All projects from the School of Engineering
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«Beyond Public Management» - E-participation based on collective intelligence
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AUTODIDACT – Automated Video Data Annotation to Empower the ICU Cockpit Platform for Clinical Decision Support
Monitoring diverse sensor signals of patients in intensive care can be key to detect potentially fatal emergencies. But in order to perform the monitoring automatically, the monitoring system has to know what is currently happening to the patient: if the patient is for example currently being moved by medical staff, ...
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Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock (RENOWAVE)
Buildings are a major source of Swiss CO2 emission, and the existing stock will represent the overwhelming part of the sectorial energy demand for yet several decades to come. Challenges to massive and efficient retrofit are numerous, multifaceted, interrelated and transdisciplinary, from scientific as well as ...
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Validation of benchmark system for charging control investigation
To address the emerging threat of climate change, consumers must transition to sustainable transportation. The electrification of the transport sector through e-mobility poses new challenges and uncertainties for grid operators. Without efficient prior measures, grid development problems will inevitably arise, ...
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FASR – full automatic sprinkler robot
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Additive Manufactured Gears of Case-Hardened Steel
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Advanced Imaging and Machine Learning for PV Quality Assurance
A multi-imaging setup is developed for investigating lab-scale solar cells and for obtaining spatially resolved information about the cell quality. Machine learning is used to estimate parameters for a physical FEM model that serves as a digital twin for further optimization.
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Data Driven Energy Efficiency
The aim of the project is to motivate plant operators to take energy efficiency measures by means of concrete and economically interesting results. Through the use of digitalization, previously untapped energy efficiency potential can be identified, such as the availability of real-time monitoring data, predictive ...
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Innovation Booster Swiss Smart Cities
Using a co-creation approach bringing together innovators, enterprises, public administrations, academia and citizens, this NTN Innovation Booster will foster open and radical innovations that generate public value for smart cities and regions across Switzerland. As pilot projects are successfully scaled-up from ...
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Machine Protection and Autonomous Predictive Interlock System
The European Spallation Source ESS is a large-scale research facility under construction in Lund, Sweden, which will provide high-intensity neutron beams for scientific research from 2025. To generate the neutrons, protons are accelerated to 95% the speed of light in a 600-m linear accelerator and collide with a ...
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Mechanobiological plastic model
Plastics are experiencing increased interest in medical technology. Due to their mechanical properties, plastics correspond more closely to human tissue than metallic materials such as titanium or cobalt-chromium. The so-called mechanobiology of human soft tissue, especially cartilage and intervertebral discs, is ...
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Robot-based experimental in vitro studies to evaluate two surgical techniques for a meniscal lesion with respect to knee kinematics
In this project, the following hypotheses will be investigated with experimental robot-based in vitro tests on human leg specimens1) Ramp lesion of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus leads to increased anterior translation and rotational instability in a knee with an ACL rupture.2) In a knee with an ACL ...
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Smart Hospital – Integrated Framework, Tools & Solutions (SHIFT)
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Sustainable commuting at ZHAW
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TCology - Thermo-Chemical Network Ecology
The research project TCology is addressing the novel topic of thermochemical networks (TCN) for heat and cold generation, distribution and storage and aims at identifying suitability and applicability to the Swiss context. In comparison to classical hydronic district heating and cooling networks (DHCN), TCNs show a ...
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Towards tailored mechanical properties of artificial tissue models
The human skin is the interface between the environment and the body. The skin has several functions such as the thermoregulation, the protection from mechanical injuries, acting as a barrier against microorganisms and the tactile perception. In this project, we aim at developing an innovative artificial skin model ...
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Valorisation of industrial residues for a sustainable industry (VARESI)
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WinLab co-creation platform: digital matchmaking and ideation platform
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Systematization of production processes for automatized scheduling in industrial SMEs
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Enhanced prothesis for children finger replacements
Children born without hands or fingers and children who were victims of accidents in which they lost fingers or hands are the focus of our project. The goal of this work is to give them better fingers at a lower cost.The disadvantages of traditional designs are the high cost, weight, high forces to hold objects, and ...
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Multifunctional Super-Continuum-Laser-Equipped Electro-Optical Probestation for Advanced Device Characterization
Emerging optoelectronic materials are one of the main drivers of innovations in the fields of sustainable energy supply, advanced lighting and display technology. Development of such materials and in particular their application in electronic devices requires a detailed optoelectronic characterization, both ...
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Water Storage System for Lunar Life Support and Exploration
Early technology development of water storage system for lunar life support and exploration. Define hydraulic architecture, including electric and thermal budgets Develop a dynamic numerical model of the system (hydraulics, electric components, thermal behavior, control and instrumentation). Testing of scaled down ...
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Impulse: New Constant Quality JunFunori®
JunFunori® a sustainable restoration product made from Japanese algae is subject to natural, climate-induced variations in quality. The pre-treatment, extraction and drying processes to be developed will result in the only standardised Funori consolidant for art and cultural property.
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Efficiency analysis of multiple sclerosis therapies
In this project, various questions regarding the efficacy of approved multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies were analyzed. This included descriptive analyses of various medical metrics, as well as time-to-event models corrected for real-world biases. The analysis is based on the real-world data of NTD. ...
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3D Time-of-Flight in Sensor Fusion