News releases

15.03.17

Coping with hearing and vision impairment in everyday life

What facilitates people with hearing and vision impairments to manage everyday life? According to a ZHAW study, it is important that these individuals speak out and that the people around them offer time and patience.

07.03.17

Example project: Computational models for heat exchangers

Computational models developed for heat exchangers used in settings involving high dust exposure

07.03.17

Cell biologist Michael Raghunath appointed to TERMIS international society

Michael Raghunath, Professor of Cell Biology, Protein Technology and Tissue Engineering at the ZHAW in Wädenswil, was appointed to the council of the European chapter of the renowned professional society TERMIS as of 1 January 2017. The new head of…

02.03.17

Computer games for senior citizens: playful ways of keeping fitter in old age

Everyday activities like dressing ourselves, shopping or cooking tend to become more challenging with increasing age. Yet when such activities are no longer a matter of course, how can older people maintain their independence in everyday life?…

28.02.17

Private car sharing gaining ground throughout Europe

Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Paris, Vienna and Zurich. ZHAW School of Engineering students have examined mobility-related sharing concepts in these seven European cities. Their study shows that within an overarching trend towards a sharing…

15.02.17

Each wolf has a howl all its own

Instead of setting camera traps, researcher Stefan Suter records bioacoustic signals with the goal of creating an acoustic database of all the wolves living in Switzerland.

08.02.17

Better mobility for people with disabilities: A research project for TIXI Zürich

TIXI Zürich offers affordable transport service for people with disabilities in the canton of Zurich. The association would now like to optimise its service offerings with help from the ZHAW. The Occupational Therapy Research team has set out to…

08.02.17

Midwives in the early care of psychosocially burdened families

Independently practising midwives support many families at home after the birth of children. Thus, they could play an important role in the early assessment and care of psychosocially at-risk families. This is why researchers at the ZHAW have…

16.01.17

Study on job searches in Switzerland published

Which jobs are the most frequently advertised and which job ads are the most frequently clicked on? Do men have advantages over women when looking for jobs? The recently published study “JobCloud Market Insights” provides the answers.

05.01.17

Study on Swiss hospital sector published

Demographic changes, a lack of qualified personnel, increasing cost pressure and new care and financing models pose a wide variety of challenges for Swiss hospitals. A new sector report provides detailed information on the current situation.

24.08.16

White paper identifies risk of false incentives in power grid financing

Self-consumption of photovoltaic electricity is being cross-subsidised with the current grid usage tariffs. Combined with private storage systems, this could have a negative impact on the efficient expansion of storage and grid infrastructure. A…

23.08.16

Climbing Challenge: Gamification in a climbing gym

The Aranea+ climbing gym in Schaffhausen introduces the innovative Climbing Challenge, which allows sport climbers to record their performances, collect points and compete against each other. The system, developed by the ZHAW, uses wireless RFID…

27.07.16

Research project helps clarify responsibilities at all-day schools

The city of Zurich is to open five all-day schools as a pilot project in August 2016. In conjunction with this, the ZHAW and the PH Zurich will conduct a project to study how pedagogic responsibilities should be distributed among education…

22.07.16

A systematic approach to eliminating hazards

Before companies place a new product on the market, they must ensure it does not pose any intolerable risks to humans or the environment. In order to do so, they carry out hazard and risk analyses. Researchers at the ZHAW School of Engineering are…

12.07.16

IAS PhD student Norman Juchler receives Latsis student award

IAS PhD student Norman Juchler wins second place in the student award at this year’s Latsis symposium.

01.07.16

Winterthur households save energy thanks to app

In the Social Power project, households in Winterthur and Ticino tried out a fun way to reduce their power consumption using a game app and Smart Meters. In three months, the participants reduced their energy consumption by 5 per cent on average,…

01.07.16

Higher light output with organic light-emitting diodes

Research activities at the Institute of Computational Physics at the ZHAW School of Engineering include work on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In collaboration with partners, researchers are developing high-efficiency flexible OLEDs and…

07.12.15

UAS Zurich to export Continuing Education in Nursing to China

The number of elderly people in China is increasing rapidly and as a result the number of people who suffer from dementia too. China, like Switzerland, lacks appropriately trained nursing staff. By exporting a continuing education programme in…