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IABSE Young Engineers Mentorship Programme

When: April 1, 2026, 16:30 - 17:45 hrs CET (Hybrid). 

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Mentor 1: Dr. Kristian Schellenberg*, Switzerland. Mentor 2: Prof. Dr. Andreas Taras**, Switzerland

Moderator: Jian Xudong, IABSE Young Engineers Committee Member***

This is a Mentorship Programme which is being organised by the IABSE Young Engineers Commitee. The event will be hybrid for the first part only.

Programme is as following:

16:30-16:35: Introduction by Jian Xudong (hybrid)

16:35-17:00: Mentoring talk by Kristian Schellenberg (hybrid)

17:00-17:10: Q&A for Kristian Schellenberg (hybrid)

17:10-17:35: Mentoring talk by Andreas Taras (on-site only)

17:35-17:45: Q&A for Andreas Taras (on-site only)

After 17:45: Networking and apero (TBC) (on-site only)

*Mentor 1 Kristian Schellenberg: Dr. Kristian Schellenberg is a passionate bridge engineer with a strong commitment to international collaboration and a long-standing involvement with IABSE, an association that has accompanied and shaped his entire professional career. He is currently Chair of the IABSE Swiss National Group. After completing his studies at ETH Zurich, including exchange periods in Spain and the United States, he remained at ETH Zurich as a research and teaching assistant to Thomas Vogel, Fellow Member and former Vice-President of IABSE. During this time, he completed a PhD on the design of rockfall protection galleries. His professional experience spans international design offices such as Gruner (Switzerland) and COWI (Denmark), as well as being responsible for engineering structures at the cantonal road office of Grisons. He is now Managing Director of Equi Bridges, which was founded five years ago.

**Mentor 2 Andreas Taras: Prof. Andreas Taras is a Full Professor of Steel and Composite Structures at ETH Zurich. His research and teaching focus on the behaviour, reliability, and design of steel and steel–concrete composite structures. He combines experimental investigations, numerical modelling, and design-oriented research, contributing to both academic knowledge and engineering practice. Prof. Taras also serves as Deputy Head of the Institute of Structural Engineering. He is actively involved in professional activities within the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and previously served as Chair of the Swiss IABSE National Group.

***Moderator Jian Xudong: Xudong Jian is a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich under the supervision of Prof. Eleni Chatzi, supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission. His research focuses on advancing Population-Based Structural Health Monitoring through the analysis of inspection and load-testing data from more than 400 bridges in Switzerland. He also contributes to the Swiss-BWIM project, in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Roads Office (ASTRA), contributing to the development and implementation of Bridge Weigh-In-Motion technology for traffic load identification and bridge health monitoring. In addition to his research activities, Xudong serves as Secretary and Board Member of the IABSE Young Engineers Committee.

The Great Engineers: Silvano Zorzi and the Culture of Infrastructure Design

When: April 10, 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 hrs CET (Hybrid). 

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Speakers: Aleria Gozzi, SUPSI Politecnico di Torino; Tullia Iori, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy.

Moderators: Fabrizio Palmisano, NG Chair, Erica Lenticchia, Politecnico di Torino; Filippo Landi, University of Pisa; Italian National Group.

This webinar is the second of a new series organized by the Italian Group of IABSE, focusing on the Great Engineers.

It follows a Duo-webinar format, which includes two presentations on a specific topic. In this series, the first presentation focuses on the professional life of a renowned ‘Great Engineer’, while the second covers a research or practical topic closely connected to the works of this engineer.

The webinar explores the work of Silvano Zorzi through a dual perspective that connects engineering culture with design practice.

The first part offers a historical and theoretical reflection on the intellectual and cultural context in which Zorzi operated. Moving beyond a purely technical narrative, it examines how design culture, historical awareness, and methodological thinking shaped his approach to infrastructure design, highlighting engineering as both a creative and critical discipline within the broader history of twentieth-century structural engineering.

The second part focuses on the Viadotto Fichera as a significant example of innovative infrastructure design. Through the analysis of its structural conception and design process, the lecture discusses how Zorzi translated theoretical principles into practical engineering solutions, illustrating the relationship between technological experimentation, structural efficiency, and architectural expression. The case study provides an opportunity to reflect on how past engineering practices can inform contemporary approaches to infrastructure design.

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