All projects from the School of Engineering
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Research Package VeSPA
The objective of this research project connected to the research package VeSPA is to combine the factors that affect accident events and to detect interactions among those effects. The first sub-goal is to expand the explanatory model on individuals and society on further dimensions (situation/infrastructure, ...
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Social Power Project
Recent energy and climate policy in Switzerland calls for a step change in how individuals consume energy. This is especially true for the residential sector, which covers 29% of the national energy consumption. The attainment of such long-term social change is, however, difficult: people are seldom aware of the ...
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Emergency Recognition through Energy Data
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UNCTAD Strategic Foresight
This report identifies, analyses and presents for discussion key issues concerning the role of strategic foresight for policymakers, particularly in developing countries. Chapter II provides an introduction to strategic foresight and its use around the world. Chapter III presents key trends related to science, ...
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Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain: environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers
This project aims at evaluating the sustainability of the joint project’s “Reduction and reuse of CO2” value chain, i.e. the carbon dioxide methanation value chain – from the production of hydrogen through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting (partner project 2), through the methanation of carbon dioxide from ...
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Dermolockin – A New Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer Detection
Skin cancer is exploding in industrialized countries and an optimal detection is crucial for choosing the appropriate treatment. For this purpose, Dermolockin GmbH has recently developed a new thermography-based diagnostic tool allowing precise tumour margin characterization. The proposed project focuses on the ...
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Development of Ultra-Low-Temperature NMR Probehead for MAS with Computational Fluiddynamic simulations
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Miniaturized gas sensor
The goal of the project istto develop a new miniaturized optical oxygen sensor for the industrial process control. The measuring principle is tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy.
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Welle 7
The Migros Aare Bern is realizing a highly frequented central location with various types of businesses at the Bern railway station. On an area of 10,000 square meters, an experience, education and shopping center is being designed in the immediate vicinity of the train station (called Wave). Located in the western ...
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An actor perspective on municipal energy policy
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PV2050: Sustainability, market deployment and interaction to the grid – the impacts of advanced PV solutions
The opportunities for photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion to support the requested transition for the realization of the Energy Strategy 2050 are widely recognized. However, if PV is to make a significant contribution to satisfy global energy requirements, issues of sustainability need to be addressed with ...
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Smart home from a user perspective - a meta analysis
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Urban Water Research Data Warehouse
In this project we develop a data warehouse for management of environmental sensor data. The idea is to integrate different data sets from various sensor data by leveraging modern data warehousing technology. The data management approach will open up new avenues for novel urban water research. ...
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Development of a new inspection robot
The aim of the inspection robot project was to evaluate an alternative method for wedge tightness measurement, based on a mechano-acoustic approach. Typically, the response of a wedge to vibration excitation is measured with an accelerometer. In order to obtain optimal measurement results, mounting with a threaded ...
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Modular children's hand prostheses
The goal of the development is a modular system of hand prostheses, which is designed with its function and handling child-friendly. This particularly affects the possibility of using the hand prosthesis during sporting activities. Hand prostheses for children have special requirements: they must be light and ...
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PV2050: Simulation and Characterization
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Wireless Digital Signage using E-Paper
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Accuracy of KinectOne to quantify kinematics of the upper body
Validity of the new Kinect Sensor („Kinect for Xbox One“) for the measurement of the kinematics of the shoulder The project has been completed successfully.
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Designing multifunctional materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
IN SUMMARY Proton exchange membrane fuel cells convert the chemical energy from a fuel (hydrogen) into electricity through a chemical reaction with water being the only by-product. The fuel cell operation is determined by several physical and electrochemical processes. For this, special multifunctional materials ...
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Micelle Formation in Polymer / Copolymer Blends
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New ski wax enhanced durability
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NRP70 - Catalytic methanation of industrially-derived CO2
The objective of this project is the development of catalysts and processes for the methanation of CO2 from cement industry for the production of sustainable methane. A particular problem associated with CO2 from cement industry is - similar to biofuels - its contamination by sulphur compounds, which deactivate ...
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NRP70 - CO2 Reduction & Reuse
The joint project will examine technologies and methodologies for the utilisation of cement-based CO2 via a methanation process, sustainable production of renewable H2 and CH2, CO2 reduction by electricity production from renewable fuels with mobile and stationary fuel cells, and assessment of these technologies ...
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NRP70 - Smart materials concept for SOFC anodes: Self-regenerating catalysts for efficient energy production from renewable fuels
This interdisciplinary activity focuses on the evaluation of multiphase microstructures for a novel smart catalyst concept in the anode compartment of a fuel cell system. The drawback of currently used state-of-the-art nickel cermet catalysts is the general lack of microstructural stability against high temperature, ...
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NRP71: Promoting energy-sufficient behaviour in cities
Cities will be key agents of change in the upcoming energy turnaround in Switzerland. They promote technical efficiency measures and behavioural change for saving energy, both as role models and by addressing consumers. A crucial question is how cities can best motivate private consumers to change their behaviour, ...