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Department of Earth Sciences

Bachelor's seminar and thesis.

Alongside the Bachelor's thesis students take part in the Bachelor's seminar during the fifth and sixth semester, in which students learn scientific writing and presentation.

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Bachelor's seminar I and II

In the Bachelor's seminars I and II, students gain an insight into scientific work. Important aspects are efficient scientific research and the processing of scientific findings as well as their oral and written presentation. Special emphasis is placed on scientific ethics and correct scientific work.

In the Bachelor's seminar I, students learn important research skills, such as how to efficiently search scientific literature and present scientific research in orally and in writing.

The Bachelor's seminar I is major specific.

The Bachelor's seminar II is completed by students of both majors alongside the Bachelor's thesis. In the Bachelor's seminar II, students apply what they have learned in writing their Bachelor's proposal and Bachelor's poster. The highlight of the second seminar is the Bachelor's posterfair, where students present their Bachelor's poster. 651-3698-01L Bachelor's seminar II

Bachelor's thesis

The Bachelor's thesis is the final project of the Bachelor's programme. It is carried out in parallel with the Bachelor's seminar II. The Bachelor's thesis consists of:

• Literature study, approximately two weeks
• Practical work, approximately three weeks (laboratory, fieldwork, etc.)
• Written Bachelor's thesis, approximately three weeks

The Bachelor's thesis is written in the area of the chosen major. Students can either propose a topic or choose a project from the list of topics within their major. A clear outline of the project is essential. The Bachelor's thesis can also be carried out in collaboration with industry or a geological office. The students organise the collaboration in industry independently.

Bachelor's Thesis topics

The Bachelor's thesis is supervised by two persons:

• one main supervisor
• one co-examiner

At least one person must be a lecturer of the Department of Earth Sciences or the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate. Both supervisors may belong to the same research group.

The supervisors follows the progress of the thesis with regular meetings and supports the student in writing the Bachelor's thesis.

The Bachelor's thesis is carried out independently by the students. The writing of the text is the responsibility of the student. It is important that supervisors and student outline the project in detail at the beginning and that there is a common understanding of the methods and the expected results. The supervisors provides the infrastructure needed such as samples, instruments and/or data series, which must be in place at the beginning of the work. All parties involved are familiar with the scope of work, time and deadline defined in the Bachelor's proposal.

Both Bachelor's seminar II and Bachelor's thesis must be registered in the same semester.

• Provisional registration of the Bachelor's thesis (651-3698-00) in myStudies by mid-March (“project/paper/theses”) incl. indication of the main supervisor and co-examiner.
• The Bachelor's proposal must be uploaded in myStudies by mid-April , the Bachelor's thesis is considered as definitely registered only after the confirmation of the main supervisor in eDoz .

The students write their Bachelor's proposal for the Bachelor's thesis in the Bachelor's seminar II.

• Discuss and correct the Bachelor's proposal together with the main supervisor and the co-examiner.
• Upload the accepted Bachelor's proposal to myStudies as assignment.
• By confirming the registration for the Bachelor's thesis in eDoz the main supervisor accepts the Bachelor's proposal.
• The Bachelor's proposal has to be sent as a PDF to the lecturers of the Bachelor's seminar for grading.

Refer to the Download guidelines for writing a Bachelor's proposal (PDF, 121 KB) vertical_align_bottom for more information (only available in German).

The Bachelor's poster is prepared in the Bachelor's seminar II. The students design a scientific poster for their Bachelor's thesis, which is presented and graded at the Bachelor's posterfair (end of spring semester, the exact time is communicated in the Bachelor's seminar II).

Bachelor's poster

In order to design the Bachelor's poster, students can download the ETH scientific poster templates and the D-ERDW logo. Please refer to the ETH logo guidelines if you choose to use another poster template.

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• protected page lock D-ERDW logo (ZIP archive)  (ZIP, 189 KB)

The outline of a Bachelor's thesis consists of the three main parts:

• Introduction

The formatting of the Bachelor's thesis is as follows:

• Length: recommended between 4,500 - 12,000 words (excluding appendices).
• Paper size: A4, min. 80 g/m2
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font size: 11pt or 12pt
• Paragraph justification
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Margins: inside 3 cm, outside 2 cm, top and bottom 3 cm each
• Binding: ring or adhesive binding

For details please refer to the Download guidelines for writing a Bachelor's thesis (PDF, 128 KB) vertical_align_bottom (only available in German).

The Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to all supervisors in time (printed or in electronic form as a PDF by arrangement).

Deadline: 30 June Late submission will result in a fail according to the Ordinance on Course Units and Performance Assessments at ETH Zurich Art. 11.

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Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's project.

The Bachelor's Thesis is the final part of the programme and is usually carried out in the sixth semester (2018 regulations). During the thesis, students will gain initial experience in the independent solution of a technical-scientific problem by applying the acquired specialist and social skills.

Bachelor's theses are supervised by a professor of the Department (including adjunct professors) or by a Download professor associated with the Department (PDF, 97 KB) vertical_align_bottom . Most theses are carried out under the guidance of, and in close contact with, a PhD student of the supervising professor.

A Bachelor's Thesis should take about half of a student's time during one semester, i.e., about 300-400 hours and usually has a duration of 14 weeks . The thesis includes an oral presentation and a written report, and it is graded. Before starting, the project must be registered in myStudies ("Projects/papers/theses").

Semester project, bachelor's and master's thesis offers at D-ITET:

If projects are taken, sometimes related projects may be available. Often, labs are willing to customize a project to match the students' interests. Where bachelor's theses are not clearly advertised, it is advisable to search for topics for semester projects and ask about the possibility of working on them as a bachelor's thesis. Many labs welcome students' own ideas for projects.

An overview of the labs that offer bachelor's, semester and Master's theses can be found on the page of the master programme.

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Agricultural Economics and Policy

Bachelor’s and master’s theses.

We are looking forward to supervise students for their Bachelor and Master theses. Please find proposals for Bachelor’s or Master’s Theses from our group in the lists below. Do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information.

Anleitung zum Verfassen wissenschaftliche Arbeiten  Download PDF (PDF, 51 KB) vertical_align_bottom

Please find details on the Declaration of Originality and the Citation Etiquette here

ETH Zürich is using SiROP to publish scientific projects. With your university login you get free access to internships, scientific projects, Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. For more information please visit external page www.sirop.org call_made .

Open Topics

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Info about Bachelor and Master theses

if anything in this article is outdated or a link does not work, please contact Hopo: hopo ät vis.ethz.ch

Short information

• Regulations: https://inf.ethz.ch/de/studium/dokumente.html
• List of all research groups: https://inf.ethz.ch/studies/semester-and-master-theses.html
• Mailing list: [email protected], subscribe via: https://lists.vis.ethz.ch/sympa/info/thesis (login required)

The Bachelor and Master thesis is part of the Computer Science Bachelor and Master program at ETH. The goal of both theses is to learn independent structured and scientific work methods.

The most important information about the Bachelor's and Master's thesis can be found in the study regulations and the information sheets of the respective study program. These documents are listed on the following page of the D-INFK: https://inf.ethz.ch/de/studium/dokumente.html In the following we summarize the most important points.

Both theses take 6 months to complete. The bachelor thesis is worth 10 KP and the master thesis 30 KP. The bachelor thesis can be written over 6 months in a part-time workload or as a full-time workload in a shorter time frame. The master's thesis is written over 6 months in a 100% workload.

Under certain conditions, the Bachelor thesis can also be written in a group (see Bachelor regulations Art 36.6). However, this is not common.

