SMM News
Living Mycelium as an Actively Probed Sensing Medium
In work led by Bao Zhao and Sophia Ganzeboom, we present a new approach to sensing with living materials. By actively interrogating living mycelium with controlled electrical inputs, the study establishes a robust, physics-based framework for characterizing signal propagation in bio-based sensing media—opening new pathways for sustainable structural health monitoring.
Great People, Great Energy: Celebrating the Year’s End at SMM
As 2025 came to a close, the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring gathered to celebrate a year of collaboration, creativity, and shared achievements.
Welcome to Zurich Xudong & Huangbin!
The Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring (SMM) at ETH Zurich welcomes Dr. Xudong Jian and Dr. Huangbin Liang, who transition from the Singapore–ETH Centre’s Future Resilient Systems (FRS) programme to continue their research at the chair in Zurich.
New Framework Enhances Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofit Planning for Electric Power Networks
A new study from the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zurich, in collaboration with Arts et Métiers and CNRS@CREATE, introduces a comprehensive probabilistic framework to evaluate and mitigate seismic risk in electric power systems.
We are Hiring | Doctoral Candidate position within the MSCA DIAMOND Doctoral Network
The Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zürich is excited to announce the opening of a fully funded Doctoral Researcher position as part of the new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network DIAMOND – Decentralized critical Infrastructure Asset Monitoring and coNDition assessment. We invite motivated candidates to join our team and contribute to cutting-edge research in decentralized SHM, sensing intelligence, and digital twins.
New Collaborative Master Thesis Opportunities at the Chair of Structural Mechanics & Monitoring
The Chair of Structural Mechanics & Monitoring (SMM) at ETH Zürich is pleased to announce three new Master Thesis topics for students interested in advancing the frontiers of structural health monitoring, reduced-order modeling, and physical computing. Developed in collaboration with leading research partners, these topics offer hands-on opportunities at the interface of mechanics, sensing, and machine learning.
New Physics-Informed GNN–Transformer Framework for Population-Based Modal Identification by Xudong Jian
Our new study introduces PiGNet, a physics-informed graph neural network and transformer architecture capable of unsupervised modal decomposition and identification across populations of structural systems. The work, led by Xudong Jian and published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, advances population-based SHM and the development of next-generation digital twins.
SMM Chair at YMSC × SECED Webinar
Members of the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Monitoring at ETH Zürich will take part in the upcoming YMSC × SECED lunchtime webinar, sharing recent advances in the integration of physics-based and data-driven approaches for the monitoring and digital twinning of wind energy infrastructure.
Wind Energy 2050 – Setting the Scene for the Future
Prof. Eleni Chatzi, President of the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE), contributed to the opening session of the Wind Energy 2050 Conference at Delft University of Technology, joining policy, industry, and research leaders in outlining the path toward a sustainable and circular wind energy future.
New Benchmark for Structural Health Monitoring: The Ponte Moesa Campagnola Bridge Dataset
A new publication in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering presents the Ponte Moesa Campagnola (PMC) benchmark — a unique, full-scale experimental campaign on a decommissioned Swiss highway bridge. The openly available dataset provides an invaluable test-bed for structural identification and damage detection (DD) research under controlled progressive damage scenarios.