Research activities School of Engineering
The latest publications and projects from the School of Engineering.
Publications
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Vetter, Roman; Schumacher, Jürgen,
2019.
Free open reference implementation of a two-phase PEM fuel cell model
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Computer Physics Communications.
234,
pp. 223-234.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2728
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Leitner, Philipp; Wittern, Erik; Spillner, Josef; Hummer, Waldemar,
2019.
A mixed-method empirical study of Function-as-a-Service software development in industrial practice
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Journal of Systems and Software.
149,
pp. 340-359.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4969
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2018.
Herausforderungen, Chancen und Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0
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Aktuelle Technik - Die Schweizer Fachzeitschrift für Automatisierungstechnik.
2018(12),
pp. 20-21.
Available from: https://aktuelletechnik.blverlag.ch/herausforderungen-chancen-und-perspektiven-mit-industrie-4-0/
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Siyahhan, Bercan; Boldrini, Marlon; Hauri, Samuel; Reinke, Nils; Boiger, Gernot Kurt,
2018.
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The International Journal of Multiphysics.
12(4),
pp. 373-392.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4965
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Serhiienko, Oleksii; Spillner, Josef,
2018.
Systematic and recomputable comparison of multi-cloud management platforms
[paper].
In:
International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018), Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December 2018.
IEEE.
pp. 107-114.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4970
Projects
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Virtual Smart Winti Hero
This project involves the playful communication of Smart City themes in a high-end virtual reality environment. The VR game "Virtual Energy Hero", already developed by the ZHAW, is to be expanded into the "Virtual Smart Winti Hero". The further developed game for young and old will take up current and future Smart City themes (energy, mobility, ...
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AuSuM - Automatic Supply Chain Monitoring
The project implements an online service for
companies to monitor suppliers for violations of
environmental, social, or governance norms. To do
so, a vast variety of sources, such as news outlets,
is monitored using machine learning and natural
language processing with near human-level
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Redox Flow Battery Campus
FlowCamp is a research and training project funded by the European Union’s Marie-Sklodowska-Curie programme. FlowCamp involves 11 partner organisations from 8 different countries, who will recruit 15 PhD students for the project.
RESEARCH in FlowCamp aims to improve materials for high-performance, low-cost next-generation redox-flow batteries.
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Advanced CharacTerIsation of Fuel cell stacks for automotive applications (ACTIF)
The project ACTIF aims at optimized operational strategies for fuel cell systems regarding the three main aspects efficiency, life-time and costs on the stack level. This will be enabled by enhanced understanding of fuel cell stacks on the basis of advanced time-resolved characterization techniques and mathematical modeling. The project is a ...
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Currency hedging for SMEs and pension funds
Swiss corporates and pensions funds have been exposed to substantial currency risks in the last few years. We will build a new open-source innovation for currency trading strategies, that will be incorporated into a new product which can be used as protection against currency fluctuations.