In order to be admitted for the Master thesis, sufficient credit points must have been acquired from some categories: see Master regulations 2020 Art 35.2 and the regulations of 2009 Art 32.2. In order to be admitted for the Bachelor thesis, 5 basic subjects must have been passed, see information sheet Bachelor thesis. If these conditions are fulfilled, you can start the thesis at any time. But note that the submission date is before the end of your study deadline and the start date must also be convenient for your supervisors.

The Bachelor thesis is supervised by one or more professors. From our experience (HoPo-Team) this supervision can vary a lot:

• The supervision can be done directly by the professor or by PhD students or PostDocs of the respective group.
• Supervision can be very time intensive (meetings at least once a week) or only as needed (if questions arise, they are clarified).

Both theses are completed with a written report and a presentation. The form of this presentation (audience, duration) may vary from group to group. The standard of the written work also varies.

The work can also be done externally, i.e. in industry or at another university. However, the work must still be supervised by an ETH professor. This professor also assigns the grade at the end and, depending on the project, also takes over part of the supervision. For the Data Science and Cyber Security Master there are some additional regulations regarding external master theses: See section 3 of the Data Science Master thesis leaflet, section 4 of the Cyber Security leaflet or Data Science study regulations art. 28.2. or Cyber Security study regulations art. 33.4.

For more and detailed information, check out the documents linked above.

How to find a topic:

Take your time to find a topic and a group. You should expect at least one month from your first mail to the start of your work. This process may also take longer. So if you want to start on a fixed date, you should start looking early enough. For some groups, half a year before the start is too early. This varies from group to group.

Subscribe to the mailing list: Once you are looking, you should subscribe to the mailing list to get possible proposals from there ( https://lists.vis.ethz.ch/sympa/info/thesis ). When you have found a thesis, you can unsubscribe.

Find a subject: First of all, you should think about what field you are interested in. Especially for the bachelor thesis, you probably don't have very concrete ideas yet. It can help to think about which lectures you were interested in and which you enjoyed. And then look at the field of the professorship.

Find a group: The department lists all professorships and their research groups at the following link https://inf.ethz.ch/studies/semester-and-master-theses.html . The links sometimes point to the general website of the research group, then you can get an idea of their work, or to a page for writing papers in the respective group. Such pages often contain possible topics or already prepared proposals, requirements to you and email addresses of the contact persons. It is worthwhile to study such pages. It should be noted, however, that the lists of proposals are usually not complete and often not up to date. However, the proposals will give you a good idea of what you can do as work in this group. The new topics will be similar. Even if no concrete proposals are announced, it is worth asking. There is also a new mailing list where topics for papers are advertised. Both from research groups of the department and from externals: https://lists.vis.ethz.ch/sympa/info/thesis

Write to the groups: The above sites often tell you who to contact to find a paper. If you are unsure, write to the professor personally. You can also write to several groups, and then choose the topic that interests you the most. This process can take some time. Professors are very busy and often take 2 days or more to respond. If you don't get an answer within a week, you can ask nicely. Unfortunately, it also happens that emails are ignored completely, then you should look for another group. Even if it sometimes takes a while with the professors; try to write back within 24 hours.

Have a meeting: It's best to set up a meeting where you can talk about possible projects and get to know the potential supervisors. Have them explain the topic and ask questions. Also find out a bit about how the group will supervise you (and if that's right for you) and when you can start working. Additionally, for the bachelor's thesis, clarify whether you will be working on it part-time for 6 months (the normal case) or full-time for a shorter period of time.

Decide: When deciding on a topic, it is certainly important that it interests or even excites you. You have to work intensively on it for 6 months. But it is just as important that the supervision is right for you. Do you prefer intensive collaboration or are infrequent inputs enough for you? Can you imagine working together with the supervisor? Are the expectations realistic? Also, exchange ideas with friends or stop by the VIS office, someone may already know the group you want to learn about.

Finish in time: If you do the Bachelor thesis and an ETH Computer Science Master: The Bachelor thesis grade must be there at the beginning of the Computer Science Master, so that you can still enroll (Friday second week of the first Master semester at the latest). In case of doubt please ask Denise Spicher (or Hopo). Note that your supervisors need time to give you the grade (up to 4 weeks, in rare cases more).

Other useful links:

• Latex template: The CADMO provides the following template: https://www.cadmo.ethz.ch/education/thesis/template.html
• Links from CADMO: On the page of CADMO about master and bachelor theses is a list of useful links: https://www.cadmo.ethz.ch/education/thesis/guidelines.html (at the bottom)

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Department of Computer Science

Bachelor's and master's theses.

Below is a list of the research groups of the department with hyperlinks to their available theses.

Institute for Computing Platforms

• Prof. G. Alonso, Information and Communication Systems Research Group
• Prof. A. Klimovic,  Efficient Architectures and Systems Lab
• Prof. T. Roscoe, Network and Operating Systems
• Prof. Ce Zhang, Data Sciences, Data Systems and Data Services

Institute for High Performance Computing Systems

• Prof. T. Hoefler, Scalable Parallel Computing Lab

Institute of Information Security

• Prof. D. Basin, Information Security Group
• Prof. S. Capkun, System Security Group
• Prof. K. Paterson, Applied Cryptography Group
• Prof. A. Perrig, Network Security Group
• Prof. S. Shinde,  Secure & Trustworthy Systems Group
• Prof. F. Tramèr,  external page The Secure and Private AI Lab call_made external page call_made

Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems

• Prof. S. Coros, Computational Robotics Lab
• Prof. O. Hilliges, Advanced Interactive Technologies Lab
• Prof. C. Holz, external page Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab call_made
• Prof. A. Wang,  external page Programming, Education, and Computer-Human Interaction Lab call_made

Institute for Machine Learning

• Prof. V. Boeva, Computational Genetics and Epigenetics of Cancer
• Prof. J. Buhmann, Information Science & Engineering
• Prof. N. He,  Optimization and Decision Intelligence Group
• Prof. T. Hofmann, Data Analytics Lab
• Prof. A. Krause, Learning & Adaptive Systems Group
• Prof. F. Perez-Cruz, external page Swiss Data Science Center call_made
• Prof. G. Rätsch, Biomedical Informatics Group
• Prof. M. Sachan, external page Mrinmaya's Lab call_made
• Prof. J. Vogt, Medical Data Science
• Prof. F. Yang,  Statistical Machine Learning Group

Institute for Programming Languages and Systems

• Prof. R. Jung,  Programming Language Foundations Lab
• Prof. P. Müller, Programming Methodology Group
• Prof. M. Püschel, Advanced Computing Lab
• Prof. Z. Su, Advanced Software Technologies Lab
• Prof. M. Vechev, Secure, Reliable and Intelligent Systems Lab

Institute of Theoretical Computer Science

• Prof. B. Gärtner, Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms
• Prof. D. Hofheinz, Foundations of Cryptography
• Prof. D. Komm,  Algorithms and Didactics Group
• Prof. R. Kyng,  Algorithms and Optimization Group
• Prof. U. Maurer, Information Security and Cryptography
• Prof. A. Steger, Combinatorial Structures and Algorithms
• Prof. D. Steurer, external page Computational Complexity, Optimisation and Estimation call_made
• Prof E. Welzl, Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms

Institute of Visual Computing

• Prof. M. Gross, Computer Graphics Laboratory
• Prof. M. Pollefeys, Computer Vision and Geometry Group
• Prof. O. Sorkine-Hornung, Interactive Geometry Lab
• Prof. R. Sumner, Game Technology Center
• Prof. S. Tang, Computer Vision and Learning Group
• Prof. M.  El-​Assady,  external page Interactive,Visualization & Intelligence Augmentation Lab call_made

Chair of Information Technology and Education

• Prof. J. Hromkovic, Information Technology and Education

Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory

• Prof. R. Wattenhofer,  Distributed Computing Group

Research Centers

• Dr. Fabio Zünd, Game Technology Center
• Dr. Fabio Zünd, Media Technology Center

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Department of Environmental Systems Science

Bachelor’s thesis (until fs 23).

