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Pelt8 Scale Up
Pelt8 offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for firms to automatically create sustainability reports. The platform enables firms to collect and manage all their sustainability-related data in one place accessible to suppliers, customers, and affiliated firms. In this study, Pelt8 and the ZHAW School of ...
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Comparison of roasting
Comparison of roasting with different head/energy sources. This will be conducted first (2023) on three shop roasters and later (2024) on two industrial roasters.
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Development of a sustainable packaging system for refrigerated transport
The aim of the project is to prepare a potential study for the development of a sustainable packaging system (consisting of thermobox, cooling element and latent heat storage material) for refrigerated transport. The use of bio-based and/or biodegradable or recyclable materials as well as suitable manufacturing ...
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A ‘Too-good-to-go' for non-used medicine? A Feasibility Study
In the developed world, up to 50 per cent of pharmaceuticals end up in household garbage due to various reasons. Taking on a circular economy perspective, this project investigated the feasibility of a 'Too-good-to-go'-type of digital platform for unused medication for chronically ill patients by conducting ...
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AI for Industrial Product, Service & Innovation Management
Over the last years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerged as central technology for all areas of life. For instance, computer vision enabled Tesla`s autonomous vehicles and natural language processing set the foundation for Amazon`s smart assistants. However, AI reshapes not only innovation outcomes, but ...
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Ask the Patient: Improving Swiss Healthcare Value through Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs)
Background Scientifically validate a generic patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for use in Switzerland. Aim Does the PROMIS-29 instrument exhibited acceptable psychometrics for recommendable use in Switzerland? Method PROM-Stakeholder meeting already conducted. Systematic literature review of previous PROMs in ...
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Cinema Culture for Schools
The Cinema Culture for Schools program has existed since 2009 and has already been evaluated three times by the ZHAW in 2011, 2015 and 2018. The focus was primarily on written student and teacher surveys. In 2020, the Kinokultur program for schools was extended to French-speaking Switzerland and in 2021 to ...
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Conductive Skin
Develop an advanced prototype to transfer power in Ventricular Assist Devices that have been implanted to patients with advanced heart failure. The aim is to create a safe and infection-free prototype with a protected IP for the creation of a startup.
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Cyber-Security Tools for a Secure Electrical Energy Systems based on Hardware-in-the-Loop Environment
Electrical systems are working close to their operational limits and the energy transitions are not even close to being fully implemented. In addition, the digitalization of energy systems is equipping electrical systems with sophisticated measurement equipment that has changed the way they communicate their ...
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Dynamic Analysis of Internal Android Systems
In this project, we focus on the current state of Android security. One main focus will be to determine current difficulties and limitations that hinder security researchers in performing a dynamic analysis of Android pre-installed software components such as pre-installed apps or native libraries. In a first step, ...
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Enhancing the grid infrastructure for fast charging stations of electromobility
To provide reliability and security to the electrical network and minimize potential collapses, the current strategies to control the charging process, namely the optimal handling of the power electronic components involved, need to be improved and new control algorithms are urged to be developed, which should be ...
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Financial Well-Being in Switzerland
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Leadership-Programme City of Rapperswil-Jona
The main objective of the assignment is to set up and implement a tailor-made continuing education programme with three elements: "Leadership Days": Block courses with more "classical" leadership topics, in groups of approx. 12 participants, 3 times 2 days over a calendar year. A one-day in-depth workshop ...
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Medtech Ventil Cloudsim
Cloud-simulation based development of a novel type of valve, specifically scaled for application in the med-tech sector.
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Meta-Study on Local Climate Action and NDCs
The implementation and impact of climate action committed under the Paris Agreement can only be monitored if climate action can be traced from countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) back to local climate activities. Based on six country case studies produced by local partners in Brazil, Burkina Faso, ...
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MetaSim – From high-fidelity to data-driven building energy performance simulation
The project proposes a data-driven meta model to analyze building energy performance. Through the model reduction process, the complexity of building simulation is removed such that the method becomes accessible to practitioners in planning, thus supporting a more sustainable building design. ...
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MoveD – Open Research Data in Swiss Movement Laboratories
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Networked Photography: Reading, Creating and Sharing
Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Daniel Süss, the ZHAW Media Psychology group and photography mediator Sabina Paries are developing a teaching aid on the subject of image skills for young people aged between 10 and 12. This project at the interface of practice and research is funded by the Doelker-Tobler ...
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Reduced Residual Stresses through Support Structure Optimization in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has proven to be an attractive and viabletechnology for industry to produce complex components and/or small lot sizes. Thereliability and thus acceptance of metal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) remains achallenge though. Severe thermal gradients can occur causing excessive ...
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Satellite and Network-Analysis based Climate Impact Measurement Tool for Real Estate
The project aims to create a set of science-based methods to systematically translate acute and chronic physical risk scenarios into the (de-)valuation of buildings over time based on building characteristics (material, roof coverage, etc.), geographic location and risk level. This will allow companies to ...