Prof. em. Dr. Ludwig J. Gauckler

Prof. em. Dr.  Ludwig J. Gauckler

Prof. em. Dr. Ludwig J. Gauckler

Professor Emeritus at the Department of Materials

ETH Zurich

Stokarbergstrasse 50

8200 Schaffhausen

Switzerland

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Research area

  • Fundamentals of colloids and processing of ceramics, composites and foams
  • Metal and oxide thin functional films
  • Micro solid oxide fuel cell (Onebat)
  • Computer assisted assessment of multicomponent metal oxide phase equilibria
  • Ceramic processing for new applications

Ludwig Gauckler was Professor for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials at the ETH Zurich from 1988 to 2012. He served two terms as chairman of the Department of Materials Science.
He studied physics and material science at the University of Stuttgart and earned his Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, where he worked as a research assistant  until 1978. 1976/77 he was Research Associate at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. From 1979 to 1988 he was responsible for research and development of new processes and inorganic products in the central R&D laboratories of Alusuisse/Lonza Ltd. From 1988 to 2012 he was Professor for Material Science at ETH Zurich. He served two terms as Head of the Department Materials, from 1991‑1993 and from 2008-2010.

 

His interests range from colloids and the processing of ceramics, composites and foams to thin films and micro solid oxide fuel cells (Onebat). He modeled multi-component metal oxide phase equilibria by computer assisted methods (CALPHAD) and invented new processes for ceramic materials and components. His development of all-ceramic teeth bridges for dentistry is used worldwide today.

He was president of the Scientific Advisory Board (WBR) of SATW (Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences) from 2001-2004,and serves on the Boards of several companies and is founder and co-founder of two spin-off companies.

Honours

Year Distinction
2015 CAS visiting Professorship Award, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS)
2013 Distinguished Life Membership of the American Ceramic Society
2011 Staudinger Durrer Medal, for their services to the Department Materials, ETH Zurich
2011 The Golden Tricycle Award, ETH Zurich, for family-friendly supervisors
2010 Plenary lecture at the ICC3, Third International Congress on Ceramics; Osaka, Japan
2008 Orton Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society
2008 Wei Lun Professorship, Chinese University Hong Kong
2007 Richard and Patricia Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award, American Ceramic Society
2006 Christian Schoenbein Medaille, European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum
2006 Elected Member of the Board of the World Academy of Ceramics
2006 MS&T 09; Sosman Program Lecture, American Ceramic Society, (T. Y. Tien Memorial Session),
1998 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
1994 Elected Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)
1994 Gold ribbon of the National Academy of Science, Technology and Society, USA for the new approach in „Enzyme Catalysis of Ceramic Forming“, Washington, 1994.
1994 World Academy of Ceramics, Elected Academician

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Guest Professorships

1995–2005  Guest Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (several months over 10 years)

2001           Guest Professor at the Department of Materials Science, MIT, Boston, USA (3 months)

2007           Guest Professor at the Department of Materials Science, University of Marseille, France (3 months)

2008           Guest Professor at the Chinese University Hong Kong, HK (1 month)

2010           Guest Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, (3 months)

2011           Guest Professor at the University of Melbourne, School of Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular, Melbourne, Australia (3 months)

2011           Guest Professor at the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel (3 months)

2015           CAS visiting Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS)

 

 

Industrial Relations:

Prof. Gauckler was, or is, board member of the following companies :

  • Boardmember “CeramTec”, Plochingen (G), 1995-2004

  • Boardmember „Winterthur Schleiftechnik AG“ 1998-2000

  • Founder and owner of “Cerion AG“, Zürich, (CH) 2001-2017

  • Boardmember “Awatec, Ltd”; 2007-2011

  • Co-founder and co-owner of “Decavis AG”, Zürich, established 2010

  • Consultant to high-tech companies and private equity firms, 1988-present

  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of BASF’s Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS), Ludwigshafen, Germany, since 2011 to present

 

Services in Scientific Societies:

 

ETH Zurich, planning commission, 1990-2000

Past President of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW), Switzerland (2001-2004)

Member of the World Academy of Ceramics since 1994

Member of the Board of the World Academy of Ceramics 2006-2008

Member of the American Ceramic Society, (ACS),1977

Member of the Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft, (DKG)

Member of the Schweizerische Kristallographische Gesellschaft, (SCS)

Member of the Materials Research Society, (MRS)

Member of the Swiss Physical Society, (SPS)

Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde, (DGM)

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