The Bachelor's thesis is an independently written scientific work. It is supervised by a lecturer in the Environmental Sciences programme.The bachelor thesis can be written either as a large thesis (10 CP) or as two small papers (5 CP each).  

Through the Bachelor’s thesis student learn

• to address an issue using scientific methods and concepts;
• to author a report according to scientific standards;
• to cite literature sources correctly.

Depending on the orientation of the thesis, students develop these skills in the context of an empirical study, a literature review, a planning or design task, or a practical project.

• A thesis in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences generally addresses a theme at the interface of social sciences and the humanities, the environment and sustainability. It deploys sociological and humanistic tools of data collection, analysis and interpretation.
• A thesis in the Natural Sciences area addresses a theme at the interface of natural sciences, environment and sustainability. It deploys scientific tools of data collection, analysis and interpretation.
• A thesis in the area of Technical Electives addresses the environmental effects of a particular use of technology, in the form of an analysis, an assessment or the future design of a particular use. Interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary theses merge findings from various areas to address an overarching issue, or include social players.
• Bachelor’s theses are normally written in the third year of studies, but thesis work may begin in the second year. It is recommended that students undertake examination blocks 1, 2, and 3 before beginning the Bachelor’s thesis.
• A Bachelor’s thesis usually comprises an illustrated text of 15-20 pages (short thesis) or 30-40 pages (long thesis). The estimated workload is between 150 hours (short thesis) and 300 hours (long thesis).
• Models for Bachelor’s theses are scientific publications and environmental reports. Other forms may be selected in consultation with the supervisor (e.g. some theses have already involved planning, conducting and evaluating local Agenda 21 activities; role-playing; and the writing of film scripts). The format of the Bachelor's thesis should be determined with the supervisor right at the beginning.
• Theses may be authored individually or in the context of group work; group work theses are more comprehensive. 
• Bachelor’s theses may be written in German or English.

All professors and faculty involved in teaching the degree programme in Environmental Sciences are entitled to supervise Bachelor ’ s theses.

• Bachelor’s theses in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences may only be supervised by lecturers teaching in this area
• Bachelor’s theses in the area of Natural Sciences and Technical Electives may only be supervised by lecturers teaching in the area of natural sciences, systems or technology.

Requests for a thesis to be supervised by a person without ETH faculty status should proceed using the form Download Supervisors not listed in myStudies (PDF, 123 KB) vertical_align_bottom .

• The student selects one supervisor and together they establish the topic and form of the thesis.
• Please register the thesis in myStudies and provide the name of the supervisor (regular subscription to 701-0010-02/03/10).
• At least three supervisory consultations should take place during thesis work, plus further discussions if necessary.-Introductory discussion: Requirements, faculty expectations, particular standards if any, delineation of the theme, thesis plan, important literature-Mid-thesis discussion: Check of whether thesis work is on the right track, especially of whether the topic is being addressed using the appropriate means and in the required detail, and whether there are difficulties or uncertainties-Concluding discussion:Comprehensive feedback on the content and formal quality of the thesis, with the possibility of suggesting additions and corrections
• In order to avoid extending the work excessively a Download project agreement with (PDF, 1.2 MB) vertical_align_bottom the supervisor is recommended.
• An integral part of every Bachelor's thesis is a Declaration of originality form.
• The final, definitive version of the thesis is graded by the supervisor. A signed declaration of originality must also be included in the electronic versions. 
• The form of submission (printed, bound, PDF, etc.) of the Bachelor’s thesis needs to be agreed with the supervisor.
• The student normally receives concluding feedback in written form or in a further meeting.

The front page must contain the following information (there is no layout restriction):

• Thesis type (Bachelor's thesis)
• Name of the student
• Student ID no.
• Degree Programme Environmental Sciences
• Title of the Bachelor's thesis
• Supervisor and Advisor, with their academic institution ( both could grade the thesis)
• Date of submission (dd/mm/yyyy)
• Note "Confidential" (only if asked)

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Bachelor’s theses are assessed according to the following equally weighted criteria. However, the weight of criterion 5 also depends on the task at hand.

•  How far does it address the issue?
•  Originality of the thesis
•  Practical relevance of the findings (particularly for theses in the technological area)
•  Assertions and conclusions are backed up by facts and arguments

2) Transparency/Reproduciblity

•  The data and statements cited are imparted in the author’s own words or quoted verbatim, and their sources provided correctly.
•  Data collection and analysis has been performed correctly.
•  Established knowledge, facts and doctrines are distinguished from suppositions and personal opinions
•  The methods and theoretical bases deployed are obvious.

3) Communicative quality of the report

• The report is logically structured and intelligibly written, in a manner appropriate to its target audience.
• The findings are arranged clearly. 
• There is a meaningful summary.
• The layout is attractive.

4) Formal quality of the report

• Citation rules have been adhered to.
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct according to Duden rules.

5) Independence in the working process

Unless otherwise agreed, the grade will be announced through myStudies no later than 4 weeks after submission of the thesis.

• A major Bachelor's thesis that has not fulfilled the aforementioned criteria can only be repeated once. In case of a repetition, a new topic has to be selected.
• A small Bachelor's thesis that has not fulfilled the aforementioned criteria can only be repeated once; this applies equally to each of the two papers. In case of a repetition, a new topic has to be pursued within the respective topic area.

For detailed information please see our Study guide  (in German).

• Here you will also find an  overview of all documents .
• "Ready for take-off: how to start your Bachelor's and Master's thesis” : Moodle-Link
• An event presenting information about the bachelor's thesis will take place in the Seminar for Bachelor Students during the 5th semester.
• Phone phone +41 44 632 53 75

Study administration Universitätsstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Schweiz

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3 Format of the Master and Bachelor Theses

3.1 – language.

The Master thesis has to be written in English and Bachelor thesis in English or German, comprehensibly and in an appropriate style. It is recommended to have the thesis corrected by a third person before handing it in.

3.2 – Formal Layout

If the research group, in which the thesis project is carried out, does not have formal guidelines for the layout of the thesis, the following are recommended:

Format: A4 Page margins: top and bottom: 3 cm, left 3 cm, right 2 cm Font & Font size: 11-12 points, Arial recommended Columns: single-column Paragraph: line spacing 1.5, justified Page numbers: bottom, starting from introduction Paper quality: minimum 80 g/m2 paper

There may be additional (partially discipline specific) guidelines for figures and reference formats. Ask your supervisor.

3.3 – Number of Pages

The number of pages is no criterion for the quality of a bachelor or master thesis. The content and the engagement with the subject are the key factors (quality is more important than quantity; a typical range is 20-30 pages for the Bachelor thesis and 30-50 pages for the Master thesis).

3.4 – Paper Form

It is possible to write the master thesis directly in the form of a scientific paper. This possibility will be discussed and agreed with the Examiner as early as possible ( see section 2.6 Affiliation with Publications ). In this case, the formal requirements of the corresponding journal apply (e.g. layout, number of pages). It is even more important in this situation that the contribution of the student is traceable for grading purposes.

Guidelines for Scientific Communication: Guidelines for Scientific Communication - Copyright © 2017 by Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich. All Rights Reserved.

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Chair of Energy and Public Economics

Guidelines bachelor thesis and semester project.

