Automatic Control LaboratoryOpen OpportunitiesThe goal of this project is to remove the need for a motion capture system from the hands-on quadrotor control P&S offered by the IfA and design a classroom activity that provides a reliable learning experience for implementing one or more of the concepts taught in the Control Systems 1 course. - Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor Thesis, Course Project, Semester Project
| In this project, you will first investigate the performance of several distributed control architectures for the deployment of formations of autonomous vehicles (e.g. platoons). You will then develop solutions to deal with a maliciously controlled vehicle hidden in the platoon. - Control Engineering, Systems Theory and Control, Systems Theory and Control
- Applications (IfA), Computation (IfA), Master Thesis, Semester Project, Theory (IfA)
| The aim of this semester project is to develop and implement a Model Predictive Control strategy based on linear state space models to minimize the energy consumption while maintaining the occupant thermal comfort of a unit in the NEST building at Empa in Dübendorf. - Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Theory and Control
- Energy (IfA), Semester Project
| Estimating the state of a power systems is an integral part of real-time power system analysis. In the state estimation process, measurements coming from power substations are compared to the power flow models of generators, lines and transformers to detect measurement or model errors. The method esti-mates the voltage magnitude and phase angle as well as active and reactive power flow in lines and transformers. The estimated values are then used in real-time network analysis to ensure a safe and efficient operation of the power system at all times. - Engineering and Technology, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
- Master Thesis
| The area of approximate dynamic programming seeks to compute near-optimal value functions for control problems, which can then be used to control the system. This project will implement a method for simultaneously learning the dynamics of a robotic system (a quadrotor) and controlling its flight. - Calculus of Variations and Control Theory, Control Engineering, Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, Flight Control Systems, Flight Dynamics, Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning, Optimisation, Process Control and Simulation, Systems Theory and Control, Systems Theory and Control
- Master Thesis
| Thermoacoustic instabilities are nonlinear phenomena that arise when acoustic waves adversely couple with unsteady heat release, determining the onset of Limit Cycle Oscillations. The project aims at deriving models and system identification approaches for their prediction. - Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves, Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, Harmonic and Fourier Analysis, Systems Theory and Control, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- Master Thesis
| We are searching for a team leader for ETH Zürich's NomadZ robotic soccer team, which play in the Standard Platform League RoboCup. The ideal candidate possesses experience with RoboCup and robotics, as well as a supportive and friendly personality to lead the team. - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Student Assistant / HiWi
| Energy harvesting with thermoacoustic engines has a tremendous potential for the development of sustainable and reliable energy systems. In this project, a new solution based on a travelling wave device will be studied from various perspectives, i.e. experimental, numerical, and feedback control. - Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Mechanical Engineering
- Applications (IfA), Computation (IfA), Energy (IfA), Master Thesis
| Distributed generation and changing consumption will lead to under/over-voltages, which may force us to shed loads or to curtail generation. Control can mitigate these extreme actions. Using real data, we want to statistically analyze how modern controllers can virtually enforce the grid. - Control Engineering, Systems Theory and Control, Systems Theory and Control
- Master Thesis
| This work builds upon very recent workon distributed interaction systems that we call Karma systems. We propose a mathematical formalism and numerical computation to predict user behavior in these systems. Your task is to 1. Improve existing code by making itfaster and more modular. 2.Design and run numerical experiments on individual agents interacting in a bigger social systemto understand the trade-offs of parameters that dictate what agents care about and how they interact.3. Quantify “social mobility”within the social system and find what parameters influence it most. - Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Master Thesis
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