All projects from the School of Engineering
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Formal Analysis of Accidents
This Unige Leading House project aims to extend CAFAISHA, a cognitive architecture developed by Antonio Cerone (School of Science and Technology, National Laboratory Astana, Computer Science Laboratory, Kazakhstan) , to incorporate STAMP, an accident causality model extensively used at the safety critical systems ...
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Study on mobility management at the Paul Scherrer Institute
Despite changes in working methods and lifestyles, with traditional offices increasingly being replaced by mobile or private workplaces and flexible working time models becoming more and more common, commuter flows in Europe's urban regions are steadily increasing. This results in peak congestion, congested public ...
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TSN Platform
Time synchronization according to IEEE 802.1AS is integrated in a TSN-capable switching platform.
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TwingTec- Airfoil Optimization
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Ceramic filter for production of aluminum parts by low pressure casting
In the framework of a case studie for serial production of ceramic filters for aluminum pressure casting innovative material concepts and filter designs were developed. These were printed by either 3D binder jetting or stereolithography printing and subsequently sintered. Preliminary functional tests were very ...
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Development of series-production readiness of new full ceramic high temperature heating elements for hot air generation
ZHAW and Leister Technologies AG have developed a concept for a completely new, innovative type of all-ceramic heating element for hot air generation. The aim of the project is to realise series production using ceramic injection molding.
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Selective Laser Melting (SLM) in tool and product development
Additive manufacturing of medical instruments in stainless steel using selective laser melting. Investigation of post-processing methods to improve the Surface (Ra < 0.1micro).
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Advanced CharacTerIsation of Fuel cell stacks for automotive applications (ACTIF)
The project ACTIF aims at optimized operational strategies for fuel cell systems regarding the three main aspects efficiency, life-time and costs on the stack level. This will be enabled by enhanced understanding of fuel cell stacks on the basis of advanced time-resolved characterization techniques and mathematical ...
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Currency hedging for SMEs and pension funds
Swiss corporates and pensions funds have been exposed to substantial currency risks in the last few years. We will build a new open-source innovation for currency trading strategies, that will be incorporated into a new product which can be used as protection against currency fluctuations. ...
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Data-based analytics & predictions to increase overall wind plant revenues under market conditions
We develop and implement a cloud-based revenue optimization system for wind plant operators. By combining data analysis of real-time plant data with revenue schemes, revenue losses due to failures and sub-optimum control can be avoided, and profit can be increased by improved bidding strategies. ...
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Feasibility Study Reinforcement Learning for Heating Systems
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Improved LPWAN
This project will investigate and test methods aimed at improving the performance of current popular LPWAN IoT systems. The improvements target several areas such as determinism, latency and energy. They enable new applications that are currently not possible.
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Pre-Study on Generation of Hockey News
Tamedia would like to develop a software system that automatically generates news articles from hockey game data. ZHAW will explore the different state-of-the-art technologies to evaluate the feasibility of developing a natural language system that generates rich contextual ice hockey game report and, if so, how ...
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Wearable Device for Lymphedema Diagnostics
This project concerns development of a wearable device for fluorescence detection in near infrared (NIR) range. The device will be used for monitoring the clearance of NIR tracers from skin for early diagnostics of lymphedema in post-breast cancer patients.
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ATLAS
Research on security requirements and innovation opportunities for a product for data capture and management in the domain of pharmaceutical product development.
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Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike
Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike
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Ad Fraud Detection Tools Plattform
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AGEAIR: Investigation of the effects of performance deterioration and AGEing on gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft turbofan engines
The thresholds for various pollutants of turbofan engines with a thrust above 26.7 kN are defined in the Chicago convention, Annex 16, Volume 1-3. Since the emitted particulate matter has become increasingly finer in recent decades, the measurement standard had to be refined. From 2020 on, not only the so-called ...
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Anonymisation of data sets from Helsana
For sharing of confidential data as well as for the internal use of data anonymization is required, so that the conclusion on individuals is prevented and the analysis quality of the data is retained as far as possible. Data anonymization is applied to Helsana's complex data sets. Data in general but also data of ...
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Smart City potential analysis in Meilen ZH
Energie und Wasser Meilen AG (EWM AG) supplies the municipality of Meilen ZH with electrical energy and drinking water. With a publicly accessible "Open Access" fiber-optic network, it ensures a high-quality telecom supply in the community of Meilen ZH. In cooperation with the ZHAW Institute for Sustainable ...
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Digital communication strategies for the cultural sector in the Lake Constance region
This research project will investigate how a communication strategy for the marketing and communication of the diverse cultural activities and sites in the Lake Constance region could be shaped. For a sustainable strategy development the digitization of the communication, by which also the cultural sector has ...
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MOBIS: Promoting Sustainable Mobility Behaviour through Mobility Pricing and Informational Measures
Influencing travel behaviour is an important strategy in view of a number of transport-related societal challenges, on the one hand with regard to the capacity of the transport system and its financing in the face of increasing demand, but also in the pursuit of energy, urban development or health policy objectives. ...
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SORA Planning Tool for the approval of civil drone missions
Development of a SORA planning tool (SORA Tool) with focus on the evaluation of ground risks. The dynamic population density, airspaces, airfields, external landing sites as well as safety-critical objects (e.g. nuclear power plants or embassies) are to be represented in map form. The FOCA, the cantons and the ...
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Tools for statistical Analysis of Accident Occurrences
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Call-E: Virtual Call Agent
The industrial project partner offers online brokering of loans, mortgages and insurances. The brokering process involves several phone calls of a call agent with a potential client. This is time-consuming and highly repetitive. For this reason, we want to develop a dialogue system which can take over part of the ...