Master's Degree Programme at the Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)

In order to develop effective solutions for sustainable energy and environmental technologies with our Swiss and European industrial partners, we have built a comprehensive bridge in Energy and Environment. This ranges from the development of a deep physical understanding of the existing mass, heat and momentum transfer phenomena, through the development and application of modern simulation tools, to innovative product and process development in various high-tech sectors.

Photonics is based on creation, scattering, detection and interaction of light. This study profile prepares you for a future in a variety of industry sectors from medtech, biotech, additive and substractive manufacturing, communication, sensing, measurement techniques, light harvesting to light emission.

We are enabling high impact medical technology research by bringing our cutting-edge engineering in opto-electronics, soft material chemistry and mathematical modelling. In Medical Engineering we focus on the development of the next generation of sensors for the medicine and biology, from design to proof-of-concept. Almost all our projects include a clinical validation stage or tests on humans. We strongly collaborate with clinicians, startups and leading industry and academic partners.

Digitisation makes computer simulations accessible for new fields of application. Computer science enables the development of tailored user interaction, including mobile devices and cloud services, and hides the complexity of simulation technology from the end user. At the ICP, specialized computer scientists work in interdisciplinary teams with physicists, mathematicians and technical experts to develop novel solutions so that physics simulation generates benefits.

Data is the basis for many products and services that determine our everyday life. With the MSE in Data Science you have all the methods and tools to design and use state-of-the-art data products.

The performance of fuel cells can be efficiently measured by impedance spectroscopy. However, the interpretation of the measurements is difficult. Even small misinterpretations lead to incorrect results. In the context of this master thesis, a method was therefore developed which, by means of modelling, makes it possible to correctly evaluate the measurement data.

To the Master's thesis

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) have a promising future as lighting technology. Development work is needed to further increase the light yield. Therefore, the aim of this master thesis was to implement simulation algorithms for the optimization of the light extraction, so that in the future organic light-emitting diodes can be built that are significantly brighter.

To the Master's thesis

We designed, assembled and tested an experimental setup, including custom software, to perform 3D reconstruction of the face in both in the visible and far infrared range.

To the Master's thesis (PDF 22 MB)