where doctoral students showcased their cutting-edge research. The organising committee selected fourteen students for 10-minute presentations, while another 48 students had the opportunity to pitch their posters in a one-minute format—a new approach that was well-received by the 200 participants. These pitches provided an overview of the posters displayed downstairs in the main hall. The symposium also featured an image gallery and a delightful buffet, encouraging interactive discussions among attendees.

The day wrapped up with presentations from industry partners Pilatus Aircraft and BASF, innovative transdisciplinary idea pitches (won by Nadia Enrriquez and Natascha Gray, D-MATL), and the election of the new MaP student representative, Yifan Cui (D-MAVT).

Congratulations to all the winners!

MaP Award 2024: Dr. Thaylan Pinheiro Araújo

MaP Best Image Prize: Štefan Stanko, D-MATL

MaP Poster Awards:

MaP Best Poster Award: Andrea Veciana, D-MAVT
Second Best MaP Poster: Robert O. Kindler, D-BAUG
Third Best MaP Poster: Xiulin Chen, D-BAUG
MaP People’s Poster Award: Andrea Veciana, D-MAVT

Industry Poster Prizes:

Pilatus Poster Prize: Nikolaus Porenta, D-MATL
BASF Sustainability Poster Prize: Christopher Dreimol, D-BAUG
Avantama Commercialisation Potential Award: Manuel Reiter, D-MAVT
Geistlich Regeneration Poster Prize: Andrea Rich, D-MATL

MaP Mastermind 2024: Luca Vigliotti, D-MATL

Novel transdisciplinary idea: Communication2Ways by Nadia Enrriquez and Natascha Gray (D-MATL)

MaP Student Representative 2024/24: Yifan Cui (D-MAVT)

Logos Pilatus, BASF, Sensirion, Geistlich, and Avantama

Organising Committee 2025

Karen Antorveza (D-ARCH)
Johanna Byloff (D-MATL)
Medhat Elmorsy (D-BAUG)
Judith Gómez Cuyàs (D-MATL)
Ines Kraeim (D-MAVT)
Hekun Kuang (D-MATL)
Luca Marin (D-MATL)
Mélanie Rouèche (D-BAUG)
Simon Scherrer (D-MATL)
Dan Vivas Glaser (D-BAUG)
Josephine Baer (MaP)
Klara Berg (MaP)
Barbara Lau (MaP)

Previous MaP Graduate Symposia

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