All projects from the School of Engineering
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UNY id – Person identification based on motion and behavior
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OpenFoam based CFD simulation of a hydraulic device with levitating rotor
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Accessible walking routes
The main aim of this project is to design and develop a map application for tourists in wheelchairs, people with restricted mobility and people with visual impairments. The app will provide specific information on the accessibility of areas of interest to tourists. In Switzerland, these include both urban ...
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Crowdworking in Switzerland (CroWiS) - an interdisciplinary analysis taking the example of nurse crowd workers
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Data driven applications for security assessment of transmission
This main goal of this project is to develop and implement the necessary infrastructure based on PMU and a PDC (Phasor Measurement Unit and a Phasor Data Concentrator) database and exchange measurements in real-time between different countries, i.e. between power systems with different characteristics which can be ...
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Decentralized financing of Fairtrade producers using a blockchain-based solution
Problem:Fairtrade producers in developing countries often have a stable business model and substantial growth opportunities. Due to the missing or insufficient finance infrastructure in the respective countries, Fairtrade producers do not have the opportunity to realize their growth opportunities. Although some ...
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Detailed meal forecast for the restaurant industry
In this project, a tool is being developed that uses the latest data processing algorithms and novel statistical modeling approaches to forecast menus / individual items sold in gastronomy. The tool allows a more accurate planning and thus reduce e.g. food waste.
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Social Power Plus
Individual and collective action is an important driver of energy consumption in households. In Social Power Plus we aim at directly engaging teams of neighbouring households to raise their awareness and promote active energy sufficiency measures (electricity and heating). To support this process, we launch living ...
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Development of the Waste Management Ecosystem based on a Smart Connected Product-Service-System (PSS)
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ADDSA - Advanced Diagnostics Data and Service Architecture
In the ADDSA project, an advanced Data and Service Architecture is being developed to meet the industrial needs in equipment insights.
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Skater specific optimized skate blade by additive manufacturing
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Advanced/AI-supported Rating Models for P2P systems
Our innovative idea is to provide a Proof of Concept concerning a superior and adaptive rating system applicable to both SME and personal lending, able to cope with low-quality, sparse data that is commonplace in the context of P2P lenders. If successful, we will have both a new methodology (how to deal with ...
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Global Corona Visualisierung
A visualisation of the course of the corona pandemic is to be created on an 'orbitarium'. This should be generally understandable, but nevertheless scientifically correct. The globally available data material must be homogenized for this purpose. The visualization can be used for internal presentations on the one ...
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Interscriber: Turning Dialogues into Actionable Insights
This project aims to fully digitize and automate the transcription of spoken dialogues. We will implement a software system, Interscriber, that takes an audio recording as input and creates text using algorithms for Speech-to-Text and Speaker Diarization. The text is further processed and corrected. Finally, ...
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Low-power Sensor
Development of a low-power sensor that can be used to trigger or stop other applications that require more energy.
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Pathways – Conflicting Transition Pathways for Deep Decarbonization
The project “Conflicting Transition Pathways for Deep Decarbonization” (PATHWAYS) is a research project funded by ENERGIX, Research Council of Norway (2019-2023). Rooted in Sustainability Transition Studies, we will investigate the following issues: New technologies for deep decarbonization Coupling of energy, ...
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SARS-CoV2 Modeling of Interventions on the Dynamics of the Pandemics
We model the dynamics of the SARS – Cov2 pandemics in Switzerland under permanent consideration of data and the course of the vaccination campaign. We put specific emphasis on the ethical justification of potential prioritization schemes.
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Simple and durable surface functionalization of plastics
Plastics, like polyethylene, cannot be bonded without pretreatment. Usual preprocessing includes corona, plasma or flame treatment. These methods have severe drawbacks. In this project, a new primer is to be developed which shall allow for the bonding of, e.g., polyolefins.
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Bidirectional DC Charging Station with PV Direct Connection and Intelligent Load Management
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AGEAIR II: Investigation of gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft and helicopter turbine engines, as well as the effects of performance deterioration of AGEing aircraft engines
All combustion engines emit a wide range of toxic emissions. On one hand, the gaseous fraction contains mostly nitrous gases (NOx), carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and sulfur dioxide. Thanks to ICAO regulations, NOx emissions have substantially decreased in recent years, especially by optimizing the combustion ...
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Low-cost device for efficient cook stoves monitoring
Development of an energy autonomous low-cost monitoring device to monitor cookstove usage and report the information using LPWAN systems
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Urban climate simulation study "Zurich West"
The city of Zurich is investigating ways to improve the quality of life with regard to the heat stress that the population has to endure within the framework of the specialist planning for heat reduction. To this end, the City of Zurich has presented a catalogue of measures that contains a variety of approaches to ...
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AISA – Artificial Situational Awareness Foundation for Advancing Automation
This project addresses the topic “Digitalisation and Automation principles for ATM”. Exploring the effect of, and opportunities for, distributed humanmachine situational awareness in en-route ATC operations is one of the main objectives of this project. Instead of automating isolated individual tasks, such as ...
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Defect Engineering, Advanced Modelling and Characterization for Next Generation Opto-Electronic-Ionic Devices
In the project Defect Engineering, Advanced Modelling and Characterization for Next Generation Opto-Electronic-Ionic Devices (OptEIon), we investigate the interplay between electron and ionic conductivity in metal-halide perovskite semiconductors. We plan to prepare samples, characterize the transient optoelectronic ...
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One-Click energy simulation for architects