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SNF Bridge Discovery project for the anonymization and synthesis of longitudinal data (panel data, mobility data, event data, etc.).

Strengthening the resilience of European labor markets

Strengthen the quality and consistency of centralized and decentralized evaluation processes.

In this research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), we are investigating new methods for identifying the origin of epidemic processes.

DC4HC provides transparency regarding the digital maturity of healthcare institutions and enables targeted, comparable, and scalable digitization decisions thanks to AI-supported benchmarking.

The project examines how classic value and quality factors can be combined and optimized. The aim of the project was to create a sound basis for the practical implementation of a value-quality investment strategy for private and institutional investors.

The example of Geneva is used to examine how cantonal rent regulations and CO₂ subsidies influence construction investment in the residential sector.

Von der Vision zum Erlebnis – Wir schaffen das greifbare Zielbild für den zirkulären Alltag von Morgen.

Innovationsprogramm der Schweiz zur aktiven CO₂-Entfernung für eine klimaneutrale Zukunft.

Keep Swissport at the forefront of innovation through people-centered RL solutions.

Our project delivers an MVP prototype for Los Lorentes Recidences. We developed a role-based, mobile-friendly application with reporting possibilities.

A Focus on Administrative, IT, and Third Space Staff.

An Organisational Digital Twin based Leadership Consulting Eco-System

The FHNW Institute of Interactive Technologies develops a marketplace for the open development of systems of artificial intelligence (AI). The marketplace allows connecting in-house AI pipelines with the AI pipelines of partner companies for collaboratively developing AI systems in a controlled and trusted manner.

The FHNW Institute of Interactive Technologies develops a new generation of interfaces that transform traditional surfaces like tables into interactive environments.

Thanks to machine learning algorithms, defects along the production chain of hybrid photon counting (HPC) detectors can be detected and eliminated early.

Application of state-of-the-art NLP models increases efficiency of third party patent monitoring in the nutrition and bioscience industry.

Buildings in Switzerland use about 40% of the country's energy. We are developing a system to create digital models of physical buildings to make the renovation process more efficient.

Swiss German is a difficult language to transcribe. Our project has resulted in an easy, commercially available tool for transcribing and translating Swiss German into Standard German.

Together with our project partners, we develop zero-shot learning and other machine learning tools for recognising pollen particles anywhere in the world. As a result, it will be easier to create reliable pollen weather forecasts.

A software infrastructure that enables efficient and robust pipeline processing of the vast amount of data in distributed processing sites.

The Spectrometer / Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) is an X-ray telescope that makes images and spectra of solar explosions called flares. It is one of the 10 instruments on board the ESA spacecraft Solar Orbiter.

When you build the world’s largest telescope, you end up collecting an astronomical amount of data. We help the international mega-science project SKAO manage its Big Data.

Community of research and practice in water, sanitation and hygene in Central Asia

Production of scandium compounds and scandium-aluminium alloys from European metallurgical by-products

Novel tandem, high efficiency photovoltaic technologies targeting low cost production with earth abundant materials

Advanced membrane filtration processes for the recovery of critical raw materials from waste

Testing 420 filters from five manufacturers in Palestine, Somalia and Kenya

A newly developed, high-precision sensor system enables the dynamic measurement of track subsidence during train passage. The project makes a significant contribution to increasing railway safety and to the early detection of changes in the ground structure.

The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier plays a key role in the successful energy transition. For the safe and efficient transport of hydrogen, new materials are required that are both lightweight and high-strength while withstanding extreme temperatures. The research project LeiWaCo (Lightweight Hydrogen Container), in collaboration with the industrial partner Suprem SA and in association with the German BMBF research project of the same name, is developing innovative thermoplastic fiber-reinforced composites for use in cryogenic hydrogen tanks. The aim is to produce a lightweight, tight, and cost-efficient tank material that meets the stringent requirements of hydrogen mobility.

User-Centered Needs Assessment Informed by Patient and Clinician Interviews

Developing a user-centered business model for autonomous mobility to help reduce car dependency and support the shift toward more sustainable public transport in Switzerland

An Investigation in the Uptake of Graphic Design Software in Switzerland and France, 1980–today.

As digitalization advances, images are playing an increasingly important role—especially in making multimodal communication more accessible and inclusive. The research project Text and Image in Easy Language investigates the role of images in Easy Language texts and their impact on text comprehension.

The project looks at how digital training programmes can help correct cyclists’ skills deficits.

In a bid to nudge consumer decisions in online shopping towards more sustainable options, this project is developing an algorithmic system that identifies the most effective approach.

Investigation of agile teamwork as a form of cooperation of the future in the course of digital change

Harnessing Consumer Data for the Collective Good: Transforming Food Purchases into Insights for Public Health and Sustainable Consumption.

The effect of a sonic toothbrush on the cleaning of interdental spaces was investigated and the shear stress during cleaning in the tooth gap was optimized.

Development of a compressed air energy storage system that not only stores energy but also provides heating and cooling for buildings. The main objective was to develop a bidirectional machine that functions as both a compressor and an expander.

The Pfiffner Group is working on the development of a new type of high-voltage circuit-breaker with environmentally friendly insulating gas for use in substations. A 1D simulation model is to be developed in order to optimize individual parameters of the complex system.