• Location location_on ZUE E 14
• Phone phone +41 44 633 63 42

Energy and Public Economics Zürichbergstrasse 18 8092 Zürich Switzerland

Goal of Semester project and Bachelor thesis

The objective of a bachelor thesis or semester project is to provide a detailed analysis and discussion of an economic issue using microeconomic theory and empirical methods.

Requirements for Bachelor Thesis

The student should be familiar with the contents of the following courses (or courses with equivalent contents) :

• Principles of Microeconomics or Managerial Economics
• Energy Economics and Policy
• One lecture in 'Statistics' (not Stochastics)
• Two other lectures out of the field Environmental / Resource Economics  

Requirements for Semester Project

• Principles of Microeconomics
• One lecture 'Statistics' (not Stochastics) or Operations Research

Semester projects and Bachelor thesis can be written on the following topics:

• Energy economics and policy
• Public economics

Form and outline of the thesis

Semester project.

• Problem description and goal of the thesis
• Detailed microeconomic description of the problem
• Discussion of the relevant literature
• Policy implications

Outline: 15-20 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

Bachelor thesis

• Empirical analysis of the problem set

Outline: 30-40 pages (Font: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: 1.5, border: double-sided 3 cm)

A) Choice of the topic

The student has the possibility of making a proposal for your thesis (the topic should be in the field of the institute) or to choose a general topic from the topics given by the institute.

B) Preliminary advisement

The student should contact the institute for a preliminary advisement in order to finalize the topic and choose a thesis supervisor from the institute. The assigned person for preliminary advisement is  Dr. Suchita Srinivasan.

C) Proposal

After the preliminary advisement, the student will submit a short proposal. The final decision for the commencement of the thesis is based on this proposal. The proposal should be maximum two pages and must contain the following points:

• A description fo the problem/ research question
• Methodology
• A description of the data to be used (in case of empirical study)
• Bibliography
• Provisional table of contents

D) Start to write

As soon as the proposal has been accepted you can start writing the thesis.

E) Support and workplace

Semester project After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion. Bachelor thesis After the discussion of the proposal there is the possibility of having one meeting with your supervisor. Furthermore you can hand in a draft of the final report in order to get a feedback from your supervisor. After handing in the final report there will be a final discussion.

F) Submitting the thesis

Two copies of your thesis must be handed in, duplex print and bound. In addition, the abstract of the thesis including your e-mail address (in pdf format) is needed for the CEPE website.

G) Evaluation

The following points will be assessed:

• Structure: Structure and outline should be consistent and logical.
• Content: The content must be correct and clear.
• Language: Accurate wording and correct grammar is assumed.
• Empirical analysis: The data collection and analysis must be performed in an accurate and transparent way.
• Literature: The relevant literature should be critically discussed and the references should be correctly cited.

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Institute for Transport Planning and Systems

Bachelors' theses.

Students' papers at the Institute for Tansport Planning and Systems (IVT).

Students' papers prior to 2015 can be found in ETH's web archive

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Computational Science and Engineering

 REMEMBER: each project for a Term, BSc-, or MSc-Thesis must be approved via this form .

A thesis project is usually supervised and graded by a lecturer in charge of teaching a Core Course or a course in a Field of Specialization, but any other lecturer of ETH Zurich, who is entitled to supervise master thesis in her or his own department is also eligible.  

The topic of a thesis project must be approved by the Director of Studies CSE. Approval can be requested via the form above and needs a brief description of the project. That description must convey that the following requirements are satisfied:

All projects in CSE must involve the application of core CSE techniques and must have a strong software implementation component. Algorithm development and implementation, numerical or discrete modeling, or simulations must constitute the main contribution of the student to the project.

If a thesis project is conducted at an institution or company outside ETH Zurich, an authorized lecturer of ETH Zurich must take responsibility as in-​house supervisor.  

Please also note the gen­eral pro­ced­ures for do­ing thesis pro­jects:

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All theses/projects end with a written report (including the declaration of originality) and with a presentation.

The Bachelor Thesis in CSE ends the BSc program and can be written not earlier than 5th semester, better in 6. semester of study. It should require about 420 hours and 14 ECTS are obtained. Both full time and part time work are allowed.

A Term Thesis in CSE should be computational and application oriented work in a team in order to deepen the knowledge in an application area. It should require about 160-240 hours and 8 ECTS are obtained for an accepted paper. The supervisor defines the tasks to be accomplished and establishes the dates of start and end of the work. A term theis is graded pass/fail. The Master Thesis takes 6 months, which is a strict deadline for its completion, and is supposed to be full-​time work. It concludes the CSE Master studies and should train students for independent work on a particular topic. 30 ECTS credits are awarded for an accepted thesis.

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Institute for Computing Platforms - Systems Group

Master's and bachelor's theses.

The Systems Group has a variety of projects available, as possible topics for a Masters Thesis, a Semester Projects, or as labs for bachelors or masters students.

• protected page lock Deploying RoFL at Scale [BT]  (PDF, 92 KB)
• protected page lock End-to-End System Designs for Privacy [MT/BT]  (PDF, 95 KB)
• protected page lock Cryptographic Audits for Secure Machine Learning [MT]  (PDF, 96 KB)
• protected page lock Scheme-Independent FHE Compiler for TensorFlow [MT]  (PDF, 75 KB)
• protected page lock Deploying Secure Computation on Heterogeneous Hardware [MT]  (PDF, 285 KB)
• protected page lock Extend an FPGA Collective Offload Engine [MT]  (PDF, 269 KB)
• protected page lock Distributed Application with an FPGA Collective Offload Engine [Semester Project/MT]  (PDF, 270 KB)
• protected page lock Code generation for heterogeneous architectures [BT]  (PDF, 165 KB)
• protected page lock Data Serialization Offload for FPGA-Based Smart-NICs[MT]  (PDF, 216 KB)
• protected page lock Differential Private Data and Query Set Generation for Benchmarking  (PDF, 85 KB)
• protected page lock From Threats to Concrete Harms: A New Approach to Privacy Threat Modeling [MT]  (PDF, 84 KB)
• protected page lock Answering subjective queries using vector search [Semester Project]  (PDF, 183 KB)
• protected page lock Optimizing Compound AI Systems [MT/Semester Project]  (PDF, 92 KB)

There are several thesis projects available within the Enzian and Sockeye projects:

• protected page lock USB Subsystem Support for an OS Course [Practical work]  (PDF, 90 KB)
• protected page lock A BMC orchestration layer in Rust over seL4 [MT/BT]  (PDF, 98 KB)
• protected page lock Complete semantics of the ARMv8.1-A Memory Management Unit [MT]  (PDF, 91 KB)
• protected page lock Runtime Verification with TeSSLa on Enzian [MT]  (PDF, 96 KB)
• protected page lock Integrating ECI and TileLink [MT/Practical work]  (PDF, 65 KB)
• protected page lock Complete semantics of the ARMv8-R Memory Protection Unit [MT]  (PDF, 93 KB)
• protected page lock Hybrid FPGA-Accelerator Encryption [BT/MT] and Compression  (PDF, 89 KB)
• protected page lock Complete semantics of the RISC-V Memory Management Unit [MT]  (PDF, 96 KB)
• protected page lock Specifying the interconnect of the AMD/Xilinx Ultrascale+ MPSoC [MT]  (PDF, 93 KB)
• protected page lock Semantics of the Intel 64 and ia32 Memory Management Unit [MT]  (PDF, 93 KB)

Ongoing Master's Theses

Past theses.

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Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

Bachelor thesis.

The Bachelor thesis in the 6th semester is intended to promote independent, hands-on problem-solving skills. 10 credits are awarded for submission of a satisfactory Bachelor's thesis (minimum grade 4.0).

