All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Rhaetian Railway RhB
This applied research project aims to identify and prioritise suitable areas for wind energy production in close proximity to the railway network of the Rhaetian Railway AG. The study refers to the vertical wind turbine A32 of the Vertical Sky series (Agile Windpower AG). Wind conditions, topographical restrictions ...
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Workplace strategy for public administration
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Conditioning of Green Coffee Prior to Roasting
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Integrating Cyber Physical Systems - Service Robotic
The integration of "cyber-physical systems" into the service ecosystems and processes of facility services and facility management "FM" represents a future challenge that we are already dealing with today at the research level. In this project we want to investigate how far the first generation of humanoid service ...
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Multimodal Porous Particles
Ordered silicate-based porous materials have been at the forefront of research efforts in various fields, including heterogeneous catalysis, drug delivery, adsorption and separation, environmental remediation, photonics, optoelectronics, and sensing. Conventional ordered porous materials, such as zeolites or ...
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Longitudinal progression of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH)
According to the latest figures from Alzheimer Switzerland, there are currently 48,242 women and 15,711 men aged 85 years and older living with dementia in Switzerland. So-called White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH), which can be measured in MRI images of the brains white matter, are distinct biomarkers of dementia ...
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Advanced Bayesian inference with stochastic hydrological models
With advanced numerical techniques, including Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) and Machine Learning (ML), we want to push the limits of Bayesian inference with stochastic models. The focus of the application will be on the hydrological sciences.
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Automated Airborne Pest Monitoring AAPM of Drosophila suzukii in Crops and Natural Habitats
Drosophila suzukii has become a serious pest in Europe since its spread in 2008 to Spain and Italy, attacking many soft-skinned crops such as several berry species, cherry and grapevines. Pest monitoring is the basis of its control. Therefore, an efficient and accurate monitoring system is essential in order to ...
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Bio-SODA – Enabling Complex, Semantic Queries to Bioinformatics Databases through Intuitive Searching over Data (SNSF NRP 75 "Big Data")
One of the major promises of Big Data lies in the simultaneous mining of multiple sources of data. This is particularly important in life sciences, where different and complementary data are scattered across multiple resources. To overcome this issue, the use of RDF/semantic web technology is emerging, but querying ...
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Nanofiber-based aerogels for a filtration system in biotechnological Downstream processes
The processing of fermentation solutions and cell homogenates is one of the most important steps in biotechnological downstream processing. Constantly optimized fermentation processes lead to dramatically higher cell densities, which can no longer be separated in an economical way with the existing standard ...
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Pearls of Sustainability
Sustainability can be experienced directly on Campus Grüental. Here you can discover "the Pearls of Sustainability" and learn more about our research Projects. Study our treasure map and track down the individual pearls. With a little luck, you will not only learn a lot about the 17 sustainability goals of the ...
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Characterization of nitrogen dynamics in an aquaponic system
An aquaponic (AP) system combines a recirculating aquaculture system (production of aquatic animals, mostly fish) with a hydroponic system (production of plants) and recycles water and nutrients between these two main components. Nutrient-rich water from the aquaculture component is directed to the hydroponic ...
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Teamspaces: Workplace Concept for agile Software-Teams
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Infectiology++ - Germ Tracking
In this project, we develop a system for the detection and analysis of germ transmission chains in the University Hospital Zurich. The system is based on an expert system solution in combination with machine learning (reinforcement learning).
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Agriculture and more
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Exploring the silent fitness landscape
Since Darwin, natural selection has been recognized as one of major biological forces shaping genetic patterns in molecular data. Detecting selection on proteins has become an indispensible part of genome studies. Remarkably selection can act not only on proteins, but also on synonymous codons translating into the ...
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SCCER BIOSWEET - Biogas
The Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research - Biomass for Swiss Energy Future (SCCER BIOSWEET) is a consortium of 8 Academic Institutions and more than 50 Cooperation Partners from private or public sector organizations. They focus on the engineering and implementation of biochemical and thermochemical biomass ...
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Sensory Gardens
Researchers in environmental psychology, health studies and urban design are interested in the relationship between the environment, behavior settings and emotions. A reliable investigation method is needed for detail exploration of soft fascination possible effects. Therefore, a suitable garden should be identified ...
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Ethinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy - RESTORE
Sustainable buildings and facilities are critical to a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, culturally rich and economically viable within the climate change context Despite over a decade of strategies and programmes, progress on built environment sustainability fails to address these key issues. ...
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Predicting investor behaviour in European bond markets through machine learning
ICMA Quarterly Report (11.7.2019), p.23: Predicting investor behaviour in European bond markets through machine learning The quant team of ESM is developing, in cooperation with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, a machine-learning based application to predict investor demand for syndicated bond issuances. A ...
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Small fungus with a big effect
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Stabilized Lipids from Microalgae
The sourcing of bioactive or other value-added compounds from microalgae is in the focus of this "green" biotech research sector for a long time already. In this project, we plan to establish new methods for a simultaneous optimization of different cell-physiological properties to enhance the bioavailability of such ...
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Comparative genomics to untangle insect pathogenicity in plant-associated pseudomonads
We study the genomes of an array of plant-beneficial pseudomonads using a comparative genomics approach. The aim is to define the potential of the different isolates as insect pathogens and as plant beneficials.
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Oiling of sewage sludge
From municipal sewage sludge, valuable substances such as lipids can be extracted for the production of biodiesel. This project develops the technical basis for this extraction. With this on site process, a molasses-like extract is to be obtained from the sewage sludge. This extract should be of sufficiently high ...
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Optimization of the post-harvest process of cocoa beans in Ecuador
The general objective of this study is to optimize cocoa bean production in Ecuador in order to obtain a product – fermented and dried cocoa beans – with a reliable, high-quality aroma.