All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Developing a gasotransmitter based treatment for pathological skin and tendon calcification
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Frigero - Towards energy autonomous temperature-controlled supply chains
In our vision, all Swiss supply chains of temperature-controlled products are energy autonomous. To achieve energy autonomy, transparency is needed as to where energy is used in the supply chain. Additionally, knowledge is needed of which energy efficiency measures, energy recuperation and production measures, and ...
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Evaluation of cell separation using the GEA kytero® Single Use Pharma Separator with disk stack technology
Recently, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH presented a single-use disc separator for microbial as well as mammalian cell culture processes. By using centrifugal force instead of filter-based harvesting methods, the GEA kytero® Single Use Pharma Separator is intended to achieve high-quality and high-yield ...
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DC4HC – Digital Competence for Healthcare
The Innosuisse project, Digital Competence for Healthcare (DC4HC), aims to develop a digital platform that will support Swiss healthcare institutions in their digital transformation efforts. In particular, the focus of DC4HC is on the non-medical support services. A state-of-the-art digital maturity model framework ...
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Employing Natural Language Processing to identify inconsistencies in companies’ non-financial communication
NLP &ML tools for Swiss asset managers and owners for identifying inconsistencies in companies’ financial and non-financial communication
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Fruit to Bar – Innovative post-harvest processing of de-pulped cocoa beans and pulp thereof for single source chocolate
The aim is to produce chocolate 100% composed of de-pulped cocoa beans and pulp, both obtained from the same fruit. Fermentation of de-pulped beans will be defined and pulp will be naturally pre-conditioned allowing drying and application in chocolate aiming at added value along the entire cocoa chain. ...
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Muscle generator – The key to unlock scalable and affordable cultivated meat production
A tissue bioreactor and a corresponding process are developed to enable the differentiation of bovine satellite cells on a proprietary scaffold technology to produce cultured meat. Key to success is the integration of a mechanism to periodically stretch the scaffold/cells to enhance taste & texture. ...
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Simulation-based comparison of an end-to-end and a platform configuration for injection molding line
The project partner received two layout proposals for a new production line and wanted to compare them in terms of their suitability and performance. In the injection molding process, failure of individual injection molding cavities can occur, which leads to systematic or random missing parts. The system's modules ...
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Tech4SDG – Guiding Swiss Asset Managers towards High-Impact SMEs
High-impact, social SMEs remain broadly unknown to impact investors and asset managers due to limited information and identification problems. To overcome the asymmetry of information and provide reliable guidance to Swiss asset managers, we aim to create an automated big data platform for the identification, ...
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An economy for the future - A Guideline for energy efficient cosmetic manufacturing
EnergieSchweiz (Swiss Federal Office of Energy) supports measures for energy optimisation or reduction. In this project, under the leadership of the University of Luzern (Prof. Dr. Ludger Fischer), energy-optimising measures are being implemented in cosmetics production with 3 Swiss SMEs. The findings will be ...
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PE(K)O Sustain – Physically modified oils as sustainable alternative to tropical fats for the baking and sweet goods industry
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Research cooperation to achieve the biodiversity goals of a mountain sports company
This research cooperation is made up of a series of annually jointly defined research projects (e.g. Wetlands Nature Park Beverin) for the promotion of biodiversity. For the annual projects, the ZHAW, for the attention of Bächli Bergsport, prepares a project outline with areas of application and areas of application ...
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Potential of buildings for biodiversity and landscape quality in agglomerations
Initial situation:Increasing building density is putting pressure on green spaces and thus on the living conditions for flora, fauna and people. However, the sixth IPPC report and the Covid 19 pandemic clearly demonstrate this: Green spaces that enable recreation and the experience of nature in the immediate ...
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Optical Character and Content Recognition for Intelligent M-Learning Platform
We plan to develop a novel, data-driven, student-centric “blended-learning platform”, where the advantages of m-learning platforms and human coaching are combined. In order to enable the envisioned learning platform, a matching module will be developed to match a student in need of assistance with a suitable coach, ...
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CFD industrial scale protein extraction
Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation for an extraction processMixing and fluid flow will by analysized and an optimzed process and/or mixing design is to be suggested.
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PURAMMON (Pre-Project) – Renewable nitrogen mineral fertiliser from liquid manure
Substrates heavily polluted with ammonium, such as pig manure, digestate from biogas plants or process water from the protein-processing industry, emit unpleasant odours and contribute significantly to nitrogen emissions (NH3-N) into the atmosphere. Many of these substrates accumulate decentrally and/or seasonally. ...
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Evaluation of Cafetto cleaning protocols for porta filter & automatic coffee machines
Evaluate impact of Cafetto cleaning protocol for coffee machines and grinder on sensory quality of espresso.
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Environmental and Social Assessment at Mine Sites using Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
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ERA-FDC KUR: Exploring Agriculture’s Potential for Food Production, Rural Development, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: a Case study for Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia
Widespread areas of abandoned agricultural lands are located in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia (KUR). However, it remains largely unstudied whether abandoned lands should be recultivated to ensure stable food supply, particularly considering projections of increasing climatic ensitivity of the southern breadbasket ...
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Extension SARS-CoV-2 Intervention modelling
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The Tanganyika Aquahub – Proof of Technical and Economic Concept of a PV Solar-Powered and Resource Efficient Fish Farm Input Production Facility
The overall goal of the project is to lay the foundation for a solar powered and resource efficient fish farm in Kipili at Lake Tanganyika. The project entails research and development projects in the area of solar use in fish farming, feed production, breeding of endemic Tanganyika Tilapia and smallholder fish ...
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Workplace Benchmarking Framework
This project aims to develop a workplace benchmarking framework as an extension of Locatee Analytics, a cloud SaaS for occupancy monitoring in office buildings. The solution will enable data-driven management of office spaces based on KPI/benchmarks, to inform organisations on the efficiency and effectiveness of ...
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Classification of drone signals
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CREATE – Microorganisms to foster pulses-based healthy food
Pulses will be fermented with functional microorganisms to obtain a protein-rich fermentate in which the content of microbially formed vitamin B12 and folic acid is increased and at the same time the content of FODMAPs is reduced and as a side effect, the beany taste is reduced. The necessary understanding of the ...
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