Prerequisite

The bachelor thesis can only be started if the first-year examination and examination blocks 1 to 4 have been passed.

Students can repeat an unsatisfactory Bachelor thesis only once. However, they have to write it on a different subject. Students can change professor.

Breaking off the Bachelor Thesis

The Bachelor thesis can only be abandoned  in exceptional circumstances. An official written request stating the reasons must be submitted immediately  to the Director of Study. There needs to be a compelling reason for abandoning the  thesis from the second half of the allotted  processing time onwards, otherwise abandonment is not possible.

Professors announce the topics for the Bachelor theses with enough time. Students are required to register for a specific topic at the end of the 5th semester. Group work is possible on condition that the individual contributions by the students are clearly defined and can be assessed and graded individually.

More information can be found on the Download leaflet (PDF, 110 KB) vertical_align_bottom .

Bachelor Theses at the Institute of Environmental Engineering

• chevron_right Groundwater and Hydromechanics
• chevron_right Hydrology and Water Management
• chevron_right Urban Water Management
• chevron_right Ecological System Design
• chevron_right Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
• chevron_right Industrial Ecology/Air Pollution Control

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Chair of Cartography

Bachelor thesis.

The Bachelor's thesis is usually written in the 6th semester under the supervision of a D-BAUG professor. It promotes the ability to undertake independent, practice-oriented problem-solving or scientific work. The Bachelor's thesis is completed at the end of the semester with a written report and an oral presentation. 10 credits will be awarded for a satisfactory Bachelor’s thesis. Students can repeat an unsatisfactory Bachelor's thesis only once and they have to write it on a different subject.

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Chair of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing

Bachelor thesis.

General guidelines can be found here , while more information regarding citation etiquette can be found here .

Examples of recently-completed projects are listed below.

A complete list is located at the bottom of this page.

Applying Machine Learning to C-band and X-band SAR Images for Sea Ice Classification

Student:  Gloria Vergés Supervisors: Dr. Lanqing Huang and Prof. Irena Hajnsek Time period: 2023 Spring Semester

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to investigate whether information (features) derived from multi-frequency SAR imagery could enhance sea ice classification using a random forest classifier (RFC). The "Ice Chart" product (U.S. National Ice Center, 2020) served as ground truth to label the data. The question was researched by using Sentinel-1 (C-band) and TanDEM-X SAR data (X-band). The Sentinel-1 and Tan-DEM-X acquisitions overlapped in three distinct sectors within the regions of the Amundsen and Ross Sea in Antarctica, with a temporal gap of approximately 30 minutes. Sixteen X-band features and three C-band features were retrieved and categorized as backscattering, interferometric, polarimetric and topographic based features. The data processing involved image rescaling, merging the high resolution features, as well as co-locating the features with the ground truth and labelling each pixel accordingly. The results shows that the X-band features based model scored a significantly better accuracy value (0.895) than the model based solely on the C-band features (0.784). Two out of the three C-band features were ranked under the top 10 most important features, indicating that C-band features are important.

Nevertheless, the inclusion of C-band features lowered the accuracy score, which suggest that the inclusion of C-band features does not improve prediction accuracy despite their importance.

Applying machine learning to C-band and X-band SAR images for snow and ice freeboard retrieval  

Student:  Robin Gisin Supervisor: Dr. Lanqing Huang and Prof. Irena Hajnsek Time period:  2023 Spring Semester

This thesis studies the potential of using machine learning models with multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery to estimate the elevation of sea ice. Random Forest Regression, a widely used machine learning model, is applied to predict the ice freeboard and snow freeboard using X-band data from the TanDEM-X mission and C-band data from the Sentinel-1 mission. The study uses data on the ice freeboard obtained from the CryoSat mission as the target variable, which is spatially and temporally filtered for alignment with the SAR data. Before applying the Random Forest Regression the two target variables are compared. The natural relationship that the snow freeboard tends to be greater because of the additional snow can be confirmed. The results from the model for the ice freeboard are not very significant, as insufficient data leads to a dependency on the randomness. Also, the RMSE is approximately 50% of the average ice freeboard. For the snow freeboard a clear positive correlation of 0.76 for the mutli-frequency input and a RMSE of 20% is achieved. The model shows that the combination of multi-frequency SAR imagery can improve the result for predicting the snow freeboard, as one of the top three features is the backscattering intensity HH from C-band.

Full List of BSc Theses

Gloria Vergés:   Applying Machine Learning to C-band and X-band SAR Images for Sea Ice Classification Robin Gisin:  Applying machine learning to C-band and X-band SAR images for snow and ice freeboard retrieval

Natalie Stalder:   Analysing sea ice topography using remote sensing images

Raffael Bucher:   Monitoring Retrogressive Thaw Slumps on the Taymyr Peninsula

Micha Walder:  Monitoring Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Taymyr Peninsula using Optical Satellite Images

Martina Buck: Multi-channel stacking for glacier offset tracking: a proof-of-concept study using multi-spectral data from Sentinel-2A

Enrico Bernardini:  Analysis of two large-volume glacier detachments in the Petra Pervogo range, Tajikistan

Giorgio Laghi:  Property extraction of retrogressive thaw slumps in the Canadian high Arctic using TanDEM-<<x and ArticDEM Dat

Bär Michael Alexander: Comparing models for Ku-Band radar backscatter of dry snow

Bichsel Nina: Monitoring Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Arctic using optical Satellite Images

Cremona Aaron: ArcticDEM and TandDEM-X: Accuracy assessment and application o retrogressive thaw slumps monitoring

Holenstein Sämi Christoph: Generation of an avalanche map for entire Switzerland from Sentinel-1 radar images

Metzger Jona: Geschwindigkeit des Rhonegletschers basierend auf TanDEM-X und Sentinel-2 Daten

Behler, Selina: Identification of hazardous surge-type glaciers on the Tipetan Plateau

Willimann, Cyril: Hazard analysis of recently identified glacier detachment in the West Kunlun Shan

Hagspiel, Nick: Tracking the Evolution of Agricultural Crops with SAR Interferometry and SAR Polarimetry

Kuhn, Alexandra: Satellite Observation of Velocity Variations of Grosser Aletschgletscher

Lück, Ilona: Polarimetric Diversity in Ku-Band Differential Interferometric Observations of an Alpine Glacier

von Ah, Florian: Identifikation von surgenden Gletschern auf der tibetischen Hochebene

Rigo, Elvira: Explainig the Changes in the Polarimetric Descriptors Based on the Changes in the Rice Crop Morphology

Stoppa, Francesco: Topography-based simulation of SAR backscatter image

Xingyu, Liu: Analyse interferometrischer SAR-Daten über dem Lena-Delta (Sibirien)

Kirchhoff, Frederic: Applicaton of SAR polarimerty to the monitoring of agricultural crop structure

Rulli, Romina: Detection of Small Icebergs with Quad-Polarimetric SAR

Sperger, Katharina: Detecting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

Pohl, Thomas: Analyse von Radaraufnahmen in L- und P-Band vom Tropischen Regenwald

Roth, Simon: Observation of Sea Ice with Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar.

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ETH for Development  

Ba and ma thesis topics.

ETH4D lists BA and MA thesis topics across ETH Zurich that are related to global development. If you are interested, please get in touch with the listed supervisor directly.

Opportunities published by ETH members on SiROP

ETH Zurich uses SiROP to publish and search scientific projects. For more information visit sirop.org call_made .

