MTEC News Archive

A textbook that puts the energy transition front and centre – and makes it freely available to anyone in the world. D-MTEC Professor Massimo Filippini has been honoured with a top international award for exactly that achievement.

There is research driven by curiosity, and research driven by care. George Boateng's work has always leaned toward the latter. Growing up in Ghana, he got curious not just about technology, but about people: what they needed, and how technology could actually change that.

Today, he is a Lecturer at D-MTEC, Founding Director of ETH's AI4Impact Lab, and CEO of an AI start-up serving thousands across Africa. One question has followed him the whole way: « who is this technology actually for? »

Two coffee machines, one theft, and a rougher-than-expected start: new Assistant Professor Tu Ni's first weeks at D-MTEC read like a case study in trust and decision-making — his own research field.

The MTEC Foundation has awarded funding to two pioneering research
projects at the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics. These grants highlight DMTEC’s commitment to shaping a future in which AI and virtual reality enhance human decision-making and well-being.

Jan Flückiger from ETH Zurich’s Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) has been honoured with the REHAU Prize for his groundbreaking master’s thesis on water management in supply chains.

Electric vehicles (EVs) play a crucial role in building cleaner and greener cities. But to unlock their full potential, the way we use and supply electricity must also change. The key question: Are our power grids and communities ready for the electric mobility revolution?

Researchers at D-MTEC have secured an SNSF grant to investigate how the use of internal AI systems influences strategy processes, organisational design, and hierarchy within companies. 

An exchange with Dr. Ann-Kristin Weiser, Senior Researcher at D-MTEC ETH Zurich.

By Stéphanie Hegelbach