All projects from the School of Engineering
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Guar Gum Bioplastics: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future
This project involves the development of a bio-based and biodegradable alternative to fossil plastics through the use of guar gum. This can close material cycles and contribute to a more sustainable future.
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International workshop on dynamic stability challenges of the future power grids DynPOWER 2024
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MuLi: Reliable Multi-lingual and Cross-lingual Open Data Exploration in Natural Language
As data consolidates into relational databases, the need for text-to-SQL systems grows, democratizing access to information by allowing natural language queries. The potential for improvements brought by Large Language Models (LLMs) in text-to-SQL systems is mostly assessed on monolingual English datasets. However, ...
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Strategies for a Secure Operation of Net Zero Power Systems
Switzerland is under an ongoing energy transition exemplified by the enforcement of its Swiss Energy Strategy 2050, the long term climate policy and the 2050 net?zero target, which are policies tailored to reach a net?zero power grid by 2050. Although similar trends are followed worldwide, emerging nations such as ...
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Technology-supported stress management training for professionals in the nursing profession
A high level of stress is documented among nursing students, which has a negative impact on their health, satisfaction and ability to remain in the profession. Problematic interactions that place high demands on emotional self-control are considered to be a major stressor. Measures to promote competence in dealing ...
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AutoNews: AI based automatic processing of content for a news portal
We will explore if it is possible to develop a user-centric news platform, driven by artificial intelligence. This user-centric news platform “prepares” news articles customized to each user and promotes them real-time via various social-media-channels.
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Analysis of the Impact Potential of the Atfinity Software (AIPAS)
The Atfinity software is a Low-Code/No-Code (LCNC) solution that enables the faster and cheaper implementation and maintenance of digital processes. The company Atfinity currently focuses on banking as market segment, but it is expected that the Atfinity software has a much bigger impact potential also in other ...
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Expansion of the initial Dynamic Model of CE with the Nordic power system and implementation on OPAL-RT's ePHASORsim
This project seeks to extend the InitialDynamic Model of Continental Europe (IDMCE) by including the dynamics of theNordic transmission system and their interaction with the IDMCE through thecorresponding HVDC interconnection. The expanded system will be implemented inthe OPALRT real-time simulator setup (based on ...
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Enhance Your Photo With Interestingness Guided Img2Img Translation
Images have the ability to capture and hold an individual's attention, which is the definition of visual interest. We distinguish between subjective and common interests. To maximise attention on social media and websites, you need to decide which images to use to generate the most common interest. First, we will ...
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AI-SQUARE: Integrated Decision-Support Platform for Software Staging in DevOps
AI-SQUARE aims to develop a decision-support platform for software staging management. We use ML and NLP techniques together with Knowledge Graphs to integrate heterogeneous data sources and implement reinforcement learning from human feedback for context-specific adaptations.
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An end-to-end fault prognostics solution for reliable power grids using acoustic sensors
A new end-to-end fault detection method will be developed based on anomalies in acoustic signals in noisy environments. It will be validated in controlled lab experiments with forced equipment failures and benchmarked against several state-of-the-art measurement techniques.
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Multi-mode Raman Optical Activity Instruments for Complex Molecular Analysis
Raman optical activity (ROA) is a powerful spectroscopic technique for the characterization of complex molecules. To significantly accelerate drug discovery and development, a new generation of ROA instruments will be developed.
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Musculoskeletal modelling of loading conditions during strength training exercises
Musculoskeletal modelling of loading conditions during strength training exercises.
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Unleashing active and micro-mobility’s full potentials to reduce energy consumption by substituting car trips
ActivateAll aims at assessing and understanding the car substitution potentials of active and micro-mobility (AMM), both, as single vehicles andenablers of intermodal mobility, and identify the constraints to harvestthese. It will do so identifying current obstacles to AMM on the user andmobility providers’ side, ...
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Second-Generation Alptrackers with Hub-and-Spoke Signalling and Herd Awareness
Alptracker is the de-facto standard for tracking sheep and cow herds in the Swiss alps. This project advances communication and software support for wide-area herding. It contributes novel hub-spoke animal tracking, capturing movement and behaviour, deriving holistic herd models, and predicting predators and other ...
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Apéro Digital Event Series
In the midst of societal digital transformation, post-pandemic economic recovery, and geopolitical tensions around the globe, the need for a carefully curated space for deliberation and networking presents unprecedented urgency. Against this backdrop, we propose the creation of an intellectually stimulating and ...
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Cooperation in training with Mechatronics School Winterthur
Cooperation in the field of 3D printing between the Mechatronics School Winterthur and the Institute of Product Development and Production Technologies for the training of apprentices in the field of 3D printing of steels.
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Dynamic Security Analysis of Android Pre-installed Apps
The project aims at enhancing security testing methodologies for Android pre-installed applications. It encompasses empirically evaluation of hindering factors associated with dynamic analysis of pre-installed apps on the Android emulator. To be more precise, the feasibility of rehosting Android pre-installed apps, ...
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Enabling manufacturing companies to implement the circular economy through the use of data (BePro-CEND)
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ThingsAtScale – Audit Logging, Robustness and Resilience in Large-Scale Cloud-Based IoT Event Processing
The objectives of the ThingsAtScale project encompass various advances beyond the state of technology in software stacks for IoT/LoRaWAN, in particular the The Things Stack (TTS) Cloud. It is comprised of research and development tasks around TTS, in particular related to the two main topics audit logging and ...
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Zero-Config Event Monitoring System (ZEMS)
ZEMS provides radio connectivity for fire penetration seals located in harsh environments. Combining the proposed zero-configuration mesh protocol with proven LoRa communication enables a radically new approach to managing such seals through cloud-based sensors, unlocking completely new markets. ...
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Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW
In a pilot study in summer 2023, we investigated the use of AI in the preparation of Bachelor's theses at four ZHAW departments. In this project, we want to refine the study, carry it out in as many departments as possible and expand it to include the lecturers' perspective.
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Hybrid Aircraft Maintenance Program
Hybrid Aircraft Maintenance Program
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Warehouse Operations
Warehouse Operations: Assessing the Potential of Bottom-Up Capacity Planning.