Prof. Dr. David Kammer

Prof. Dr.  David Kammer

Prof. Dr. David Kammer

Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

ETH Zürich

Institut für Baustoffe (IfB)

HIF E 89.1

Laura-Hezner-Weg 7

8093 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

Prof. Kammer’s research focuses on the understanding and prediction of failure in a broad class of mechanical systems, materials, and structures. He combines cutting-edge scientific computing with tailored laboratory experiments and theoretical models to study various aspects of mechanical failure. These include the nano/micro-mechanics of material damage, multiphysical material processes, the mechanics of fracture nucleation and growth, the complex interactions in discrete systems, as well as the failure mechanics of interfaces.

 

Together with a team of engineers and physicists, Prof. Kammer bridges the gap between the material behavior at the small scale and the principles governing catastrophic failure at the system level. His research pertains to a wide variety of subjects including the fracture of 3D-printed, biological, and soft materials. He applies his expertise on topics such as dry friction, mechanics of earthquakes, short-term strength development of materials during additive manufacturing, long-term degradation of materials and structures, and the optimization of architected materials and structures.

 

David Kammer is an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) at the Institute for Building Materials of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (DBAUG) at ETH Zurich. He graduated in 2008 from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in a one-year exchange program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, USA. Back at EPFL, he obtained his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 2010 and his Docteur ès Sciences (PhD) in Mechanics in 2014. He then worked as a research scientist at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. In 2016, Prof. Kammer joined the faculty of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, USA as a tenure-track assistant professor, and then moved to ETH Zurich in 2019. In 2022, Prof. Kammer was awarded a SNSF starting grant for his research project on meta-interfaces.

Course Catalogue

Autumn Semester 2024

Number Unit
101-0617-02L Computational Science Investigation for Material Mechanics
101-6615-00L Materials in Civil Engineering I