Interdisciplinary research
Viable engineering solutions often require expertise in an extremely wide range of subject areas. This makes the collaboration between our institutes and centres as well as with experts in other areas at the ZHAW a given. As part of Switzerland’s largest multi-discipline university of applied sciences, we have access to a wide range of knowledge and can thus contribute to innovation.
Examples of interdisciplinary research topics
- Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
- AGILE - Optimising a wind turbine until it is perfect
- BICAR - The happy medium between car and bicycle
- Datalab - The ZHAW Data Science Laboratory
- Dermolockin - Tackling skin cancer
- Energy key performance indicators
- Placebook - Efficient parking spot searches thanks to innovative app
- Pressure-Cooker System - Cooking 2.0 with Bluetooth and smartphone
- Bundled deliveries - Greener shipments with bundled deliveries
- UMARS - Flying laboratory for environmental research
- Virtual Second Opinion - Support for doctors
- Wind energy in mountainous regions
- Wind Tunnel
- Zurich Logistics Cooperative - More efficient goods logistics