 pd|z Product Development Group ZurichOpen OpportunitiesDesign effort and the associated costs are key factors which are limiting the adoption of additive manufacturing in industrial applications. One approach to tackle this problem is the use of automated design tools, which reduce the manual design effort to achieve manufacturable designs. In current research at pdz, we have been working on developing an automated design workflow for hydraulic manifolds. Several steps in the process chain have been tackled so far. - Mechanical Engineering
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Interdisciplinary development project for a 3D histology method in cooperation with University Hospital Zurich (USZ). - Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Mechatronics
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| We have acquired large datasets during in-vivo trials to illuminate the etiological relationships driving the development of Hydrocephalus, a neurodegenerative disease. To better process our results, this project's goal is to acquire a better quantitative understanding between spontaneous and mechanically ventilated breathing in the mean, pulse, and frequency domain. - Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Numerical Analysis, Signal Processing
- Semester Project
| We have developed an in-house coded computer vision algorithm to be used in posture estimation and pressure correlation for a chronic ovine in-vivo trial. We currently have instituted a HighRes-Net based architecture for keypoint detection but would like to investigate Object Tracking methodology to potentially improve our detentions. - Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms and Fuzzy Logic, Pattern Recognition
- Semester Project
| The project aims at the development and evaluation of an Virtual Reality (AR) training application for complex maintenance procedures. - Engineering and Technology
- Master Thesis
| The project aims at the development and evaluation of a Augmented Reality (AR) simulation training for intensive care units (ICUs). - Engineering and Technology
- Master Thesis
| To better understand the spread of bacteria and viruses in an acute care hospital, this project aims at combining deep learning-based methods, such as activity recognition and object detection to automatically collect and analyze data on all hand-to-surface exposures by doctors, nurses and patients.
- Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing
- Master Thesis
| Endovascular stents (endografts) are used to repair aortic aneurisms within the blood vessel without open surgery. Self expanding endografts are composed of a Nitinol frame covered with a woven polyester material that is similar to the standard surgical grafts. For deployment, the grafts are loaded in so called catheters.
- Biomechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Internship, Semester Project
| For mechanical circulatory support of failing hearts ventricular assist devices (VAD) support the pump blood in the human circulation. One challenge in VAD development is the control of the device to the physiological state of the patient. This requires research in sensor technology as well as adapted control loops for performant and reliable systems. The goal of the project is to implement and validate an integrated sensor-controlled ventricular assist device in a hardware-in-the-loop test bench at pd|z. - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Medicine-general
- Master Thesis
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