Our Team

Head

Andreas Taras

Prof. Dr. Andreas Taras
 
 
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Administrative Staff

Eva Renger

Eva Renger
Administration
 
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Postdoctoral Researchers

Andreas Müller

Dr. Andreas Müller
Ph.D., ETH Zürich, CH
 
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Patrick Studer

Dr. Patrick Studer
Ph.D., ETH Zürich, CH
 
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Vlad Silvestru

Dr. Vlad Silvestru
Ph.D, TU Graz, AT

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Valentino Vigneri

Dr. Valentino Vigneri
Ph.D., University of Luxembourg, LU
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PhD Students

Stefan Martinolli

Stefan Martinolli
M.Sc., ETH Zürich, CH
 
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Robin Steinmetz

Robin Steinmetz
M.Sc., ETH Zürich, CH
 
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Michael Mayrhofer

Michael Mayrhofer
M.Sc., TU Graz, AT
 
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Lecturers & Academic Guests

Fernando Ortiz

Fernando Ortiz Quintana
M.Sc. UPM, ES
Lecturer and Program Coordinator 
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Michal Ganobjak

Dr. Michal Ganobjak
Ph.D., Slovak University of Technology, SK
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Former Team Members

Alessandro Gobbato

Alessandro Gobbato
Scientific assistant  |  November 2023 - May 2025

Zhikang Deng

Zhikang Deng
Doctoral student  |  October 2020 - March 2025
Doctoral thesis  |  Reinforcing glass elements with adhesively bonded Fe-SMA

Robert Kroyer

Robert Kroyer
Doctoral student  |  October 2019 - March 2025
Doctoral thesis  |  Development and validation of component-based finite element models for shallow floor composite beams

Morena Giulieri

Morena Giulieri
Scientific assistant  |  September 2023 - February 2025

Niels Pichler

Niels Pichler
Doctoral student  |  XX - December 2024
Doctoral thesis  |  Mixed-mode failure of adhesively bonded iron-based shape memory alloy joints

Fangxia Lu

Fangxia Lu
Postdoctoral researcher  |  September 2019 - December 2024

Chen Hui

Chen Hui
Academic guest

Samuel Garcia

Samuel Garcia
Scientific assistant

Vera Löhle

Vera Löhle
Administrative assistant

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