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On Friday 17th January 2025 the Inauguration event of the ETH Zurich Geotechnical Centrifuge Centre (GCC) took place in the Hönggerberg campus...

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 Institute for Geotechnical Engineering (IGT) of ETH Zurich is hosting the fall conference of the Swiss Geotechnical Society (GS) on the topic "Research and Innovation in Geotechnics". Read more...

Prof. Dr. Johan Gaume of the Chair of Alpine Mass Movements of IGT received the 2023 Early Career Scientist Award of the IUGG in Glaciology. Read more...

The ETHZ Geotechnischer Weiterbildungstag 2023 took place on May 25, and was attended by participants from the industry and the academia. Read more...

UPDATE: Due to health reasons the Inivited Lecture of Prof. Dr. Raul Fuentes is postponed to a later date, which will be announced in due time. Read more...

Vulnerability assessment and damage mitigation for existing infrastructure Schwachstellenbewertung und Schadensbegrenzung für bestehende Infrastruktur 25 May 2023 Werner Siemens Auditorium (HIT E 51), ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Read more...

It was a great pleasure for the ETH Chair of Geotechnical Engineering to host this year’s annual GEOLAB Networking Event along with the annual ELGIP (European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform) Workshop. Read more...

The ETH Chair of Geotechnical Engineering of ETH Zürich proudly announces that the 11th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG) will be hosted in Zurich, Switzerland in 2026. Read more...

The ETH Chair of Geotechnical Engineering of ETH Zürich actively participated in the 10th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics in Daejeon, South Korea. Read more...

We are happy to share that the paper titled “On the mechanisms governing the response of pile groups under combined VHM loading” authored by Dr. Lampros Sakellariadis and Prof. Ioannis Anastasopoulos just got published. Read more...

It was a great pleasure for the Chair of Geotechnical Engineering to share GEOLAB with our fellow delegates at ICONHIC and the great opportunities it offers to aspiring young researchers. Read more...

Congratulations to Dr. Athanasios Agalianos for being awarded the Silver Medal of ETH Zurich, in acknowledgement of his outstanding doctoral thesis entitled “Strike-slip faulting and interaction with structures: a combined numerical and experimental study”

The vast majority of existing bridges were constructed in the 60’s and 70’s with obsolete seismic codes, calling for evaluation of seismic safety according to modern seismic design provisions. Read more...

Ageing infrastructure calls for retrofit, which can be challenging, costly, and time-​consuming, especially when considering pile groups supporting bridges. Read more...

Centrifuge experiments are considered ideal benchmarks when validating numerical models. However, such models are installed in (rigid or flexible) model containers. Read more...

A large number of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are (or will be) installed in high-seismicity areas. Practice urgently calls for efficient performance-based design techniques. Read more...

Rocking isolation has been shown to be beneficial. By allowing full mobilization of foundation bearing capacity, the plastic “hinge” is invited into the soil, protecting the superstructure. Read more...

Strike-slip faulting and its interaction with foundation-structure systems has received limited attention, due to the problem’s complexity and the need for 3D analysis. Read more...

Every year Treffpunkt Science City of ETH Zürich opens up laboratories to the general public. Read more...