Prof. Dr. Dirk Mohr

Prof. Dr.  Dirk Mohr

Prof. Dr. Dirk Mohr

Head of Institute of Virtual Manufacturing

ETH Zürich

KI in Mechanik und Fertigung

CLA F 9

Tannenstrasse 3

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

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Research area


We develop experimentally-validated computational models to enable the optimal design and manufacturing of lightweight materials and structures that are subject to extreme loading conditions in real-life applications
We are passionate about mechanical problems that involve very large deformations and catastrophic failure. This includes the full spectrum from quasi-static to extreme dynamic loading conditions. Once we have understood how structures fail, we leverage this know-how to design new architected materials and structures with exceptional resistance to failure. The development of computational models in our group is always accompanied by carefully designed experiments that provide insight into the underlying physics and serve as basis for model validation. The development of suitable material manufacturing processes and the production of prototype materials is an integral part of our experimental activities.

Professor Dirk Mohr currently holds the Chair of Artificial Intelligence in Mechanics and Manufacturing (AIMM) at ETH’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (MAVT). He joined the faculty of ETH in 2015 after conducting research at the Experimental Dynamics Group at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechniquecall_made (France) and MIT’s Impact and Crashworthiness Labcall_made. He was educated in Structural and Computational Mechanics at theUniversity of Karlsruhecall_made (Germany) and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausséescall_made (France) with a fellowship from the German National Academic Foundationcall_made. He continued his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) where he received his PhD in Applied Mechanics in 2003. Over the past fifteen years, he has spent about twelve months at the R&D departments of Daimlercall_made in Stuttgart and BMWcall_made in Munich. Professor Mohr's research activities include crashworthiness, thermo-mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates and the mechanics of constructed cellular materials. He is the recepient of the Hetenyi Award (2007) from the Society of Experimental Mechanicscall_made and the IJP Young Investigator Award (2016) for his outstanding contributions to the field of plasticity. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Impact Engineeringcall_made and the International Journal of Solids and Structurescall_made. He also serves on the editorial board of the journals Straincall_made and the International Journal of Plasticitycall_made.

Course Catalogue

Spring Semester 2024

Number Unit
151-0075-21L Formula Student Electric - Chassis
151-0075-31L Formula Student Electric - Drivetrain
151-0502-00L Mechanics II
151-0840-00L Optimization and Machine Learning
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