2005

Prof. Peter Uggowitzer receives the Golden Owl 2005 for his rhetoric talent and very enthusiastic type of lectures. He can inspire the students for the subject; important things are visually explaind to make the topic easier to understand.

The Royal Military College of Canada has bestowed an honorary doctorate on the Empa’s Deputy Director, Prof. Urs Meier, the first such award to an Empa staff member for 38 years.

Dawn Bonnell has been awarded the Staudinger Durrer Prize in recognition of her pioneering research in the area of nanometer-scale phenomena of complex materials.

Empa is celebrating its 125th anniversary. At the official ceremony, on 24 June 2005, the Emap awarded the first time the Mirko-Roš-Award for excellence in materials science and engineering.

Prof. E. Arzt, Prof. H. Gao, Dr. S. Gorb from the MPI for Metals Research, Stuttgart and Prof. R. Spolenak jointly received the `Wissenschaftspreis des Stifterverbandes 2005` on June 23rd for their work on natural adhesive micro and nanostructures and their biomimetic artificial counterparts.

Touring 150 Years of ETH History.

At the annual meeting of the German Society for Materials selected persons are honored for their outstanding achievements in the area of materials science. Jörg F. Löffler is the recipient of the Masing Memorial Prize 2004, to be presented in May 2005.

At the annual meeting of the German Society for Materials selected persons are honored for their outstanding achievements in the area of materials science. Jörg F. Löffler is the recipient of the Masing Memorial Prize 2004, to be presented in May 2005.