Student Research Assistant - hardware and software development

Global Health Engineering is a group composed of environmental and mechanical engineers, economists and social scientists. Our work is transdisciplinary and all research focuses on engineering aspects of environmental and human health in resource-constrained countries. We look for a student research assistant to continue developing (hardware+software) the low-cost sensors for biogas composition and flow measurements, as well as program other tasks, e.g., web scraping for scientific grant management. Show details add remove

sensor development, python, C++, programming, measurements, biogas, production scale up

ETH for Development (ETH4D) (ETHZ) , Student Assistant / HiWi

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Published since: 2024-05-13 , Earliest start: 2024-05-19 , Latest end: 2025-02-28

Applications limited to ETH Zurich

Organization Global Health Engineering

Hosts Tkaczuk Jakub

Topics Engineering and Technology

Prompt-Guided State-Space Foundation Model for Real-World Image Restoration

The field of image restoration is continually evolving with the introduction of advanced deep learning models capable of tackling increasingly complex restoration tasks. The use of foundation models, which are pre-trained on diverse data before being fine-tuned for specific tasks, has demonstrated considerable promise in various domains of artificial intelligence. This proposal aims to develop a new foundation model for image restoration by incorporating the state-space model and enhancing it with text prompt capabilities. This approach will allow the model to perform targeted restorations based on descriptive textual prompts, significantly improving the precision and quality of the restoration process. Show details add remove

Text prompt, state-space model, foundation model, image restoration

Collaboration , Master Thesis , ETH for Development (ETH4D) (ETHZ)

Published since: 2024-05-04 , Earliest start: 2024-05-13 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Organization Image Communication and Understanding

Hosts Li Yawei

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences

Unravelling the spatial and biomechanical dynamic of fracture healing in mice

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. Show details add remove

Spatial transcriptomics, Dimensionality reduction, Spatial expression pattern, Spatial interaction, Cell Segmentation and Visualization, Fracture healing, Bone

IDEA League Student Grant (IDL) , Semester Project , Course Project , Internship , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis , ETH for Development (ETH4D) (ETHZ) , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

Published since: 2024-03-07 , Earliest start: 2024-03-07 , Latest end: 2024-08-01

Organization Müller Group / Laboratory for Bone Biomechanics

Hosts Singh Amit

Topics Medical and Health Sciences , Mathematical Sciences , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology , Biology , Physics

Pasteurizer development for biogas-powered effluent treatment

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is considered one of the oldest and most sustainable biological treatment technologies for stabilizing and reducing organic waste, including food waste, sewage sludge, industrial waste, and farm waste. AD transforms organic matter into biogas (60–70 vol-% of methane), thereby reducing the volume of the waste whilst destroying some of the pathogens present in the waste feedstocks and limiting odor problems associated with waste materials (Appels et al., 2008; Gerardi, 2003). AD is a promising energy, waste management, and sanitation solution in low-resource, low-income settings (Forbis-Stokes et al., 2016; Owamah et al., 2014). However, it does not fully eliminate pathogens for safe environmental discharge. Three ETH master students (Hardeman, 2022; Jäggi, 2023; Luz, 2022) iteratively developed and optimized the biogas reactor and the solution for sludge pasteurization to homogeneously heat the effluent and render the liquid safe for discharge. However, the technology needs further improvements and adaptations to operate reliably in continuous mode in all environmental conditions. Show details add remove

thermodynamics, mechanical design, manufacturing, measurements

Master Thesis , ETH for Development (ETH4D) (ETHZ) , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

Published since: 2024-02-02 , Earliest start: 2024-02-01 , Latest end: 2024-11-30

Applications limited to ETH Zurich , Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering

Analysis and treatment of wastewater from plastic recycling in Blantyre, Malawi

Monitoring and treatment of plastic washing wastewater from recycling processes is often overlooked, though the high pH, chemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, and oil and grease concentrations can be problematic (Ozdemir and Yel 2023). Treatment of wastewater from plastic recycling is critical to both public and environmental health, since solid waste, sanitation, and water are inextricably linked (Narayan et al. 2021). This thesis project will contribute to a closed-loop plastic recycling pilot for HDPE bottles in Blantyre, Malawi. Show details add remove

wastewater, plastic recycling, resource conservation, low-income setting

Published since: 2024-01-12 , Earliest start: 2024-02-01 , Latest end: 2024-09-30

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Micro- and Nanosystems

Bachelor theses.

Independent, structured scientific activity.

Written report and presentation required.

Presentation:

- 20 minutes Powerpoint presentation by the student explaining the work performed

- Q&A at the end of the presentation

Tissue mimicking materials for a realistic sensing environment

In this project, you will develop new tissue mimicking materials to use in ultrasonic experimental characterization, in order to reproduce a realistic sensing environment in-vitro. You will also have the opportunity to learn acoustic characterization techniques applied to MEMS and implantable sensors, while working betwen ETH Zurich and EMPA Dubendorf.

Passive Implantable Passive Sensor: process variation study

The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to develop a new passive implantable sensor based on acoustics interrogation, with the ultimate goal to estimate the early on-set of the disease and improve patients’ life.

Optimization of SWCNT growth for integration into nanodevices

Optimizing conditions for synthesis of single walled carbon nanotubes utilizing CVD systems localized at the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center in Rüschlikon/Zürich. Characterization of SWNTs.

Synthesis of SWNTs from ferritin precursors embedded in amorphous carbon film

Optimizing conditions for synthesis of single walled carbon nanotubes from ferritin precursors embedded in amorphous carbon film utilizing CVD systems localized at the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center in Rüschlikon/Zürich.

Optical visualization of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Optimization of deposition and evaporation condition of specific material (for example pNBA = p-nitrobenzoic acid) forming submicroscopic particles on as-grown SWNTs. Localization of CNTs by optical microscopy. Electrical characterization of CNFET devices fabricated from SWNTs pre-localized by optical microscopy imaging.

Characterization of individual Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Raman spectroscopy

Characterization of SWNTs synthetized by a CVD process on MEMS chips by Raman spectroscopy utilizing multiple laser wavelengths. Determination of presence of DWNTs, bundles and individual SWNTs as well as their characteristics and quality.

Modeling and simulation of advanced carbon nanotube sensors

Development of a toolchain based on COMSOL and Matlab to simulate the modulation of charge transport in carbon nanotube sensors due to mechanical or chemical effects.

Monitoring Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes decoration by Raman spectroscopy and electrical measurements

SWNT decoration by preselected nanoparticle types and determination of the impact of the material onto nanotube characteristics and CNFET performance.

This project is not available anymore!

Characterization of thermal actuators for tuning of cnt nanoresonators.

The thermal actuators have been fabricated already using standard microfabrication technology. The current-strain characteristics need to be calibrated using SEM optical methods as well as numerical methods (COMSOL)

Characterizing the Influence of Cyclic Loading onto the Electrical Resistance of Flex‐Lines

Keywords: Artificial robotic finger, flex‐lines, electrical resistance, long term testing Motivation The overall goal of this project is the development of an artificial robotic skin which integrates tactile sensing capabilities into an artificial finger. More than 100 sensing units, electrically connected by flex‐lines, are distributed in an array over the finger. The sensors as well as the flex‐lines are subject to various mechanical loads throughout thelifetime of the finger.

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IRIS - Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Bachelor theses at iris.

