All projects from the School of Engineering
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CO-NOISE: Containment of drone acoustic footprint through configuration optimisation
Identify noise generation mechanisms and characterise the associated footprint of drone configurations widely used in the market. The project aims to identify optimisation opportunities based on sensitivity assessment related to key design parameters.
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Cybathlon 2024
The Sight Guide team is a collaborative effort formed by experts from Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), ETH Zurich, and the University of Zurich. The team, led by Professors Alireza Darvishy, Hans Wernher van de Venn, Roland Siegwart, and Davide Scaramuzza, is dedicated to developing advanced assistive ...
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Digital twin of ROSTA rubber spring elements
Digital twins are derived from high-fidelity simulations to efficiently predict the non-linear characteristics of ROSTA rubber spring and damper systems. In the context of digitalisation, customer needs are thus better satisfied and own development processes become more efficient.
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Doctoral network for microprocess engineering for electrosynthesis - new synthesis concepts for pharmaceutical / fine chemical industry
MiEl is a research and training project funded by the European Union’s Marie-Sklodowska-Curie programme. MiEl involves 9 partner organisations and 5 associated partners from 9 different countries, who will recruit 12 PhD students for the project. MiEl will develop a novel synthesis technology for the chemical ...
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DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship
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Emission Reduction using Satellite Navigation for Approach Guidance
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Enhanced Modular Multi Sensor System (MMSS) for Caprock Integrity & Gas Storage
CO2 storage and the subsequent investigation of rock movements in the mountains is the task of the overarching Mont Terri project. We, the IPP, are providing support by developing a modular sensor carrier system for the precise positioning of sensors in deep boreholes. Additive manufacturing technology and our ...
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FLEX4H2 – Flexibility for Hydrogen
FLEX4H2 aims to develop a fuel-flexible combustion system and will contribute to the EU Green Deal towards decarbonisation of the electric power sector.The aforementioned goal translates into the project’s main objective – to design, develop and validate a safe, efficient and highly fuel-flexible combustion system ...
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Hip-Kick – playful training from the hip
The background of this demo object is the playful visualisation of novel, interactive forms of movement visualisation. Independently executed, game-oriented rehabilitation programmes of neuro-patients have recently revolutionised therapy. It has been shown that direct feedback for patients has substantial added ...
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Holistic Analysis of Organised Misinformation Activity in Social Networks (HAMiSoN)
Given a scenario of organised intentional misinformation campaigns, often termed as disinformation, we as a society must be aware not only about fake news, but also about the agents that introduce false or misleading information, their supporting media, the nodes they use in the social networks, the propaganda ...
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ISOPINE – Capturing Isoprene from Untouched Renewable Resources
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Novel approaches for investigating local corrosion and mechanical degradation of multiphasic alloys (LoCoMecha)
ZHAW has two main tasks in this project: Numerical prediction of the effect of stress corrosive crack in Ti-alloy medical implants - Stress corrosive crack in Ti-alloy Novel approaches for investigating local corrosion and mechanical degradation of multiphasic alloys. The aim is to improve the properties of Ti-alloy ...
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Shipment Publication for Roche
Compiling, conditioning and presenting the data retrieved from real-life-shipmentstudies concerning pharmaceutical drug-transport, in the context of a peer-reviewed scientificpaper/publication.
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TAMINA® – lmproving proximal humerus fracture treatment
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Visual Interestingness - All images are equal but some images are more equal than others
Interestingness -- the power of attracting or holding one's attention (thefreedictionary.com). Not only the features of a given object or event determines whether it is considered as being interesting or not, but also prior knowledge, the current task or even emotional or motivational valence. In the project ...
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Polysun-ML
The project is developing a new type of cloud service for designing optimized building and district heating system solutions. The focus is on economic and sustainable goals. For this purpose, massively parallel simulations are used for multi-objective optimization and the training of machine learning-based energy ...
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Automated visual inspection of a life-supporting blood pump
The aim of this Innovation Booster project is to select suitable sensor technologies and measurement methods, test their technical feasibility and determine critical parameters.
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Carbon Capture on algorithm based highly efficient three-dimensional ceramic surfaces
The potential of additively manufactured algorithm-based structures such as the well-known TPMS triply periodic minimal surfaces is manifold. One highly interesting field of application is chemical engineering. Mathematically optimized structures allow, among other things, maximum mass and energy exchange surfaces ...
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Critical Phenomena in Financial Markets and Social Networks
The goal of the project is to develop an alternative model of financial markets in terms of social networks of investors, and to explore its applications to risk management, asset management, and financial market stability.
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Digital Transformation - Case Studies for Aviation Safety Standards - Modelling and Simulation
The continuous improvement of machine learning (ML) methods could change the approachesfor the design and development of Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) and drones and thereforelead to possible changes in certification and aviation standards. To analyze this topic practicallyand effectively, the idea is to ...
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INODE4StatBot.swiss – Application of new algorithms for automatic natural language translation into database query language SQL (NL-to-SQL)
The goal of this project is to apply the major algorithms developed in the EU-Project INODE (Intelligent Open Data Exploration, https://www.inode-project.eu/) to Swiss Open Data. The focus is on developing multi-lingual extensions for so-called Natural Language to SQL systems (NL-to-SQL) where a natural language ...
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Master3D – 3D-Master for a Digitized Manufacturing Platform
We enhance Bossard's Real Time Manufacturing Services by automatically creating quotes for special parts. The core is an AI-created 3D Master that unifies all available part information, enabling pricing and feasibility evaluation for many manufacturing technologies incl. additive manufacturing. ...
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Multi-Disciplinary Optimisation (MDO)
The project shall provide a detailed guide as to the installation of all necessary tools and the definition and implementation of the necessary interfaces. The object of the optimization will be indicated by Pilatus and is expected to be a fuselage-wing configuration. The optimization relies on CFD analysis to ...
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SUM - Low Power Monitoring
Technologies for monitoring the conditions of a product, for indoor localisation and for level of use will be developed. The key elements are energy autonomy, localisation, miniaturisation, sensing.
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Selective printing for e-mobility
The transformation to e-mobility is in full swing. Buser Oberflächentechnik AG (contractcoatings) and CIPOSA (automation and specialty machine tools) are partners in servingcustomers in e-mobility (and other market segments) with innovative and sustainablesolutions. Customers are involved to supply complex parts for ...