The bachelor's thesis is the culmination of the program. The students develop, enhance, and demonstrate their methodological abilities to independently tackle and solve a given research problem. The thesis furnishes the students with their first major research experience, and is a further development of the work done in the basis courses, and usually, the focused study.

The school (1.9. - 12.9.2008) will discuss the recent progress and challenges in biological and medical imaging. Cutting edge techniques using a wide range of imaging mechanisms will be put in the context of selected biomedical problems. In particular, multimodal and multiscale imaging methods as well as supporting technologies such as computer aided image analysis and modeling will be discussed.

The objective of this new course is to introduce the students to the field ofheat transfer by convection. This heat transport process is intimately tiedto fluid dynamics, meaning that a solid background in this field is necessary.Convection has direct implications in various industries, e.g. microelectronics cooling, thermal shields protection for space shuttles. Seewww.ascomp.ch.

Theory and application of energy conversion at the cellular level. Understanding of the basic features governing fluid transport in the principal fluidic systems of the human body. Connection of characteristics and patterns from other fields of engineering to biofluidics. Heat and mass transport processes within the human body and relation to biomedical technologies.

The class gives an overview of fundamental concepts in nanoscale engineering. Mobility of small objects, interacting forces, surface tensions and wetting phenomena are some of the physical phenomena investigated. These will be applied to the description of formation and growth of nanoparticles and thin films as well as nanofabrication technologies.

Selected laboratory experiments in physics, mechanical and process engineering. With the Laboratory Training held during the fifth semester, the students learn how to handle and apply measurement methods and devices. Students are offered a diversified choice of laboratory experiments at least eleven of which must be completed. Five of the chosen experiments must be in physics.

The students are familiar with the challenges of the fascinating and interdisciplinary field of Micro- and Nanosystems. They are introduced to the basics of independent non-experimental scientific research and are able to summarize and to present the results efficiently.

The students are familiar with the challenges of the fascinating and interdisciplinary field of Micro- and Nanosystems. They are introduced to the basics of independent non-experimental scientific research and are able to summarize and to present the results efficiently.

The content of the course is focused on the exergetically optimized dimensioning and the constructive design of one and two phase heat exchanger systems.

Current advanced research activities in the areas of thermo- and fluid dynamics are presented and discussed, mostly by external speakers.

Introduction to the fundamentals of technical thermodynamics.

Introduction to the fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics and thermodynamics of mixtures.

The lecture deals with thermodynamics and transport phenomena in nano- and microscale systems. Typical areas of applications are microelectronics manufacturing and cooling, manufacturing of novel materials and coatings, surface technologies, wetting phenomena and related technologies, and micro- and nanosystems and devices.

Treatment of energy conversion processes of technological relevance, which are not based on the heat-power-conversion. The phenomena which are discussed in are mainly based on effects happening at phase boundaries. In the second part an overview is given on the possible applications in energy technology, the special properties of such systems as well as their possibilities and limits are shown.