An innovative ultrasonic reflectometry process is used to measure the oil film thickness and optimize lubrication strategies to minimize oil consumption.

The Combustion Analysis Tool (CAT) project is dedicated to the development of an innovative optical diagnostic method.

New methods for the in-situ measurement of surface temperature and coating wear in a test rig for rotating turbine blades.

Introduction to a new, agile form of working in an SME; organisational and management development

We are excited to present a cutting-edge high performance and custom-built bicycle frame, made from recycled feedstock without deducting structural integrity.

The project aims to optimize the performance, efficiency and reliability of industrial MV drives.

ASIMUTE aims to develop innovative solutions for improved and safe energy use and storage by involving end users.

Together with leading experts from industry and research, we are shaping the next generation of grid and PV protection to enable a sustainable energy future.

The SiC-MILE project demonstrates Europe's first MV-SiC modules for energy savings in drives and traction

The SiC-MILE project demonstrates Europe's first MV-SiC modules for energy savings in drives and traction

Final report on the Lehrfonds-funded project

Virtual reality in practical vocational training

Playing with Materiality, Aesthetics, and Ambiguity

Development and validation of a tool (software-based rule-book/coach) for the country-specific, safety-related and regulatory configuration of industrial machine interfaces in the context of Industry 4.0.

In a feasibility study, the FHNW Institute of Business Engineering shows how individual AI-based planning assistants can improve the complex production planning of a company in the construction supply industry.

Hydrogen plays a central role as an energy storage and carrier in the ongoing energy transition. The aim of the project is to develop a cost-effective, high-strength, lightweight hydrogen tank made of fiber composites that has been specially developed for transporting liquid hydrogen.

High-performance composites exhibit excellent mechanical and chemical Howev-er, the comparably high costs and the negative climate balance, especially for car-bon fiber composite parts, are critical and will be even more important in future applications. The project SuMa focuses on product development of sustainable composite materials for 3D printing.

Experimental and numerical analysis of drapability in flax fiber-based textiles

An innovative new method for non-destructive ultrasonic testing of laminated composite materials.

An artistic research project on how digital interfaces restrict queerness and how it can be recovered.

Complementing and enhancing human capabilities with artificial intelligence with regard to the control of critical systems (electricity, railroad and air traffic management).

A new approach to produce innovative polymer composite bi-polar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

In the problem lies the solution for better functional coatings.

The FHNW Institute for Sensors and Electronics has developed a new measurement technology that detects aerosol particles by their impaction on a piezo transducer and allows therefore single particle mass characterization.

Design Anthropology (initiating interinstitutional doctoral structures HGK FHNW – G3S UniBas), designXsciences (initiating research across design, engineering sciences, life sciences, social sciences), metaLAB (at) Basel (founded in 2024 as part of the international metaLAB community)

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To save raw materials and protect our environment, it is necessary to return plastic waste to the economic cycle by recycling.

In this project, a forecasting model is developed that estimates capacity based on time and location using booking/mobility data.

A novel method was developed that enables the reliable determination of the electrical motor parameters through the use of machine learning.

Together with UpBoards GmbH, recycled foamed sandwich panels made of mixed plastic were developed, including an efficient manufacturing process.

For the traceability of plastic components, if at all, they are marked with a simple code. The current methods for these codes are complex and do not offer the possibility of storing additional information. In the future, it should be possible to store important characteristic data of the injection molding process, the material properties and the component itself in the component by using an RFID tag.

Using digital technologies, Biotronik significantly increases the quality of its products.

According to current research, the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections and severe courses of COVID-19 is socially unequally distributed. Socially disadvantaged population groups have a disproportionately higher burden of hospitalisation, intensive care, and death in all countries for which COVID-19 statistics are available to date.

OSADM _ Open Science in Art, Design and Music

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A Design-Commons is to be created for the Alpine region that digitally archives traditional and innovative craft knowledge. Unlike conventional archives, it will be open, freely accessible, and participatory. We are focusing on the period from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, with women receiving appropriate representation.

The principle of the circular economy demands that all processes from the extraction of materials to production, distribution, sale, use, return and recycling be designed in a circular manner. This also applies to design.

OpenSoundLab (OSL) makes modular sound patching three dimensional in a mixed reality experience for Meta Quest. Patch simple or complex sounds at home, in your studio or in the field. Learn the foundations of creative sound work through video tutorials that are placed right within your patch.

Use and benefits of eye-tracking methods in information design teaching.

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Funding program for the FHNW mid-level

Teaching Diverse Frameworks in Hybrid Learning

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In project "DIEO in Art and Design Schools", two Swiss Art and Design Schools initiatives join forces in an interdisciplinary and site­specific pilot program at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design (HGK FHNW) and Department of Performing Arts and Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Together with Selena Savic and Yann Patrick Martins, Fatma Kargin works on the visual literacy teaching project “Making Arguments with Data”. The project is funded by Lehrfonds / Teaching Fund FHNW.

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Whether we are discussing measures in order to ‘flatten the curve’ in the ongoing pandemic, or what to wear in face of the most recent weather forecast, we make arguments based on patterns and trends observed in data.

The doctoral program MAKE/SENSE at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW promotes practice-oriented research in art and design and focuses on three forward-looking topics.

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Design of collaborative mixed reality settings for site-distributed teamwork

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