ETH Competence Center - Competence Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science (RESC)| Acronym | RESC | | Homepage | https://resc.ethz.ch/ | | Country | Switzerland | | ZIP, City | | | Address | | | Phone | | | Type | Academy | | Parent organization | ETH Zurich | | Current organization | ETH Competence Center - Competence Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science (RESC) | | Child organizations | | | Members | |
Open OpportunitiesLumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a condition characterized by the narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal, resulting in compression of the nerve roots or cauda equina. Patients with LSS often exhibit altered spinal kinematics and compensatory movement patterns, which can increase paraspinal muscle activity and segmental loads. This study aims to estimate the spinal loads in LSS patients using an advanced full-body musculoskeletal model within the AnyBody Modeling System, incorporating patient-specific motion-capture data. Gaining a deeper understanding of the differences in spinal kinematics between LSS patients and healthy individuals, and their effects on spinal loading, could inform more effective treatment and rehabilitation strategies. - Biomechanical Engineering
- Master Thesis
| The aim of this project is to develop and improve wearable electronics solutions for data acquisition from textile-based sensors used in our smart clothing. - Engineering and Technology, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
- Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The project shall enable all people – regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities – to work in the kitchen - Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The project aims to describe vibration of internal organs during jogging and what benefits these vibrations may have for human health. - Biomedical Engineering
- Master Thesis
| Fracture healing is a complex process that involves inflammation, angiogenesis, and bone remodeling. The remodelling process helps maintain bone density, repair micro-damage that occurs due to everyday activities, and adapt bones to the specific needs of an individual's body. Mechanical loading is a crucial factor in the regulation of fracture healing. The forces and strains experienced by the bone during everyday activities influence the cellular responses, callus formation, bone deposition, remodelling, and, ultimately, the successful recovery of the fractured bone. The mechanisms underlying spatial cell reorganization during loading, which contributes to fracture healing, remain unclear. The project aims to investigate and explore the fracture healing process of mice using spatial transcriptome changes in response to mechanical loading. By shedding light on this aspect, the project aims to contribute to the broader understanding of fracture healing and potentially pave the way for more effective treatment strategies in the future. - Biological Mathematics, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Engineering and Technology, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Physics
- Bachelor Thesis, Course Project, ETH for Development (ETH4D) (ETHZ), ETH Zurich (ETHZ), IDEA League Student Grant (IDL), Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The goal of the project is to modify commercially available conductive yarns to improve their operational properties for potential employment in novel garment-embedded sensors for human motion detection. - Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences, Other Chemistry
- Semester Project
| The project aims at investigating the influence of osteoporosis and the effect of different pharmacological treatments and mechanical loading on osteocyte lacunar properties and void spaces in vertebral bone in 3D.
This can be achieved by registering high (1.2 µm) to low (10.5 µm) resolution microCT images and running morphological analyses. - Biomedical Engineering, Medical and Health Sciences
- Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Hand Gesture Recognition has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential applications in various fields, including interaction with virtual environments (like the Metaverse), teleoperation, and prosthetic device control. Multiple sensing techniques can be employed for hand movement recognition, including vision-based sensors (cameras), mechanical sensors (e.g., IMUs), sEMG, and the more recent and increasingly popular Ultrasound (US). US enables high-spatial (submillimeter) and temporal (fraction of a millisecond) resolution imaging of deep musculoskeletal structures. While several studies [1], [2], [3] have used US for hand gesture recognition, challenges remain in ensuring robustness against factors like sensor shift, donning and doffing, varying muscle force, and interday use [4].
- Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
- Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| This project aims to develop an automated pipeline to localise bone cells from histology slices. - Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Computer Hardware, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Medical Biotechnology, Statistics
- Bachelor Thesis, Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| In this project we seek to reconstruct 3D Gaussian Splatting scenes and capture motion as it happens. - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Intelligent Robotics
- Master Thesis
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