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Assessing the feasibility of plantar pressure measurement devices for monitoring the diabetic population

The goal of the project is to assess the feasibility of using commercially available plantar pressure monitoring devices (so called smart insoles) on the diabetic population. Pressure ulcers are a common complication of the diabetic foot, and monitoring plantar pressure continuously is a potential measure of prevention. Diabetic patients are often prescribed personalized footwear (e.g., curved insoles that accommodate any deformity in the feet). This project aims at assessing the potential of the smart insoles available on the market to monitor plantar pressure in diabetic patients with such custom footwear. Show details add remove

wearables, mobile health, prevention, plantar pressure monitoring, diabetic foot

Semester Project , Bachelor Thesis

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Published since: 2024-05-21 , Earliest start: 2024-04-08 , Latest end: 2024-09-02

Organization Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology Lab

Hosts Galli Valeria

Topics Medical and Health Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Automation and optimization of a 5D Bioprinter for printing complex geometries

This project mainly focuses on the automation of the existing 5D bioprinter, optimizing the software for updated system use, and developing the print head for better complex 3D prints. This printer will be used for bioprinting applications. Show details add remove

5D bioprinter, Robotics, Acoustics, additive manufacturing, tissue engineering, control system

Semester Project , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis

Published since: 2024-05-18 , Earliest start: 2024-08-01 , Latest end: 2025-03-01

Organization Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare (ARSL)

Hosts Agrawal Prajwal

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology , Physics

Investigating the Transient Effects of Alcohol Intake on Movement Planning Abilities using Deep Learning

This thesis aims to utilize deep learning techniques to analyze eye-tracking data during a goal-directed upper limb task, particularly focusing on participants under the influence of alcohol. The objective is to develop digital health metrics that can elucidate differences in movement planning. Show details add remove

Deep Learning, Eye Tracking, Alcohol, Algorithm, Computer Vision, Technology-assisted Assessment, Upper Limb, Movement Planning, Study, Data Analysis

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Published since: 2024-05-06 , Earliest start: 2024-06-01

Organization Rehabilitation Engineering Lab

Hosts Domnik Nadine

Topics Medical and Health Sciences , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Design, Control, and System Integration of a Robotic Platform for Autonomous Eye Injections

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. Show details add remove

Mechanical design, motion planning, feedback control, system integration, computer vision (basics)

Semester Project , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

Published since: 2024-05-03 , Earliest start: 2024-05-06

Organization Multiscale Robotics Lab

Hosts Ehmke Claas

Topics Engineering and Technology

Evaluation of Finger Individuation Ability in Flexion and Extension

After a neurological injury (such as stroke), many patients suffer from impairment of the hand and finger function. Clinical assessments aim to measure and quantify those impairments for a better understanding and to specifically target those deficits in rehabilitation. One aspect of hand function, that is not truly understood yet is finger individuation: the ability to move one finger independently of the others. In a previously developed assessment device, we use force sensors attached to a hand module to measure this dexterous skill. This individuation device measures finger flexion (pushing) over different force levels, but the individuation ability in extension (pulling) remains unknown. The aim of this project is to implement an extension assessment (by adapting the existing protocol) and compare as well as test it before its implementation into the clinical routine. Show details add remove

Rehabilitation engineering, neurology, finger individuation, hand, upper limb, assessment, patients, clinic

Semester Project , Internship , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis

Published since: 2024-05-01 , Earliest start: 2024-05-20 , Latest end: 2024-12-20

Hosts Knill Anna

Optimization of Individuation Assessment Software and Protocol

After a neurological injury (such as stroke), many patients suffer from impairment of the hand and finger function. Clinical assessments aim to measure and quantify those impairments for a better understanding and to specifically target those deficits in rehabilitation. One aspect of hand function, that is not truly understood yet is finger individuation: the ability to move one finger independently of the others. In a previously developed assessment device, we use force sensors attached to a hand module to measure this dexterous skill. This individuation device measures finger flexion (pushing) over different force levels, using a simple user interface. But to facilitate the measurement process and increase comprehension for cognitively impaired patients, we need to improve the assessment visualization and execution. Show details add remove

Rehabiliation engineering, software development, finger individuation, user interface

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Reliability and Validity testing of an Individuation device for a clinical use

After a neurological injury (such as stroke), many patients suffer from impairment of the hand and finger function. Clinical assessments aim to measure and quantify those impairments for a better understanding and to specifically target those deficits in rehabilitation. One aspect of hand function, that is not truly understood yet is finger individuation: the ability to move one finger independently of the others. In a previously developed assessment device, we use force sensors attached to a hand module to measure this dexterous skill. This individuation device will be used in a clinical setting to measure neurological patients. But before it can routinely be put into practice, its reliability (in a test-retest setting) and validity must be proven. Show details add remove

Rehabilitation engineering, reliability, validity, neurology, finger individuation, clinic, patients, assessment testing

Published since: 2024-05-01 , Earliest start: 2024-06-24 , Latest end: 2025-01-31

Development of an Electro-adhesion Skin for a Humanoid Robotic Hand

Incorporating electro-adhesion pads on the artificial soft skin of a humanoid robotic hand to enhance its grasping ability in various scenarios. Show details add remove

Electro-adhesion, Humanoid Robotic Hands, Soft Robotics, Mechatronic Design

Work Packages

Requirements.

Published since: 2024-05-01 , Earliest start: 2024-05-06 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Applications limited to ETH Zurich

Organization Soft Robotics Lab

Hosts Gravert Stephan-Daniel , Hinchet Ronan , Katzschmann Robert, Prof. Dr.

Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics

Mid-Range Path Planning Integrating Vision with LLM and Depth Sensing

This project aims to advance the field of robotic navigation by focusing on mid-range path planning, a crucial layer that connects the overarching routes designed by global planning and the immediate, reactive maneuvers of local planning. The project will develop a neural network model capable of generating a sequence of waypoints toward a specified 3D goal position by leveraging current RGB images, GPT cost reasoning from large language model (LLM) , and estimated depth images. This integration will facilitate more efficient navigation through complex environments by smoothing transitions between planning layers and optimizing route adjustments in real-time. Show details add remove

Robot Planning; Vision Learning; LLM (Vision GPT) Reason,

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Published since: 2024-04-26 , Earliest start: 2024-05-01 , Latest end: 2025-01-01

Organization Robotic Systems Lab

Hosts Yang Fan

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences

Master Thesis / Internship / Semester Project: Digitization of large 12-lead ECG Image database

12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) are still solely documented on paper in many hospitals, especially in the Global South. These physical paper records provide a multitude of conditions recorded in many different countries. Our lab has access to a dataset with more than 8000 patient’s ECG photos / scans of 12-lead signals printed onto physical paper sheets. The dataset comprises 12-lead ECG image records from more than 35 hospital sites across Europe. The primary objective of this project is to develop an automated digitization pipeline from raw image scan in .png format towards 12 vectorized ECG time series in WFDB format. Show details add remove

Spinal Cord Injury, Computer Vision, CV, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI, Signal Processing, ECG, Medical Data, Healthcare

Published since: 2024-04-22 , Earliest start: 2024-05-01 , Latest end: 2024-11-01

Organization Spinal Cord Injury & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Hosts Paez Diego, Dr.

