Record attendance alert! 🚨✨ The ETH Quantum Hackathon 2026 was a whirlwind of innovation, happy faces, and groundbreaking ideas. ⚛️
➡️ Swipe through for a glimpse of the highlights from an incredible weekend at @ethzurich !
Congratulations to all the participants and the organising committe of the @quantum_engineering_commission ! 🙌
#ETHZurich #QuantumHackathon #QuantumEngineering
Save the date! On 20 May 2026, Prof. Hans-Andrea Loeliger will deliver his farewell lecture at @ethzurich . Having served as a professor at D-ITET for 26 years and retiring at the end of July, he will be speaking on “Signals, Models, and Computation”.
📅 20 May 2026, 17:15
🏛️ ETH Zürich, Auditorium Maximum (HG F30)
#ETHZurich #FarewellLecture #Engineering #SignalProcessing #Legend
Michele Magno and his team win the 2026 KITE Award for redesigning the compulsory course “Embedded Systems” with large-scale project-based learning.
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The prize recognises the newly redesigned compulsory course ‘Embedded Systems’.
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Around 400 students develop their own prototypes, combining hardware and software.
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A new hardware platform and an AI assistant enable this project-based learning on a large scale.
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Read the whole article on ethz.ch
Can solar panels help coffee grow? ☕️☀️
Researchers at the @ethzurich Power Systems Lab explored agriphotovoltaics in Angola to provide shade for coffee plants and clean energy for farmers. A double win for climate resilience and energy access! 🌍
➡️ Discover more at: ee.ethz.ch
#ETHZurich #SolarEnergy #Agriphotovoltaics #Angola
In the “Embedded Systems” course, 400 students at ETH Zurich are developing their own prototypes for the first time using #ProjectBased #Learning.
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In the “Embedded Systems” course, 400 students work on their own prototypes.
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An open-source hardware platform and an AI assistant enable project-based learning, even in large classes.
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According to student feedback, the new course structure improves understanding, engagement and teamwork.
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Read the full article on ethz.ch
From D-ITET to @MIT ! ✨ Huge congrats to our doctoral student, Manasa Kaniselvan, on signing as a tenure-track faculty member. An amazing milestone! 👏
#ETHZurich #Engineering #MIT #PhDLife #WomenInScience
Save the date! On 28 April 2026, Prof. Lars Lindemann will give his inaugural lecture at ETH Zürich. Join the newest professor of the Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA) as he discusses “Foundations of Safe Autonomy: Logic, Learning, and Control”.
📅 28 April 2026, 17.15h
🏛️ ETH Zürich, Auditorium Maximum (F30) #ETHZurich #InauguralLecture #AutomaticControl
From a "blind spot" to an enabling technology: The D-ITET spin-off UNOMR is developing sensors to "read" proteins, letter by letter.
➡️ Check out the carousel for the highlights from our interview with two of the three co-founders!
🔗 Read the full story at ee.ethz.ch
@ethzurich #StartUpLife #SpinOff #Proteomics #DeepTech
Brilliant news! 🌟 Maria Schnuck has been awarded the INSPIRE Potentials – Quantum Center Master Award. 🎓
Maria is currently conducting her Master’s thesis at the Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF) under the supervision of Prof. Jürg Leuthold and Prof. Jasmin Smajic. Her research focuses on the modelling and design of a novel ballistic-transport photodetector. Congratulations! 👏
#ETHZurich #QuantumEngineering #WomenInScience #MasterThesis
Turning a "black box" into real-time data! 📊 Researchers at the Energy-Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems Group, in collaboration with @balgrist , have developed an ultra-low-power microchip designed to monitor spinal fusion in real time 📉💡 This innovation could transform post-operative care.
➡️Swipe to learn more and read the full article at ee.ethz.ch
@ethzurich #SmartImplants #Engineering #FutureMedicine #MedTech #DigitalHealth
Excellent news! 🎉 Prof. Onur Mutlu has been named a 2025 @AAASorg Fellow for his pioneering work in computer architecture. 🖥️ Huge congratulations for this very well-deserved honour! 👏
➡️ Read more at ee.ethz.ch
#ETHZurich #AAAS #SAFARIResearchGroup #ComputerEngineering
Big news! 🌟 Paul Wrede has been named a 2026 @schmidt_science_fellows recipient – he is only the second researcher at #ETHZurich to ever receive this honour.
His research could help lay the foundation for a new kind of autonomous #medicine, where smart therapeutic systems actively collaborate with the body to help treat disease. Congratulations!
➡️ Read more at ee.ethz.ch
