ETH Competence Center for Materials and Processes (MaP)Acronym | MaP | Homepage | http://www.map.ethz.ch/ | Country | Switzerland | ZIP, City | 8093 Zürich | Address | Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4 | Phone | +41 44 633 37 53 | Type | Academy | Parent organization | ETH Zurich | Current organization | ETH Competence Center for Materials and Processes (MaP) | Members | |
Open OpportunitiesDrying (e.g. Pasta drying) is the most energy intensive process step, sometimes taking up more than 50% of the total energy consumption of a plant. Superheated steam drying could present an energy efficient alternative to classical hot-air drying systems used today. This new technology could have a massive impact on the carbon-footprint and sustainability of food-drying; making it a highly future-oriented and potentially impactful innovation. - Interdisciplinary Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Reinforcement learning (RL) can potentially solve complex problems in a purely data-driven manner. Still, the state-of-the-art in applying RL in robotics, relies heavily on high-fidelity simulators. While learning in simulation allows to circumvent sample complexity challenges that are common in model-free RL, even slight distribution shift ("sim-to-real gap") between simulation and the real system can cause these algorithms to easily fail. Recent advances in model-based reinforcement learning have led to superior sample efficiency, enabling online learning without a simulator. Nonetheless, learning online cannot cause any damage and should adhere to safety requirements (for obvious reasons). The proposed project aims to demonstrate how existing safe model-based RL methods can be used to solve the foregoing challenges. - Engineering and Technology
- Master Thesis
| Drying (e.g. Pasta drying) is the most energy intensive process step, sometimes taking up more than 50% of the total energy consumption of a plant. Superheated steam drying could present an energy efficient alternative to classical hot-air drying systems used today. This new technology could have a massive impact on the carbon-footprint and sustainability of food-drying; making it a highly future-oriented and potentially impactful innovation. - Interdisciplinary Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| The objective of this project is to create a comprehensive robotic platform capable of autonomously administering injections into the human eye. The project includes mechanical design, motion planning, and the implementation of a force control algorithm. - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Bühler, a leading industry manufacturer in Uzwil, is partnering with ETH Zürich's Feasibility Lab to offer a unique master thesis opportunity. Throughout your thesis, you'll work hand-in-hand with a team of like-minded peers, following the principles of cross-functional teamwork and agile project planning. You can explore your interests in AI/Machine Learning, Robotics, UX, Additive Manufacturing, Food Science and more and actively define your own project scope. - Digital Systems, Environmental Technologies, Industrial Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Incorporating electro-adhesion pads on the artificial soft skin of a humanoid robotic hand to enhance its grasping ability in various scenarios. - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Physics
- Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| You will obtain functional constructs of living muscle tissue that can be implemented into robots as bio-actuators. The tissue will be realized via bioprinting or conventional biofabrication in 3D designs at the mm-to-cm scale. The deformation of the constructs will be achieved via electrical stimulation of contractile muscle cells, and integrated sensing elements will monitor the motion of the tissue constructs, improving functionality and autonomy. We will use granular hydrogels to develop sensing components to monitor the state of 3D organoids. - Biology, Composite Materials, Medical and Health Sciences
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Conventional pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products (e.g., sport supplements) provide limited control over the release of bioactive ingredients (AIs) and poor absorption and bioavailability. To grant a proper therapeutic effect and athletic performance, common products need frequent intake at high dosages. This scenario is associated with an increased risk of short and long-term complications that can affect the performance of athletes as well as compromise the health long-term. Recently, novel techniques (e.g., 3D printing) and biomaterial formulation have become available for personalized sport supplements. The high versatility, flexibility, and increase absorption resulting from such products, open the way for increasing performance in sport but also for health benefits to generic people by target physiological characteristics and needs of specific groups. - Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Human Movement and Sports Science, Industrial Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Macromolecular Chemistry, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Medical Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Medical Physiology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Internship, Lab Practice, Master Thesis, Semester Project
| Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is one of the most widespread nutritional deficiencies worldwide, increasing the risk for disability and death for more than two billion people. Iron supplements are needed for prevention of iron deficiency, especially among infants, children and pregnant women, and for correction of IDA in all affected individuals. Conventional iron supplements, commonly cause nausea, epigastric discomfort and other gastrointestinal side effects that lead many individuals to discontinue and avoid their use.
In this project, gastric resident systems (GDSs) will be produced using advanced manufacturing approaches (e.g., 3D printing) and the resulting release kinetic of the bioactive compounds will be characterized. Based on the results, different GDSs 3D design, formulations, and combination of active compounds will be tested. - Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| We have several projects on integrated and free-space nonlinear optics experiments. This includes expeirments with lithium niobate photonics for frequency conversion and quantum information; analog computing in disordered media; characterization of nonlinear materials.
These projects include simulations of nonlinear optical systems, fabrication and analysis techniques, optical characterization and data analysis. - Quantum Optics and Lasers
- ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Master Thesis, Semester Project
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