Internship/ Master Thesis: Machine Learning for Assessment of Walking Patterns in the SCI population - Time Series Classification

Gait patterns in multiple impairments present unique and complex patterns, which hinders the proper quantitative assessment of the walking ability for chronic ambulatory conditions when translated to daily living. In this project, we will focus on finding clusters of gait patterns through unsupervised learning from a large dataset of incomplete spinal cord injury individuals. The goal is to investigate hidden patterns in relation to the type of injuries and find their application for future diagnosis and rehabilitation treatment. Your work will guide future rehabilitation methods in general clinical practice, through applied classification and dimensionality reduction in Biomechanics of walking. Goal: Develop an unsupervised clustering pipeline for a large dataset of gait patterns from spinal cord injured individuals for class similarity evaluation Show details add remove

Medical and health science, computing and computational science, engineering and technology, information, machine learning, data science, data engineering

Internship , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

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Published since: 2024-04-03 , Earliest start: 2024-06-01 , Latest end: 2025-03-31

Applications limited to EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , ETH Zurich , CERN , Corporates Switzerland , IBM Research Zurich Lab , NGOs Switzerland , Zurich University of Applied Sciences , Wyss Translational Center Zurich , University of Zurich , University of St. Gallen , University of Lucerne , University of Lausanne , University of Geneva , University of Fribourg , University of Berne , University of Basel , Université de Neuchâtel , Università della Svizzera italiana , Swiss National Science Foundation , Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics , Empa , Eawag , TU Berlin , Technische Universität München , Technische Universität Hamburg , RWTH Aachen University , Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) , Delft University of Technology , UCL - University College London , University of Cambridge , University of Oxford , University of Leeds , University of Manchester , University of Nottingham , National Institute for Medical Research , Imperial College London , Radboud University Nijmegen , Maastricht Science Programme

Organization Sensory-Motor Systems Lab

Hosts Paez Diego, Dr. , Paez Diego, Dr.

Physics-informed machine learning in microfluidics

Understanding the distribution and mechanics of velocity and pressure within microaneurysms is crucial for controlling microrobots navigating through them. Traditional methods for velocity and pressure measurement in microchannels, such as particle image velocimetry (PIV) and numerical simulations based on fluidic physics laws, suffer from high computational demands and inability to operate in real-time. Moreover, pure image methods struggle with near-wall regions lacking visible particles. Leveraging recent advancements in machine learning, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), this project proposes a novel approach - a physics-informed CNN integrated with Navier-Stokes equations and optical flow equations. This CNN aims to accurately predict velocity and pressure profiles in microchannel flows in real-time using only flow images and essential physical parameters. The network architecture comprises an encoder-decoder structure with seven convolutional layers, incorporating down-sampling and up-sampling layers. The final output layer produces three channels representing horizontal velocity, vertical velocity, and pressure. Additionally, a physics-informed loss function, incorporating dimensionless Navier-Stokes equation residuals and optical flow equation residuals, enhances the model's performance by integrating knowledge of fluid dynamics and computer vision. This approach represents a promising advancement towards achieving real-time, high-accuracy prediction of velocity and pressure fields in microchannel flows, with potential applications in microrobotics and microfluidics. Show details add remove

artificial Intelligence, physics-informed machine learning, microfluidics, fluid dynamics

Published since: 2024-03-05 , Earliest start: 2023-02-09 , Latest end: 2024-09-22

Hosts Medany Mahmoud

Microrobot manipulation and ultrasound imaging

We want to expand the use of acoustic microrobots for biomedical applications by studying their manipulation in 3D environments and their simultaneous real time tracking using non-invasive ultrasound imaging. Show details add remove

Microrobots, Ultrasounds, 3D manipulation, Imaging

Semester Project , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis , Summer School

Published since: 2024-02-27 , Earliest start: 2024-01-01 , Latest end: 2024-10-31

Hosts Del Alexia

Acoustic microrobots navigation in tumor vasculature model

We want to expand the use of acoustic microrobots for drug delivery applications in tumor environments. Show details add remove

Microfluidics, drug delivery, Microrobots, Ultrasound, Biomedical

Semester Project , Collaboration , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis

Published since: 2024-02-27 , Earliest start: 2024-02-01 , Latest end: 2024-10-31

Bioinspired Ultrasound Microrobots

Inspired by naturally-occurring microswimmers such as spermatozoa that exploit the nonslip boundary conditions of a wall, we propose here a microrobot design (a “sperm-bot”) that can execute upstream motility triggered by ultrasound. Show details add remove

Robotics, micro and nanorobots, microrobotics, soft robotics ultrasound, bioinspired

Published since: 2024-02-15 , Earliest start: 2024-10-01 , Latest end: 2024-12-19

Hosts Ahmed Daniel, Prof.

Resonant Acoustic Microrobots

The newly designed microrobot consists of a cavity at the center of its body within the polymer matrix. The microcavity supports an air-bubble trap, which enables propulsion in an acoustic field. Show details add remove

Keywords: microrobotics, soft swimmers, acoustics, ultrasound, biomedical applications

Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis

Published since: 2024-02-15 , Earliest start: 2024-02-15 , Latest end: 2024-12-19

Activity and fatigue detection using machine learning based on real-world data from smart clothing

The aim of this project is to use machine learning methods to extract useful information such as activity type and fatigue level from real-world data acquired from our textile-based wearable technology during sport activities. Show details add remove

smart clothing, wearable technology, textile sensor, fitness tracking, sports medicine, fatigue, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer science

Published since: 2024-02-14 , Earliest start: 2023-09-15 , Latest end: 2024-05-31

Hosts Ahmadizadeh Chakaveh

Develop software for wearable technologies

The aim of this project is to develop mobile software to communicate with our already developed textile-based wearable technology and process sensor data for movement monitoring. Show details add remove

smart clothing, wearable technology, software development, fitness tracking, sports medicine, mobile application, computer science

Design data acquisition solution for smart clothing

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. Show details add remove

smart clothing, wearable technology, textile sensor, fitness tracking, sports medicine, PCB, electronics, computer science

Conduct human gait study with optical motion capture to assess smart clothing for movement monitoring

We aim to conduct a study with human participants to assess the function of our textile-based wearable technology for movement monitoring in clinical and fitness scenarios. Show details add remove

smart clothing, wearable technology, textile sensor, fitness tracking, sports medicine, rehabilitation, human study, motion capture, computer science

Computational Modeling of Artificial Muscle Cells for Biohybrid Robots

This research aims to advance biohybrid robotics by integrating living biological components with artificial materials. The focus is on developing computational models for artificial muscle cells, a critical element in creating biohybrid robots. Challenges include modeling the complex and nonlinear nature of biological muscles, considering factors like elasticity and muscle fatigue, as well as accounting for fluid-structure interaction in the artificial muscle's environment. The research combines first principle soft body simulation methods and machine learning to improve understanding and control of biohybrid systems. Show details add remove

Biohybrid Robotics, Computational Models, Soft Body Simulation, Machine Learning, Surrogate Models, Finite Element Method (FEM)

Published since: 2024-01-05 , Earliest start: 2024-02-01 , Latest end: 2024-12-31

Hosts Katzschmann Robert, Prof. Dr. , Mekkattu Manuel

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology , Biology , Physics

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Combustion, Acoustics & Flow Physics (CAPS)

Gérard de soete thesis prize bestowed upon abel.

Congratulation to Abel for winning the Gérard de Soete Thesis Prize of the France Section of the Combustion Institute!

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Abel Faure-Beaulieu wins the external page The Gérard de Soete Thesis Prize call_made . It is awarded every two years by the external page France Section call_made of the external page Combustion Institute call_made , in tribute to the career of Gérard de Soete. This special prize is awarded to a young researcher for his or her outstanding thesis work, particularly in connection with an industrial problem or an application aspect of combustion, with emphasis on chemical, physical and/or environmental issues.

Professor Gérard de Soete was a former Director of the Combustion Physics and Chemistry Department at the Institut Français du Pétrole. A dedicated member of The Combustion Institute, de Soete’s work vastly advanced the study and research of combustion kinetics, combustion of solid fuels, combustion applications in piston engines and furnaces, and formation and reduction of pollutants. Born in Bruges, Belgium in 1928, Prof de Soete earned his doctorat en sciences (Ph.D.) from the Université de Louvain in January 1962. He had a great dedication to the French Section (GRF) of The Combustion Institute, serving as the first President of the section from 1984-1990.