The Golden Tricycle Award
Award for family-friendly supervisors
The Golden Tricycle was until 2016 an accolade awarded to team leaders who enable their team members to reconcile work and family life. The award was launched in 2007 by the Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich, AVETH, and the Office of Equal Opportunities.
Awardees
2016 Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hurni
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hurni, Associate Professor of Cartography at the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Download Laudatory speech (PDF, 125 KB) (German only) by Arik Jung, president of the AVETH
Portrait in ETH News [29.08.16]
2015 Prof. Dr. Ralph Schlapbach
external page Prof. Dr. Ralph Schlapbach, Head of Functional Genomics Center Zürich at the Department of Biology
Download Laudatory speech (PDF, 8 KB) (German only) by Dr. Ima Avalos Vizcarra, board member of AVETH
Portrait in ETH News [16.12.15]
2014 Prof. Dr. Stefano Brusoni
Prof. Dr.StefanoBrusoni, Professor of technology and innovation management at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics.
Laudatory speech (PDF, 255 KB) (German only) by Lars Büthe, president of the Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich (AVETH)
2013 Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lohmann
Prof. Dr. Ulirke Lohmann, Professor for Experimental Atmospheric Physics in the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
Download Laudatory Speech (PDF, 13 KB) (German only) by Martin Sack, board member of AVETH
Article about the award ceremony in ETH News [13.12.13]
2012 Prof. Dr. Peter Bühlmann
Prof. Dr. Peter Bühlmann, Professor of Mathematics at the Seminar for Statistics at the Department of Mathematics
Laudatory speech,(German only) by Martin Sack, board member of AVETH
2011 Prof. Dr. Ludwig Gauckler
Prof. Dr. Ludwig J. Gauckler, Professor Emereritus for Non-Metallic Materials at the Department of Materials
Laudatory speech (PDF, 68 KB) (German only) by Elke Schaper, board member of AVETH
2010 Dr. Giorgio Broggi und Prof. Dr. Klaus Ensslin
Dr. Giorgio Broggi, Head of ITS Software Services and Prof. Dr. Klaus Ensslin, Professor of Solid-State Physics ath the Department of Physics
Laudatory speech (PDF, 38 KB) (German only) by Elke Schaper, board member of AVETH
2009 Prof. Dr. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren
Prof. Dr. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Laudatory speech (PDF, 28 KB) (German only) by Roman Kappeler, president of AVETH
2008 Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart
Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart, Professor of Autonomous Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering and Vice President Research and Corporate Relations in the Executive Board of ETH Zürich
Laudatory speech (PDF, 13 KB) (German only) of ETH president Prof. Dr. Ralph Eichler
2007 Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann
Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Professor of Grassland Sciences in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
Laudatory speech (PDF, 67 KB) (German only) by Anke Neumann, president of AVETH