معرفی
Prof. David Kammer is an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) at ETH Zurich's Institute for Building Materials (IfB), part of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (DBAUG). His research focuses on understanding mechanical failure across scales, integrating computational models, experiments, and theoretical frameworks. Key areas include material fracture, earthquake mechanics, 3D-printed materials, and biological systems.
Education: B.Sc. (2008) and M.Sc. (2010) in Civil Engineering from EPFL, PhD (2014) in Mechanics from EPFL. Postdoctoral roles at Bern University of Applied Sciences and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Joined Cornell University (2016) before moving to ETH Zurich (2019). Awarded SNSF Starting Grant (2022) for meta-interfaces research.
Research interests span nano-to-macro mechanical failure, including fracture mechanics of soft/3D-printed materials, earthquake nucleation dynamics, and architected material optimization. His work bridges material behavior with catastrophic system-level failure.
Awards and grants include the SNSF Starting Grant. Active in teaching with courses on computational material mechanics and civil engineering materials.
Labs/Teams: Leads research groups in computational mechanics and interdisciplinary failure analysis at ETH Zurich.
