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This report proposes an overview of the activities and services provided by the Library to the School of engineering (STI) in 2016, as well as the STI collection accessible at the Library. It also presents the main projects that will be continued or initia ...

Bibliothèque de l'EPFL2017

Hydropower design under uncertainties

Felix Oberrauch

Hydropower plants are still the most important renewable energy resource worldwide. Hydropower is also the most efficient electricity production and has a very high flexibility in combination with reservoirs. Nevertheless, the construction of hydropower pl ...

EPFL-LCH2017

Annual report 2015, School of Engineering (STI) Services and Collections

Béatrice Marselli Fuerer, Pascale Claudine Giraud Bouton

This report proposes an overview of the activities and services provided by the Library to the School of engineering (STI) in 2015, as well as the STI collection accessible at the Library. It also presents the main projects that will be continued or initia ...

Bibliothèque de l'EPFL2016

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To tackle the challenges of the 21st century, future scientists and engineers have to understand the interplay between societal challenges and technical solutions as early as possible in their education. They also have to develop the communication and the ...

Tempus Publications2016

The Formal and Hidden Curricula of Ethics in Engineering Education

Roland John Tormey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Isabelle Barbara Marie-Hélène Cardia, Cécile Hardebolle, Ingrid Le Duc

In recent years, a commitment to professional ethics and professional responsibility has been included among the learning outcomes required of engineering education programmes in many counties. So, how should engineering ethics be taught? There is evidence ...

2015

Undergraduate group projects: Challenges and learning experiences

Roland John Tormey, Siara Ruth Isaac

Working in groups and managing projects are important professional skills for engineers, and there is a growing demand to teach and assess such skills. But what should be taught and when? Tuckman’s famous “stages of development of performing groups” provid ...

2015

Annual Report 2014, School of Engineering (STI) Services and Collections

Béatrice Marselli Fuerer, Pascale Claudine Giraud Bouton

This report proposes an overview of the activities and services provided by the library to the School of engineering (STI) in 2014 as well as the STI collection accessible at the Library. It also presents the main projects that will be continued or initiat ...

Bibliothèque de l'EPFL2015

Graphic statics and interactive optimization for engineering education

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet

Although conventional structural analysis software is widely used by practicing engineers, its pedagogical value for students is limited, especially in design applications. Nevertheless, there is an established value in students exploring engineering probl ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2015

Actuator With Angle-Dependent Elasticity for Biomimetic Transfemoral Prostheses

Serge Pfeifer

Despite tremendous improvements in recent years, lower-limb prostheses are still inferior to their biological counterparts. Most powered knee joints use impedance control, but it is unknown which impedance profiles are needed to replicate physiological beh ...

2015

CubETH: low cost GNSS space experiment for precise orbit determination

Volker Gass, Louis Antoine Masson, Anton Ivanov, Federico Belloni, Reto Wiesendanger, Stefano Rossi

CubETH is a project to evaluate and demonstrate possibilities of low-cost GNSS receivers on a nano-satellite by following the Cubesat standard. The development of this new Swiss cubesat mission is underway at the Swiss Polytechnical Schools, launch is plan ...

The 4S Symposium2014