Dr. D. (Davide) Wüthrich

Dr. D. (Davide) Wüthrich

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Davide Wüthrich is a civil engineer specialized in hydraulic structures and environmental fluid mechanics, currently Assistant Professor at TU Delft. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), followed by a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He has actively participated in research and consulting projects in Switzerland, Canada, Japan and Australia, where he is Honorary Lecturer at The University of Queensland.

Research interests

His research interests lie within the broad domains of hydraulic engineering and environmental fluid mechanics. His Ph.D. thesis focused on the resilience of hydraulic infrastructure, showing a link between building geometry, wave’s hydrodynamic properties and impact loads. He was involved in multiple applied projects on disaster prevention, post-flood forensic surveys, hydropower rehabilitation and prototype measurements. Currently, his research focuses on flood protection measures, including investigation of air-water flow properties in highly unsteady flows, as well as the effect of floating debris on flood risk management.

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Prizes

  • 2022

    Coastal Engineering Journal Citation Award

    The CEJ Citation Award recognizes an influential work that has provided significant scientific and engineering impacts to interdisciplinary fields. It is determined annually by the total number of citations on all journal papers over the past five years.

  • 2021

    Coastal Engineering Journal Reviewer Award

    The CEJ Reviewer Award recognizes reviewers who deliver outstanding scientific and editorial contribution to the journal. It is determined annually by the quality and the total number of completed reviews of submitted journal papers over the past year.

  • 2019

    EPFL Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Distinction in Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Awarded to the 8% best Ph.D. theses of each EPFL Doctoral Program (EDCE).

  • 2019

    Jean Valembois Fluid Mechanics Award

    Awarded by Société Hydrotechnique de France (SHF) to a Ph.D. thesis in the domain of uncompressible fluids for its industrial applications.

  • 2019

    Nomination for 2019 EPFL Doctorate Award

    PhD thesis was nominated by the jury for the 2019 EPFL Doctorate Award, whose purpose is to distinguish the work performed during an outstanding doctoral thesis at the EPFL The award honors a candidate who performed a remarkable thesis as to its originality, the impact of the results and presentation of the work.

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