Students

The first week of summer vacation in Zurich is summer camp time at Empa! The 20-plus slots for the children of Empa employees were once again in great demand and quickly booked out. In various workshops, the children immersed themselves in the professional world of their parents, the engineers and materials scientists at Empa. In addition to the “work” in the laboratory, there was of course also plenty of fun and relaxed excursions.

Thanks to the dedication of EPFL students, all motivated by the potential to make a difference in someone’s life, six MAKE prototypes were built last semester with the aim of assisting the mentally or physically challenged.

Start-up URBNC 3 produces sustainable and personalised sandals with the aid of digital technology. The start-up took its first steps at the Student Project House of ETH Zurich.

Racing cars, robots, aircraft: Bachelor’s students in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering spend two semesters working on a project in teams. They will be presenting their results on 28 May 2024.

Medical students at ETH Zurich build a gripper hand for elbow exoskeletons in a crash course lasting just one week. This course has now been honoured with the 2024 Kite Award, the ETH prize for particularly innovative teaching.